Summary
THANK heaven for state audits that track down the use of taxpayer money. When Legislative Auditor Aaron Allred scrutinized First Choice Health Systems, which operated the state's Problem Gamblers Help Network, he found nearly $90,000 in dubious costs.
Examples included: $68 for a romantic horse-drawn carriage tour of New Orleans; $1,092 for two group dinners at Big Easy restaurants; $1,573 to fly two daughters to New York while their problem-gambler mother was interviewed by a TV show; $675 for a First Choice employee's spouse's cell phone; $112 for baby gifts for the director of the National Council on Problem Gambling; $1,000 for massages for gambling addicts; etc.See the full content of this document
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Audit: ; Taxpayer Money
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