Hugo Lopez resigned as director of the California Lottery effective Friday, citing in an email growth of revenue for the game but not mentioning scandals.
People wait in line at Bluebird Liquor in Hawthorne to buy Mega Millions lottery tickets in 2018.
Lopez told employees that it was with “mixed feelings” that he was notifying them that Friday was his last day, and that his role heading the lottery during the last 3½ years had been the highlight of 31 years in public service. “The Lottery has demonstrated record sales each year that I have been here and is on course to surpass $7 billion in revenue this fiscal year,” Lopez wrote in the email to employees. “More importantly, contributions to public education have also seen record levels during this time period, with this year’s contribution anticipated to move closer to $2 billion.
Employees said last month that they were cooperating with an investigation by the state Department of Justice into allegations of hiring irregularities and other misconduct in the agency.that employee complaints included that two sons and a stepdaughter of a former director, before Lopez, had been hired in 2013.
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