313.245.  Personnel — employment, qualifications, compensation. — The director shall employ such professional, clerical, technical and administrative personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 313.200 to 313.350.  No person shall be employed by the lottery who has been convicted of a felony.  Any person employed by the lottery in a management or policy-making position shall be a resident of this state or become a Missouri resident within six months of his appointment.  Personnel shall be employed without regard to any political affiliation.  Personnel shall receive a salary comparable to the salaries received by other state employees doing comparable duties.