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Nearby: Retailers, Sen. Smith Question Privatizing Pennsylvania Lottery
Some lottery retailers are unsure of what the future holds, while Democratic State Sen. Matt Smith calls the decision to hire a British-based company to run the Pennsylvania Lottery a “risky scheme.”
Yankello's became the first Sewickley business in 1980 to sell lottery tickets, according to co-partner Mike Yankello. But now with the state poised to hire a British company to run the Pennsylvania Lottery, Yankello is concerned about what the future could hold. Long-time clerk Richard Praskach didn't appear hopeful. "The lottery needs to make changes, but I'm not sure this is it," he said. State Sen. Matt Smith is also questioning how Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration made the decision. The first-term Democratic senator from Mt. Lebanon said a hearing with the Finance Committee helped to shed light on the decision-making process by the administration, but it “does not forgive the actions taken that effectively cut the public and …
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