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National
Association of
Convenience
Stores (NACS)
will back a
major public
affairs campaign
aimed at
encouraging
Congress and
association
members to
support a
proposed online
lottery and
gaming ban
"As a
member of
the
convenience
store
industry,
I'm most
concerned
with the
impact that
the DOJ
decision has
had on the
sale of
lottery
products,"
Lyle
Beckwith,
NACS senior
vice
president of
government
relations,
told the
online
political
news source.
"Lottery
tickets
should not
be sold
interstate
on the
Internet.
Those sales
risk letting
kids buy
them,
letting
people
gamble in
states that
don't want
gambling,
and pulling
money and
sales out of
some states
into others.
… If
Congress
does not act
to pass this
legislation,
states will
open the
floodgates
to Internet
gambling and
it will
become
difficult or
impossible
to turn it
back."
PGRI Note:
Of course,
NACS needs
to resort to
these
ridiculous
assertions
and scare
tactics.
Notice
that none of
the claims
they make is
true, that
these are
social
issues that
NACS members
are not
actually
concerned
about
anyway, and
that the
actual
concern of
NACS members
is not even
stated here.
NACS just
wants to
protect
their
distribution
monopoly
over lottery
products.
Of course,
they can’t
say that
because the
U.S.
Congress is
not supposed
to take
legislative
action to
protect
monopolies.
The U.S.
Congress is
not tasked
with the job
of denying
the rights
of consumers
to buy
online, they
are not
supposed to
take
legislative
action to
require that
a product be
made
available
only in
retail
stores
because
store-owners
want to
protect
their
distribution
monopoly -
The notion
that NACS’
actual
agenda is to
pressure the
U.S.
Congress to
intervene to
prevent the
natural
disruptions
in a dynamic
market-place
by
protecting
their
monopoly and
denying
consumers
the right to
choose is
not a
political
platform
that would
work. |
NC Lottery
official: State
government
budget writers
knew curbs on
ads would reduce
income
|
PGRI Note:
Classic case
of
politicians
unwillingness
to support
Lottery
colliding
with their
dependence
on lottery
funding to
make the
budget
work. And
the lottery
director
being caught
in the
middle with
the
unenviable
job of
explaining
the facts to
politicians
who prefer
not to
accept
reality.
The
interesting
thing about
this story
is that it
is being
played out
on the
public
stage. |
Loto-Québec
plans to
license,
regulate, and
tax commercial
online poker
sites
| The
lottery
corporation
now plans to
offer a
license to
sites like
Poker Stars,
in return
for
lucrative
income.
Loto-Québec
accounts for
only 10% to
12% of the
online
casino
gaming
market in
Quebec,
including
poker and
other
gambling.
Montreal-based
Amaya Gaming
Group, which
bought Poker
Stars and
Full Tilt
Poker last
week to $
4.9 billion,
could be the
first
company to
receive such
a license.
The company
is already a
supplier of
Loto-Québec
for devices
in casinos.
However,
Marie-Claude
Rivet says
that talks
with Amaya
are still in
their
"infancy". |
Transcript of
Amaya’s Investor
Presentation
Announcing
PokerStars
Purchase
Survey Shows
Alabamans
Support Gambling
Florida Lottery
Officials
Investigate
State Retailers
JOBS: Georgia,
Missouri,
Oregon, Virginia
Foxwoods
Withdrawing From
Plan to build
new casino in
Catskills region
of New York
Rhode Island
General Assembly
Passes Newport
Casino Plan
NY Resort VLT
bill dead for
2014
-Legislation to
allow video
lottery
terminals at
resorts in
Ulster County is
dead for 2014
after failing to
make it to the
floor of the
state Assembly
Fight taking
shape between
casino
operators,
Indian tribes
New UK Gambling
Laws to be
Contested in
Court
GTECH wins
eGaming Review
2014 Lottery
Software
Supplier of the
Year Award
-honored for
fifth straight
year at
prestigious
gaming industry
event
Maryland casino
revenue rises to
$75.8 million in
May
| Maryland
casino
revenue
climbed
nearly 10
percent in
May , with
the bulk of
gaming
coming from
Maryland
Live Casino.
The state’s
four casinos
brought in
$75.8
million
during the
month, up
$6.6 million
from $69.2
million in
May 2012.
Maryland
Live, the
state’s
largest
casino,
generated
$59.5
million, up
8.1 percent
from $4.5
million a
year before. |
Delaware
lawmakers revise
casino bailout
| The
chief
sponsor of a
bill that
would have
provided
financial
breaks to
the casinos
at a cost of
more than
$20 million
says the
measure will
be amended
before a
Senate vote
next week. |
New York: A bill
from state Sen.
Diane Savino
allowing for ads
to be placed on
lottery tickets
and terminals
has passed the
Senate
| "Imagine
if all those
tickets had
advertisements
on them that
could have
raised
revenue for
New York
state," she
said. "That
is less
money we
need from
your pocket
in taxes to
run schools
and colleges
throughout
New York.
Everyone
wins."
Michigan and
Massachusetts
both allow
for ads on
lottery and
keno-style
"quick draw"
games, the
lawmaker
said.
Michigan
estimates
that the ads
generated
$45 million
for state
coffers in
2013. A
recent
Gallup Poll
on gambling
in America
found that
57 percent
of American
adults
reported
buying a
lottery
ticket in
the past 12
months. Ms.
Savino has
long
advocated
for
government
and
authorities
to produce
revenue
through
advertising
on their
assets,
including
buses and
bridges. |
Consortium led
by GTECH Canada
receives $5
million to
develop
cross-channel
gaming platform
| The
province of
New
Brunswick
has awarded
a consortium
comprised of
GTECH
Canada, T4G,
New
Brunswick
Community
College, and
First Mobile
Education,
to develop a
technology
platform to
deliver game
content and
features
across a
broad range
of mobile
and
web-based
devices and
land-based
gaming
machines. |
State to take
bids for SE
Kansas casino in
July
gemIntelligence
selected for
2014 Innovation
Award by
OutSystems
GSA establishes
an international
office in
Brussels
Scientific
Games
licenses
“ticket-in-ticket-out”
(“TITO”)
cashless
gaming
technology
from Int'l
Game
Technology (IGT)
JOBS:
Georgia,
Kansas,
Missouri,
Oregon
Lotteries
Mobile
gaming a
$28.9
billion
market by
2016
|
Mobile
game
revenue
will
grow by
38 per
cent
over the
next two
years as
games
developers
change
focus to
zero in
on
increasing
user
lifetime
value.
“Under
the new
strategy,
which
brings
mobile
analytics
to the
fore,
developers are
increasing
lifetime
value
through
analysing,
[re]engaging
and
monetising
users,
allowing
for
higher
overall
returns
on
investment,”
read a
release
accompanying
the
report.
PGRI
Note:
Very
interesting
article
re the
future
of
Mobile
gaming. |
Sheldon
Adelson’s
Las Vegas
Sands
Corporation
has picked
up the
Keelen Group
to monitor
“federal
policy
issues
related to
Internet
gambling
|
Specifically,
the law
firm
will
focus on
support
of a
bill
from
Rep.
Jason
Chaffetz
(R-Utah)
and Sen.
Lindsey
Graham
(R-S.C.)
called
the
Restoration
of
America’s
Wire
Act,
which
would
reverse
a 2011
Justice
Department
decision
that
opened
the door
for
states
to allow
the
practice.
Las
Vegas
Sands
Corporation
wrote a
draft
bill
prohibiting
the
games
nationwide,
which
circulated
around K
Street.
The
company
owns
multiple
hotels
in Las
Vegas
including
the
Venetian
and the
Palazzo,
as well
as
resorts
in
Pennsylvania
and
Macao,
China.
In
addition
to the
Keelen
Group,
the
company
has also
hired
five
other
lobbying
firms
this
year to
focus on
anti-Internet
gambling
legislation. |
New Jersey
pol vows to
move forward
with sports
betting
regardless
of Supreme
Court
| We
may
learn on
Monday,
June 23
whether
the
Supreme
Court
will
take up
New
Jersey’s
case to
legalize
sports
betting
in the
state,
but
state
Sen. Ray
Lesniak
said
racetracks
could
open
wagering
on games
by
football
season
even if
the
court
declines
to do
so. New
Jersey
is
trying
to
overturn
the
Professional
and
Amateur
Sports
Protection
Act – a
law that
restricts
all but
four
states
from
sponsoring
betting
on
sports,
and one
that is
supported
by the
NFL,
NBA, MLB,
NHL and
NCAA.
Should
the
Supreme
Court
decide
against
hearing
the
case,
Lesniak
said he
will
push
state
lawmakers
to
sanction
sports
betting
at New
Jersey
racetracks
in time
for the
NFL
season. |
New Zealand:
Lotto NZ has
launched new
mobile
ticket
checker app
Illegal
gambling
booms in
Asia as
World Cup
mania
continues
| "It
is the
biggest
single
gambling
event of
the
decade
and each
World
Cup gets
bigger,"
said
Warwick
Bartlett,
CEO of
Global
Betting
& Gaming
Consultants,
based on
the Isle
of Man.
However,
"the
propensity
to
gamble
in Asia
is
stronger
than
anywhere
else on
the
planet,
yet
there
are few
legalized
gambling
opportunities." |
The $4.9
Billion Deal
That Changed
Online
Gaming
|
PGRI
Note:
The
headline
refers
to the
purchase
of
PokerStars
and
Full-Tilt
Poker by
Amaya
Gaming.
But it
is about
much
more
than
that,
including
the
technology
that
drives
PokerStars
(85
million
registered
players)
success
in the
online
poker
market. |
3oak and
IntuiCode
Gaming
partner up
to bring
real-money
social games
to casino
floors
Casino
Lisboa Names
JCM Global
Preferred
Bill
Acceptor
Supplier
More Articles...
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LOTTERY EXPO 2014 Themes:
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feeling like them - and building relationships based on that
emotional connection. It’s about telling a story more than
selling. It’s about re-branding and re-shaping our image so
that everyone feels that Lottery “is for people like me”; it’s
about integrating digital technology and retail merchandising
strategies so that we are talking with our
customers rather than at them. When the consumer embraces
Lottery as part of who they are, they will want everyone to know
it, putting Lottery at the center of the discussion in the
socially networked world. How is Lottery evolving its approach
to create this emotional connection that drives sales?
-- Multi-Jurisdictional Games and nationalization of
promotional strategies:
Creating truly national brands requires national advertising,
marketing, promotion, and distribution. Forging consensus among
44 + lotteries requires compromise, and the conviction that the
goals are worth the effort. Some might ask: Why should we do
that when our markets are confined to the boundaries of our
state - and our state statutes, gaming cultures, and consumer
attitudes all vary from state to state, and certainly from
region to region. Why is it so important for Lottery Directors
to work hard to nationalize promotional programs? What do
lottery directors need to do to truly nationalize the New
Premium Game and the national TV Game Show? What is being
planned in the way of internet-based social networking and viral
marketing? What are the actionable ideas for national
promotions and marketing campaigns?
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sure that Retail Modernization results in increased sales of its
products? Industry-changing merchandising and POS trends,
demands for better data capture and analyses and reporting, new
transaction processing technologies, increased consumer options
like self-serve and digital connections, cross-promotional
marketing, infusion of entertainment value to the in-store
shopping experience – these are just some of the ways that
Retail is being “modernized”. How can Team Lottery continue to
modernize itself to take full advantage of these trends?
-- The Triumph of Traditional Lottery over i-gaming: The growth of casinos and casino-style i-gaming has
flattened-out in the mature markets of Europe. But not Lottery,
which continues to grow. Additionally, casino-style gaming (both
on-line and land-based casinos) is rife with intense competition
that drives margins lower and lower. Maybe the coming two years
is the window of opportunity for Lottery to push harder than
ever to focus on its strengths, its core competencies and
products, and consolidate its position with the traditional
games. The last few years have been witness to some major
innovation in the traditional games. How can Team Lottery
continue to build on that, add to the vitality and excitement
and accelerate the rate of progress and innovation in Lottery’s
traditional games?
-- Leveraging the promotional power of the Internet to drive
Retail sales: Making the products available online continues to be an
important objective for all lotteries. But the real power of
the Internet is as a promotional tool, and that can be
implemented right now by everyone. Marketing and promotional
strategies are integrating the on-line and off-line worlds to
drive sales at land-based Retail, leveraging the power of the
Internet as a promotional tool to drive store traffic and
lottery sales. How are the Interactive channels being used to
generate maximum consumer engagement that results in increased
sales at Retail?
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