The Mississippi Lottery Corporation announced May 7 that it had hired Thomas Shaheen as the first president. A longtime industry veteran, Shaheen has served as the Executive Director of the North Carolina Education Lottery (December 2005-September 2010) and the CEO of the New Mexico Lottery Corporation (March 2000-November 2010). He previously worked for Linq3. Shaheen [...]
InComm, a leading payments technology company, and Playport Gaming Systems (“PGS”), a real-money digital instant win game technology company, today announced a partnership to work with North American lotteries to distribute Playport’s digital gaming products through select InComm retail partners. PGS will incorporate its patented Playport gaming technology with InComm’s proprietary retailer point-of-sale systems integrations, [...]
Pollard Banknote announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement, and closed the transaction, to purchase 100% of the equity of Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited, a leading provider of lottery ticket dispensers, lottery play points and other retail merchandising products based in the United Kingdom. Fastrak was founded in 2000 and has built its [...]
Scientific Games appointed Steven Stamstad as senior vice president of marketing and communications, reporting directly to President and Chief Executive Officer Barry Cottle. Stamstad has more than 25 years of global marketing experience and an impressive track record driving growth and transforming businesses in the online retail marketplace, mobile gaming, entertainment and sports industries. In [...]
Pollard Banknote Limited announced a two‐year extension to its instant ticket manufacturing contract with Loto-Québec. The extension commenced February 1, 2019, and will allow the company to continue its role as the Lottery’s primary instant lottery ticket supplier, which it has been since 2014. Pollard Banknote has partnered with Loto‐Québec to create high performing instant [...]
Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) has successfully overseen the world's first Private Manager Agreement Transition Project, working on behalf of the Illinois Lottery. Acting Director of the Illinois Lottery Harold Mays said, "GLI ensured all parties stayed informed and coordinated throughout the two-and-a half-year-long project. We could not have successfully completed this complex transition without GLI." General Manager [...]
The Illinois Lottery’s new digital platform is now fully operational and delivering encouraging signs of early engagement. The website (IllinoisLottery.com) and mobile app are designed to make gameplay easier and more convenient for players. The modernized digital platform already is bringing new players to the Illinois Lottery, with 35,000 new accounts registered in March. The [...]
dick clark productions and POWERBALL® announced the rollout of a new promotion that will award winners of the First POWERBALL Millionaire of the YearSM second-chance prize drawings in participating jurisdictions, a VIP trip to New York City to celebrate New Year’s Eve 2020 and a chance to win $1 million. The special drawing for the [...]
INTRALOT announces Mr. Fotis Konstantellos as Group Chief Commercial Officer at INTRALOT and Mr. Edward Gerekos as Group Director of Human Resources, effective April 15th. Mr. Konstantellos joined INTRALOT four years ago and has led the company’s product transformation, customer experience, and the online gaming division. As Group Chief Commercial Officer, he will be responsible [...]
Scientific Games announced that it won the Walmart Services Division 2019 Supplier of the Year for Product award at the retailer’s 2019 Supplier Growth Forum. The Company was recognized by Walmart Services for its PlayCentral® 54 lottery self-service technology as an “exceptional or innovative new product offering that enhanced customer savings (money and/or time), value, [...]
