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Interim Minnesota lottery director cites progressNews Story
After about a month on the job, Michael Vekich says hes making progress in reforming the way the Minnesota State Lottery operates.Vekich told lawmakers on Tuesday that lottery officials have addressed nearly 70 percent of the state Legislative Auditors 49 recommendations in a report that was released last month.We have accomplished a lot, said Vekich, who was appointed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty to serve as interim director of the lottery in February following the suicide of Director George Andersen.T
Mar 19, 2004, 4:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

Bill created to clean up Colorado lotteryNews Story
Concerned over an audit that found problems with the Colorado Lottery, lawmakers began work Tuesday on a bill that would require ethics training and criminal background checks of all lottery officials, including the governor's appointees. The lottery is the kind of thing we need to clean up in state government, said Sen. Ron Tupa, D-Boulder, chairman of the Legislative Audit Committee.The bill would require lottery commissioners, who are appointed by the governor, to undergo ethics training, ba
Feb 11, 2004, 6:06 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery Pools - Your Thoughts??Reply
GuideMe,Do you work for or have an agreement with groupwinlotto.com? This is the second time you have posted the above message. Are you currently running a club yourself with family or friends?Lottery pooling agreements are not rocket science. I created mine with a Lawyer friend in about 30 minutes. The important facts to remember are:1) Members must be of age (18)2) All parties involved (Members and Club Founders) should sign contract or have contract posted in a public avenue, such as a we
Feb 7, 2004, 2:35 pm - Lottery_Analyst - Lottery Discussion Forum

Interim Minnesota lottery chief namedNews Story
The Minnesota Lottery will be temporarily led by Michael Vekich, the former chairman of a state colleges board who was among Gov. Tim Pawlenty's challengers for the Republican nomination in 2002.Pawlenty announced Vekich's appointment Monday, six days after the suicide of longtime director George Andersen. A soon-to-be released government audit of lottery operations had taken an emotional toll on Andersen, according to family members and friends.Pawlenty referenced the audit in a news release ab
Feb 3, 2004, 5:38 am - Todd - Lottery News

Minnesota Lottery Director Dies in Apparent SuicideNews Story
The longtime director of the Minnesota State Lottery apparently committed suicide Tuesday, a day after meeting with legislative auditors examining the lottery's operations, officials said.George R. Andersen, 53, had a wound that appeared to be from a knife, said Cmdr. Scott Malinosky of the Washington County sheriff's office. He said a note was recovered, but declined to describe it.Malinosky said authorities were called by Andersen's family about 7 a.m. after they found him outside their home n
Jan 27, 2004, 11:52 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Inside Sources: Virginia Lottery to Slash StaffNews Story
EXCLUSIVE: Lottery Post reveals the Virginia Lottery's cost-cutting plansMust credit LotteryPost.comAccording to unnamed sources, the Virginia Lottery is planning a series of cost-cutting moves that could send shock waves through its staff and the industry: the Virginia Lottery will be seeking bids to outsource all functions of its operations.The Virginia Lottery is expected to announce requests for bids on its Web site at www.valottery.com. No department has been spared from consideration, in
Jan 13, 2004, 10:24 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New Julian Calendar for 2004...leap yearReply
Previous postC. A. - Julian calendars are in use for date tracking by some corporations and government agencies. The calendar makes it possible to track each day for a century using only five numerical places (digits).***************Intrceptor -Julian calendar is used mainly to track days between dvents, mainly for financial, supply, logistical and contract support. For instance, if one placed an order for a product or service on 03 Jul 03 (03184) and received it on 03 Oct 03 (03276), rather tha
Dec 22, 2003, 11:21 am - johnph77 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Jamaica scales back lottery tax planNews Story
Only lottery winnings over $15,000 to be taxedThe Jamaica givernment yesterday announced a $15,000 threshold on lottery winnings, before the 15 per cent tax is applied, confirming Sunday's lead story in the Observer.Finance Minister Dr Omar Davies admitted at a post-Cabinet news briefing at Jamaica House that the decision to tax winnings had led to a fall-off in sales of the popular Cash Pot game run by Supreme Ventures, while fuelling underground gaming.Cash Pot sales, which generated $970 mi
Dec 16, 2003, 5:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Audit finds S.C. lottery operates efficientlyNews Story
An audit of South Carolina's nearly 2-year-old lottery found only a few areas for improvement in cost controls.The South Carolina Education Lottery agreed with almost all the recommendations made in the audit released Tuesday and has implemented many of them, commission Chairman John C.B. Smith Jr. wrote in his response.The lottery has kept costs below the statutory maximum of 15 percent of revenues, but should look at cell phone and car usage for potential cost savings, the audit said. Smith sa
Dec 3, 2003, 5:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lotto synchronizer big testReply
Quote: Originally posted by Prometheus1 on October 23, 2003 Guru, I said it in the beginning of this thread and I will say it again. There is an obvious disconnect in your system. Normally I would say that this thread was a waste of time, but as long as you are entertaining us, that means you are leaving everyone else in the world alone. Your system is childish, and never takes in to account the natural discretizations of diffusion and any unit of time. Three draws! No! This is not funny, or e
Oct 25, 2003, 7:56 am - WILLSELL - Lottery Systems Forum