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68-491: Over the three decades since its first game debuted on April 17, 1990, expansion and management of the lottery has resulted in controversy. In the early 1990s, the Minnesota State Lottery partnered with a technology company to develop a lottery cartridge for a modem-equipped Nintendo Entertainment System but had to cancel a test run of an in-home lottery system after political pushback. A corruption probe in

136-417: A cartridge , cart , cassette , or card , is a replaceable part designed to be connected to a consumer electronics device such as a home computer , video game console or, to a lesser extent, electronic musical instruments . ROM cartridges allow users to rapidly load and access programs and data alongside a floppy drive in a home computer; in a video game console, the cartridges are standalone. At

204-457: A game cartridge . ROM cartridges were popularized by early home computers which featured a special bus port for the insertion of cartridges containing software in ROM . In most cases the designs were fairly crude, with the entire address and data buses exposed by the port and attached via an edge connector ; the cartridge was memory mapped directly into the system's address space such that

272-479: A "games" module. Modules were not user-programmable. The Hewlett-Packard HP-41C had expansion slots which could hold ROM memory as well as I/O expansion ports. Computers using cartridges in addition to magnetic media are the VIC-20 and Commodore 64 , MSX , Atari 8-bit computers , TI-99/4A (where they were called Solid State Command Modules and were not directly mapped to the system bus) and IBM PCjr (where

340-458: A below-average income level. Poor people also tend to spend a higher percent of their income on lotteries than wealthy people. Similar to other state lotteries and customer mix of private businesses, 20% of lottery players in Minnesota account for 80% of total revenue. Lottery officials have expressed concern about Minnesotans gifting lottery scratch cards to minors. Researchers have established

408-436: A cartridge is less than that of an optical disc like a DVD-ROM or CD-ROM . Techniques such as bank switching were employed to be able to use cartridges with a capacity higher than the amount of memory directly addressable by the processor. As video games became more complex (and the size of their code grew), software manufacturers began sacrificing the quick load times of ROM cartridges in favor of greater storage capacity and

476-448: A custom " J-Cart " cartridge design by Codemasters which incorporated two additional gamepad ports. This allowed players to have up to four gamepads connected to the console without the need for an additional multi-controller adapter . Storing software on ROM cartridges has a number of advantages over other methods of storage like floppy disks and optical media . As the ROM cartridge

544-519: A figure of 300,000 deaths per year in the world through drug overdose. 1,015,060 US residents died from drug overdoses from 1968 to 2019. 22 people out of every 100,000 died from drug overdoses in 2019 in the US. From 1999 to Feb 2019 in the United States, more than 770,000 people have died from drug overdoses. In the US around 107,500 people died in the 12-month period ending August 31, 2022, at

612-410: A form of flash memory technology similar to that of SD cards with larger storage space. As of 2024 , Nintendo is the only major company to exclusively use cartridges for their consoles and handhelds, as others such as Sony and Microsoft continue to use optical disc -based media for their consoles. In 1976 , 310,000 home video game cartridges were sold in the United States. Between 1983 and 2013,

680-478: A lack of oversight. Modern state lotteries began with the creation of a sweepstakes in New Hampshire in 1964, a New York state lottery in 1967, and a New Jersey lottery in 1970. In Minnesota, bills first emerged in 1972 to amend the state's constitution to permit a lottery, and by 1986 a bill was narrowly defeated in the legislature. By the late 1980s, public opinion polls revealed popular support for

748-414: A link between the age a person first gambles and the occurrence of excessive gambling later in life. A survey in 2019 found that as many as 2% of Minnesota students had gambling problems. Over its history, the Minnesota State Lottery has enjoyed a degree of autonomy, but that resulted in a lack of oversight. In the mid 2000s, a state auditor uncovered preferential contracting for a friend of the director. In

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816-623: A lottery idea, with betting at the Canterbury Downs racetrack in Shakopee, charitable gambling , and Indian tribal casinos proving both popular and profitable in the state. After several years of debate about the creation of a state lottery system, the Minnesota Legislature put the decision before voters. In 1988, Minnesotans approved with 59% of the vote a referendum to amend the state's constitution to authorize

884-512: A low enough dosage. Drug overdose is sometimes used as a means to commit suicide , as the result of intentional or unintentional misuse of medication . Intentional misuse leading to overdose can include using prescribed or non-prescribed drugs in excessive quantities in an attempt to produce euphoria . Usage of illicit drugs , in large quantities, or after a period of drug abstinence can also induce overdose. Cocaine and opioid users who inject intravenously can easily overdose accidentally, as

952-500: A medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that in 2005 more than 22,000 American people died due to overdoses, and the number is growing rapidly. Paulozzi also testified that all available evidence suggests unintentional overdose deaths are related to the increasing use of prescription drugs, especially opioid painkillers. However, the vast majority of overdoses are also attributable to alcohol . It

1020-426: A policy disallowing alcohol consumption in the office, but allowed it in moderation at conferences. Canfield alleged that Van Petten, the former lottery director, encouraged her to drink at conferences. Canfield later pled guilty to an unrelated drunken-driving charge that resulted in a serious crash in 2015. In 2017, a Ramsey County District Court narrowed the scope of the suit to potentially allow Canfield to return to

1088-430: A rate of 294 deaths per day. 70,630 people died from drug overdoses in 2019. The U.S. drug overdose death rate has gone from 2.5 per 100,000 people in 1968 to 21.5 per 100,000 in 2019. The National Center for Health Statistics reports that 19,250 people died of accidental poisoning in the U.S. in the year 2004 (eight deaths per 100,000 population). In 2008 testimony before a Senate subcommittee, Leonard J. Paulozzi,

1156-432: A role Vekich served in for eight months. Vekich was credited with increasing productivity and reducing the lottery's operating costs. In 2005, Michael Priesnitz, a public relations executive who was both a friend of Anderson and contractor of the lottery, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Priesnitz's death came a month after the lottery cancelled a $ 1.3 million promotional contract with his company and as he

1224-528: A state lottery, but it did not codify how lottery revenue would be used, leaving it up to the legislature to decide. Legislation establishing the lottery passed in 1989. The first ticket sales, for an instant scratch-off game, began on April 17, 1990. Political disputes about how to direct revenue and state budget pressures led to a second lottery-related constitution amendment in 1990, which established and dedicated 40% of lottery proceeds to an environment and natural resources trust fund. Soon after its creation,

1292-492: A ticket or claim in a prize in Minnesota has been 18. Winners had one year from the date of the draw to claim game prizes. Minnesota statute had required the names of winners to be made public. But a change in state law required the lottery to withhold winners’ names after September 1, 2021, unless authorization is given. The Minnesota State Lottery is a relatively small agency of the State of Minnesota. The 1989 law that established

1360-719: A total of 2,910.72 million software cartridges had been sold for Nintendo consoles . ROM cartridges can not only carry software, but additional hardware expansions as well. Examples include various cartridge-based chips on the Super NES , the SVP chip in the Sega Genesis version of Virtua Racing , and a chess module in the Magnavox Odyssey² . Micro Machines 2 on the Genesis/Mega Drive used

1428-402: Is considered a recreational activity, not an investment enterprise, that generates revenue. Winning players as a group receive approximately 62% of played dollars back. Money from the lottery owed to the state is deposited in state trust funds that function like an endowment. The 17-member Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources(LCCMR)—though it was established in 1963 and pre-dates

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1496-694: Is memory mapped into the system's normal address space, software stored in the ROM can be read like normal memory; since the system does not have to transfer data from slower media, it allows for nearly instant load time and code execution. Software run directly from ROM typically uses less RAM, leaving memory free for other processes. While the standard size of optical media dictates a minimum size for devices which can read discs, ROM cartridges can be manufactured in different sizes, allowing for smaller devices like handheld game systems . ROM cartridges can be damaged, but they are generally more robust and resistant to damage than optical media; accumulation of dirt and dust on

1564-562: Is often misused as a descriptor for adverse drug reactions or negative drug interactions due to mixing multiple drugs simultaneously . Signs and symptoms of an overdose vary depending on the drug or exposure to toxins . The symptoms can often be divided into differing toxidromes . This can help one determine what class of drug or toxin is causing the difficulties. Symptoms of opioid overdoses include slow breathing, heart rate and pulse. Opioid overdoses can also cause pinpoint pupils, and blue lips and nails due to low levels of oxygen in

1632-457: Is the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities much greater than are recommended. Typically it is used for cases when a risk to health will potentially result. An overdose may result in a toxic state or death . The word "overdose" implies that there is a common safe dosage and usage for the drug; therefore, the term is commonly applied only to drugs, not poisons , even though many poisons as well are harmless at

1700-540: Is the initial treatment of an overdose. Ventilation is considered when there is a low respiratory rate or when blood gases show the person to be hypoxic . Monitoring of the patient should continue before and throughout the treatment process, with particular attention to temperature, pulse , respiratory rate , blood pressure , urine output, electrocardiography (ECG) and O 2 saturation. Poison control centers and medical toxicologists are available in many areas to provide guidance in overdoses both to physicians and to

1768-1015: Is very rare for a victim of an overdose to have consumed just one drug. Most overdoses occur when drugs are ingested in combination with alcohol. Drug overdose was the leading cause of injury death in 2013. Among people 25 to 64 years old, drug overdose caused more deaths than motor vehicle traffic crashes. There were 43,982 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2013. Of these, 22,767 (51.8%) were related to prescription drugs. The 22,767 deaths relating to prescription drug overdose in 2013, 16,235 (71.3%) involved opioid painkillers, and 6,973 (30.6%) involved benzodiazepines . Drug misuse and abuse caused about 2.5 million emergency department (ED) visits in 2011. Of these, more than 1.4 million ED visits were related to prescription drugs. Among those ED visits, 501,207 visits were related to anti-anxiety and insomnia medications, and 420,040 visits were related to opioid analgesics. New CDC data in 2024 demonstrates U.S. drug overdose deaths have significantly declined, marking

1836-505: The 2011 Minnesota state government shutdown . An estimate of the 20-day government closure put the revenue losses of the lottery to state funds at $ 9,988,000. The lottery introduced ticket sales at gas pumps and ATMs and offered online games in 2012. By 2015, the state legislature shutdown the newer types of game offerings. In 2015, lottery director Ed Van Petten resigned under pressure from Governor Mark Dayton . Van Petten had already drawn criticism from state lawmakers for expanding

1904-484: The COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota were seen as a factor driving sales despite people staying home and record levels of unemployment. As with other state lotteries, ticket sales were uninterrupted by Walz's emergency stay-at-home order and considered an "essential" service, but the agency's regional field offices closed to the public, which affected some prize claiming. Some retailers also decided to halt sales to prevent

1972-410: The U.S. state of North Carolina, and have been replicated in the U.S. military. Nevertheless, scale-up of healthcare-based opioid overdose interventions is limited by providers' insufficient knowledge and negative attitudes towards prescribing take-home naloxone to prevent opioid overdose. Programs training police and fire personnel in opioid overdose response using naloxone have also shown promise in

2040-489: The potency , which is a factor in overdosing. For example, lean is usually created as a drinkable mixture, the cough syrup is combined with soft drinks, especially fruit-flavored drinks such as Sprite , Mountain Dew or Fanta , and is typically served in a foam cup . A hard candy, usually a Jolly Rancher , may be added to give the mixture a sweeter flavor. The substance that has been taken may often be determined by asking

2108-582: The 1980s, before Yamaha's Music Cartridge was introduced. Models that used these cartridges were in the Casiotone line of portable electronic keyboards. Amstrad Atari, Inc. Bandai Blaze Entertainment Coleco Fairchild Camera and Instrument Fisher-Price IBM Interton LeapFrog Magnavox / Philips Mattel Milton Bradley NEC Nikko Europe Nintendo Sega SNK Drug overdose A drug overdose ( overdose or OD )

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2176-577: The 1980s, such as the DX1 , DX5 and DX7 and their PSR keyboard lineup in the mid-1990s, namely the PSR-320, PSR-420, PSR-520, PSR-620, PSR-330, PSR-530 and the PSR-6000 . These keyboards use specialized cards known as Music Cartridges , a ROM cartridge simply containing MIDI data to be played on the keyboard as MIDI sequence or song data. Casio has also used similar cartridges known as ROM Pack in

2244-420: The 2010s, several directors and senior managers were forced out for controversial management practices and abuse of state finances. In 2024 the state proposed allocating 1.5% to underserved communities. This could amount to around 30 million per year to unnamed projects with little oversight. The measure is on the 2024 ballot. ROM cartridge A ROM cartridge , usually referred to in context simply as

2312-555: The CPU could execute the program in place without having to first copy it into expensive RAM. The Texas Instruments TI-59 family of programmable scientific calculators used interchangeable ROM cartridges that could be installed in a slot at the back of the calculator. The calculator came with a module that provides several standard mathematical functions including the solution of simultaneous equations. Other modules were specialized for financial calculations, or other subject areas, and even

2380-414: The U.S. Supervised injection sites (also known as overdose prevention centers) have been used to help prevent drug overdoses by offering opioid reversal medications such as naloxone, medical assistance and treatment options. They also provide clean needles to help prevent the spread of diseases like HIV/AIDS and hepatitis . Stabilization of the person's airway, breathing, and circulation ( ABCs )

2448-530: The assumption of suicide . The distribution of naloxone to injection drug users and other opioid drug users decreases the risk of death from overdose. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that U.S. programs for drug users and their caregivers prescribing take-home doses of naloxone and training on its utilization are estimated to have prevented 10,000 opioid overdose deaths. Healthcare institution-based naloxone prescription programs have also helped reduce rates of opioid overdose in

2516-406: The blood. A person experiencing an opioid overdose might also have muscle spasms, seizures and decreased consciousness. A person experiencing an opiate overdose usually will not wake up, even if their name is called or they are shaken vigorously. The drugs or toxins that are most frequently involved in overdose and death (grouped by ICD-10 ): Masking undesired taste may impair judgement of

2584-421: The cartridge contacts can cause problems, but cleaning the contacts with an isopropyl alcohol solution typically resolves the problems without risk of corrosion. ROM cartridges typically have less capacity than other media. The PCjr-compatible version of Lotus 1-2-3 comes on two cartridges and a floppy disk. ROM cartridges are typically more expensive to manufacture than discs, and storage space available on

2652-529: The cartridge was mapped into BIOS space). Some arcade system boards , such as Capcom 's CP System and SNK 's Neo Geo , also used ROM cartridges. Cassettes and floppy disks cost less than ROM cartridges and some memory cards were sold as an inexpensive alternative to ROM cartridges. A precursor to modern game cartridges of second generation video consoles was introduced with the first generation video game console Magnavox Odyssey in 1972, using jumper cards to turn on and off certain electronics inside

2720-542: The cities of Virginia , Detroit Lakes , Marshall , and Owatonna . In 2015, the state lottery employed 154 people. The lottery contracts with local retailers like gas stations, grocers, and convenience stores to sell tickets. Nearly any retailer—or organizations such as non-profits and charities with a retail business open to the general public—may apply for a license to sell lottery tickets. Minnesota Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division conducts compliance checks of lottery retailers. There were 3,100 lottery retailers in

2788-700: The console. A modern take on game cartridges was invented by Wallace Kirschner, Lawrence Haskel and Jerry Lawson of Alpex Computer Corporation, first unveiled as part of the Fairchild Channel F home console in 1976. The cartridge approach gained more popularity with the Atari 2600 released the following year. From the late 1970s to mid-1990s, the majority of home video game systems were cartridge-based. As compact disc technology came to be widely used for data storage, most hardware companies moved from cartridges to CD-based game systems. Nintendo remained

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2856-431: The early 2000s effectively ended with the suicides of a long-time director and a public relations contractor, and mismanagement of the lottery agency led to the ouster of several top executives in the 2010s. The lottery posted its record level of sales in the fiscal year 2020 period at $ 668.6 million. The lottery has been criticized for relying disproportionately on sales to people with below-average incomes and operating with

2924-421: The fiscal year 2018, 2019, and 2020 periods. Sales revenues during the fiscal year 2020 period that ended on June 30 totaled a record $ 668.6 million, a 5% increase above the previous high of $ 636.8 million set in 2019. Players won $ 423.6 million in 2020, the highest single-year total in the lottery’s 30-year history, and retailers took in $ 44.8 million while the state collected $ 156 million. Mitigation measures for

2992-477: The general fund and 40% goes towards the environment and natural resources trust fund. The lottery also produces state revenue from a 6.5% in-lieu-of-sales tax on lottery tickets, which is credited to the state's general fund, game and fish fund, and natural resources fund. Some lottery proceeds offset the cost of a Minnesota Department of Human Services' compulsive gambling program to the amount of approximately $ 2 million annually by 2015. The state-operated lottery

3060-504: The general public. Specific antidotes are available for certain overdoses. For example, naloxone is the antidote for opiates such as heroin or morphine . Similarly, benzodiazepine overdoses may be effectively reversed with flumazenil . As a nonspecific antidote, activated charcoal is frequently recommended if available within one hour of the ingestion and the ingestion is significant. Gastric lavage , syrup of ipecac , and whole bowel irrigation are rarely used. The UN gives

3128-498: The idea would spur greater American interest in the burgeoning industry of electronic commerce . Nintendo hoped the effort would extend the useful life of the NES console that was being supplanted by the SNES . The lottery would have been conducted via connection to a central computer and with pre-paid credits and an encrypted password to ensure users were 18 years of age or older. The concept

3196-559: The lone hold-out, using cartridges for their Nintendo 64 system; the company did not transition to optical media until the release of the GameCube in 2001. Cartridges were also used for their handheld consoles, which are known as Game Cards in the DS/3DS line of handhelds. These cartridges are much smaller and thinner than previous cartridges, and use the more modern flash memory for game data rather than built-in ROM chips on PCBs for

3264-538: The lottery as a lower-level employee but not as its director. Among the managerial turmoil at the lottery, Vekich was re-appointed director in 2016 by Governor Mark Dayton of the Democrat-Farmer-Labor party, though Vekich he had served under the GOP administration of Tim Pawlenty and he had run briefly as Republican candidate for governor. Vekich was an in acting role for more than a year until Robert Doty

3332-495: The lottery gave it unprecedented autonomy for a state agency. It has a director appointed by the governor and a lottery commission that acts in an advisory role. The director must hire personnel to operate the lottery in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, and one staff position must be for an attorney to perform legal responsibilities for the lottery. The lottery's headquarters are in Roseville and it has four regional offices in

3400-626: The lottery quickly expanded to other games and concepts. The Minnesota lottery joined the multistate Lotto America game in 1990. (Lotto America transitioned to the Powerball game in 1992). In 1991, the lottery added the Minnesota-only Daily 3 and Gopher 5 lotto games, which were considered "on-line" as they used a central computer system. In partnership with Nintendo and the Bloomington -based Control Data Corporation ,

3468-488: The lottery without sufficient authorization. When he was confronted by the Minneapolis-based Star Tribune newspaper about lavish expenses that he charged to state accounts, Van Petten resigned the following day. Controversially, Van Petten was reimbursed $ 7,000 for staying with his staff at timeshares he owned while attending out-of-state conferences. Minnesota Management and Budget determined

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3536-490: The lottery—makes recommendations to the legislature for use of lottery proceeds credited to special environment and natural resource trust funds. The state legislature appropriates all trust fund dollars for specific uses. The Minnesota State Lottery does not have a role in the LCCMR and appropriations process. Over a three-decade period, from its inception in 1990 to 2020, the lottery had generated approximately $ 3.3 billion for

3604-556: The lower cost of optical media. Another source of pressure in this direction was that optical media could be manufactured in much smaller batches than cartridges; releasing a cartridge video game on the other hand inevitably includes the risk of producing thousands of unsold cartridges. Besides their prominent usage on video game consoles, ROM cartridges have also been used on a small number of electronic musical instruments, particularly electronic keyboards . Yamaha has made several models with such features, with their DX synthesizer in

3672-447: The margin between a pleasurable drug sensation and an overdose is small. Unintentional misuse can include errors in dosage caused by failure to read or understand product labels. Accidental overdoses may also be the result of over-prescription, failure to recognize a drug's active ingredient or unwitting ingestion by children. A common unintentional overdose in young children involves multivitamins containing iron . The term 'overdose'

3740-523: The person. However, if they will not, or cannot, due to an altered level of consciousness , provide this information, a search of the home or questioning of friends and family may be helpful. Examination for toxidromes , drug testing, or laboratory test may be helpful. Other laboratory test such as glucose , urea and electrolytes , paracetamol levels and salicylate levels are typically done. Negative drug-drug interactions have sometimes been misdiagnosed as an acute drug overdose, occasionally leading to

3808-456: The potential for the first year with fewer than 100,000 fatalities since 2020. The CDC data shows a nearly 17% drop in reported overdose deaths during the 12 months ending in June, totaling 93,087. This is a notable decrease from the 111,615 deaths recorded in the same period ending in June 2023. While the opioid crisis continues to take a heavy toll, fentanyl remains a major driver, contributing to

3876-432: The reimbursements were not allowable, and Van Petten later repaid the agency. Johnene Canfield, the lottery's interim director after Van Petten's departure, was fired in 2015 after being intoxicated at out-of-state conferences and meetings. Canfield sued to be reinstated on the grounds that alcoholism was a disorder and that she was held to a different workplace standard due to her gender . The Minnesota State Lottery had

3944-559: The same purpose. The release of the Nintendo Switch in 2017 marked the company's shift away from their own proprietary optical disc -based media after last using them in the Wii U in favor of small cartridge-based media. These cartridges are known as Game Cards like previous Nintendo handhelds, and are much smaller and thinner than previous cartridges for consoles as well as Nintendo's own Game Cards for their DS/3DS handhelds. It uses

4012-485: The same year. In 2004, George R. Andersen, the longtime director of the lottery who had served in the role since its inception in 1990, died the day after meeting with the Legislative Auditor about a pending report. His death was the result of an overdose of pain medication and ruled a suicide . Governor Tim Pawlenty appointed Michael Vekich to succeed Anderson and head the embattled lottery agency,

4080-541: The spread of COVID-19, which also affected prize claiming and sales in the state. The Minnesota Lottery offered 48 different games in 2020. It has participated in several multi-jurisdiction games: Lotto America , Lucky for Life (ended participation in 2021), Mega Millions , and Powerball . It offered the brand-name lotto games Pick 3 (previously Daily 3 ), Gopher 5 , and North 5 (previously Northstar Cash ), as well as several other scratch games , "print-n-play" games, and raffles . The minimum legal age to purchase

4148-708: The state agency had plans to launch a test lottery with 10,000 Minnesota households in 1992 via an experimental modem for the NES . At the time, Japanese consumers were able to use the Nintendo Famicom console for banking and stock purchases with the Network System peripheral. The American console had a relatively unknown expansion port that made the device capable of connecting to phone lines. Lottery officials hoped that in-home lottery ticket sales would spur growth that had flattened. Technology companies hoped

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4216-414: The state at the end of 2018. By Minnesota Statute , lottery revenue is paid out towards prizes, administrative expenses, and retailers, and the remaining portion is split between a wildlife and environment trust fund and the state's general fund . The exact distribution of proceeds has changed several times since the lottery's creation. Of the portion retained by the State of Minnesota, 60% goes towards

4284-462: The state with $ 1.4 billion toward environmental conservation and another $ 1.9 billion towards other state funds. A common criticism of lotteries is that they are a de facto tax on the poor. Multiple studies of the lotteries offered in Minnesota and other U.S. states have found that the people who play instant lotto games are more likely to have below-average incomes. In Minnesota, three out of every four instant lottery tickets were sold to people with

4352-436: The time around their release, ROM cartridges provided security against unauthorised copying of software. However, the manufacturing of ROM cartridges was more expensive than floppy disks, and the storage capacity was smaller. ROM cartridges and slots were also used for various hardware accessories and enhancements. The widespread usage of the ROM cartridge in video gaming applications has led it to be often colloquially called

4420-480: Was amended again in 1998 to extend authorization of the lottery to 2025. In 2003, the lottery received criticism by an environmental advocacy organization for operating at a higher cost than comparable lotteries in other states. State lawmakers placed stricter spending limits on lottery operations, which resulted in 34 staff layoffs. The agency added the Minnesota-only game Northstar Cash , an all-cash lotto,

4488-447: Was appointed by Dayton in 2017 as the lottery's chief. By 2018, unaffiliated, out-of-state companies were essentially operating as courier services to facilitate online sales of Minnesota Lottery games for state residents. Newly elected governor Tim Walz in 2019 tapped Adam Prock, the director of communications for the lottery, to take over the executive director role. The lottery posted three years of consecutive, record earnings for

4556-449: Was ultimately not pursued after receiving substantial opposition by advocates worried that use of an in-home video game console would encourage youth gambling. Several editorial pages and state legislators condemned the plan. Prior to 1995, the lottery maintained accounts outside the state treasury, until a change in statute moved lottery proceeds to state funds, with the exception of day-to-day operating accounts. The state's constitution

4624-507: Was under a probe by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety . Ramsey County prosecutors concluded in 2006 that Anderson had engaged in "a string of self-dealing, favor granting, and contract-rigging actions of the type expected from the ‘ Chicago-style’ politics of the past." Prosecutors did not file criminal charges as the two main suspects, Anderson and Priesnitz, were both dead. Lottery ticket sales were suspended during

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