s 352.44 L72MLOM 2004 IndependentAccountants'Reporton MontanaCashDrawings MontanaStateLottery June30,2004 STAT- 04C-03 PreparedUnderContractWith: MONTANAlegislativeBRANCH,AUDITDIVISION POBox201705,HelenaMT5%20-1705 Iliillllllll 3 0864 1003 2727 2 IndependentAccountants'Reporton MontanaCashDrawings MontanaStateLottery June30,2004 GALUSHA.HIGGINS f'GALUSHA tg AProfessionalCorporationofCertifiedPublicAccountantsandAdvisors P.O.Box1699 Helena,Montana 59624-1699 (406)442-5520 FAX(406)443-1017 MontanaStateLottery June30,2004 Contents TransmittalLetterfromthe LegislativeAuditDivision 1 ListingoftheCommissionMembersand AdministrativeOfficials 2 Introduction,Background,andReportableObservations 3 IndependentAccountants'Reporton ApplyingAgreed-UponProcedures 4-5 StatementofMontanaCashWinningNumbers 6-8 LEGISLATIVEAUDIT DIVISION ScottA.Seacat,LegislativeAuditor DeputyLegislativeAuditors: JohnW.Northey,LegalCounsel JimPellegrini,PerformanceAudit ToriHunthausen,ISAudit&Operations JamesGillett,Financial-ComplianceAudit August5,2004 TheLegislativeAuditCommittee oftheMontanaStateLegislature: EnclosedisthereportontheauditoftheMontanaStateLotteryObservationsforthe fiscalyearendedJune30,2004. TheauditwasconductedbyGalusha,Higgins&Galusha,PC,underacontractbetween thefirmandouroffice. Therearenorecommendationsinthisreport Respectfiillysubmitted. ScottA.Seacat LegislativeAuditor 04C-03 -1- Room160,StateCapitol,POBox201705 HelenaMT59620-1705 Phone(406)444-3122 FAX(406)444-9784 [email protected] MontanaStateLottery CommissionMembersandAdministrativeOfficials June30,2004 commissionmembers RESIDENCE RobertCrippen,Chairperson Butte BettyWilkins Missoula DonaldJ.Sterhan Billings CliffordBrophy Columbus ThomasM.Keegan Helena ADMINISTRATIVEOFFICIALS GeraldJ.LaChere,MontanaStateLotteryDirector L.JohnOnstad,MontanaStateLotteryDirectorofSecurity