| GTECH Selected to Provide the Missouri Lottery
With a New IP-Wireless Communications Network
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (April 24, 2007) --
GTECH Corporation, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Lottomatica S.p.A.,
announced that the Missouri Lottery has
selected the Company to provide equipment and services for a new Internet
Protocol (IP) wireless communications network, following a competitive
procurement process. The five-year communications contract will run through
June 30, 2012, and also provides for three one-year extension options
exercisable by the Missouri Lottery, and five one-year extension periods on
mutual agreement of both parties. “We are
grateful to the Missouri Lottery for allowing GTECH the opportunity to expand
our business relationship,” said W. Bruce Turner, GTECH President & CEO
and Lottomatica S.p.A. CEO. “GTECH offered the Missouri Lottery a
complete, cost-effective telecommunications solution that will provide improved
performance and faster transaction response time. With this award, the Lottery
now has a single point of accountability for the entire Missouri Lottery
system.”
“GTECH has an
entire organization devoted to R&D and support of lottery- specific network
solutions and services,” said Larry Jansen, Executive Director of the
Missouri Lottery. “This allows GTECH to deliver the best wireless
communications technologies with an eye on the special needs of our
Lottery.” Under the terms of the contract,
GTECH will install and maintain a VSAT wireless communications system,
providing the most secure and reliable data connection between the host
computer and 3,000 lottery retailers throughout the state of Missouri. With
respect to this contract, GTECH expects to receive revenues of approximately
$11 million over the five-year contract term. GTECH
has been providing online equipment and services to the Missouri Lottery since
1991, and was recently chosen to provide the Lottery with 550 Instant
Ticket Vending Machines (ITVMs). Since its inception, the Missouri
Lottery has returned more than $2.9 billion to the state and its public
education programs. About
GTECH
GTECH is a leading gaming technology and services company,
providing innovative technology, creative content, and superior service
delivery. Lottomatica is one of the world’s largest commercial
lottery operators and a market leader in the Italian gaming industry. GTECH and
Lottomatica together create a fully integrated lottery operator and gaming
technology solutions provider—a combined company with worldwide scale,
considerable financial strength, and industry-leading customer solutions.
Lottomatica is majority owned by the De Agostini Group, a century-old
publishing, media, and financial services company. Lottomatica is publicly
traded on the Italian Stock Exchange (LTO), and in 2006, had more than Euro 1.6
billion in revenues and 6,000 employees in over 50 countries when combined with
GTECH. CONTACT: Robert K. Vincent, Public Affairs,
GTECH Corporation, 401-392-7452. SOURCE: GTECH
Corporation.
Annual Shareholders General Meeting -- INTRALOT
Embraces The Globe With Its International Activities
ATHENS, Greece (April 18, 2007) -- “INTRALOT
literally embraces the globe as it now has the most eastern installation
(Chatham Islands, NZ) and the most western one (Easter Island, Chile) in the
world. INTRALOT, trusted by even the most demanding clients and recently
awarded with significant distinctions, is a well established leader of the
gaming industry and the broader business market, internationally,”
underscored INTRALOT S.A. CEO, Mr. Constantinos Antonopoulos,
during the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders that was held today.
INTRALOT is the only company
internationally that offers Lotteries a full range of products and services in
order to meet all their needs – provision of systems, support services and
operation of games. During the last year, the company further increased its
share in the global market and has now established a foothold in all 5
continents, by undertaking 9 new projects all over the world and realizing 1
significant acquisition of an Argentinean technology firm, with a strong
presence in the local market. Mr. Antonopoulos
added: “During the last three years, INTRALOT has recorded the highest
organic growth- as per sales, net income and human resources, in comparison
with its main competitors. INTRALOT has nowadays the soundest financial
position, the lowest debt and the strongest net cash position, within the
industry. In terms of projects, INTRALOT has won most of the bids in which it
participated along with its two main competitors”.
Total International Revenues for the INTRALOT Group
represented 75.2% of total Group sales and 69.5% to group EBT, validating the
strong presence of INTRALOT in the global market. As a result of the last
year’s successful performance, the General Meeting of shareholders
approved the distribution of a total dividend of €0.66 per share
(including the interim dividend of 0.30€), increased by 20% compared to
that of 2005. Mr. Antonopoulos stressed
that “INTRALOT achieved in 2006 strong growth rates, for one more year
and ranked in the second place of the largest company in the global sector. The
Company continued its international expansion by enriching its project
portfolio with new significant contracts in Taiwan, South Africa and Australia.
Moreover, the Company obtained a significant number of licenses in the recently
opened Italian fixed-odds betting market. The emerging opportunities in the
sector, the new contracts and the growth potential from the Company’s
established operations will further enhance INTRALOT’s leading global
position and increase its shareholders value”.
Concerning the company’s guidance for 2007,
consolidated turnover is expected to reach €880 million and profits after
taxes and minorities €115 million, an increase of 11.2% and 10%
respectively, compared to 2006.
“INTRALOT is a
company that acts as a quality benchmark for the sector’s products and
services, to the benefit of its customers, local communities and the
international entertainment market. Concerning the outlook of the Company,
major developments are in progress in the international gaming sector such as
lottery privatization projects especially in the US and in other countries.
Moreover, the liberalization of gaming markets started in Italy recently and is
expected to continue in Spain and in other countries as well. INTRALOT will
continue to grow and enter foreign markets, offering added value both to its
customers and shareholders”, added Mr. Antonopoulos at the end of his
presentation. About INTRALOT (www.intralot.com) INTRALOT a public company listed on the ASE, is the 2nd
biggest supplier of integrated gaming and transaction processing systems,
innovative game content and value added services to state-licensed gaming
organizations worldwide. It’s broad portfolio of products & services,
its know-how of Lottery, Betting & Video Lottery operations, its experience
in sports games and its leading-edge technology, give INTRALOT a competitive
advantage, which contributes directly to customers’ efficiency,
profitability and growth. With 40 subsidiaries, 7 business offices, more than
3,600 people and revenues of €791,4 m. for 2006, INTRALOT has established
its presence in all 5 continents. For more
information please CONTACT: Ms Evi Ioannidou, Communications Director, Phone:
+30-210 6156000, Fax: +30-210 6106800, email:
ioannidou@intralot.com.
SOURCE: INTRALOT
SNMB Signs First Contract for Deployment of GLI
Certified Wireless Gaming System
NEW YORK, USA (April 16,
2007) -- Sona Mobile Holdings Corp. (SNMB) announced the first contract for
commercial deployment of its Wireless Gaming System in various gaming
establishments in Lima, Peru. Lima Uno SAC will install Sona's Wireless Gaming
System in a variety of properties to complement their existing gaming
operations including Off Track Betting establishments and Sportsbooks. Lima Uno
SAC owns and operates one of the largest gaming operations in Latin America.
Sona expects to generate revenues shortly after the completed deployment
targeted for May 2007. "With today's announcement
Sona has established itself as a leader in wireless server-based gaming. We
were the first company in the world to receive GLI certification for a wireless
gaming solution based on random number generation technology, and we are now
deploying our Wireless Gaming System at a casino group," said Shawn
Kreloff, Sona Mobile Chairman and CEO. "This roll-out paves the way for
future deployments at additional Lima Uno properties as well as with other
casino operators worldwide." SOURCE: Sona Mobile
Holdings Corp.
CONTACT: Investor Relations, Kate Sidorovich,
415-445-3236.
Norsk Tipping Will Introduce Mandatory
Registration For Participation In Gaming
HAMAR, Norway (April 20, 2007) -- Norsk Tipping is
planning to introduce mandatory registration for participation in gaming for
all its gambling activities with the exception of Flax, their instant tickets.
In doing so, Norsk Tipping will be the
first State-owned gaming company to introduce mandatory registration.
Approximately 1.7 million
Norwegians have already acquired Norsk Tipping’s gaming card, and the vast
majority of these use the card every time they play Lotto or the Norwegian
football pools. Nine of ten kroner placed in Norsk Tipping’s retailer
terminal-based games (all games except Flax) are already placed by registered
players using smart cards. Two games, Joker and Extra, have since their
introduction required players to be registered. The player registration on
submitting coupons has been customary from the start of the lottery nearly 60
years ago, at the time one was using the old coupons with name and address, and
later the more modern gaming card. The essential service is that players have
their winnings paid out, regardless of whether they check the results or not,
and – most importantly – even if the receipt has been accidentally
lost or destroyed. “When we now recommend that the remaining ten
percent of the players stakes should also be registered, the most likely
reaction we would expect from the vast majority is ‘that’s fine with
me’: The vast majority of players are already used to registered games,
and are well aware of the advantages this offers”, says
Reidar Nordby Jr., President and
CEO of Norsk Tipping. “Even though the games
operated by Norsk Tipping have only a minimum effect in inducing compulsive and
habitual gaming, our environment expects that a state-owned gaming company
leads the way in combating compulsive and habitual gaming and gambling and
excessive stakes”, says Nordby. Personally
defined limits on eg stakes, maximum accepted losses and time usage can
be very effective tools in avoiding individuals from developing unhealthy
gaming and gambling habits. Registered gaming will provide a unique opportunity
to stipulate limits, and this applies in particular in connection with the new
gaming machines (IVT’s) that Norsk Tipping now has the exclusive
right to run in Norway, thus striving to ensure that individual players do not
play for more than they can afford to lose. It is also
relevant to point out that registered gaming also has a unique crime-prevention
aspect. The national economical police authorities have on many occasions
referred to unregistered gaming as a potential arena for money laundering and
organised crime activities. There remain a number of
unanswered questions with regard to precisely how limits will be advised,
stipulated and managed. Norsk Tipping will now embark on an in depth study of
all the details of how this can be accomplished in practice to ensure that the
best solution is identified that does not come into conflict with current
legislation and regulation on personal data protection.
For more information, please contact: Peer J.
Svenkerud, Senior Vice President, Information and External Affairs, Ph + 47
91554368 SOURCE: Norsk Tipping AS.
Certus Delivers
New Game To Swedish Media Company Website
REKJAVÍK, Iceland (April 25, 2007) -- Certus has
developed and delivered a game called Blockwar to its Swedish client, TV4. The
game recently went live on the media company’s website
www.blip.se.
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Blockwar is a modern
version of the traditional Tetris® game, with several updated differences.
Primarily, it is a multiplayer game in which up to five players can compete
against each other on the same screen. Players can also
“attack” each other with special objects in order to get ahead
of their opponents (the effect of being “attacked” can vary from
almost harmless, where one line of blocks is added to an opponent’s game,
to devastating “quakes” messing up the competitor’s board). At
all times during a game, the player can monitor his opponents’ games and
chat with them, in real time. “Certus
specializes in multiplayer gaming communities and we were very excited about
this project. We have done all the development from the design of the game to
layout and other specifications”, says Morten Kolle Christensen,
Managing Director, Certus. Within a week of its launch
the game is proving to be very popular at the website, recording as many as 130
players playing at the same time at peak hours. “The idea of taking a
traditional game and adapting it to a new, dynamic web environment is a winning
formula”, says Thomas Carlsson, Chief Editor of
www.blip.se. While
classic versions are single player, Blockwar transcends this by being
interactive between several players thus ensuring that the game keeps up with
new gaming trends of interactivity. “Blockwar will serve to create a
more dynamic gaming environment with a large focus on player satisfaction, thus
ensuring player loyalty”, add Christensen. Income on the game is
generated through subscriptions, play money and real money as well as banners
from advertisers. Blockwar went live on Sweden’s
TV4 website www.blip.se on 18th April
2007. About Betware (www.betware.com) Betware is a software and services company that specializes
in providing technical solutions to gaming companies operating in fully
regulated jurisdictions. Betware has a wide product line, covering most
traditional lottery games, sports games, instants, horse racing, live betting,
bingo and casino games. These are offered on different channels such as the
Internet, mobile and on-line retailer systems. Betware’s flexible
application program interface (API) allows independent third party gaming
developers and operators to create their own games on top of Betware’s
core services. About Certus
(www.certusgames.com)
Certus is a pioneer in
building gaming communities and has been developing multiplayer community games
since 1997. Its clients range from telecommunications companies to
companies in the media. Certus supplies casual multiplayer skill games for the
web and mobile. CONTACTS: Betware, Prerna Desai Media
Manager, Tel: +354 5804721 or Certus, Morten Kolle Christensen, Managing
Director, Tel: +45 63110020. SOURCE: Betware.
OLG Distributes
$16.8 Million To 23 Host Communities
Ontario, Canada (April 20, 2007) --
Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) today
issued more than $16.8 million in fourth-quarter non-tax gaming revenue
payments to 23 municipalities that host OLG Casinos and OLG Slots-at-racetrack
facilities. To date, OLG has distributed $467.7 million to these host
municipalities. Fourth-quarter payments were issued to
communities hosting OLG gaming sites for their share of gross slots revenue
from operations (January to March 2007). Payments are made on a quarterly basis
according to OLG's fiscal year, which runs from April to March.
Each municipality hosting
an OLG Casino or an OLG Slots-at-racetrack facility receives five per cent of
the gaming facility's gross slot machine from the first 450 slot machines and
two per cent from any additional machines over that number. Funds are used at
the discretion of the municipality. Tracks and their
horse people also share the revenue generated by the slots program, with 20 per
cent of gross slot machine revenue split evenly between the two groups. Since
the launch of the program in 1998, more than $2.06 billion has been shared
equally between racetrack owners and their horse people.
In 2007/2008, the province will allocate $105 million in
gaming revenue to support charities through the Ontario Trillium Foundation
(OTF). Government will increase the annual funding to OTF by $20 million by
2009/2010. Every year, the Government of Ontario
allocates two per cent of gross revenue from slot machines at OLG Casinos and
OLG Slots-at-racetrack facilities to the province's problem gambling program
for research, treatment and prevention programs. The amount for fiscal
2007/2008 is estimated at $37 million. OLG is a
provincial agency responsible for province-wide gaming facilities and lottery
games. With revenues of $6 billion and more than 20,000 employees and
associates, OLG is one of North America's leading gaming enterprises.
SOURCE: Ontario Lottery and Gaming.
Lucky Streak Game
Debuts In Test Market LANSING,
Michigan, USA (April 24, 2007) - Get on a Lucky Streak!
The Michigan Lottery's newest Club
Game, Lucky Streak, is currently being tested in approximately 300 western
Michigan locations and a few select locations in the Lansing area.
In Lucky Streak, players
select how many draws they wish to play, from 1 through 6. They then
select one number between zero and nine for each draw played. One winning
number will be drawn and displayed on the Club Keno monitor every 4 minutes
just before the Kicker and Club Keno drawings. On a $1 wager, players win
up to $500,000 for matching their number on every draw played. To
increase odds of winning a cash prize, players can use the Lucky Streak Plus
feature. For an extra $1, players can "hedge their bets" and win by
matching their numbers on fewer draws. "Our Club
Games have been extremely successful and we expect Lucky Streak to be a huge
success as well," Lottery Commissioner Gary Peters said. "This test
market will provide us with the feedback we need to launch the game
statewide." The Lucky Streak game will be
available in Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, and
Ottawa Counties and a few select retailers in the Lansing area for a limited
time. For additional information, please visit the
Lottery's Web site at: www.michigan.gov/lottery.
SOURCE: Michigan Lottery. CONTACT: Andi Brancato (517)
335-5648.
OGT Rocks the Lottery Industry - the Nebraska
Lottery® Begins a Four-Month Marketing Blitz For the Orange County Choppers
Scratch Ticket
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas, USA
(April 23, 2007) -- Oberthur Gaming
Technologies (“OGT”), the Nebraska Lottery, and Nebraska State Fair
Park have teamed up to bring the famous Teutul family of Orange County
Choppers™ (“OCC™”) and their custom bikes to Nebraska in a
big way. The Nebraska Lottery’s OCC™ Scratch ticket sales have been
rapidly rising since tickets first became available on March 6th. This trend is
certain to continue as the Nebraska Lottery launches its multi-faceted
advertising campaign including a 30-second television commercial, radio, direct
mail, and a two-week state-wide bike tour. The effort culminates with the Power
‘Up Bike Rally at Nebraska State Fair Park on June 23rd. All advertising
elements, except for the radio spot, feature the Teutul family.
“The Nebraska Lottery is banging on all cylinders with this
campaign,” said Paul Teutul, Sr., “and it’s one we’re
proud to be a part of.” The stars of TLC’s
American Chopper, Paul Teutul, Sr., and sons Paul Jr. and Mikey, appear on the
latest Nebraska Lottery ticket from OGT. Nebraska Lottery Director
Jim Haynes said, “The response
to our OCC™ project has been strong and positive. We are looking forward
to the Teutuls’ appearance at our joint event with State Fair Park in
June.” The March 6th launch of the OCC™
Scratch game marked the beginning of a four-month long promotion for the
Nebraska Lottery. The Lottery is giving away a total of three autographed
custom Orange County Choppers, featuring a unique paint design created
specifically for Nebraska by OCC™. Two instant win autographed custom
motorcycles will be part of the game, and the third bike will be awarded
through the OCC™ Giveaway second chance drawing to be held at the Power
‘Up Bike Rally. The Lottery’s POS
(point-of-sale material) appears in approximately 1,200 Nebraska Lottery
retailers, and direct mail pieces were sent out to over 195,000 homes across
the state, introducing consumers to all aspects of the OCC game, including
retailer events, the custom choppers, and cash and ethanol-enriched fuel
prizes. Television advertising will air from April 2nd
through the 22nd, and then again as the Power ‘Up Bike Rally approaches.
The 30-second ad brings the Teutuls’ unique humor and famous interaction
to every Nebraska home. To bring the OCC™ game
even closer to home, OGT is coordinating a two-week bike tour. From April 14th
to 28th, OGT’s bike handler will visit Nebraska Lottery retailers and
events across the state. The tour’s goal is to educate and encourage
players to enter the OCC™ Giveaway second chance drawing.
The final tour stop will be
at the Power ‘Up weekend bike rally, where one day is filled with Orange
County Choppers™ events and appearances. Events on Saturday, June 23rd
with the Teutuls include a charity ride, VIP Meet and Greet, Press Conference,
OCC™ Giveaway second chance bike drawing with an on-stage Q & A for
fans and a concert starring OCC™ The Band. The charity ride, benefiting
the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund (aiding injured soldiers), will be led by the
OCC™ crew. About Oberthur Gaming
Technologies (www.oberthurgt.com)
With more than 35 years of lottery-specific expertise and
over a century's experience in the security printing industry, Oberthur Gaming
Technologies is the world’s leader in the printing of innovative instant
lottery tickets. Comprehensive services include strategic game planning and
innovative conceptual design with OGT’s Dream Team®, Cyber Games™
(interactive) as well as state-of-the-art Global Operations and Lottery
Distribution System (GOLDS). OGT currently supplies a full range of high
quality products and services to 100 clients in some 50 countries. The company
has production units or sales offices in Montreal, Canada; San Antonio, Texas;
Atlanta, Georgia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the U.S.; Paris, France;
Madrid, Spain; and Sydney, Australia. About
Orange County Choppers™ Headquartered in
Montgomery, N.Y., Orange County Choppers™ is regarded as one of the
world’s premier builders of custom motorcycles. The OCC™ brand has
become one of the most recognizable brands in the world and has produced a wide
array of merchandise such as t-shirts, hats, diecasts, assorted novelty items,
and more. Orange County Choppers™ is featured weekly on the TLC program,
American Chopper and continues to be the network’s number one rated
show. For more information, visit www.orangecountychoppers.com.
SOURCE: Lyse Trudel, Communications Officer, Oberthur
Gaming Technologies, (+1-514) 254-3600, ext. 101, Email:
lyse.trudel@mtl.oberthurgt.com
For information: Amber Weaver, Sales and Promotions Specialist, Oberthur Gaming
Technologies – USA, (+1-210) 509-9999, ext. 236 or Liz Johnson, Licensing
Supervisor, Oberthur Gaming Technologies – USA, (+1-210) 509-9999, ext.
119.
Swisslos Uses
adesso Technology to Bring Lottery to the Internet
The Swiss intercantonal national lottery SWISSLOS
is now using FIRSTspirit as the central content management system for
maintaining Euro Millions The popular
lottery game is available to Swiss players for the first time on the
Internet DORTMUND, Germany (March 29, 2007)
-- adesso and its wholly owned subsidiary e-Spirit successfully implemented yet
another lottery project in January 2007. At
www.euromillions.ch, the Swiss can
now play for a sizable Europe-wide jackpot.
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Participants from across
Europe compete with each other for the multimillion euro main prize --
that’s the idea behind Euro
Millions, the new European coordinated lottery game. In the participating
countries (participation is not possible in Germany), local lottery companies
run Euro Millions autonomously -- according to their own conditions for
participation and at their own expense. But the game rules and the winning
numbers are the same for everyone. The takings from all Euro Millions countries
are pooled, making weekly jackpots of up to 100 million possible.
The Swiss lottery company
SWISSLOS launched its new online portal
in spring 2006. As general contractor, Swisscom IT Services had been assigned
the task of implementing the new SWISSLOS game platform, with the help of a
mixed project team of adesso and e-Spirit among other partners. e-Spirit
partner company Planetactive was responsible for the GUI, while adesso and
e-Spirit contributed their lottery expertise for the technical implementation.
With the expansion of the platform in 2007, the
Internet lottery game Euro Millions was introduced for the first time in
Switzerland. For this, it was necessary to offer users an intuitive interface
in German, Italian and French. The particular challenge was to keep the
international flavor of the product while respecting the country-specific
conditions for participation. All Swiss players are referred to their
appropriate lottery company based on their place of residence. In Switzerland,
Euro Millions is operated jointly by SWISSLOS (German-speaking Switzerland,
Ticino and the Principality of Liechtenstein) and Loterie Romande (western
Switzerland). The content management system
FIRSTspirit gives editors an easy-to-use tool to maintain content on
www.euromillions.ch. FIRSTspirit supports multiple clients, thus ensuring that the
different companies and their customers are kept clearly separate from each
other. The SWISSLOS offering can be accessed via 60
domains, including swisslotto.ch, Sporttipp.ch, and euromillions.ch. Each site
is presented with its own look and feel. CONTACT:
adesso AG, Manuela Gruhn, T: +49 (0)231 / 930 92 32, F: 0231 / 30 93 31, E:
manuela.gruhn@adesso.de
SOURCE: adesso AG (www.adesso.de). 
WORLD LOTTERY ASSOCIATION
In cooperation
with Compania Nationala Loteria Romana S.A.
Presents
GUY
SIMONIS’SEMINAR
“EREWHON”
June 17-21
2007 President Hotel
Mangalia,
Romania www.hpresident.com
FOR DETAILS:
Contact; Thomas Buechler: tb@world-lotteries.org
The
President’s Hotel in Mangalia is situated on the coast of the Black
Sea
Leaning heavily on a
learning format developed at Harvard University, Erewhon is a case study
program created for the lottery sector by the WLA Founding President Guy
Simonis. For 16 years EREWHON has been held numerous times in the UK, in
Austria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, as
well as in Australia’s Perth and near Brisbane, in Campinas, Brazil and
recently for the third time in South Africa. The program has also been
presented for NASPL in many locations in the United States and now returns with
additional cases the shores of the Black Sea Under the
guidance, Guy Simonis himself, a hypothetical lottery organization is presented
down to the last detail. Every possible area affecting a lottery is defined and
examined, including the demographics and political situation of the equally
hypothetical country.
EREWHON
DESCRIBED Over the last sixteen years, the World
Lottery Association’s case-study course EREWHON has entertained, amused
and educated close to 800 lottery staff and management from across the
world Sixteen years of the single topic of lottery
management seems at first glance to be a promise of a stale and worn-out
concept. And yet, every one of these exciting learning marathons had a totally
different atmosphere and character from any one ERWHON seminar that preceded
it. Without exception they were all a great success. The mix of the
participants from lottery companies from far-flung corners of the world find
themselves challenged to give group advice to the fictitious but much troubled
EREWHON State Lottery. With each of the 30 or so case
studies that follow each other in rapid fashion, the newly-minted consultants
must dig deep into their own background and experience only to be met with
astounded glances from their study partners from other parts of the world who
have a totally different perspective on how to deal with a given problem.
Yet it is the newcomer to the lottery industry and who has
little experience who provides the most rational solution, thereby proving that
common sense is often equal to experience
The EREWHON case-study
format provides the unique vehicle to enable participants to challenge the
lottery sector’s principles and solve problems from a different vantage
point. Such an experience cannot be obtained within the setting of the
students’ place of employment. Politeness and fear of offending senior
management makes for silent critics within any organization.
No one needs to feel offended or defensive in discussing
EREWHON’s difficult problems, because after all, there is no EREWHON staff
or management to be concerned about. Many
participants feel free to criticize the approach proposed by their team mates,
only to find that in retrospect their advice was not so brilliant either.
Strange as it may sound to those who have never
attended this intense study program, the joy is in the exhilarating pressure of
working the longest hours per day that any study course has ever demanded.
Sixteen hour-days are not unusual because after the regular seminar day has
ended, groups strive until late into the night to complete their assigned
projects .They work to win and laugh, learn and discover in the process.
After sixteen successful years they keep coming, working,
learning and loving it. Click
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Aristocrat Scores Three Top 20 Wins in Casino
Journal’s Annual Top 20 Most Innovative Technologies
Review Company Honored
for DL Technology™, OASIS™ FloorLogix™ and SpeedMedia
Director LAS VEGAS, Nevada, USA (April 24,
2007) -- Aristocrat Technologies Inc. has been honored three times in Casino
Journal’s annual “Top 20 Most Innovative Technologies”
review. Scoring places in the Top 20 are Aristocrat’s DL Technology™,
OASIS™ FloorLogix™ and SpeedMedia Director.
“We are thrilled
and honored with these acknowledgements,” said Aristocrat President
Tim Parrott. “The Casino Journal Top 20 has long been considered one of
the industry’s most prestigious honors, and Aristocrat has long been known
as a technological innovator, so it’s appropriate to find three of our
products in a very short list.” DL
Technology™ (short for Downloadable Technology) will give casino operators
the ability to change game content and game configurations, while utilizing a
user-friendly interface ensuring ease of use and flexibility on their casino
floor. Aristocrat’s DL Technology™ enables customers to maximize
yield by providing a faster and more efficient method of delivery of game
contents capitalizing on the company’s proprietary MKVI game content.
OASIS FloorLogix™, part of Aristocrat’s multiple
award-winning OASIS™ Casino Management System, is a comprehensive solution
to managing the networked gaming environment. OASIS FloorLogix provides the
ability to simultaneously support serial and Ethernet communication to gaming
machines; thereby allowing operators to leverage existing infrastructure while
providing options for expansion and upgrades. Aristocrat’s new OASIS SpeedMedia Director allows casino
operators to create and manage promotional content which will be displayed on
the Sentinel® III device. By delivering high-powered graphics, animation,
video and sound directly to the game console, operators can distribute
customized, targeted messages to key points on the casino floor while adding
entertainment to the player’s gaming experience. About Aristocrat Technologies
Inc.
Aristocrat Technologies Inc. is a subsidiary of
Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL),
a leading global provider of gaming solutions that consistently outperform the
competition. The Company is licensed by over two hundred regulators and its
products and services are available in over ninety countries around the world.
Aristocrat offers a diverse range of products and services including electronic
gaming machines, interactive video terminal systems, electronic tables, and
casino management systems. For further information visit the
company’s website at http://www.aristocratgaming.com.
CONTACT: Paul Speirs, Steinbeck Communications, (702)
413-4278, paulspeirs@cox.net
SOURCE: Aristocrat Technologies Inc. 
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