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Friday September 3, 2010
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Iowa Lottery Board Approves Proposal For New Computer System.
High Court Decision Concerning Interstate Lotteries Leaves Door Open to Abuse.
Sales Are Slow For State's Multi-Million Dollar Raffle.
Findings of an External Investigation of the Norwegian National Lottery.
President Acknowledges Tote Board and Singapore Pools Support of President's Challenge 2010.
Renew Your Vehicle Registration, Driver's License, and Would You Like a Lottery Ticket with That Sir?
State Government's Decision to Cancel Daily Lottery Draw Could Leave Lottery Vendors in Limbo.
City Government Grants Permit for Electronic Jai Alai Bet Station.
Italian Town Bets Budget on Lottery to Raise Revenue, Cut Taxes.
Lottery Pay Policy Called Out Of Step.
National Lottery Administration Nets 50.8 Million Birr.
50/50 Raffle is here! - The Michigan Lottery is Taking a Long-Time Raffle Favorite to a Whole New Level!
Lottery's Pro Football Replay Program Set to Launch Tomorrow.
Lottery Now Has Its Own Video On Demand Channel.
Advanced Advertising of Gordo de Navidad Christmas Lottery Targets Summer Tourists.
UK Agency Scores Six-Figure Sporting Bet Digital Account.
Landmark Agreement Extends Advertising Standards Authority's Digital Remit.
WMS Industries Plans IT Capital Investment In Fiscal 2011 and 2012.
State's Projected Lottery Earnings to Reach $1.1 Billion.
It's Becoming Increasingly Likely That the Government Will Have to Arbitrate in Respect of Gaming Levy.
Five Still in the Running for Missouri's 13th and Final Casino License.
Mobile Gambling Wagers to Surpass $48bn by 2015, Spurred By Chinese Lottery Deployments, Juniper Research Finds.
Camelot Outpaces Facebook in Online Growth.
Consultation Period for the Government's Proposed Changes to the Rules of Gambling Has Closed.
Senator Brokers Betting Exchange Deal.
WMS Gaming File US Patent Application for Gaming System Having Cycling Eligibility for Supplemental Features.
US Patent Application Filed for System and Method of Conducting a Poker Game.
Leading Alternative Payments Firm Adds New Non-Executive Director to the Company's Board.

Thursday September 2, 2010
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Notice Of Public Hearing - Illinois Department Of Revenue - Division Of Lottery.
Firm Eliminated From Bidding to Privatize Management of Illinois Lottery Considers Protest.
Lottery Issues Request for Pre-qualification (RFPQ) for Future Electronic Lottery Games Development.
Lottery Official Briefs Senate Budget Committee on Its Operations.
Companies Offer Trade Lotteries To Attract Customers.
State Auditor Calls for Leaner Lottery Commission.
State Government Restricts Interstate Lottery Drawings While Increasing Tax Rates.
Local Government Seeks 10% of Gaming Companies Income For Education.
Norwegian National Lottery Nominated For Prestigious Information Security Award.
Lottery Retailer Employees Sentenced To Jail Terms For Deceiving Customer.
Minister Requests Urgent Review Of Cricket Betting Due to Claims of Match Fixing.
Gamblers Bet Seven Percent More in Hong Kong as Economy Booms.
Lieutenant Governor to Unveil New Lottery Game Commemorating State's 150th Birthday.
Lottery Sales At State Fair Break Last Year's Record.
Hoosier Lottery Sales Increase on Conversion Day for New Scientific Games Lottery Gaming System.
GameCorp Enters Into Strategic Agreement to Launch Its Mobile Lottery & Sweepstakes Solutions in Panama.
Leading Technology Associations Team Up to Integrate Customer Information from a Wide Range of Gaming and Hospitality Systems.
VODONE Announce 2010 Interim Results, Mobile Lottery Business Growing Rapidly.
American Wagering Launch Legal Sports Betting Application for BlackBerry® Users.
Italian Gaming Market in July Grew by 6.2 % Year-on-Year.
Goldman Sachs Buys Stake in Betfair Stock Exchange.
Internet Gaming Company Eyeing Cambodia, Elsewhere for Growth.
Online Gaming Firm Ditches Dividend.
Economic Indicators Show Nevada Recovery Lagging.
Clubs Go Onto Front Foot to Combat Poker Machine Limit.
Autonomous Region of Catalonia Goes it Alone and Regulates Internet Gambling.
US Patent Application Filed for Reel and Rings Display Device.
Video Gaming Technologies File US Patent Application for Gaming Machine and Method for Validating a Voucher.
Vegas Global Gaming Expo Switching Venues.

Wednesday September 1, 2010
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Two Companies Named Finalists in Bid to Privatize Management of Illinois Lottery.
Canadian Gambling Statistics for 2010.
State Ready to Ban All Lotteries: Finance Minister.
Ohio Lottery Performed Well.
Lottery Vending Machine Roll-Out Commences.
Union Ministry of Home Affairs Issues Notification on Lottery Trade.
Player Strikes $1.74 Million Keno Jackpot.
Successful First Meeting For Norsk Tipping's Community Panel.
SCEL Celebrates Fun at Beach, Boogie & BBQ Festival in Myrtle Beach September.
High Court Issues Direction To State Government Re the Sale of Interstate Lottery Tickets.
Sports Toto Jackpots Have Paid-Out a Total of RM17.55m to Two Winners in Less Than Two Weeks.
Charity Lottery Signs Contract With Scottish Premier League.
Pennsylvania Lottery Offers Promotional Drawing for Martin Guitars.
Arizona Lottery Reports Record-Breaking Sales Amidst Down Economy.
INTRALOT: 1H10 Financial Results Increase In Sales & Profits For 2Q10.
Aristocrat Wins Major RFP To Retain Oasis 360™ System At Ameristar Casinos, Inc.
SNAI Closes the First Six Months of 2010 with Revenues in Line with 1H 2009.
Sky City to Invest as Much as $178 Million in Australia's Adelaide Casino.
Government Owned Gaming Firm Expected to Remit P11 Billion to Treasury Next Year.
Shuffle Master to Announce Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results.
OPAP Management Welcomes Regulatory Reform for VLTs and Internet Betting Market.
Poker Machine Legislation Unlikely to be Amended to Appease Independent MP.
Kansas Casino Shows Good Returns for First Eight Months.
Bookmakers Push for a Change in the Laws on Online Games for the Sports Betting Sector.
Research Firm Estimates Latin America Gambling Market Could Potentially be Worth $150 Billion Annually.
Finance Department Says No Formal Decision Has Been Reached Regarding Online Betting Tax.
Former Lawmaker At Home in New Colorado Lottery Job.
US Patent Application Filed for Gaming Method and Apparatus for Portioning a Play Area.
IGT File US Patent Application for Apparatus and Methods for Implementing Bonuses in Gaming Machine Networks Using Weighted Pay Tables.

Tuesday August 31, 2010
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GLC to Launch New Lottery Management Software System in 2011.
National Gambling Revenue in 2009, Essentially Unchanged from the Year Before.
Outdated Play-Slips Result In Players Having No Chance To Win.
Philadelphia Eagles, New Jersey Lottery Launch Milestone Instant Game For Fans Of Storied Team.
California Lottery Launches New Oakland Raiders Scratchers Game.
State Considering Two Amendments to Lottery Rules.
Baton Rouge Attorney Claims $85.7 Million Powerball Jackpot Prize on Behalf of 11-Member Family Partnership.
Controversies Surrounding Illegal Interstate Lotteries Has Not Dampened Peoples Enthusiasm to Play.
Player Wins €6.2Million in Romanian Lottery.
Record-Setting New Jersey Lottery Ticket Sold In Jefferson.
Veteran Actor Backs Out of Lottery Ads.
INTRALOT: Announcement, First Half 2010 Results.
Manaccom Corporation Announce Full Year Results, Internet Lotteries Achieve Record Sales, Up 56% from the Previous Year.
Report of the Board of Directors Supreme Ventures Limited, Unaudited Financial Statements 30th June 2010.
Controller's Office Has Reservations About Aqueduct Bid Winner.
Italian Official Calls for "Vice Tax" on New Casino.
Saskatchewan Tops in Gambling.
OLG Casino Thanks The City Of Thunder Bay For Ten Great Years.
China's Ministry of Finance Issues Draft Lottery Regulations.
Illegal Gambling Estimated at €5.5 Billion.
Intercash Prepaid Mastercard Card Makes Transactions Easier at Playtech-Casinos.
ALC To Pitch Online Gambling To Province.
Overseas Scam Uses Delaware Lottery to Target Victims.
Universal Entertainment Corporation Issued US Patent for Gaming Machine.
Multimedia Games File US Patent Application for Gaming System, Apparatus and Method with a Player Decision Field for Providing Interactive Game Results.
Lottery Commissioner Wants Seat On Casino Board.
Former Lottery Commissioner's Fraud Conviction Vacated.

Monday August 30, 2010
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Viking Lotto To Expand To Latvia and Lithuania.
Government Invites Public Consultation on the Framework to Regulate the Greek Gaming Market.
Legislative Committee Reviews Rules Governing Lottery Vending Machines, Takes No Action.
Tax Authorities Probe Sikkim State Lottery Draws.
Store Employee Accused of Stealing Lottery Ticket From Customer.
State's Gaming Revenue Continues to Slide.
Leading Online Poker Operator Signs Sponsorship Deal with French Sports TV Channel.
International Lottery & Totalizator Systems Sign Agreement to Provide Online Lottery System and Terminals for the Ohwistha Community Lottery.
NetPlay TV Launch SuperCasino™ Application on Apple's App Store.
ATRONIC to Exhibit Top Products at FER INTERAZAR in Spain.
Gaming Partners International and International Game Technology Enter Into RFID License and Transfer Agreement.
OPAP S.A. Interim Consolidated Financial Results For the Six Months ended June 30, 2010.
CODERE Achieved a Net Profit of €20.7 Million Euros in the First Half of 2010.
Net Entertainment Interim Report January-June 2010; Three New Agreements Signed With Tier 1 Operators.
Strong H1 2010 Performance from Playtech; Strategic Positioning Supports Robust Business Model.
Strong William Hill Online Growth and Excellent Machines Performance Deliver Operating Profit Increase.
New York Reduces Commission Rate Paid on Video Gaming Machines.
VLT Revenue Dropped Significantly in the 2009-10 Fiscal Year.
Aristocrat Not Worried About Poker Machine Restrictions.
Online Betting Tax Forecast to Form Part of the Next Budget Announcement.
Playtech to Go Live With Betfair Product.
Estonia Issues Activity License to the World's Largest Poker Site.
Football Pools Firm Sees Benefit From World Cup Games.
Playtech Well Placed For US Gambling Regulation.
Internet Gaming Cafes Booming While Legality Debated.
Multimedia Games Files US Patent Application for Gaming System, Machine And Method With A Scannable Physical Component Associable With A Game.
IGT File US Patent Application for Multi-Player Bingo Game With Multiple Alternate Outcome Displays.

Vol. 52 No. 9
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Schafer Solutions Now Offers Fabricated Custom Plastic Point-of-Sale Displays.
ATRONIC Customer Survey Sends Winner To Monte Carlo.
Where Lottery Proceeds Go: New Web Tools Provide Answers.
Dolphins Scratch-Off Tickets Are Now Available At Sun Life Stadium.
$1 Billion in Sports-Themed Tickets Sold.
Mobilotto Dispels the Myth that Remote Gaming Increases Problem or Excessive Gaming.
Lotenal Consolidates Its Technological Development with WLA Certification.
Florida Lottery Provides Summer Internship Opportunities To Eight College Seniors.
Michigan Lottery Has Football Fever!.
Missouri Lottery Unveils First 'St. Louis Rams'Ticket.
CIBELAE to Organize Legal Seminar in Costa Rica 8-10 September 2010.
National Association of Convenience Stores Voice Opinion Towards Online Gaming.
Missouri Lottery Introduces First 'Kansas City Chiefs' Ticket.

Vol. 52 No. 8
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GTECH Corporation Signs Agreement With Societe De La Loterie De La Suisse Romande.
Americans Continue "Lotto" Love.
New Mexico Lottery Raises Record $43.6 Million for College Scholarships.
Gaming Laboratories International Announce Latin American Regulators Roundtable 2010.
Virginia Lottery Profits for FY 2010 Meet Forecast of $430 Million.
Lyubov Loginova, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alsart Group Became a Finalist of 'Women in Gaming' Award.
Bally Technologies' CFO Robert C. Caller to Retire; Company Names Neil P. Davidson Chief Financial Officer.
Columbus Blue Jackets, Ohio Lottery Announce Renewal of Corporate Partnership.
Loto-Quebec Releases First Quarter 2010-2011 Financials: Satisfactory Results, in Line With Expectations.
Norsk Tipping Has A New Lottery Program Host.
The Autonomous Region of Andalusia is at the Forefront of the Social Expenditure and Investment of ONCE in Spain.
Close Counts With The Florida Lottery's Newest Enhancement To Cash 3™1-OFF™.
IGT Names Aimee Hoyt Vice President of Human Resources.
New Website Spotlights Lottery-Funded Education Programs.

Vol. 52 No. 7
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GTECH Awarded New Online / Instant System Lottery Contract By The Nebraska Lottery.
Scientific Games Awarded Illinois Video Gaming Central Control System Contract.
INTRALOT Italia Launched New Skilled-Based Online Games.
Colorado Lottery Reports Sales of More Than $500 Million.
MECN Analysis - Consolidation in the Online Gambling Industry. Exclusive Report -- Part 1.
PIMS-SCA & Lottery Dynamics Announce joint Marketing Agreement.
KISS - University Grad Designs Lottery Tickets.
IGT Wins 16 Awards in Casino Player Magazine's Best of Gaming Reader Poll.
The Facts About Gaming Machines in NSW.
Ravens President and Maryland Lottery Director Kick Off.
The ONCE New "Given Locos" Game Delivers €50,000 Euros to a Lucky Winner.
Slot Machines - Challenges in Restaurant and Casino Gaming.
The Bronco's and Colorado Lottery Give Fans Second Chance.

Vol. 52 No. 6
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Gtech Printing Corporation Selected As Lotterywest's Primary Instant Ticket Printing Vendor.
INTRALOT: Agreement With OPAP S.A.
Scientific Games Announces Landmark Ladbrokes Contract.
Florida's Second Powerball® Jackpot Winner Claims $73.8 Million Prize.
Pollard Banknote Limited Announce 2nd Quarter Financial Results.
PA Fifth-Best Year for Ticket Sales and Fourth-Best for Profits in the Lottery's History.
Ladbrokes Response to Victoria Government Announcement on Wagering Licence.
New HoustonTexans Ticket To Feature $75,000 Top Prizes, Second-Chance Prizes.
INTRALOT Awarded For The Fourth Time The Same Lucky Winner.
IGT Supports the American Gaming Association's Responsible Gaming Education Week
New Record for SWISSLOS.
Hoosier Lottery and Indianapolis Colts Unveil New Games for Fans.
Georgia Lottery Launches Georgia FIVE Daily Game.

Vol. 52 No. 5
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Big Wednesday Offers Kiwis Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity To Live Like a Star In Hollywood!
MDI AND HASBRO, INC. Extend Licensing Agreement Through 2013.
Polla Chilena Provides Players with Another Opportunity to Become Millionaires.
N.C. Education Lottery Receives National Finance Award.
Lottery Transfers $521 Million in Profits.
Lottery Bets on Another Winning Season for the Saints.
NeoGames and Kamay Holdings to Create 'SuperScratch.com.'
Chiefs Fans Can Win "Ultimate Chiefs Experience" Playing Lottery Game.
Lottery Provides Record Returns From Core Products In Fiscal Year.
Record -Setting Year Sees Lottery Pass $2.6 Billion Mark In Sales.
Bally Technologies And Galaxy Entertainment Group's Starworld Reshape The Player Experience In Macau.
Falcons and Georgia Lottery Corp. Announce New Game.
Drive Your Lottery's Sales With Winnebago®.

Vol. 52 No. 4
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Spielo Launches Italy's First Video Lottery Terminal Network.
ONCE Devotes a Coupon to Nelson Mandela Day.
West Virginia Lottery Sales Nearly $1.4 Billion.
Lottery Regulator Publishes Annual Report and Accounts 2009/10.
Education Lottery Player Excels in World Series of Poker® Main Event.
Education Lottery Achieves Four Consecutive Years of Record Sales.
CODERE Consolidates Its Position in MEXICO.
PA Lottery Instant Games Featuring Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers.
GLI Asia Hires New Development Representative For Korean Marketplace.
Monte Carlo Casinos Splash Out On JAWS™.
Internet Gambling Regulation Takes Center Stage before House Financial Services Committee.
OLG Distributes $18.3 Million To 23 Host Communities.

Vol. 52 No. 3
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Mauritius Lottery Spins a Smartplay Millionaire wheel.
GTECH Corporation Signs Seven-Year Online Lottery Contract With Totalizator Sportowy.
INTRALOT New Project In China (Chongqing).
Lottery Reports More than $6.8 Million in Winning Draw-Style Tickets & More Than $6.8 Million Claimed from Scratch-Off Tickets During June.
EurosportBET.fr Launches in New French Market on GTECH G2 Sports Betting Platform.
Loto-Québec to Offer Online Gaming in Fall 2010.
Lottery Director Passailaigue Named Headliner of the Year by Arkansas Press.
Pennsylvania Lottery's Millionaire Raffle Drawing Creates Four New Millionaires.
Opportunities to Network, Learn and Optimize During 2010 Network Systems Users Conference at ARIA.
Adesso AG Supports the German Federal Bureau of Statistics' Census 2011 IT Project.
Georgia Lottery Increases Profits A Record 12 Consecutive Years.
Idaho Lottery Delivers Seventh Consecutive Record Dividend.

Vol. 52 No. 2
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Austrian Lotteries Chooses GTECH G2 Games for Online Casino Channel.
Ohio Lottery & INTRALOT Partnership Yields Record Sales.
Iowa Custom Plastics Company Announce Launch of New Business.
Maryland Lottery Wins Prestigious Public Relations Award.
Switzerland's Grand Casino Basel Installs IGT's M-P Series® Roulette Evolution®.
CLS and Provincial Sports Lottery Centre Tie Up To Launch Mobile Lottery Business.
World Cup 2010 Sees Mobile Betting Increase by 400% at Ladbrokes.
Lottery Begins Eighth Year of Veterans Ticket Sales.
Lottery Sponsors New Orleans Saints Championship Tour.
Florida Lottery's Firecracker Millionaire Raffle™ Makes Five New Millionaires!
Lottery Commission Sets Minimum Bid And Number Of LVL Permits Available For First Competitive Bid.
Instant Scratchies 'Crossword' Triples The Chance Of Winning Big.

Vol. 52 No. 1
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Education Lottery Again Recognized for Excellence in Financial Reporting.
INTRALOT Signs Contract Extension In New Zealand Until 2020.
$500,000 Spring Raffle Tickets 85% Sold.
Charitable Bingo Distributions Up In 1Q 2010; Gross Receipts Down Slightly.
Veikkaus Granted Certificate for Assuring the EL Responsible Gaming Standard.
IGT's sbX™ Casino Management System Goes Live in Finland.
The Department of Internal Affairs and INTRALOT NZ Agreement for an Integrated Gambling Platform.
Lottery's New Mobile Winning Numbers Portal Is Active!
Commission Completes Review of National Lottery Enforcement Policy.
Lottery Hits FY 2010 Goal of $419 Million for Education.
New Survey - Increasing Liberalisation and consolidation Will Drive Online Gambling in the Near Future.
NeoGames Launch a Brazilian Soft-Gaming Offering.
Money, Luck, and Today's Youth.
Ohio Lottery Posts Record Sales Year.
Breeders' Cup and KY Lottery Team Up to Re-Launch One of the Most Successful Scratch-Off Tickets.

Vol. 51 No. 13
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Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs Five-Year Online Contract Extension With The California Lottery.
Scientific Games Awarded Lithuanian Lottery Contract.
Book Your WLA 2010 Trade Show or Sponsorship Package Online Now!.
Lottery Sets Sales Mark for 2011; Budget Numbers Include Higher Sales And Dividend Projections.
WMS Names Amy Lipton Vice President of Marketing.
Lottery Applauds Efforts to Support Gulf Coast Residents.
PlayNow New Hampshire Interactive Games on Sale July 1st!.
Cameron Freidlander Returns To Research Camp.
Take This to the Bank, Georgia Lottery to Give Away ATM with $52K.
NeoGames is Awarded 'Software/Network Rising Star of the Year.'
Pollard Banknote Awarded Exclusive Instant Ticket Contract by the Cyprus Government Lottery.
ONCE Has Created Over 2,500 Jobs for the Disabled.
Certus Games Community Launched On The Betware Platform.

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