2 foreign firms among 4 interested in Ind. lottery

1:06 p.m. EDT, September 1, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two foreign companies are among four firms competing for a chance to become the Indiana lottery's first private manager.

The Indianapolis Star reports (http://indy.st/RxofxH ) the four firms have submitted information to Hoosier Lottery officials for background checks in anticipation of submitting private management proposals. State lottery officials are hoping a private firm can boost revenue for the state.

The companies competing for Indiana's private management contract include Tatts Group Limited, a Melbourne, Australia-based company that operates several lottery licenses in Australia. Also in the running is Camelot, a U.K.-based firm that runs Britain's national lottery.

Two American-based firms are also in the running. They are Rhode Island-based GTECH and New York-based Scientific Games International. Those two companies are among the nation's largest lottery vendors.

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Information from: The Indianapolis Star, http://www.indystar.com

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DaemonFC at 1:31 PM September 01, 2012

The Republicans in Indiana just can't spend money fast enough. They know that Indiana voter patience is wearing thin on the tax increases, so they are looking for more state assets to sell off for a small fraction of what they are worth, so they can fritter away more money than they tax in taxes for a few more years, and then have to find something else to sell off. This is a national embarrassment, and we should give the state back to the Democrats. At least they seemed to know what they were doing.

You hear all the time how Republicans are fiscal conservatives. Low tax, low spending. What a crock! The Democrats that used to run Indiana are penny pinchers compared what we have now.

And how do the voters feel about this public looting and the fact that taxes haven't ever been higher on the people who can least afford them? They think it's just f-ing dandy! They voted Mitch in for a second term back in 2008 in a landslide, and with Mike Pence there's something worse on the way.

Any bets on when billboards with Mitch on them and "Miss me yet?" turn up once Mike Pence is our governor?

I'll be voting for John Gregg.

DaemonFC at 1:31 PM September 01, 2012

Yes, I figured that Mitch Daniels, traitor, white collar criminal, one-percenter that he is, would sell off more Indiana assets to foreign companies before he left office.

The foreign companies that leased our toll roads for 70 years only gave Mitch enough money to spend in six years, setting the stage for yet another Republican tax hike that Indiana taxpayers can ill-afford.

Since the Republicans have taken over Indiana, the sales tax has gone up from 5% to 6%, then to 7%, the gasoline tax is only higher by fractions of a penny in like two other states, not counting California, so we're effectively tied for the second highest gasoline tax in the country now, and the cigarette tax has gone up by a third.

The Republicans promised us that they needed the money to run more stop smoking programs and to fund a state healthcare plan for poor people that isn't worth the time to apply for if you're poor and actually need access to healthcare. 90% of the cigarette tax hike is being spent elsewhere from where we were led to believe it would be spent.