Third US state to have a private firm run its lottery

Camelot wins Pennsylvania Lottery management

2013-01-16
Reading time 52 seg
(US).- Camelot Global Services, which also runs the British lottery, will pay us$ 34 billion over the next 20 years to run the Pennsylvania Lottery. It was the sole bidder last year in the process to privatize the lottery, although the December 31 deadline for a deal was extended by more than a week to allow for more information from Camelot as well as a competing bid by lottery employees.

That bid apparently failed, with a Corbett administration official telling lottery employees Friday afternoon that Camelot would take over; the announcement was confirmed later Friday. It wasn't immediately clear how many Pennsylvania Lottery employees would remain; the Philadelphia Inquirer quoted Camelot Global Services as saying it would retain as many as possible.

The deal immediately created a wave of criticism, from some state lawmakers and also the AFSCME Council 13 that put together the employees' proposal to manage the lottery. AFSCME said the Camelot plan would take away us$ 1.5 billion from the state's seniors that would normally be funded by the lottery.

"It's just incredible that the governor would ignore the General Assembly and the thousands of Pennsylvanians we've heard from who understands that this is a bad deal for our seniors," AFSCME Council 13 Executive Director Dave Fillman said in a prepared statement.

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