Auditor General DePasquale Will Scrutinize Payments of Lottery Funds Diverted to Firms Associated with Stalled Privatization Effort
Auditor General DePasquale Will Scrutinize Payments of Lottery Funds Diverted to Firms Associated with Stalled Privatization Effort
HARRISBURG (Oct. 29, 2013)– Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today released the following statement on the commonwealth’s diversion of more than $3.4 million to firms associated with the Corbett Administration’s effort to privatize the Pennsylvania Lottery:
“I directed Department of Auditor General staff to immediately begin to review and scrutinize the Corbett Administration’s diversion of more than $3.4 million in Lottery funds to firms associated with a still-pending contract with the British-owned Camelot Global Services Inc. to privatize the Pennsylvania Lottery management.
“Funds from the Pennsylvania Lottery are supposed to help older Pennsylvanians with prescriptions, transportation, home-delivered meals and property tax and rent rebates, not to fatten the coffers of law firms and private consultants over a Lottery privatization contract that may never see the light of day.
“For the sake of the senior citizens who benefit from Lottery-funded programs, and Pennsylvanians in general, we must review these payments to make sure that we can account for every single penny.
“I urge Governor Corbett to terminate any further discussions with private vendors that are siphoning funds from senior programs.”
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