D.C. lottery manager hit with $1.4 million fine

The District’s lottery vendor was directed this week to pay D.C. more than $1.4 million in damages stemming from a 2006 incident in which contract employees manipulated the gaming system to invent thousands of fake tickets.

The order against Lottery Technology Enterprises and its partner GTECH was issued Wednesday, a day after Mayor Adrian Fenty resubmitted to the D.C. Council a proposed $120 million, long-term deal with rival lottery firm W2I.