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The following video presentations are brought to you by Public Gaming Research Institute and were recorded at SMART-TECH 2010 in New York City. These presentations were made by our Platinum Sponsors. Click on each one to watch.
 Michael Chambrello, CEO, Scientific Games Corp.
Edward Honour, CEO, MGT Lottery, LLC
Don Stanford, Chief Technology Officer & Technology Fellow, GTECH
George Zenzefilis, General Director, INTRALOT Interactive
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“As part of our commitment of putting customers first, we’ve created an online tool that will make it easier than ever for our customers to find information about SPIELO and ATRONIC Americas’ products and services,” said SPIELO President and CEO Victor Duarte. |
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| "Recent legislative actions to improve prize payout structures for the California Lottery offer great potential for new growth and increased support for the Lottery’s education beneficiaries. With this contract extension, we are pleased to be able to continue our partnership with the Lottery to support their next phase of growth,” said GTECH President and CEO Jaymin B. Patel. “We will work even more closely with the Lottery over the next several years to apply marketing and operational best practices, enhance their product and game portfolio, and provide them with a flexible, scalable platform to launch the next-generation of gaming technology, which will benefit the Lottery, their retailers, and players alike.” |
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| "We are extremely pleased to become a partner to the Lithuanian lottery through Olifeja," commented Michael Chambrello, President and CEO of Scientific Games. "Right now instant ticket sales in Lithuania represent less than ten percent of total lottery sales. We see ample opportunity to drive instant ticket sales by implementing our proven best practices and Olifeja is a very receptive partner. Eventually we believe Lithuania can be an excellent model for lotteries throughout Northern Europe." |
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| The Svenska Spel Board of Directors today announced its decision to replace Meta Persdotter as Chief Executive Officer of Svenska Spel. |
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| "We are delighted that the Cyprus Government Lottery has chosen Pollard Banknote as its instant ticket supplier," said Gordon Pollard, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Pollard Banknote. "Our company last worked with the Cyprus Government Lottery in the early nineties and we are very excited to renew our relationship. We welcome this opportunity to once again work with the Lottery to enhance its instant ticket program and provide exciting new games to the Cyprus marketplace." |
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| "We are thrilled to be given this prestigious honor," said Gideon Bierer, executive vice president new media at IGT. "This is a testament to the hard work and collaboration of our teams. Together, we are able to provide the top online gaming experience in jurisdictions where this type of gaming is available." |
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218 Main Street, #203
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INTRALOT’s subsidiary in New
Zealand, INTRALOT NZ Ltd,
has signed a heads of an
agreement with the
Department of Internal
Affairs (DIA) for an
integrated gambling platform
(IGP) that will complement
the proven electronic
monitoring system (EMS) of
19,000 non-casino gaming
machines until 2020 |
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FEATURED
 Presentations/Interviews June 2010 - click on each name to read.
Joan Borucki,
Pierre
Bruneau,
Margaret DeFrancisco,
Rebecca
Hargrove,
Gordon Medenica,
Bill Murray,
Terry Rich,
Bill Thorburn,
Ed VanPetten,
Lorne Weil,
Jodie Winnett |
| The noontime grand opening at Dover Downs was the third ceremonial roll of the dice for Wayne Lemons, state lottery director, who earlier this month inaugurated games like blackjack and roulette at Harrington Raceway & Casino and Delaware Park. On Friday, at a craps table, he rolled a hard six -- a pair of threes. "It's been an intense three or four months" of preparation, Lemons said, noting revenue from the games is so far meeting state projections. "It's all coming together. It's good to have the last opening behind us." |
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Lottery Director Kathleen Burke resisted the audit in November, writing that it didn't seem worth the $118,000 projected cost. The performance audit is supposed to drill into multiple aspects of lottery operations, from management to staffing levels to the operations of individual games. "In summary, I find this delay to be puzzling, irregular, and without reasonable explanation and request that you reinstate the previously provided schedule," Burke wrote.
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| "David brings a very valuable mix of compliance and IT knowledge to our clients," said GLI Manager of Supplier Development Jon Limb. "We have been looking to expand our development team to more directly service our East Coast suppliers, and we believe we have found just the right person in David." |
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Stefán Hrafnkelsson, Betware CEO, says: “As a pioneer in the Internet gaming market, Betware tries to always be one step ahead which is why we consider this project as an excellent start to offering operational services to the gaming market whilst demonstrating the strength of the Betware solution in integrating third party gaming services.” Morten Kolle Christensen, Certus Managing Director, says: “We are delighted with the launch of Certus Gaming Community at Spillekrogen.tv2.dk and consider this as a natural step in moving towards offering full gaming services to our partners. We are pleased with the results of our cooperation with TV2 and are looking forward to working with them in the future. |
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| Next week, the New Hampshire Lottery will unveil new online games in an attempt to boost revenue. The state will launch PlayNowNH.com on July 1. The site includes interactive games such as "Super Slots," "Speed Bingo" and "New Hampshire Poker." |
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| “ECA Chairman Ron Goudsmit said, “One of our goals as an organization is to increase awareness and understanding of the casino industry amongst EU policy makers and stakeholders, and we believe that being an affiliate member of GSA will help us to more directly bring information about the future of gaming to our members. |
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| Maryland Lottery Agency Director Stephen Martino said his agency was tough on Spielo Manufacturing, which will provide the 438 machines, wringing a reduction of $1,000 per machine in the final days of negotiations. Earlier, the state awarded Spielo a $10.3 million contract to supply and maintain 290 machines for the Cecil Casino. |
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| "He's an absolute delight to work with and everybody knows him," said Rebecca Hargrove, president and CEO of the Tennessee lottery. "He's a good representation of good people. "Everything we do is geared to sell more tickets, and this ad has garnered a lot of attention." The spot will run for three weeks but lottery officials have the rights to run it for a year. It had more than 2,000 views on You Tube in six days. Watch it here |
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May/June Public Gaming Magazine
May/June Public Gaming International Magazine
ONLINE now! Your printed copy
should arrive this week.
For the .pdf version click here
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LOTTERY EXPO 2010
LAS VEGAS NOVEMBER 16 & 17, 2010
PGRI / Public Gaming International Magazine is bringing you Lottery EXPO 2010. The concept is to customize the huge G2E gaming expo and conference for the benefit of North American Lottery executives. Our commercial partners will be on hand to welcome you and help you get the most out of your visit. The dates are Tuesday and Wednesday, November 16 and 17, 2010.
Click here to find out more.
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