Texas lotto officials admit they FIXED an inflated jackpot amount

[Bluebear]

AUSTIN, Texas - Lottery officials admitted Friday they knew ticket sales would not cover an advertised $8 million Lotto Texas jackpot this month, meaning a winner would not have collected the full amount.

The Texas Lottery Commission used the inflated number for the June 8 drawing to generate interest and get more people to play even though staff reports estimated sales could only cover $6.5 million, manager Robert Tirloni told commissioners.

Tirloni said jackpots had fallen short of the advertised amounts twice before — once last October and again in February. Each involved an advertised $8 million jackpot that couldn't be supported by ticket sales. No winners emerged, however.

The revelations prompted strong criticism from the lottery's three commissioners. The issue is scheduled to undergo legislative scrutiny next week.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050625/ap_on_re_us/texas_lottery_investigation

[rzemanfl]

1. Aw, that's just bidness, Dubyah would understand....were there

any other Presidents from Texas besides Johnson and Bush? If so, what wars did they start? I'm for kicking Texas out of the Union and encouraging Mexico to invade them.

[katsy]

4. Be Nice!

Why would you want the blood of innocents on your head?

I don't. Let's give texas to Mexico on a silver platter. Well... we may have to throw in lots of cash too.

[LiberalAndProud]

2. Is the commission not subject to Truth in Advertising statutes?

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. I swear. Texas has it's own rules and is in it's own little

corrupt world. Is it any surprise The idiot-in-chief and Delay are from there?

[seabeyond]

5. what happened to the money going to our schools n/t

[Algomas]

6. They figger screwing the public ain't much of a gamble, I guess.

And in Texas, they are correct it seems.