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State Lottery Officials Broke Ethics Code

The three-month investigation also found that some travel-related documents had been falsified and that another employee was promoted after being investigated for misconduct and conducted personal business during state time.

Former Lottery Secretary David Griffin agreed to help in the investigation, which began in March. Griffin acknowledged that he had received gifts from vendors in the form of food packages, including $270 worth of crab cakes.

The Florida Lottery's Personnel Code of Ethics states that no employee can take any gifts, regardless of value, from vendors or retailers.

Machines allowed near convenience stores

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Video lottery machines will be allowed in businesses adjoining convenience stores after state Lottery Commission officials declined to appeal a judge's ruling.

Kanawha County Circuit Judge Charles King's ruling overturned the commission's decision to deny a video lottery license to a bar near Princeton because it is part of a truck stop complex that includes a convenience store.

The decision clarifies part of the 2001 law that legalized video slot machines in bars, clubs and fraternal organizations, John Melton, a commission attorney, said. The intent of the ruling was to keep video lottery machines out of convenience stores, he said.

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