Lottery Official On Leave After New Year’s Drawing Mistake

ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The Connecticut Lottery Corporation’s security director has been placed on paid leave following an investigation into why 100,000 eligible tickets for a special New Year’s game were mistakenly disregarded in the initial drawing.
The Hartford Courant reported Saturday that Alfred DuPuis could face possible disciplinary action after the internal probe concluded he “acted with gross neglect …of his duties.”
The leave was imposed Thursday, the