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Rocky or not, launch of lottery on schedule

Chief: Glitches expected, but will lessen

Posted: September 20, 2009 at 5:10 a.m.

Several days after being hired as Arkansas lottery director in June, Ernie Passailaigue warned that "when you turn on the switch" to sell lottery tickets, "it is just going to be mass confusion." He said the lottery would be receiving telephone calls from upset players and retailers.

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