State Capping Lottery Prize From April
ISRAEL (March 16, 2010) – A Leading Israeli news site reported the Finance Ministry has ordered that starting April 1, the grand prize in the Mifal Hapayis lottery drawings will be limited to a maximum .......................Subscribers

Paris Hilton: Israeli Lottery Lovely
MANHATTEN, N.Y. (February 04, 2010) – Celebrity Gossip reports that on Thursday Paris Hilton was spotted hard at work filming a commercial for the Israeli Lottery in which a lucky winner will join her on a fabulous shopping spree.......................Subscribers

Custom Drawing Machines From Smartplay Put Israeli Lottery On The Road
EDGEWATER PARK, New Jersey (January 2010) - When Israel’s lottery, Mifal Ha’payis, wanted to take their show on the road, Smartplay answered the demand for travel-sized drawing machines!  Smartplay President David Michaud and Mifal Ha’payis representative Oded Kalina collaborated on a miniature version of Smartplay’s Multi Digit Gem 6 and Saturn.  The two completed Multi Digit Gem have six chambers, each mixing ten balls, and operated by automatic remote control...........................Subscribers

No Takers for Israel's Largest-Ever Lottery Prize
JERUSALEM, Israel (January 19, 2010) - Check your pockets and cupboards, officials urged Israelis on Monday after waiting three weeks for someone to step up and claim about 20 million dollars, the Jewish state's largest-ever lottery prize.........................Subscribers

National Lottery Achieves 14 Percent Increase in FY’09
ISRAEL (January 13, 2010) - Neither the recession nor the decline in consumption has had any deleterious effect on the fortunes of Mifal Hapayis, the national lottery. A study of the company's 2009 financial reports.....................Subscribers

Lucky Star - the Trademark of the 'Payis' Lottery
ISRAEL (January 11, 2010) - The 'Payis" National Lottery will continue to use the Lucky Star as its exclusive trademark. This was determined today by the patent registrar.
SOURCE: Israel National News

National Lottery Appoints New Art, Culture Head
ISRAEL (January 8, 2010) – A leading Israeli news source reported Haaretz Dollin Melnick has been selected by an internal committee to head the art and culture council of Mifal Hapayis, the Israeli national lottery, a position whose authority has recently increased......................Subscribers

Treasury Calls a Halt to Revised Lotto Game
TEL-AVIV, Israel (January 5, 2010) – Local news source reported today that the Treasury on Tuesday ordered that Lotto games run under new rules introduced by Mifal Hapayis (Israel National Lottery) last year be suspended, and that the old method of administering the lottery be revived........................Subscribers

For the First Time in the Israel Lotto’s History: The First Place Prize Winner Receives NIS 74 Million!!!
And the Second Place Prize Winner Receives NIS 4 Million!!!
ISRAEL (December 27, 2009) -- In the coming days, Mifal Hapais will present the historic check to the person who broke all records in the history of the lotto – winning the “double lotto” of NIS 74 million. The second place prize winner is also smiling after winning NIS 4 million..................Subscribers

History Made With Single Ticket
JERUSALEM, Israel (December 27, 2009) - For the first time in the history of Mifal Hapais (Israel National Lottery), a single ticket nabbed the entire jackpot on Saturday night - NIS 74 million, amounting to almost US$20 million......................Subscribers

Mifal Hapais Awarded the International Social Responsibility Standard
ISRAEL (November 30, 2009) -- The European Lottery Association (EL) and the World Lottery Association (WLA) for lottery operations have developed an international social responsibility standard for lottery operations, which includes 10 criteria according to which all the lottery operations that are members in the association must meet....................Subscribers

Compromise Reached in Lottery Dispute
 Israel (November 12, 2009) – According to local media reports a 'compromise' appears to have been reached regarding a legal dispute between the Ministry of Finance and Mifal Hapais, the National Lottery....................Subscribers

Lottery Chief Among Top Earners in the Public Sector
ISRAEL (October 26, 2009) -- The Mifal Payis (Israel National Lottery) Managing Director Shaul Sotnik grossed a monthly salary of NIS 78,174 in 2008 (that's an annual wage of NIS 934,000), ranking him number 57 on the list of top earners in the public sector.................Subscribers

Knesset Economics Committee to Discuss Treasury-Lottery Fight
ISRAEL (October 13, 2009) -- The Knesset Economics Committee is scheduled to discuss the growing fight between the Finance Ministry and Mifal Hapayis organization, the Israel National Lottery,  over the 30-percent drop in chances of winning in the Double Lotto game...................Subscribers

National Lottery Counters Government’s Order to Discontinue New System of Drawing
ISRAEL (October 5, 2009) – Israel’s leading news service reported today that Mifal Hapayis (the national lottery) petitioned the High Court of Justice yesterday against the Finance Ministry's order that it discontinue a new system of drawing winners that reduces the chance of anyone winning the jackpot....................Subscribers

Mifal Hapayis Has Issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a New Online Gaming System and Terminals
Mifal Hapayis hereby invites bidders to participate in the RFP process, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the RFP and provide Mifal Hapayis with proposals for the development, delivery, implementation and support of a new lottery gaming IT infrastructure and terminals.....................Subscribers

Israel Lottery Winners Jealously Guard Releasing Their Identities
ISRAEL (September 17, 2009) - Tuesday, thanks to a winning Mifal Hapayis lottery ticket, someone in Israel became NIS 40 million richer, but you probably will never know who that someone is.....................Subscribers

Finance Ministry to Lottery Company: Change Rules or Lose Double Lotto
JERUSALEM, Israel (September 17, 2009) – According to a local media source Finance Ministry Director-General Yoram Ariav set Israel's national lottery company Mifal Hapayis unprecedented conditions...................Subscribers

Mifal Hapayis Wraps Up The Second Half Of 2009 With Excellent Results
ISRAEL (September 12, 2009) -- The Mifal Hapayis revenues for the first half of 2009 totaled NIS 2.13 billion, representing an increase of 9.5%, in comparison with the same period last year.  During the second quarter, the revenues totaled NIS 1.022 billion – an increase of 6% in comparison with the same quarter last year....................Subscribers

Israel’s Lottery Mania Continues And Reaches A New Record, The First Prize In The Double Lottery Is Nis 80 Million
24 New Millionaires Were Born Since The Launch Of The New Lottery, Seven Months Ago
ISRAEL (September 16, 2009) -- The lottery mania continues and has reached a new record.  On Tuesday (15.9.09), the first prize in the double lottery will be NIS 80 million and the lottery prize will be NIS 40 million, due to the lack of a winner in Saturday night’s lottery.....................Subscribers

17 Draws Without A Winner, Jackpot Hits Record-Breaking NIS 72 Million
ISRAEL (September 14, 2009) – According to local media reports Mifal Hapayis CEO Shaul Sotnik anticipates the lottery drawing to be held Saturday night will bring in NIS 60 million..................Subscribers

Lottery Fever Picking Up in Israel
ISRAEL (September 9, 2009) -- Once again, there was no first prize winner in the Lotto lottery on Tuesday night, with the main prize holding at NIS 35 million or NIS 70 for a double ticket..................Subscribers

Investigation of Former Lottery Head Closed
ISRAEL (August 6, 2009) -- The investigation of attorney Yaakov Bardugo, a former head of the Mifal Hapayis National Lottery, and 16 others suspected of corruption, has been closed...................Subscribers

Company Develops New Website For National Lottery Operator
eWave Will Get NIS 2 Million For The Project
ISRAEL (June 28, 2009) -- System integrator e-business system developer eWave is setting up a new website for Israel's national lottery operator, Mifal Hapayis. eWave will get NIS 2 million for the project..................Subscribers

Lottery Winners Face Higher Taxes
ISRAEL (April 26,  2009) -- The Ministry of Finance has decided to implement its pledge to cancel a series of tax exemptions as it attempts to bring down this year's expected record budget deficit................Subscribers

Treasury Demands New Lottery Game Be Suspended
ISRAEL (March 26, 2009) -- The Finance Ministry has ordered the Mifal Hapayis National Lottery to halt its new format for its main lottery game, Lotto, within 10 days because....................Subscribers

Mifal Hapais Launches New Lotto Game
TEL-AVIV, Israel (March 23, 2009) -- Mifal Hapais is launching a new Lotto game under the slogan “The new Lotto - The prizes are bigger.”  At a press conference, the management of Mifal Hapais has unveiled “the new Lotto”, a new format for the popular Lotto game..................Subscribers

New Instant Ticket From Mifal Hapais - The Israeli Lottery Providing Dream Trips To See The Stars Of FC Barcelona
Mifal Hapais, the Israeli lottery, introducing new instant ticket with World’s best football team, FC Barcelona
TEL-AVIV, Israel (March 23, 2009) -- Instant ticket that is branded as "Hishgad Barcelona”, starring FC Barcelona’s leading players, is promising 75 first prize winners a football weekend for two in Barcelona..................Subscribers

National Lottery: Odds Down, Prizes Up, Critics Louder
ISRAEL (March 4, 2009) -- The Israel National Lottery – Mifal HaPayis – has changed its lotto matrix to increase the size of the prizes and decrease the odds of winning. As of the end of February, the First Prize will be..................Subscribers

Mifal Hapais Changes Lotto Matrix, Lowers Chances of Winning, But Delivers Higher Prizes; Drops Two Under Performing Games
TEL AVIV, Israel (February 25, 2009) -- The chances of winning the lottery are now 35% lower, but the value of the first, second and third prizes will be greater, Israel's National Lottery Mifal Hapais announced in a press conference in Tel Aviv on Monday.................Subscribers

Mifal Hapais, Israel's Lottery Operator, is Financing Withdrawal Programs for Gambling Addicts as Part of the "Gaming Responsibly" Program
TEL-AVIV, Israel (February 2, 2009) -- For the past eight years, Mifal Hapais, Israel's lottery operator, has been running the "Gaming Responsibly" program, which is intended to...................Subscribers

Record Year for Israel National Lottery
ISRAEL (January 19, 2009) -- According to figures released on Sunday Israel's National Lottery (Mifal Hapayis) had a record income of 3.94 billion shekels in 2008..................Subscribers

Israel National Lottery Makes First "Big Brother" Instant Ticket
ISRAEL (September 12, 2008) -- The Big Brother T.V. show has been a hit in nearly 70 countries.  It is currently in its first season in Israel.  The Israel National Lottery is now producing the world's first Big Brother Instant Ticket.  The Israel Lottery hopes to capitalize on the popularity of Israel's newest hit television show using an appealing ticket designed to attract new players.................Subscribers

Lottery Sued to Obtain Documents Under ‘FOI’
TEL AVIV, Israel (August 19, 2008) – The Movement for Freedom of Information is reportedly suing Mifal Hapayis, the state Lottery, to have the lottery company provide it with the names of its Donations Committee, the manner of their appointment, minutes of the Donation Committee's meetings, and a full list of bodies that received money out of the lottery's profits...............Subscribers

Lottery to Examine Legal Adviser’s Business Ties
ISRAEL (March 30, 2008) -- The board of the state lottery Mifal Hapayis will discuss the business ties between its legal adviser and the lottery's former chief executive..............Subscribers

Former-Lottery Head Questioned by Crime Unit
ISRAEL (March 25, 2008) -- Attorney Yaakov Bardugo, former Mifal Hapayis (Israel National Lottery) CEO, was questioned under caution for several hours yesterday by the Israel Police International Crimes Investigation Unit.............Subscribers

Charity Group Pay One Million to Former Lottery Chair
ISRAEL (March 21, 2008) -- Yaakov Bardugo, the former director of Mifal Hapayis, the Israel state lottery, last year received a commission of more than NIS one million from the Association for the Soldiers of Israel (ASI).................Subscribers

Lottery Officials Implicated In Alleged Payis Bribe Scandal
ISRAEL (March 21, 2008) -- Local media source reported today that three lottery ticket franchisees of the Mifal Hapayis state lottery have been arrested on suspicion of bribing senior Mifal Hapayis officials in exchange for permits to sell tickets.................Subscribers

Front Runner Emerges to Chair State Lottery
ISRAEL (January 3, 2008) – According to local media reports Likud party member Asher Kadosh is the leading candidate to chair the Mifal Hapayis state lottery..............Subscribers

Politicians vie for Top Lottery Job
ISRAEL (November 6, 2007) – Shimon Katznelson is reportedly set to step down from his position as Payis lottery chairman, and according to local media reports there is a host of aspiring applicants, including two acting ministers in the Israeli Government, vying for the plum job..................Subscribers

Pollard Banknote Awarded Instant Ticket Contract by Israel’s Mifal Hapayis Lottery New Contract Valued at $3 to $4 million (CDN) Annually
WINNIPEG, Canada (October 31, 2007) -- Pollard Banknote is pleased to announce it will continue to serve as the sole supplier of instant tickets and related services to Mifal Hapayis, operator of the national lottery franchise in Israel, following a competitive procurement...............Read the full story at: Vol.41 No.6

Mifal Hapais’ ‘Double Lottery’ Option Delivers Record Breaking NIS 32 Million
ISRAEL (October 28, 2007) -- A lucky player of a lottery held on Saturday evening for NIS 16 million has won the entire prize, breaking national lottery history, it was revealed on Sunday..................Subscribers

National Lottery in Talks to Run Casino
ISRAEL (October 15, 2007) – The outgoing head of Mifal Hapayis (Israel National Lottery) Shimon Katznelson, has reportedly been discussing the possibility of the lottery running a casino with Raanan Dinur.................Subscribers

New Law Bans Sale of Lottery Tickets to Minors
ISRAEL (October 9, 2007) -- The Knesset plenum on Tuesday passed a bill banning the sale of state lottery tickets to minors.............Subscribers

Israelis Take a Gamble, Betting NIS 1.82 Billion Annually
ISRAEL (October 2, 2007) -- The Central Bureau of Statistics 2007 Statistical Yearbook reports that Israelis spent NIS 1.82 billion in 2006 on gambling............Subscribers

Mifal Hapais Launches New Global Brand: Double Lotto
TEL AVIV, Israel (August 6, 2007) -- After 3 years of quiet in the field of new lottery games, Mifal Hapais is now launching a worldwide first - a sub-brand of the Lotto brand, invented in Israel under the name of ..........Read the full story at: Vol.40 No.8

Treasury Orders Special In-Depth Audit Of National Lottery
ISRAEL (July 5, 2007) -- According to a local media report Treasury Director General Yoram Ariav has instructed Accountant General Yaron Zelekha to conduct a special in-depth audit of the Mifal Hapayis ..........Subscribers

Mifal’s "Great Lottery" Produces 76,000 Winners; Lottery on Track to Meet Its Revenue Goal
ISRAEL (July 4, 2007) -- Israel has eight more millionaires, after nearly 76,000 people won prizes in Monday night's annual "Great Lottery," run by the State Lottery (Mifal Hapayis), including eight grand prize winners.........Subscribers

National Lottery Solicits Offers From Underwriters for Private Bond Placement
ISRAEL (June 28, 2007) -- The management of Mifal Hapayis, the Israel national lottery,  is soliciting offers from underwriters to handle a private placement of half a billion shekels worth of bonds.........Subscribers

State Comptroller Criticizes National Lottery’s Dispensation of Funds
ISRAEL (May 10, 2007) -- Israel's Justice and Finance Ministers should initiate legislation to ensure the State Lottery (Mifal Hapayis) operates according to public norms, the State Comptroller has reportedly written in his report..........Subscribers

Invitation to Participate in a RFP for Instant lottery Tickets with On-line Bar – code Validations
ISRAEL (April 2, 2007) -- Mifal Hapayis, Israel’s national lottery, has issued a RFP for the manufacture and supply of instant lottery tickets with on line bar – code validations and related services. ............Subscribers

Lottery Requested to Make Further Changes to Reduce Money Laundering Through Winning Lottery Tickets
ISRAEL (March 14, 2007) -- The treasury and the Mifal Hapayis national lottery have agreed on binding articles designed to reduce money laundering through winning lottery tickets...........Subscribers

Lottery Threatens To Shut-Down Over Revenue Distribution Dispute
ISRAEL (February 26, 2007) -- Mifal Hapayis, the Israel National Lottery, is reportedly threatening to close down its operations............Subscribers

Record Year for Sports Betting Board
PETACH-TIKVA, Israel (January 2007) -- Revenues for The Israel Sports Betting Board for 2006 reached a record high of NIS 1.439 billion (339 million dollars), an increase of .............Read the full story at: Vol.38 No.3

Lottery Has Its Most Lucrative Year In Its 55-Year History
ISRAEL (January 8, 2007) -- Mifal Hapayis, the Israel national lottery, is reported to have had its most lucrative year in its 55-year history............Subscribers