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| Edward J. Stanek |
Biography:
The first and only person to serve at the helm of the
Iowa Lottery since its inception in 1985,
Edward Stanek is a past President of NASPL, as well as past President of A.I.L.E.
(now the World Lottery Association), and was one of the co-founders of the
Multi-State Lottery Association.
Currently, he is a board member of A.I.L.E. and a
member of the Executive Committee of Intertoto.
He was the 1997 winner of the Peter J. O'Connell
Lottery Lifetime Achievement Award. Stanek is a former director and chairman of
Iowa's energy agency and a past director of Iowa's policy planning agency,
which provides economic and financial projections for the State.
Stanek holds a Ph.D. in Physics, a gemologist diploma
and is the author of three books. He is currently serving as Vice President of
the World Lottery Association (WLA).
Citation of Merit
Awarded to Iowa Lottery Director Dr. Edward Stanek
DES
MOINES, Iowa (October 2006) -- Not only was Ed Stanek the first employee of the
Iowa Lottery, he is the first and only person to serve at the helm of the Iowa
Lottery since its inception in 1985. Under his direction, the Iowa Lottery has
transformed into a business with 2,300 retail outlets, annual sales over $200
million, and annual profits over $55 million. The Lottery has also contributed
more than $1 billion back to the State of
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