| GTECH Chosen By The Arizona Lottery To Supply
Instant-Ticket Management And Distribution System/Services, Following
Competitive Procurement PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (April 7, 2009) -
GTECH Corporation announced that it has
been chosen by the Arizona Lottery to
provide a new instant-ticket product management and distribution system, as
well as related services. The five-year contract, which follows a competitive
procurement, will commence on January 10, 2010, and contains five one-year
extension options, exercisable at the Lottery’s discretion. GTECH expects
to receive revenues of approximately $10 million over the contract term. GTECH
has provided online lottery products and services to the Arizona Lottery since
1984.
“We have had a very
productive relationship with the Arizona Lottery for more than 25 years, and
appreciate their confidence in our lottery solutions and services,”
said GTECH President and CEO Jaymin B.
Patel. “With this new contract, the Arizona Lottery will benefit
from the efficiencies of a fully-integrated online/instants lottery system,
which will provide them with the latest technology to assist them in achieving
their future sales growth objectives.” “The Arizona Lottery is constantly working to ensure
players have access to their favorite lottery games, and thanks to our
distribution contract with GTECH, players can trust retailers will always have
products on hand,” said Arizona Lottery Director
Jeff Hatch-Miller. “Our
longstanding partnership with GTECH and Mr. Patel, as well as the expert staff
in the GTECH Phoenix facility, are critical to our ongoing
success.” Under the contract terms, GTECH
will replace the existing instant-ticket product management and distribution
system, currently provided by another vendor, with GTECH’s Enterprise
Series instant processing system (ES IPS). ES IPS is GTECH’s latest
generation of instant-ticket management software, which includes
state-of-the-art telemarketing software. The instant-ticket product management
and distribution system will be fully integrated with the current GTECH ES
online lottery system by January 10, 2010. The Company will also provide
telemarketing and warehousing and distribution services for the Lottery’s
instant-ticket program. The Lottery also has the
opportunity to acquire a number of self-service lottery products, and
additional services and items from GTECH over the duration of the contract.
About GTECH. GTECH
Corporation 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.
SOURCE: GTECH Corporation. CONTACT: Robert K.
Vincent, Public Affairs, GTECH Corporation, 401-392-7452.
INTRALOT Signs
Agreement With Partygaming ATHENS, Greece (April 6th, 2009) --
INTRALOT announces that it has signed a
cooperation agreement with PartyGaming, one of the world’s leading online
gaming companies, listed in the London Stock Exchange, to launch “INTRALOT
POKER”, INTRALOT’s online poker tournament service in Italy.
INTRALOT becomes the first member of PartyGaming’s
poker network in Italy. INTRALOT Italia currently operates sports betting and
horse racing in exclusive and non-exclusive points of sale in Italy, as well as
online. Online poker sales in Italy are estimated to reach approximately
€1.5 billion in 2009, exceeding the initial estimations and the forecasts.
Marketing initiatives in Italy will include promoting INTRALOT’s online
poker through its retail network that comprises 600 betting points of sale.
Under the terms of the agreement, INTRALOT and PartyGaming
will also cooperate to explore opportunities for providing online gaming
services in specific markets around the world. The duration of the agreement is
5 years with an option to extend it further.
Commenting on today’s
announcement, Jim Ryan, CEO of PartyGaming, said: “Our agreement with
INTRALOT represents another significant step for us as we aim to create a
strong business-to-business operation. We are excited about exploring
opportunities with INTRALOT, a leading global gaming technology and services
provider, which has a presence in more than 50 countries worldwide, an
extensive business-to-government operation, as well as an established and high
growth presence in the Italian market.” INTRALOT’s CEO, Constantinos Antonopoulos, commented:
“We are very excited about our partnership with PartyGaming, one of the
world’s leading operators that offers high quality online gaming
solutions. We are confident that our first cooperation in Italy will set the
basis of a fruitful partnership in various markets globally and will enhance
INTRALOT´s own online gaming solutions and services”.
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 50
countries, with 5.000 people and revenues of more than €1.1 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.
International
Lottery & Totalizator Systems, Inc. Completes Recertification Audit for ISO
9001:2000 VISTA, California (April
6, 2009) - INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY &
TOTALIZATOR SYSTEMS, INC. (ILTS) (OTCBB: ITSI) announced the
recertification of its Quality Management System to ISO 9001:2000 standards by
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL). The recertification process involved an
in-depth assessment of ILTS's entire quality management system by the UL
assessor to assure that the Company's quality standards meet the requirements.
ILTS was among the first
gaming system suppliers to achieve compliance to ISO 9000 guidelines, receiving
its first certificate of compliance in 1996. The ISO
9001:2000 Quality Management System standards were developed by the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) with representation from
more than 100 countries. "Achieving compliance to
ISO 9001:2000 requires a dedicated team effort," said ILTS President
Jeffrey Johnson. "ILTS is committed to providing our customers with the best
products and service possible. Quality is an integral part of our management
and work philosophy, and we are proud that this was a successful audit with
zero non-conformances found." About
International Lottery & Totalizator Systems, Inc.
International Lottery & Totalizator Systems, Inc.
provides computerized wagering systems, equipment and services to lottery and
racing organizations worldwide. ILTS can be found on the World Wide Web at
http://www.ilts.com CONTACT: Jim Snow, (760) 598-1655. SOURCE: International Lottery & Totalizator Systems.
Illinois
Lottery Releases New MS Ticket, Dash! For Cash
More than $1.4 million generated to fund multiple
sclerosis research CHICAGO, Illinois, USA
(April 6, 2009) -- The Illinois Lottery
is encouraging the public to continue their support for MS education and
awareness by purchasing the newest $2 instant ticket called "Dash! For
Cash." On March 4, 2009, the Lottery released "Dash! For Cash" to
continue the "movement" to "scratch-out" multiple sclerosis.
"Dash! For Cash" is the second instant game created to support the
nation's first-ever lottery ticket where 100 percent of the net proceeds are
used to help create a world free of MS.
"To date, the first MS
ticket has generated more than $1.4 million," said Illinois Lottery Acting
Superintendent Jodie Winnett. "We are encouraging our current player base to
purchase this ticket, and new players to support this cause as well."
Activists from the National MS Society, Greater Illinois
and Gateway Area chapters, which represent more than 20,000 people in Illinois,
helped change the way legislators view multiple sclerosis. The new ticket will
provide funding for the Illinois Multiple Sclerosis Research Fund. The
earmarked funds from the sale of "Dash! For Cash" instant tickets will
support much needed research that will help us provide better care through
understanding the disease and some day discover a cure.
Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable neurological
disease that interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the rest
of the body, and can severely limit an individual's ability to move. There are
at least 400,000 Americans living with MS, and every week about 200 new people
are diagnosed with the disease -- more than one person an hour. Approximately
20,000 people and their families are living with multiple sclerosis in
Illinois. "The National MS Society is 100 percent
committed to finding a cure for MS," said National MS Society, Greater
Illinois Chapter President, Lynda Chott. "The proceeds from this Lottery
ticket will fund MS research projects in Illinois and we are looking forward to
funding crucial research through the success of this new ticket."
Treatment for multiple sclerosis is expensive and a
significant portion of a family's income is consumed by care giving, hospital
and physicians costs, medication, long-term care, assistive devices and
equipment. The average treatment cost for someone living with MS is $69,118
annually.
The Illinois General
Assembly will continue to appropriate proceeds from "Dash! For Cash"
ticket sales to the Department of Public Health and the National MS Society,
which in turn, will award grants to organizations conducting MS research in
Illinois. All grants funded by the ticket's revenue have and will continue to
be reviewed and approved by the National MS Society's Research Programs
Advisory Committee, a panel that includes 75 leading scientists, physicians and
other professionals from virtually every field related to MS.
"Dash! For Cash" is available at various Illinois
Lottery retailer locations across the state. Each ticket costs $2 and offers
four top prizes of $20,000. The odds for this ticket are 1 in 4.15 and give
players two ways to play by matching YOUR NUMBERS to either WINNING NUMBER or
get a RUNNER to win a prize automatically. For more
information regarding "Dash! For Cash," please visit the Illinois
Lottery Web site at www.illinoislottery.com or for more
information regarding multiple sclerosis, visit
www.MSIllinois.org or
www.gatewayMSsociety.org.
CONTACTS:
Tracy Owens
Illinois Lottery
(312)
793-1682 (office)
(312) 590-9933 (cell) |
Laura Canonaco
National MS
Society
(312) 423-1124 (office)
(312) 237-1224 (cell) |
SOURCE Illinois Lottery 
$341 Million
Raised For Nebraska Lottery Beneficiaries
NEBRASKA, USA (April 3, 2009) –
The Nebraska Lottery recently distributed
among its beneficiary funds $8,002,231, derived from a share of Scratch and
Lotto ticket sales for the previous three months.
A total of $341,183,108 has
been distributed in quarterly transfers since the Nebraska Lottery began
operation on September 11, 1993. Amendment 4 passed
by Nebraska voters in November of 2004 established the following distribution
formula: Education as directed by the Legislature (44.5 percent) - currently
divided among the Education Innovation Fund and Nebraska Scholarship Fund;
Nebraska Environmental Trust Fund (44.5 percent); Nebraska State Fair (10
percent); and the Compulsive Gamblers Assistance Fund (1 percent, plus the
first $500,000 in fund proceeds each fiscal year). Prior to July 1, 1997, the Solid Waste Landfill Closure
Assistance Fund received proceeds totaling $18,460,996. In 2004, the
Legislature directed that a one-time transfer of $5 million be made to the
State General Fund. Criteria for proceeds
distribution are established by the beneficiary funds in accordance with
legislative mandates. Every county in Nebraska has received service through
grants funded with Nebraska Lottery proceeds. The
Nebraska Lottery marked $1 billion in total sales (since 1993) in March of
2006. SOURCE: Nebraska Lottery.
Big League Baseball Ticket Launches April
21! COLUMBIA, South Carolina
(April 6, 2009) – The South Carolina
Education Lottery (SCEL) swings into action with its new $5 Big League
Baseball instant ticket! The game features prizes from $5 to $100,000!
Debuting April 21, Big
League Baseball tickets feature six different baseball scenes highlighting four
to six Major League Baseball® team logos, sorted by division. Play one or
play all! Non-winning tickets can be entered into a
second-chance drawing for a chance to win a trip to the Major League
Baseball® ballpark of the winner’s choice or an officially-licensed
Major League Baseball® prize pack. Stay tuned for
more details on the Big League Baseball instant game and SCEL’s Big League
Baseball Second-Chance Summer Promotion 2009! Since
the Lottery’s inception in 2002, the General Assembly has appropriated
more than $2 billion for educational purposes through fiscal year 2009. In the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, more than 97 cents of every dollar spent by
players on the South Carolina Education Lottery was returned to the state in
the form of contributions to education, prizes, retailer commissions and
payment to contractors for goods and services. Licensing rights were obtained by
MDI Entertainment, LLC. Major League Baseball
trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball
Properties, Inc. MLB.com MDI/MLBP 2009. SOURCE:
SCEL. Colorado Lottery Launches New Instant Jackpot
Scratch Games DENVER, Colorado,
USA (April 6, 2009) -- Passionate about Powerball, but never played Scratch?
Well, a new line of Colorado Lottery
games aims to change that, giving lovers of the Lottery’s Jackpot games
the opportunity to play their favorite games in Scratch form. Instant Cash 5, A
Lotto Cash and Instant Powerball hit shelves today, marking the first time the
Lottery has offered Scratch tickets based off of traditional jackpot drawing
games.
The new Scratch games are
structured like their Jackpot counterparts, requiring players to match between
2 and 6 numbers to qualify for a prize. Priced at $1, the Instant Cash 5 game
includes a $20,000 top prize; $3 A Lotto Cash contains a $50,000 top prize and
Instant Powerball costs $5 and offers a $100,000 top prize. The Powerball
ticket also includes a Power Play multiplier box that will give players the
chance to multiply their prize by as much as five times.
“These games offer a great opportunity for us.
We’re giving our Scratch players a chance to experience the Jackpot games
and introducing fans of our Jackpot games to Scratch,” said Colorado
Lottery Director Jack Boehm.
Boehm noted that 37 percent of the population in Colorado
plays Powerball, but only 16 percent of that group play Scratch games.
Meanwhile, 29 percent of the population plays Scratch games, but only 18
percent of those Scratch players play one or more of the Lottery’s jackpot
games. “We’re really hoping that our
players – whether they’re loyal to Scratch or the Jackpot games -
will experiment and try something new,” Boehm said.
Proceeds from Scratch, Powerball, Lotto and Cash 5 stay in
Colorado to improve the quality of life in the state. Through Great Outdoors
Colorado, the Conservation Trust Fund and Colorado State Parks, the Lottery has
provided more than $2 billion in funding since 1983 to build new trails,
preserve open space, construct recreation centers and CONTACT: Erika Gonzalez,
Phone 303.759.6872 | Cell: 303.945.9724, Email:
erika.gonzalez@lottery.state.co.us.
Twenty People
Win Unique Prize From the Virginia Lottery: $50,000 Virginia College Savings
Plan Scholarships RICHMOND,
Virginia (April 8, 2009) -- Imagine buying a lottery ticket and ending up with
the prize of an education. Twenty Virginia
Lottery players have done just that. Each won a $50,000 account in the
Virginia Education Savings Trust (VEST), a 529 program administered by the
Virginia College Savings Plan.
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The winners, who may use
their scholarship prizes to help pay for higher education for themselves or a
beneficiary, were drawn in the Virginia Lottery's 20th Birthday Match 3
Scholarship Sweepstakes. More than 140,000 non-winning Match 3 tickets were
entered in the sweepstakes. The drawing was held on March 4.
"We are delighted that a Virginia Lottery prize will be
able to assist in an education for so many people," said Virginia Lottery
Executive Director Paula I. Otto.
"Since the Lottery has a vested interest in funding education in the
Commonwealth, this first-of-its-kind lottery prize seemed like a natural
fit." The Virginia Lottery will fund the
scholarship prizes and representatives of the Virginia College Savings Plan
will assist each winner and his or her designated beneficiary or beneficiaries.
They will be eligible to use the funds for tuition, fees, textbooks, supplies
and other qualified higher education expenses. "We
look forward to working with the VEST scholarship winners and to sharing
information on VEST and how it helps families save -- and later spend -- funds
for higher education," said Mary G. Morris, Executive Director of the
Virginia College Savings Plan. "VEST is affordable and flexible and provides
a number of investment options." VEST is an IRS
Section 529 qualified tuition program open to any U.S. citizen or legal
resident, and account proceeds may be applied to the costs of attending
eligible public and private universities, community colleges and technical
schools worldwide.
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VEST is one of Virginia's
four 529 college savings programs designed to help individuals and families
save for college through tax-advantaged accounts in which funds grow tax-free,
distributions for qualified higher education expenses are tax-free and Virginia
taxpayers receive state income tax deductions for contributions.
For information about VEST and the Virginia College
Savings Plan -- the country's largest 529 plan with more than 1.9 million
account owners and assets under management of about $20 billion -- go to
www.Virginia529.com.
Nearly 95 cents of each dollar spent on the Virginia
Lottery by players goes back to the Commonwealth in the form of contributions
to education, prizes and retailer commissions. Since 1999, all Virginia Lottery
profits have been designated solely to K-12 public school education in the
Commonwealth. In that time, the Lottery has turned over more than $4 billion
for Virginia's public schools. The latest annual profits of $455 million
currently represent about 6 percent of state funding for public education in
Virginia. In 20 years, the Lottery has sold more than $20 billion in tickets,
awarded more than $1 billion in retailer commissions and paid more than $10.9
billion in prizes to players. For more information,
visit www.valottery.com.
SOURCE: Virginia Lottery. INTRALOT Wins Another Contract In The USA for The
Instant Gaming Services In Ohio ATHENS, Greece (April 8, 2009) --
INTRALOT USA, following a competitive
procurement, was selected by the Ohio Department of Administrative Services as
the apparent successful vendor to develop, refine, and implement instant ticket
and related cooperative instant ticket support services in the state. The
contract, which begins July 1, 2009, has an initial term of two years and
includes options to extend for three additional two-year periods. It is
expected to generate approximately $5.5 million per year.
This new agreement is in addition to INTRALOT’S June
2008 gaming systems contact with the Ohio
Lottery. Services include; instant ticket data processing,
warehousing, and overall management of the instant ticket and gaming supply
inventory, as well as the management and staffing of a state-of-the-art,
telephone-based, instant ticket order and distribution system.
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The Ohio Lottery, which
began operation in 1974, is now the tenth largest U.S. Lottery with total sales
of $2.3 billion in FY08 and instant sales of nearly $1.4 billion. Since 1974,
the Lottery has provided more than $16 billion to public education.
“We look forward to leveraging INTRALOT’S
instant gaming technologies to increase lottery revenues generated for public
education in Ohio,” said Michael A.
Dolan, Ohio Lottery
Director.
INTRALOT S.A. CEO,
Constantinos Antonopoulos stated,
“We are very satisfied that Ohio Lottery after our first contract has
selected INTRALOT to provide additional services. Being a partner of the Ohio
Lottery is a great honour that strengthens our determination to offer unique,
pioneering products and services to improve the Lottery’s
performance.” “The technology
solution that we will provide Ohio will increase operational efficiencies and
revenue for Ohio public schools,” said Tom Little, president and CEO,
INTRALOT USA. “We are thrilled
about the opportunity to deepen our working relationship with Ohio Lottery
Commission to benefit the citizens of Ohio,” added Little.
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 50
countries, with 5,000 people and revenues of more than $1 billion (€835,5
m.) for 2007, 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.
Gambling
Commission Response to Hampton Review on more Effective
Regulation BIRMINGHAM, UK (April
7, 2009) -- The UK Gambling Commission has
welcomed a report published today, from a review which supports its plans to be
a more effective regulator, particularly in the area of risk assessment. The
review took place in October last year at the end of the Commission’s
first full year of operation, as part of the Government’s better
regulation agenda, following the 2005 Hampton report: Reducing administrative
burdens: effective inspection and enforcement. The
report, published by the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory
Reform (BERR), makes a number of recommendations, which the Commission accepts,
for improving its approach and ensuring that it becomes fully compliant with
the Hampton principles. Among these are improving the use of intelligence and
risk analysis, better focus on outcomes, and being clearer about its
responsibilities with regard to the economic vitality of its regulated sector.
There was praise for the Commission’s employees in their dealings with
individual businesses, as well as recognition for some imaginative ways of
communicating with harder-to-reach operators, for example, by text messaging.
Jenny Williams, Chief
Executive of the Gambling Commission, said: “The Commission welcomes this report and accepts its
recommendations, which support the approach and arrangements that we are
already developing. The report recognises that we were reviewed at a very early
stage in our development and, inevitably, the findings reflect that. We are
committed to the principles of better regulation and we are pleased to note the
report’s overall conclusion that, if current plans are successfully
implemented, we should be in a strong position to demonstrate the Hampton
characteristics throughout our work. “We
have made considerable progress, recognised by the Review Team, in a number of
areas such as: developing extensive procedures for consultation
and engagement with businesses our employees showing a strong customer-focussed
approach and developing convincing plans to put risk assessment at the heart of
our work as a regulator. “But we need to
do more to explain to our licensees and other stakeholders the rationale for
our data and other requirements; to develop our capacity to assess the impact
of our regulatory actions; and to clarify and strengthen the way in which we
work with local licensing authorities. We accept that some of the concern
expressed by licensees stemmed from unrealistic expectations and insufficient
understanding which we need to address. We have been working on this since the
review was completed last October. “Our
response reflects our concern to address issues affecting the achievement of
full Hampton compliance early on, so that we can continue to improve and
develop our relationships with the industry and other stakeholders while
pursuing our statutory objectives.” Click
here to view the Commission’s full response to the report
 .
Click
here to view the full report
.
For further information CONTACT: Mark Lepkowski on 0121
230 6700, 07950 572145 or Email:
communications@gamblingcommission.gov.uk.
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