Pennsylvania Lottery contract illegal, Kane says

LEHIGH VALLEY MORNING CALL: “Kane gave three reasons:

•The executive branch exceeded its authority under the Pennsylvania Constitution by unlawfully infringing on the General Assembly’s power to make basic policy choices regarding the management and operation of the Lottery.

•The development of monitor-based or other electronic games such as KENO is not authorized by the State Lottery Act, and it usurps the authority of the General Assembly to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

•Allowing Camelot to be indemnified for “indirect expenses” as provided in the contract is an unconstitutional waiver of the constitution’s sovereign immunity doctrine.” … (more)

EDITOR: There’s a new sheriff in town!

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