34 Quotes by Tom Shaheen

We got a five-day early start. That means $25 million in sales that you never would have had without an early start.

We got the best price of any state.

Early indications are that retailers are receiving tickets, and everything is working.

The stacks of mail are piling in by the moment. It's great to see that those interested in being able to sell lottery tickets range from national chain retail stores and gas stations to individually owned general stores at every corner of the state.

This is probably the smoothest startup I've ever been a part of.

This is probably the smoothest startup I have been involved with. This earns all the employees their startup bonus.

A billion one-fifty (in sales) is certainly a challenge. The reason I'm not too nervous is you have such a large population, and a large population for a lottery means you have a lot more occasional players than most states do.

It's probably slowed us down a little bit, but we're on track.

That kind of lets the public know that yes, there are winners of the game, for anybody who may be skeptical.