Ernest L. Passaliaigue, Jr.

Biography:

Ernie Passailaigue is a native South Carolinian, born in Charleston. He graduated from Porter-Gaud School in 1965, earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of South Carolina in 1969 and received a Master’s in Business Administration from The Citadel in 1974. While working in Charlotte, North Carolina as a senior accountant for an international public accounting firm, he passed the exam and was licensed as a certified public accountant in 1971. Passailaigue served as an Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Charleston Southern University from 1973 to 1988. At the same time, he was managing partner of his own accounting firm in Charleston. Also, Passailaigue is the former owner of the Charleston Royals and Rainbows Professional Baseball Team. In 1988, he was elected to South Carolina Senate and served for thirteen years until August 2001, when he resigned to become Executive Director of the South Carolina Education Lottery. He has served on a number of boards and committees, and has been the recipient of numerous legislative and public service awards.
Mr. Passailaigue currently serves the lottery profession as immediate Past President of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL), Chairman of the Powerball Group and Vice President of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL).

Lottery Director Passailaigue Named Headliner of the Year by Arkansas Press
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (July 9, 2010) -- Ernie Passailaigue, Director of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, has received the Arkansas Press Association’s Headliner of the Year Award for 2009........Subscribers

Lottery To Accept Public Comments On Ticket Vending Machines
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (July 7, 2010) - The state Lottery Commission voted today to accept public comments on proposed rules for lottery ticket vending machines, which Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue called the future of the industry...............Subscribers

Report: Lottery Commission Legislative Oversight Committee Meeting
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (May 13, 2010) -- The Arkansas Lottery Commission Legislative Oversight Committee met this afternoon. Lottery director Ernie Passailaigue is reported to have told the committee that lottery sales had exceeded his initial expectations..............Subscribers

Revised Lottery Budget Irks Lawmakers
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (April 12, 2010) – Reports that Arkansas Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue's admission last week that he wasn't aware of a change in state law that he says prompted a cut in the games' budget has rankled some of the lottery's most ardent supporters..................Subscribers

Arkansas Lottery Commission Names Director
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (June 5, 2009) – The Lottery commission met behind closed doors for nearly three hours on Friday before returning to open session and voting to hire Ernie Passailaigue................Subscribers

Chairman Madden Announces Passailaigue Leaving SCEL.
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (June 5, 2009) – Chairman Tim Madden of the South Carolina Education Lottery (SCEL) announced that Ernie Passailaigue is stepping down to pursue other personal goals after eight years as Executive Director of the lottery...................Subscribers

South Carolina Education Lottery Executive Director Elected Chair of Powerball Group
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, USA (July 10, 2008) – South Carolina Education Lottery (SCEL) Executive Director Ernie Passailaigue has been elected Chairman of the Powerball Group and Vice President of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL)..............Subscribers

Executive Director of the South Carolina Education Lottery Elected NASPL President
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, USA (October 5, 2007) – The South Carolina Education Lottery’s (SCEL) Executive Director, Ernie Passailaigue, became President of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) after an election held during the NASPL meeting on Wednesday, October 3, 2007, in Lexington, Kentucky.................Read the full story at: Vol.41 No.3