State’s lottery director will exit to join Lancaster firm

PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: The executive director of the Pennsylvania Lottery is leaving for a private-sector position with a subcontractor of the company the state contracts for lottery services.

Todd Rucci, appointed executive director in September 2011, will stay until Nov. 22. Then he’ll take a government and communication relations job with PAP Technologies, a Lancaster-based firm specializing in lottery ticket printing for games such as Powerball and Mega Millions.

The company is a subcontractor of Scientific Games International, which has two contracts with the Department of Revenue to provide instant games and online lottery services. In fiscal year 2012-13, the state paid Scientific Games $62.3 million, according to Revenue Department figures… (more)

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