{"id":23807,"date":"2017-03-06T11:29:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T11:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=23807"},"modified":"2017-03-06T11:29:17","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T11:29:17","slug":"judge-consider-suit-florida-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/judge-consider-suit-florida-lottery.html","title":{"rendered":"Judge To Consider Suit Against Florida Lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Judge To Consider Suit Against Florida Lottery<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Judge To Consider Suit Against Florida <\/strong><strong>Lottery:-<\/strong> Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran&rsquo;s suit against the state&rsquo;s lottery department is heading to court.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">On Monday, a Leon County judge will consider whether the Florida Lottery broke the law when it approved a contract worth over $700 million.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Corcoran&rsquo;s suit claims the contract with IGT Global Solutions to run lottery games is illegal because it exceeds the Florida Lottery&rsquo;s authorized budget.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Attorneys representing the lottery say the agency followed the law because the contract states that it is contingent on state funding.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The Florida House budget director is among the witnesses scheduled to testify Monday.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Since becoming speaker in November, Corcoran has sparred with Governor Rick Scott over the state&rsquo;s tourism marketing and economic development agencies. In response, Scott&rsquo;s political committee labeled Corcoran a &ldquo;career politician.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/miami.cbslocal.com\/2017\/03\/06\/florida-lottery-lawsuit\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/judge-consider-suit-florida-lottery.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge To Consider Suit Against Florida Lottery Judge To Consider Suit Against Florida Lottery:- Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran&rsquo;s suit against the state&rsquo;s lottery department is heading to court. 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