Article: MINNESOTA LOTTERY; SEARCH ENDS IN SOUTH DAKOTA; State goes next door for new lottery boss.(NEWS)

Byline: Patricia Lopez; Staff Writer

The nationwide search for a new director to lead the beleaguered Minnesota Lottery ended close to home Thursday with the appointment of Clint Harris, executive director of the South Dakota Lottery.

Harris, 49, has led the South Dakota Lottery since 2000 and posted four consecutive years of record profits beginning in 2001. In fiscal 2004, the South Dakota Lottery produced more than $115 million for a state with a population of 738,000. That's due, in part, to its reliance on video gambling, with games such as video poker and video blackjack available in most bars and taverns.

The Minnesota Lottery, in a state ...

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