Three companies vie to run lottery
Thursday, December 29th, 2005
By Chris Fitzsimon
Lynn Bonner, Staff Writer Three companies told the state that they intend to compete to operate the lottery, according to letters of intent released Wednesday.
Scientific Games of Georgia, which is under investigation for possible violation of lobbying laws, has said it will bid to supply scratch-off instant-win tickets and to run games in which buyers pick numbers, called online games.
Oberthur Gaming Technologies will bid for the instant tickets job, and GTECH Holdings Corp. of Rhode Island will bid for the online games.
The value of the lottery contracts is not known but is expected to be worth millions of dollars each year. (more…)
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