DePasquale on Lottery Contract Extension

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Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today released the following statement on the Corbett Administration’s decision to provide an eleventh extension on the contract with British-owned Camelot Global Services Inc. to privatize the Pennsylvania Lottery management:

“I disagree with the Corbett Administration’s decision to extend the Lottery privatization contract, but I respect the governor’s right to make that decision and proceed.

“My office will carefully scrutinize the $3.4 million already spent on this effort. We will continue to review the entire Lottery privatization process in such a way as it may be helpful to the governor — and therefore the people of Pennsylvania — to make a final decision that is in the best interest of all taxpayers.”