Florida Lottery and FGCC Ask for $6.3M for IT Projects

The Florida Gaming Control Commission (FGCC) and Florida Lottery are requesting a combined total of $6.3 million for six technology initiatives in their legislative budget requests.

The FGCC is a regulatory body overseeing gambling in the state, while Lottery operates the state lottery.

The FGCC is requesting $6 million, which includes:

• $4.7 million to procure a regulatory, licensing and enforcement system
• $860,396 to establish the necessary infrastructure, software and personnel to support the functions of the commission’s law enforcement duties 
• $398,140 to hire a program manager and a customer relations manager to help implement Florida’s Planning, Accounting, and Ledger Management (PALM) system 
• $22,849 for a salary rate increase for an FGCC IT position responsible for architecting and managing on-premises and cloud-based solutions  

The Florida Lottery is requesting $299,555:

• $158,635 for information resources staff position reclassifications 
• $140,920 to support changes to the estimated costs between the Northwest Regional Data Center and the department  

More information about the FGCC and Florida Lottery legislative budget requests can be found online.