Lottery update, 10/25
For my lottery commission story from today’s paper click here. It’s merely the report out of one subcommittee, but there it is anyway.
The full lottery commission meets again tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10 a.m. Another subcommittee – this one to deal with rules for merchants who wish to sell lottery tickets – meets before that at 8 a.m.
And finally, if you've been following the Kevin Geddings saga, this from our friends at the AP:
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Despite bipartisan calls for his resignation, a lottery commissioner under scrutiny for his relationship with a lobbyist for a potential gambling vendor said Monday that HouseSpeaker Jim Black has told him he wants him to stay on the panel.
"I think the speaker was very supportive," commission member Kevin Geddings said in an interview. Geddings said Black, who recommended him to the new nine-member panel, told him to "keep doing a good job, and that's what I intend to do."Geddings, who operates a public relations firm, disclosed last month that he was friends with Alan Middleton, who is a vice president for government relations at Scientific Games Corp. Geddings also acknowledged he hired Middleton several years ago, before Middleton worked at the company, to work on some public relations projects.