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Norman named Executive Director of the South Dakota Lottery
Norman Lingle was named Executive Director of the South Dakota Lottery in January, 2005.
Prior to joining the Lottery, Lingle served as the manager of the Community Development Block Grant program for the Governor's Office of Economic Development, where he worked with communities from across the state on more than 100 development projects. He has also served as the manager of the state energy program and as an accountant for the state department of health.
Lingle has a bachelor of science degree in economics from South Dakota State University and is a certified economic development finance professional. He is a member of the Pierre Public School Board; Lingle, 40, and his wife Sarah have three children.

Sioux Falls Man Agrees to Pay Restitution for Fake Video Lottery Tickets
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (June 29, 2010) - A 28-year-old Sioux Falls man agreed today to pay restitution to the Sioux Falls bars where he passed a handful of fake video lottery tickets last fall............Subscribers

Validation Suspension Lifted for Wild Card 2 Tickets
PIERRE, South Dakota (June 11, 2010) - Holders of Wild Card 2 lotto tickets from the June 9, 2010 drawing can now have their tickets validated. The South Dakota Lottery had temporarily halted validations for such tickets beginning yesterday afternoon when it was discovered that.................Subscribers

Wild Card Lotto Ticket Validations Temporarily Halted
PIERRE, South Dakota (June 10, 2010) - The South Dakota Lottery has temporarily halted validations for Wild Card 2 lotto tickets purchased for the June 9, 2010 drawing to correct an error with the winning numbers.............Subscribers

Mega Millions Lotto Game Cleared to Begin in South Dakota
PIERRE, South Dakota (April 21, 2010) -  The South Dakota Lottery received final approval to offer the Mega Millions lotto game from the Legislature’s rules review committee Tuesday..............Subscribers

South Dakota Lottery to Consider Adding Mega Millions
PIERRE, South Dakota (March 23, 2010) -- News reports indicate that the South Dakota Lottery Commission is preparing to add another lotto game....................Subscribers

Bill Closes Gambling Voidability Loophole
PIERRE, South Dakota (February 24, 2010) -- A loophole that allowed a South Dakota man to avoid repaying a $33,000 debt because he once lost $1,500 to the lender in a card game would close under a bill headed to the governor's desk....................Subscribers

Lottery Tickets to be Sold in Vending Machines Soon
PIERRE, South Dakota (November 6, 2009) - The South Dakota Lottery wants to try selling scratch-off tickets in vending machines. The state Lottery Commission decided Thursday to allow a pilot project .....................Subscribers

State Lottery Office To Cut Winning Numbers Hot Line
RAPID CITY, South Dakota (October 14, 2009) -- Citing declining use and the emergence of new technologies such as their own Web site, South Dakota Lottery officials say the state will pull the plug on the hot line beginning November 1.....................Subscribers

State Officials Try Out New Lottery Machines
ABERDEEN, South Dakota (August 29, 2009) - The South Dakota Lottery's new system for selling lotto tickets seems to be going over well....................Subscribers

New Pheasants Forever Scratch Game From South Dakota Lottery Targets Pheasant Hunters
The perfect shot could land you up to $12,000!
PIERRE, South Dakota (August 26, 2009)- Pheasant hunters and conservationists in the nation’s “Pheasant Capital” will have another way to scratch that pheasant itch this fall with the new Pheasants Forever $2 scratch game from the South Dakota Lottery. ....................Subscribers

South Dakota Lottery Machines Get Upgrade
PIERRE, South Dakota (July 25, 2009) - Beginning in just a few weeks playing the lottery will get easier in South Dakota.  A brand new machine promises to make the lives of retailers and players much easier........................Subscribers

State Upgrading Lottery System; Lotto Players Encouraged to Turn in "Old" Tickets Before Conversion
PIERRE, South Dakota (July 27, 2009) - With the South Dakota Lottery converting to a new system for selling lotto tickets early next week, Lottery officials encourage players who may be holding lotto tickets generated by the current system to bring those tickets in to their Lottery retailers before Aug. 1...............Subscribers

South Dakota State Lottery Changing To New Lotto System
PIERRE, South Dakota (June 20, 2009) -- news sources reported today South Dakota Lottery Director Norm Lingle said that effective August 2, 2009 new terminals for lotto tickets will be up and running in the state................Subscription

Commissioners Accept Video Lottery Contract
PIERRE, SOUTH Dakota (June 1, 2009) -  According to local media reports the South Dakota Lottery Commission approved a new contract last week that will allow video lottery establishments to continue using the highly popular but obsolete VLC model 8700 gambling terminals....................Subscribers

State Lottery Sales Down Across The Board
PIERRE, South Dakota (May 27, 2009) – According to reports presented Wednesday to the South Dakota Lottery Commission, sales for video lottery, lotto and instant-tickets are all down for the budget...................Subscribers