State auditor starts review of Ohio Lottery efficiency, audit the agency has resisted
By APWednesday, January 6, 2010
State auditor begins close look at Ohio Lottery
CLEVELAND — The state auditor is beginning a review of the Ohio Lottery, an undertaking the lottery has called unreasonable and unnecessary.
Auditor Mary Taylor has said she wants to make certain the lottery is operating efficiently, amid what she described as “heightened risk” for the agency. She has pointed to the uncertain nature of gambling revenue, along with the voter-approved constitutional amendment allowing casinos in Ohio’s largest cities.
Taylor was scheduled to hold an introductory meeting with lottery officials Wednesday to go over how the audit will be conducted.
In a letter to Taylor in November, Lottery Executive Director Kathleen Burke questioned whether the audit was a wise use of taxpayer funds. The lottery will bear the estimated $118,000 cost.
