Pennsylvania has appointed Silvan Lutkewitte as executive director of the state lottery, replacing Robert Coyne who had been serving as interim director following the departure of Todd Rucci last November.
The appointment comes less than two weeks after the state’s governor Tom Corbett pulled the plug on his efforts to privatise the lottery, with the an agreement with UK national lottery operator Camelot expiring at the end of December.
Pennsylvania Revenue Secretary Dan Meuser said that Lutkewitte [...]