Thursday with coffee..................

well the internet has had a few hiccups today but it seems everything is back to usual, so news on my desk filtering through is as follows:

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I post additional news on this Blog as it hits my desk to keep our members in the loop. Full stories will be published on our Daily News service within our next edition.

Scientific Games Announces its Consortium Selected for the Greek State Lotteries' Concession

NEW YORK, New York (December 12, 2012) -- Scientific Games Corporation (Nasdaq: SGMS) today announced that the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund declared the consortium in which Scientific Games Global Gaming S.a.R.l, a subsidiary of Scientific Games, is a participant, as the provisional successful bidder in the tender process for a 12-year concession for the exclusive rights to the production, operation, circulation, promotion and management of the Hellenic Lotteries in Greece..

Bill Would Require Legislature Approval Of Lottery Privatization

TRENTON, New Jersey (December 12, 2012) -- The most recent extension to a deadline for proposals to privatize New Jersey Lottery operations has given an assemblyman time to introduce a bill that would place any bid under the Legislature's scrutiny......................


Treasurer McCord Questions Legality of Payments to Private Manager for Lottery Expansion
In letter to Revenue Department, McCord Notes His Responsibility to Ensure That Disbursements of Public Funds Are Lawful and Correct
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (December 12, 2012) -- State Treasurer Rob McCord today notified the Pennsylvania Lottery that depending upon the nature and extent of lottery expansion under a private management contract, his office would refuse to disburse payments to a private operator unless and until he is satisfied that the contract expenditure is lawful.....

Massachusetts Treasurer Tim Cahill's Corruption Case Declared a Mistrial

BOSTON, Massachusetts (December 13, 2012) -- A judge has declared a mistrial in former Massachusetts treasurer Tim Cahill's corruption case after jurors failed to reach a verdict during seven days of deliberations......................