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GTECH / SPIELO
G2S Protocol Extension Is Gaming Industry First
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island and MONCTON, Canada (June 29,
2009) – GTECH
Corporation and its subsidiary
SPIELO Manufacturing ULC
have created the gaming industry's first Game-to-System (G2S) protocol
extension designed specifically for the distributed gaming market. The Gaming
Standards Association (GSA) has approved a new storage class extension to
identify available download space. The extension is designed for the lower
bandwidth of the dial-up networks that typically support distributed-market
Electronic Gaming Machines (EGMs).
As the leading solutions
provider to the government-sponsored distributed gaming market, GTECH/SPIELO
are acutely aware of the market’s unique needs, and are committed to
meeting those requirements. A distributed market G2S protocol will allow
lotteries and government-sponsored gaming operators to benefit from
interoperability between systems and all G2S-compliant manufacturers’
devices. The G2S protocol creates a flexible distributed gaming network that
can quickly adapt to changing business requirements. Using this open protocol,
distributed market operators will now be able to migrate to new technology,
such as client/server games, while maintaining today’s games well into the
future. “This groundbreaking new extension
shows GTECH’s and SPIELO’s commitment to providing their clients with
a full complement of open protocols,” said Victor Duarte, GTECH Vice
President, Gaming Solutions, and SPIELO President and CEO. “We are
actively upholding standards initiatives to ensure the G2S protocols are
comprehensive and support all gaming environments, and our product alignments
demonstrate that commitment.” SPIELO’s
end-to-end solutions – from INTELLIGENTM, its distributed market
standards-based central system, to its value-added, downloadable EGMs, to
proven games – are designed to operate using GSA protocols.
GSA President Peter DeRaedt said, “Working
together, GSA member companies from across the industry spectrum have created
something very powerful and exciting in G2S, and we are thrilled to see the
continuing application of the G2S protocol around the world.”
GTECH is a Platinum Member of the GSA, and GTECH and
SPIELO have active technical representation on the G2S, System-to-System (S2S),
and Transport technical committees to anticipate and meet their distributed
market customers’ unique needs. About
GTECH GTECH is a leading gaming technology and
services company. With 6,200 people in over 50 countries, GTECH provides
innovative technology, creative content, and superior service delivery to
effectively manage and grow today’s evolving gaming markets. GTECH is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Lottomatica, one of the world’s largest
commercial lottery operators and a market leader in the Italian gaming
industry. For more information about the Company, please visit GTECH’s
website at www.gtech.com.
About SPIELO
Spielo is a world leader in the design, manufacture and
distribution of high performance and innovative gaming machines, game software
and central system solutions for government sponsored and commercial casino
operators worldwide. SPIELO products have been ranked among the “Top 20
Most Innovative Gaming Technology Products” by Casino Journal for two
years in a row. Based in Canada, SPIELO holds 115 gaming licenses in
jurisdictions throughout North America and Europe. SPIELO is 100 percent owned
by GTECH Corporation. For more information on SPIELO and its products, please
visit our website at www.gtech.com About The Gaming
Standards Association (GSA) The Gaming Standards
Association (GSA) is an international trade association that creates benefits
for gaming manufacturers, suppliers, operators and regulators. It facilitates
the identification, definition, development, promotion, and implementation of
open standards to enable innovation, education, and communication for the
benefit of the entire industry. Since its incorporation on May 6, 1998, GSA has
members representing a wide cross section of the global gaming industry.
GSA’s new Game-to-System (G2S) Protocol has been
named “Best Productivity Enhancement Technology” by Global Gaming
Business Magazine, one of the “Top Three International Gaming
Products” by IGWB Magazine; one of Casino Journal magazine’s
“Top 3 Most Innovative Products”; and one of Casino Enterprise
Management’s “Top 10 Slot Floor Technologies.”
CONTACTS: Robert K. Vincent, Public Affairs, GTECH
Corporation, 401-392-7452 or Rhonda Whittaker, Communications, SPIELO,
800-561-4263.
INTRALOT signs
new contract in Latin America in the Republic of
Suriname ATHENS, Greece (July 1,
2009) -- Through its wholly owned subsidiary INTRALOT St. Lucia,
INTRALOT has signed a
facilities management contract with Suriname Holdings Limited, a St. Lucia
registered company which was assigned a 15-year license from the
National Lottery of Suriname (NLS) to offer online lottery
games in the country. The contract shall be valid for the duration of the
license term. INTRALOT will undertake the full
operation of the online lottery including the provision of the Central System,
the terminals and their peripherals, the game software, future game
development, maintenance and technical services, sales and marketing services,
training of the retailers and other related services.
Suriname Holdings Limited
was formed by a group from Suriname and included some directors of a Barbadian
company TL Lotteries (Barbados) Ltd. which has been in the
lottery business for fourteen (14) years and ran the successful
“Olympio” Lottery in Barbados, in conjunction with the Barbados
Olympic Association. The Republic of Suriname is
situated in the northern region of South America and has a population of half
million people with a GDP per capita income of approximately $5,600.
Commenting on the new contract, INTRALOT CEO,
Mr. Constantinos
Antonopoulos, stated: “INTRALOT is continuing its expansion in the
challenging and interesting region of Latin America. We are really pleased that
SHL selected us to be their new partners and we are confident that we will have
a fruitful cooperation, which will benefit both the Lottery and the people of
Suriname.” About INTRALOT (www.intralot.com)
INTRALOT, a public listed company, is the leading supplier
of integrated gaming and transaction processing systems, innovative game
content and sports betting management, to state-licensed gaming organizations
worldwide. Its broad portfolio of products & services, its know-how of
Lottery, Betting & Video Lottery operations and its leading-edge
technology, give INTRALOT a competitive advantage which contributes directly to
customers’ efficiency, profitability and growth. With presence in more
than 50 countries, with 5,000 people and revenues of €1.1 billion ($1.53
billion) for 2008, INTRALOT has established its presence on all 5 continents.
For more information please CONTACT: Ms. Persa
Kartsoli, Head of Corporate Affairs, Phone: +30-210 6156000, Fax: +30-210
6106800, email: kartsoli@intralot.com.
Successful
Conversion of Pennsylvania Lottery System Positions Scientific Games Customer
for Future Growth NEW YORK, USA
(June 30, 2009) – Scientific Games (NASDAQ:SGMS) today announced that its
successful conversion of the Pennsylvania Lottery gaming system ranks as one of the
smoothest transitions in the history of the lottery industry and has positioned
the Pennsylvania Lottery for future growth. The
gaming system conversion involved almost 22,000 WAVE™ terminals, ticket
checkers and Player-Activated-Terminals in 8,300 retail locations connected by
a new state-of-the-art IP-based communications network throughout
Pennsylvania. “We are very proud of the
success of our online conversion for the Pennsylvania Lottery. We converted
$3.5 billion of retailer records to the new AEGIS system overnight and we had
no disruptions in instant ticket tel-sell and ticket distribution or advanced
sales for future drawings,” said Mike Chambrello, the COO of
Scientific Games. “The Pennsylvania Lottery is a long and valued
partner of Scientific Games and the Lottery has proven once again why its
operations are so closely studied and copied.”
“Pennsylvania Lottery profits support programs
to benefit older residents. Every dollar is crucial,” said
Pennsylvania Lottery Executive Director
Ed Trees. “The
partnership between the Lottery and Scientific Games and the coordination and
hard work of both staffs has ensured an uninterrupted flow of profits and a
bright future for new games and initiatives. We appreciate and applaud the
patience shown by our retailers throughout this process.”
The conversion of the gaming system began December 19,
2008 following a competitive procurement process. In the early morning
hours of June 16, 2009, Scientific Games successfully converted thousands of
terminals, monitors and validation machines at retailer locations across the
state of Pennsylvania onto a new state-of-the-art IP-based communications
network for the Pennsylvania Lottery. The conversion included migrating
to an advanced central computer system operating out of a new primary data
center in Pennsylvania, with back-up facilities located at Scientific
Games’ National Data Center. As part of the Lottery’s new
contract with Scientific Games, it has replaced its communication network and
terminals with new gaming equipment, including the new WAVE™ terminals
with touch-screen technology, customer display units and in-store customer
ticket checkers for the Lottery’s retailer network of 8,300 locations.
Since December, Scientific Games
replaced:
- 8,500 retailer point of sale
terminals;
- 8,500 self-service ticket
checkers; and
- 900 Instant Ticket and Online
Game Player Activated Terminals.
The new contract includes the
integration and service of an existing 3,700 Instant Ticket Vending
Machines. For the week ending June 22nd, online game
sales were $24.9 million, or 9 percent higher than the prior week online sales
of $22.9 million. Scientific Games supplies instant
ticket and/or lottery systems service and support to all 43 current U.S.
lottery jurisdictions, all 5 Canadian Lottery jurisdictions and over 60
countries around the world. In 2008, lotteries represented 79% of
Scientific Games' annual revenue of over $1 billion and the Company's global
manufacturing output was over 38 billion standard ticket units.
Scientific Games has built a reputation as a valuable vendor and partner to its
government and private sector customers through its breadth of capabilities,
innovation and its customized industry leading solutions.
About the Pennsylvania Lottery:
The Pennsylvania Lottery
remains the only state lottery that designates all its proceeds to fund
programs that benefit older residents. Since its inception 37 years ago, the
Pennsylvania Lottery has contributed more than $18.3 billion to programs that
include property tax and rent rebates; free and reduced-fare transit; the
low-cost prescription drug programs PACE and PACENET; long-term care services;
and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including more than 600 full- and part-time
senior centers throughout the state. The Pennsylvania Lottery reminds its
players to play responsibly. Players must be 18 or older.
For more information on the Pennsylvania Lottery, visit
www.palottery.com.
About Scientific Games Scientific Games Corporation is a leading integrated supplier
of instant tickets, systems and services to lotteries worldwide, a leading
supplier of server based gaming machines and systems, Amusement and Skill with
Prize betting terminals, interactive sports betting terminals and systems, and
wagering systems and services to pari-mutuel operators. It is also a licensed
pari-mutuel gaming operator in Connecticut, Maine and the Netherlands and is a
leading supplier of prepaid phone cards to telephone companies. Scientific
Games' customers are in the United States and more than 60 other countries. For
more information about Scientific Games, please visit our web site at
www.scientificgames.com Company
Contact: Investor Relations, Scientific Games Corporation, 212-754-2233
CONTACT: Aimee Remey, 212-754-2233.
Now On Your
Screens...A Colourful New Lotteries Web Site!
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada (June 30, 2009) -
Loto-Québec is
proud to present its new Lotteries web site at
www.lotoquebec.com/loteries. The site was redesigned
to better meet the needs of an average of 3 million web surfers every year. It
is a fresh, more entertaining way of providing information to our users through
an interactive experience. Internet surfers will be
able to browse more easily and quickly locate new content thanks to better
structured information. New lottery products are displayed up front on the home
page and promoted through animation and a product carrousel. A red icon in the
drop-down menu of each section indicates new products being offered.
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Another novel feature is
the direct access to draw results right on the site's home page, which web
surfers may customize to meet their viewing preferences. Draw details are also
available for viewing at all times. The section dedicated to winners has been
updated as well. Each product is showcased in a theme
of its own with distinctive images and colours. In addition, the features of
each lottery product, including prize structures and odds are easier to locate.
Games, videos and demos have also been added. The "You might also
enjoy!" box included on each product page provides visitors with an
opportunity to learn about lottery products that are similar to those they
already enjoy. Finally, the site provides information
on ticket signing and validation requirements as well as prize claiming
procedures. The prize claiming status of each scratch game is also
provided. For more information on our lottery
products, log on to www.lotoquebec.com/loteries. Loto-Québec is a public corporation whose primary
mission is to assure the systematic and effective operation of games of chance
in the province. It employs approximately 7,000 people. In recognition of its
social responsibilities, the Corporation is committed to combating excessive
gaming and to promoting healthy gaming behaviour. In fact, Loto-Québec
has been awarded the highest international certification with regard to
responsible gaming, i.e. Level 4, by the World Lottery Association (WLA), an
international association of 140 lottery corporations. For further information: Jean-Pierre Roy, Press Relations,
(514) 499-5151 SOURCE: Loto Quebec.
Protec-Style
Receives Ingenio’s Research and Development Prize
MONTRÉAL, Quebec, Canada (June 26, 2009) - Ingenio,
Loto-Québec’s
research and development arm and a major partner of the Québec
Entrepreneurship Contest (QEC) for the ninth year in a row, awarded its $5,000
Research and Development Prize to Protec-Style Inc. at the 11th annual QEC
Grand Prize Gala held at the Centre des congrès de Québec on June
18, 2009. This prize is awarded to the business that has most distinguished
itself through its contribution to research and development in a specific
industry by complementing its main activities with innovative accomplishments
or original research.
Located in
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Protec-Style Inc. specializes in the production and
marketing of antimicrobial clothing for healthcare professionals. The company
has developed a line of clothing that actively protects against both bacteria
and viruses, even after being laundered. Moreover, Protec-Style Inc. has joined
forces with internationally acclaimed designer Jean-Claude Poitras who was
brought on board to add a touch of style and comfort to the company’s
truly innovative fashions. “Ingenio’s
Research and Development selection jury particularly appreciated how the
company orchestrated the skilful blend of art and science, of fashion and the
requirements of protective clothing,” explained Ingenio’s general
manager Nathalie Rajotte, who served as jury chair. “The promoter
managed to perfect an innovative technological solution while working with a
network of strategic partners,” she added. According to François Simard, president and founder of
the winning company, such prizes serve to acknowledge years of hard work and
provide the encouragement needed to support initiatives like his, which are all
the more important in light of the current economic climate. It is worth noting
that, in addition to the Ingenio Prize, Protec-Style Inc. also received
Léger Marketing’s special Marketing Strategy Prize and the
Québec Entrepreneurship Contest’s First Prize for Technical and
Technological Innovation. “I’m thrilled by the recognition and
visibility the Contest provides, a boost that’s especially important
considering our international aspirations.” The Protec-Style Inc. Web
site is at: www.protec-style.com About
Ingenio Created in 1998, Loto-Québec’s
R&D arm, Ingenio, focuses primarily on the development of new lottery and
gaming products and delivery channels for the international market. Over the
past few years, the company has made its mark thanks to the originality and
graphic quality of its interactive multimedia lottery games and its use of
cutting-edge technologies to enhance its range of lottery and gaming products,
which are marketed by Loto-Québec’s business units. These business
units—lotteries, casinos, bingo operations and video lottery
terminals—benefit from the economic spin-offs of Ingenio’s
developments. For more information, visit
www.ingenio-quebec.com. Information: Jean-Pierre Roy, Media Relations, 514 499-5151
or François Simard, Protec-Style inc., 450 348-8747.
SOURCE: Loto-Quebec.
Lottomatica
Becomes First Italian Operator to Obtain Certification of Compliance to
International Responsible Gaming Standards
ROME, Italy (June 19, 2009) -Lottomatica is the first
Italian operator to receive certification of compliance with the responsible
gaming standards established by the European Lotteries Association (EL).
The ELA is an independent
association, created in 1999, that groups together European State lotteries and
games operators, and aims to promote cooperation between members and the
development of European games operators. The association is committed to
combating illegal gaming and to minimising the potential risks of gaming to
society. The ELA Responsible Gaming Working Group has
developed responsible gaming standards, preparing a certification process that
was launched for the first time in a test phase in 2008, and which recently
concluded. As well as Lottomatica, other international operators to have
participated in this first certification process include Austrian Lotteries,
The National Lottery Camelot, Loteria de Catalunya, La Française des
Jeux, Loterie de la Suisse Romande, Mifal Hapais, Svenska Spel, Veikkaus OY and
Westdeutsche Lotterie. Lottomatica’s
certification process was carried out by a third party – Deloitte –
and verified the company’s commitment to creating and developing a
programme to protect players and to promoting a model for responsible gaming in
compliance with European Lotteries Association standards.
The Lottomatica programme, launched in 2008 and under
further development in 2009, touches on various areas. Firstly, the company
commissioned a research project to understand the phenomenon of problem gaming.
Having formed an “identikit” of at-risk players, the research
outlined a number of areas in which action could be taken to educate people on
responsible gaming.
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At the same time,
Lottomatica began working alongside organisations that operate in the area of
responsible gaming, and launched a series of actions to educate the sales
network and its employees on the issue, providing them with an information kit
on Responsible Gaming in order to shape the behaviour of those employees that
come into contact with players. Lottomatica has also
adopted a code of conduct for clear and transparent advertising communications
on gaming, and this is also applied to all materials regarding communication,
promotional and merchandising activities. In addition, there has also been the
press campaign “Gioca senza esagerare” (“Play without
exaggerating"), which has appeared in the main Italian media and on all of
the company’s websites. In accordance with the
standards laid down by the European Lotteries Association, Lottomatica has
introduced a programme to monitor eventual risk factors before the launch of a
new product. Finally, as regards guarantees of a safe
gaming platform, Lottomatica now offers users of the lottomatica.it and
totosì.it games websites the chance to create personal profiles to avoid
excessive game playing using self-assessment parameters and parameters to limit
or prevent their game play.
For these specific
functions, in April 2009 the Lottomatica games websites obtained the
international certification of conformity issued by G4, the Global Gambling
Guidance Group, an organisation set up by an international group of experts to
address issues related to responsible gaming, and equipped with some of the
most cutting-edge regulations and protocols in Europe. "This European Lotteries Association
certification,” commented Marco Sala, MD of Lottomatica,
“shows how Lottomatica’s activities are perfectly in line with the
most rigorous international standards in the area of responsible gaming.
However, this certification is also the result of our belief that responsible
growth is possible in the games sector, and that it can have positive
consequences for all those involved. For this reason,” concludes the
MD of the Lottomatica Group. “Our aim remains that of supporting the
Italian Gaming Authority in developing a legal, moderate and responsible gaming
model, and to develop activities that fully respect both players and the
community." SOURCE: Lottomatica.
GTECH Printing Corporation Selected By The Arizona
Lottery As A Provider Of Instant-Ticket Printing Services
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island and
LAKELAND, Florida (June 30, 2009) - GTECH Printing Corporation
(GPC) announced that the
Arizona Lottery has chosen
GPC for instant-ticket printing services. The five-year contract will commence
January 14, 2010, and provides for five one-year extension options. The
contract is the result of a competitive procurement.
“This is a great
opportunity for us to service the Arizona Lottery in a wider capacity, and to
be regarded as a high-quality, instant-ticket supplier in such a competitive
environment,” said Ross Dalton,
GTECH Senior Vice President
of Printed Products and Licensed Content. “They value our commitment to
superior customer service, quality, responsiveness, and attention to detail. We
look forward to building upon this success to help the Arizona Lottery increase
sales and profits for years to come.” “We value our relationship with GTECH Printing
Corporation and we look forward to working together to improve our game content
portfolio and execution strategies,” said
Jeff Hatch-Miller,
Director of the Arizona Lottery. “The combination of GPC’s expert
printing capabilities, meticulous attention to detail, and exceptional level of
commitment to their customers was a major draw for us.”
GTECH has been serving the Arizona Lottery since 1984
where it serves as the Arizona Lottery’s online systems provider.
Additionally, GTECH was recently selected to manage lottery ticket warehousing
and distribution for the Arizona Lottery. GPC is the fastest growing
instant-game manufacturing company in the industry and is currently servicing
18 customers in the U.S. and 19 more worldwide. GPC will manufacture scratch
tickets for the Arizona Lottery on the Company's new state-of-the-art press in
its Lakeland, Florida facility. About GTECH
GTECH is a leading gaming technology and services company.
With 6,200 people in over 50 countries, GTECH provides innovative technology,
creative content, and superior service delivery to effectively manage and grow
today’s evolving gaming markets. GTECH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Lottomatica, one of the world’s largest commercial lottery operators and a
market leader in the Italian gaming industry. For more information about the
Company, please visit GTECH’s website at
www.gtech.com.
CONTACT: Robert K. Vincent, Public Affairs, GTECH
Corporation, 401-392-7452.
Lottery
Industry Vet Pete Donahue Joins Alchemy3
Former Connecticut Lottery Executive Will Become
Company’s Eastern Account Director ATLANTA, Georgia (June 30, 2009) –
Alchemy3® has added
veteran lottery product manager, Pete Donahue, to its team. After 13 years with
the Connecticut Lottery
Corp., Donahue becomes Alchemy3’s Eastern Account Director.
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In his new post, Donahue
will be responsible for working with Alchemy3’s clients up and down the
East Coast of North America. “Alchemy3 exists
to create smart matches between lotteries and great consumer brands,”
said David Schorr, Alchemy3’s Chief Executive Officer and one of its three
founders. “Our job is to bring genuinely innovative marketing ideas to
lotteries — ideas they just can’t get anywhere else. And we believe
Pete Donahue, with his deep experience in lottery products, is ideally equipped
to help us achieve those objectives.” Donahue
has spent 13 years with the Connecticut Lottery, the last eight as product
manager for instant games. That experience, Schorr said, will make Donahue
“a great asset” to our clients.
“Every lottery is
different, and what I like about Alchemy3 is how hard they work to learn about
those differences,” Donahue said. “They develop a real
understanding of a lottery’s players, its overall marketing strategy and
what it’s trying to accomplish with its games. They bring back ideas that
really help a lottery achieve its unique goals. They become a real marketing
partner to a lottery, and my job will be to help deepen and expand those
partnerships.” About Alchemy3:
Founded by lottery industry veterans in 2007, Alchemy3
focuses on creating what it calls “smart matches” between
licensed consumer brands and lottery games. The company works with lotteries to
capitalize on the power of established consumer brands to attract new players
with tailor-made instant and online games. Alchemy3 represents premier brands
including The American Music Awards, Bass Pro Shops, CBS Classic TV Shows
(“Cheers,” “Happy Days,” “The Brady Bunch,”
“The Love Boat” and “Dynasty”), Frank Sinatra, Professional
Bowlers Association (PBA), Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Six Flags and 20th
Century Fox. Alchemy3 also created A3 Rewards—lottery prize packages that
instantly award non-cash prizes including gasoline, movie tickets/concessions,
CDs, DVDs and more. To learn more about Alchemy3, go
to www.alchemy3.com,
CONTACT: Jeffrey Schweig, 770.442.6993, Email:
js@alchemy3.com Two New TV Stations to Broadcast Lottery Drawings
Beginning July 1 WTAE and
WTAJ to Air Nightly Drawings MIDDLETOWN,
Pennsylvania (June 30, 2009) - Pennsylvania Lottery officials today announced that
beginning July 1, nightly Lottery drawings will be broadcast on WTAE, Channel
4, in the Pittsburgh viewing area and WTAJ, Channel 10, in the
Johnstown/Altoona/State College viewing area. "Lottery players in the
Pittsburgh and west-central Pennsylvania regions will need to tune into
different television stations to watch the live drawing show beginning July
1," said Lottery Executive Director
Ed Trees. "
The six stations to carry
the live 6:59 p.m. nightly drawings and the 10:59 p.m. Powerball drawings on
Wednesdays and Saturdays include: WTAE, Channel 4 - Pittsburgh; WTAJ, Channel
10 - Johnstown/Altoona/State College; WPVI, Channel 6 - Philadelphia; WGAL,
Channel 8 - Harrisburg/Lancaster/Lebanon/York; WJET, Channel 24 - Erie; and
WNEP, Channel 16 - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The
Lottery's advertising agency, MARC USA, maintains two-year contracts with
television stations in each market to broadcast the drawing show. Those
contracts expire June 30. "The Lottery's
advertising agency selected television stations in each market in an effort to
maximize the number of households tuning into the drawing show, while obtaining
the best overall advertising value for the Lottery," said Trees.
The Pennsylvania Lottery has broadcasted a live, televised
drawing show since March 1977. An estimated 700,000 households watch the
Lottery's nightly drawing show. The live Lottery drawing is conducted at WHP-TV
studios in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Lottery
Drawing Schedule: The Daily Number, Big 4, Quinto
and Cash 5 are drawn seven days a week at 6:59 p.m. Mix & Match is drawn Mondays and Thursdays at 6:59 p.m.
Super 7 is drawn Tuesdays and Fridays at 6:59 p.m.
Powerball is drawn Wednesdays and Fridays at 10:59
p.m. Mid-day drawings for The Daily Number, Big 4,
Quinto and Treasure Hunt are conducted seven days a week, and winning numbers
may be viewed at www.palottery.com after 1:35 p.m. each day.
About the Pennsylvania Lottery:
The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state lottery
that designates all its proceeds to programs that benefit older residents.
Since its inception 37 years ago, the Pennsylvania Lottery has contributed more
than $18.3 billion to programs that include property tax and rent rebates; free
and reduced-fare transit; the low-cost prescription drug programs PACE and
PACENET; long-term care services; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including
more than 600 full- and part-time senior centers throughout the state. The
Pennsylvania Lottery reminds its players to play responsibly. Players must be
18 or older. For more information on the Pennsylvania
Lottery, visit www.palottery.com. CONTACT:
Veronica Sinclair-Anderson - (717) 702-8008 SOURCE:
Pennsylvania Lottery.
New Media Lottery
Clients Have Surpassed $75 Million (58 Million Euros) in Ticket
Sales DUBLIN, Ireland (June 29,
2009) -New Media Lottery Services,
Inc, based in Dublin, Ireland and Virginia, USA supplies lotteries with a
white label lottery system, games and management support to develop new income
streams from digital lottery product distribution, including the Internet,
mobile, interactive TV, and digital vending (server based terminals).
New Media Lottery secures
long-term contracts with lottery license holders and shares in the net revenue
generated through use of the company's numerous programs. The management of New
Media has been focused on broadening the user base for the company's digital
operating platform in its primary European markets and is encouraged to report
that, having passed the $75 million threshold in client sales, New Media is
clearly establishing itself as a successful operator and is positioned to
expand into new markets. Commenting on the
announcement, New Media Lottery CEO John Carson notes that: "Instant tickets
are one of the most successful forms of lottery products. We have developed the
systems to distribute these products via the Internet, mobile phones and server
based terminals. We are confident that the quality, sales potential and lottery
compliance of our products will provide new and expanding sources of revenue to
many lotteries worldwide." About New Media
Lottery Services, Inc. New Media Lottery Services,
Inc. supplies lotteries with a white label lottery system, games and management
support to develop new income streams from digital lottery product
distribution, including the internet, mobile telephony, interactive television
and digital vending. NMLS secures long-term contracts with lottery clients and
shares in the net win from these partners. ENQUIRIES:
New Media Lottery Services (1) 540 437 1688, John Carson, Email: www.nmlsinc.com
SOURCE: New Media Lottery Services.
Lottery Exceeds Return to Education Goal With End
of Year Transfer! Transfer
Brings Fiscal Year Total to Over $410 Million RALEIGH, North Carolina (July 1, 2009) -- Today, the
North Carolina Education
Lottery (NCEL) made another transfer to the state taking it over its
budgeted goal for the fiscal year. The NCEL transferred over $25.3 million for
sales in June. This transfer brings the tally for the fiscal year to $410.8
million and the overall tally from launch to over $1.136 billion.
“We are thrilled
that we exceeded expectations for the year and that we could help provide new
revenue to the state especially with the continuing budget crisis,”
said Tom Shaheen, NCEL executive director. “The ongoing goal for the
NCEL is to maximize sales and raise as much money as we possibly can for North
Carolina. We could not do that without the support of players and lottery
retailers throughout the state.” The NCEL
made the electronic transfer to the Office of State Budget and Management
(OSBM) this morning. The Lottery Act designates that
50 percent of proceeds is to be split between pre-kindergarten programs for
at-risk four year olds and class size reduction in the early grades; 40 percent
to school construction; and 10 percent to college scholarships. For detailed
information on where the money has gone so far, the NCEL’s 2007-08
beneficiary brochure is available online at nc-educationlottery.org. The
brochure includes county-by-county totals for each of the four programs. The
data is through June 30, 2008 and does not include 2008-2009 Fiscal Year
transfers. A brochure with data for the 2008-2009 Fiscal Year will be available
after the close of the fiscal year. Since inception
(March 30, 2006) through June 29, 2009, the NCEL has surpassed $3.4 billion
total gross sales. Over 95 cents of every dollar is returned to North Carolina
in the form of beneficiary programs, prizes and retailer commissions.
SOURCE: North Carolina Education Lottery. CONTACT: Pamela
Walker, Phone: (919) 301-3308.
Musical
Money™ on Sale Now! LANSING,
Michigan (July 1, 2009) - The
Michigan Lottery and EMI Music have partnered to bring Lottery players
Musical Money, a new $2 instant ticket that went on sale June 29.
In addition to top cash
prizes of $30,000, Musical Money also gives players the opportunity to win
music download prizes instantly. Over 320,000 download prizes are available in
the game and winners will be able to select downloads from EMI's entire digital
catalog, which features over 1,000 artists and 170,000 songs.
Players may also enter the Musical Money bonus drawing by
submitting three non-winning tickets online at the Lottery's VIP Club, Player
City (www.playercity.net). The first winner selected in the
September 28, 2009 drawing will win a VIP Custom Concert Experience for Two
which includes: Winners choice of one EMI Music
artist (from a list of 2-3) playing in the continental United States within a 6
month period after the drawing Prime seating, a gift bag and an artist meet and
greet, Economy airfare, hotel, sedan transportation to and from airport and
concert, dinner and per diem. The second winner
selected will be awarded autographed instruments from an EMI artist.
The deadline to enter non-winning Musical Money tickets
into the drawing is September 21, 2009. Since its
inception in 2005, Player City has registered over 225,000 members and is
believed to be one of the largest online lottery player communities in the
world. Membership in the club is free and once registered members can begin to
earn P.C. Points which can be redeemed for entries into various contests for
event tickets and merchandise. Over 95 cents of every
dollar spent on Lottery tickets is returned to the state in the form of
contributions to the state School Aid Fund, prizes to players and commissions
to retailers. In fiscal year 2008, the contribution to schools was $740.7
million. Since its inception in 1972, the Lottery has contributed more than $15
billion to education in Michigan. For additional
information, please visit the Lottery's Web site at:
www.michigan.gov/lotteryand the Player City Web site,
www.playercity.net.
SOURCE: Michigan Lottery. CONTACT: Andi Brancato,
517-335-5648. 
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