Controlling Board approves lottery contracts, helicopter for highway patrol

The two companies involved with Ohio’s lottery games got multimillion-dollar unbid contracts, and the Ohio Highway Patrol got approval to buy a new helicopter in action Monday by the state Controlling Board. The legislative spending oversight panel approved a two-year, $72.5 million contract renewal for Greece-based Intralot, which has been operating the state’s traditional lottery and video lottery terminals since 2008.