By Liam Niemeyer

Kentucky Lantern

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he will appoint a longtime Kentucky Lottery Corp. executive to lead the organization as the current president retires next year.

Beshear during a Thursday press conference said Chief Revenue Officer Maggie Garrison would be the new president of the corporation that manages the state lottery, saying she had his “full confidence” along with that of the outgoing president Mary Harville and the corporation’s board of directors.

Garrison, who has worked in various roles with the corporation since 2011, thanked Harville for her leadership which she said led to “record sales” and “record funding for the state.”

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