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Key Public Gaming Articles and Interviews 2009
Public Gaming 2009 Feature Interviews and Articles


Constantinos Antonopoulos, CEO, Intralot, Greece

Atul Bali, President New Media, GTECH
Jack Boehm, Director, Colorado Lottery
Scott Bowen, Commissioner, Michigan Lottery
Michael Brennan, Deputy Director, Sales and Marketing and Tricia Metzger, Deputy Director, Sales for the California Lottery


Joan Burucki, Director, California Lottery

Michelle Carinci, CEO, Atlantic Lottery Corp, Canada
Henry Chan, Executive Director, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong
Leo DiBenigno, Secretary, Florida Lottery
Don Doucet, VP, Business Strategy, SPIELO

Victor Duarte, Chief Operating Officer, SPIELOMarch article
Michelle Eichhorn, Director Product Development, Illinois Lottery
Valeria Fagone, Director Public Affairs for Europe, Lottomatica S.p.A.

Patti Hart, President & CEO, IGT

Hansjörg Höltkemeier
, Managing Director, Deutsche Klassenlotterie, Germany
Ed Honour, CTO, MGT Lottery,
September issue, November issue
Clint Harris, Executive Director, Minnesota Lottery


Mark Hichar, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP 
September issue, November issue

JUDr. Ales Husák
, Chairman of the Board,  SAZKA,Czech Republic


Jussi Isotalo, Executive Vice-President, Viekkaus Oy, Finland
Jean Jorgensen, Executive Director, WLA, Switzerland
Jim Kennedy, Sr. VP Sales & Global Marketing, Scientific Games
Gergely Koppány, Head of Instant Ticket Department, Szerencsejatek Zrt
Connie Laverty O'Connor & Matt Mansfield, GTECH Corporation

Tom Little, CEO, Intralot USA
Gerhard Luftensteiner, CEO, Keba
James Maida, CEO, Gaming Laboratories International
Todd McLeay, CEO, New Zealand Lotteries
Jeanette Michael, Former Director, DC Lottery, Jay Young, COO, DC Lottery
Verónica Montellano, President, Pollo Chilena de Beneficencia
Mary Neubauer, VP External Relations, Iowa Lottery
Miriam Nilsson, Marketing Manager Corporate Brand, Svenska Spel
Ann-Sofie Olsson, Director CSR, Svenska Spel, Sweden

George Parisot, Director, Montana Lottery, Jeri Duran, Dir. Sales & Marketing
Ernie Passailaigue, Executive Director, Arkansas Lottery
Terry Rich, CEO, Iowa Lottery
Steve Saferin, Chief Creative Officer, Scientific Games Corporation
Christian Schütz, Director, Guest Relations, Casinos Austria
Jim Scroggins, Executive Director, Oklahoma Lottery
Friedrich Stickler, Deputy General Director, Austrian Lotteries
Cheryl Sullivan and Bob Riggs, GTECH Corporation

Philippe Vlaemminck & Annick Hubert, Legal Advocates for the European Lotteries -
January Column, June Column, October Column

Lorne Weil, Chairman of the Board, Scientific Games Corporation

Hall of Fame European Induction Ceremony Announcement
We are pleased to announce the inductees for the Class of 2009 Lottery Industry Hall of Fame. The first induction ceremony was held at the NASPL Conference and Trade Show in Oklahoma City. The second induction ceremony inducting Risto Nieminen and Dr. Winfried Wortmann will be held in London during the EL Marketing Seminar - room and time to be announced this week.   - Visit http://www.lotteryindustryhalloffame.com to read more about all the inductees.
 
Gerald S. Aubin, Director of the Rhode Island Lottery

William Fox, Regional Vice-President Sales, Scientific Games Corp.

Risto Nieminen, Chief Executive of Veikkaus Oy

Donald L. Stanford, GTECH Technology Fellow Dr. Winfried Wortmann, Managing Director of West Deutsche Lottery
 
Hall of Fame Induction US Ceremony
Current Members of the Lottery Industry Hall of Fame on hand to welcome the new class were (L-R) Steve Saferin, Tim Nyman, Tom Little, Rebecca Paul Hargrove, Bill Fox (inductee), Arch Gleason, Gerry Aubin (inductee), Don Stanford (inductee), Gordon Graves, Wayne Lemons - more photos click here. The above ceremony was held in Oklahoma City.
*Risto Nieminen and Dr. Winfried Wortmann will be honored at the EL Marketing Seminar in London, THE BLOOMSBURY HOTEL (Former Jurys Gt. Russell Street Hotel) 16-22 Great Russell Street, London - Exact day and time coming this week.
 


 

 

 

 

 
  

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The Virginia Lottery's New Year's Millionaire Raffle made three instant millionaires.
A total of 330,000 of the $20 tickets were available for purchase. All of the tickets were sold out prior to the drawing.
 
Montana Lottery holds New Year's raffle drawing
"We're ready to give away more than $1.5 million," said George Parisot, Montana Lottery Director. "We have been planning for this all year."  
 
Pennsylvania Lottery's raffle makes 4 millionaires
This is the seventh consecuitve raffle for the Pennsylvania Lottery using the same successful forumla of tickets and prizes.  The lottery has conducted two raffle drawings per year since its first raffle drawing on Dec. 31, 2006: one around New Year's Day and the other in July.
 
Kansas Hoping 2010 Will Bring Casino Gambling To Sumner County
Lottery Spokeswoman Sally Lunsford has indicated that talks will resume next week with the Chisholm Creek partnership. Lunsford did not go into details, but residents are hopeful that these negotiations will lead to the casino being built.
 
 
Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Ends Year with $132 Million in Sales
With the leadership of the nine-member of the Arkansas Lottery Commission and Executive Director Ernie Passailaigue, the Lottery achieved startup in less than three months—less than half the anticipated time—with the result of an additional $33 Million in college scholarships for Arkansas students.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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