| Jaymin B. Patel Is Named GTECH President And Chief
Operating Officer Stefano Bortoli Is Named Lottomatica S.p.A. Senior Vice
President And Chief Financial Officer ROME, Italy -- PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, US (May 03, 2007) --
Lottomatica S.p.A., announced that it
has promoted Jaymin B. Patel to the newly-created position of President and
Chief Operating Officer, GTECH Corporation.
Mr. Patel will report to Lottomatica S.p.A. and GTECH Chief Executive Officer
W. Bruce Turner. Mr. Patel has served
as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since
January 2000.
“Jaymin has been a
tremendous contributor to our Company and provides a wealth of experience,
enthusiasm, and industry experience to help drive our success in the global
gaming markets,” said Lottomatica Chief Executive Officer W. Bruce
Turner. “Over the past seven years, Jaymin has driven our growth
strategy through a myriad of transactions culminating in his leadership in
putting together the financing for the Lottomatica acquisition. I look forward
to working with him as we pursue the many new and emerging growth opportunities
that lie ahead of us.” As President and
Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Patel will be responsible for ensuring the Company
meets its corporate objectives and revenue-growth goals. Mr. Patel will oversee
all GTECH operations and will work in the development of strategic growth
opportunities and enhancement of technological solutions
to strengthen GTECH's competitive position, and drive operational efficiency,
customer satisfaction, market penetration, and organizational development.
Mr. Patel joined GTECH in July 1994, after approximately
five years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in London. As the Chief Financial
Officer, Mr. Patel managed Corporate Development, Investor Relations,
Accounting and Financial Planning, Business Evaluation, Mergers and
Acquisitions, Treasury, Corporate Tax, Internal Audit, Global Real Estate, and
Manufacturing. Over the last several years, Mr. Patel led GTECH's overall
planning and business measurement processes including responsibility for the
strategic and annual operating plans.
Mr. Patel holds a BA
(Honors) degree from Birmingham Polytechnic (U.K.), and qualified as a
Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, London. Mr. Patel, 39,
resides in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife, Kinnari, and their two
children, son Rishi and daughter Jenna. Stefano
Bortoli has been named as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Lottomatica S.p.A., reporting to Mr. Turner. Since September 2006, Mr. Bortoli
has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Lottomatica's Italian operations.
“Stefano is a seasoned executive who provides
valuable international experience to Lottomatica,” said Mr. Turner .
“He has been instrumental in the integration of GTECH and Lottomatica,
and I have every confidence that he will continue to drive our commitment to
creating long-term shareholder value.” In
his new role, Mr. Bortoli will be responsible for managing the financial
strategy for Lottomatica and its operating businesses.
Prior to joining Lottomatica, Mr. Bortoli gained extensive
experience in the aerospace industry, serving most recently as the Chief
Financial Officer at Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A. He also served as Co-Director
General for Strategies, Business Development, International, and Military Sales
at Alenia.
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Mr. Bortoli is a Chartered
Public Accountant, Chartered Public Auditor, and served as Professor of
International Economics and Professor of Management and Control at Loyola
University in Chicago and LUMSA University in Rome, respectively. He holds an
Economics degree (Cum Laude) from Rome University La Sapienza. Mr. Bortoli, 47,
is married to Antonella and has a son, Sebastiano. Mr. Bortoli will relocate
from Rome to Rhode Island and work from GTECH's global headquarters facility in
Providence . About Lottomatica
Group Lottomatica is one of the world's
largest commercial lottery operators and a market leader in the Italian gaming
industry. GTECH is a leading gaming technology and services company, providing
innovative technology, creative content, and superior service delivery. 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 De Agostini, which belongs to a century-old
publishing, media, and financial services group. Lottomatica is publicly traded
on the Italian Stock Exchange (LTO), and in 2006, had more than €1.6
billion in revenues and 6,000 employees in over 50 countries when combined with
GTECH. For further information Contact: Robert K.
Vincent Public Affairs 1-401-392-7452. SOURCE: GTECH
(www.gtech.com).
Lottery
President Rose Hudson Receives Award from the Public Administration Institute
at LSU
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LOUISIANA, USA (April 30,
2007) -- The Public Administration Institute at LSU recognized Lottery
President Rose Hudson as the 2007 LSU
Masters of Public Administration Alumnus of the Year at the Spring PAISA Day
Luncheon on April 25. This award is presented to a MPA
graduate who performed well in their area of study and made notable
contributions to the community. "She was a
delight to teach and is a joy to watch as she makes her impact on the Baton
Rouge community and on the state of Louisiana," said Public Administration
Institute Director Dr. Jim Richardson. Hudson serves
on the board of directors for the YMCA, Capital Area United Way, Louisiana Arts
& Science Museum, Hospice of Baton Rouge and Association of Junior League
International. SOURCE:
Louisiana Lottery
Scientific Games Acquires Oberthur Gaming
Technologies (OGT) NEW YORK, USA
(May 1, 2007) -- Scientific Games
(Nasdaq: SGMS) announced today that it has acquired
Oberthur Gaming Technologies, another
leading manufacturer of instant lottery tickets. Scientific Games will pay
approximately $100 million (approximately one-third of which is attributable to
U.S. assets), subject to certain adjustments. The Company expects this
acquisition to be neutral to 2007 earnings and accretive in 2008.
OGT reported revenues in
2006 of approximately $140 million (CAD). OGT operates three instant ticket
plants located in Montreal, Canada; Sydney, Australia and San Antonio, Texas
that have a total estimated capacity of approximately 13 billion instant
tickets (2" x 4" equivalents) per year. Lorne Weil,
Chairman and CEO of Scientific Games commented on the deal, "OGT has a
strong international presence in Canada and Australia, two important gaming
markets for Scientific Games. They also supply Francaise Des Jeux, one of our
most important European customers, and ONCE, a coveted customer in Spain. We
look forward to offering an increased array of products and services to OGT's
existing customers. OGT also has an important portfolio of printing-related
intellectual property, as well as core competencies for extended play styles
such as Bingo. Our goal is to offer increased customer service, while
simultaneously improving efficiency, productivity and competitiveness through
cost synergies. We welcome OGT to the Scientific Games family."
Emmanuele Savare, former President and CEO of Oberthur
Gaming Technologies commented on the deal, "We think that this transaction is
of great benefit to our employees and to our customers and in the end, to the
entire lottery industry. This transaction will allow us to achieve efficiencies
in manufacturing, purchasing and distribution for the entire benefit of our
customers. The combined strengths of our companies will allow us to offer our
customers a considerably broader product offering across the full breadth of
lottery services than was possible in the past."
About Oberthur
Gaming Technologies With more than 35 years
of lottery-specific expertise and over a century's experience in the security
printing industry, Oberthur Gaming Technologies is a leader in the printing of
innovative instant lottery tickets. 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; Paris, France; Madrid, Spain; and
Sydney, Australia. For more information on OGT please visit
www.oberthurgt.com. About Scientific
Games Scientific Games Corporation is the
leading integrated supplier of instant tickets, systems and services to
lotteries worldwide, a leading supplier of fixed odds betting terminals and
systems, interactive sports betting terminals and systems, and wagering systems
and services to pari-mutuel operators. It is also a licensed pari-mutuel gaming
operator in Connecticut, Maine and the Netherlands and is a leading supplier of
prepaid phone cards to telephone companies. Scientific Games' customers are in
the United States and more than 60 other countries. For more information about
Scientific Games, please visit our web site at
www.scientificgames.com.
SOURCE: Scientific Games.
CONTACT: Investor
Relations, Scientific Games, +1-212-754-2233. 
Norsk Tipping Meets with WLA Standards
HAMAR, Norway (May 3, 2007) -- Det Norske Veritas (DNV)
has concluded that Norsk Tipping meets
with the security requirements laid down by the World Lottery Association (WLA).
This makes very satisfying reading for us. We are very
happy with the conclusion, and are proud to accept the compliment, says
Security Manager Werner Bosaaen of Norsk Tipping. Det
Norske Veritas carried out a two-day periodic audit of Norsk Tipping against
the WLA’s security standard.
The report concluded with 0
deviations, 2 observations and 4 proposals for improvement.
We have the second-highest level of control over our three
main areas of focus, and we received praise under positive indications, Bosaaen
says. The report clearly illustrates that the work the
organisation has carried out in the area of risk and security during the past
year has been of an exceptionally high standard. This is clearly expressed in
Det Norske Veritas’ report. We have every reason
to be satisfied with the report. All Norsk Tipping’s employees have
actively contributed to ensuring that our security system is as robust and
watertight as possible, says Werner who is supported in this claim by President
and CEO Reidar Nordby jr.
I an extremely happy and satisfied with the report,
is his comment. The security Department will now take
the initiative to discuss and follow up the observations and proposed areas for
improvement noted by DNV in the report. For more
information, please contact: Peer J. Svenkerud, Senior Vice-President,
Communication and External Relations, Ph: +47 91554368.
New Mexico
Lottery, City of Roswell Launch Space Invader® Scratcher Game to Celebrate
UFO Anniversary All Net
Revenues Support Legislative Lottery Scholarships
ROSWELL, New Mexico, USA (April 25, 2007) -- Sixty years
after a rancher discovered the possible remains of an alien spacecraft on his
land north of Roswell, the space invaders are returning to New Mexico -- and
this time they're bringing prizes.
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The New Mexico Lottery and the City of
Roswell launched the Space Invader(R) Instant Scratcher game on Tuesday, April
24. Each ticket bears the city's logo for the "Amazing Roswell UFO
Festival." The festival commemorates the 60th anniversary of the legendary
UFO crash, which sparked speculation and accusations of a government cover up
that are still being debated today. "The lottery's
Space Invaders game will help us share the UFO anniversary and its place in New
Mexico's folklore and history with our neighbors statewide and with visitors
from around the world -- and perhaps beyond," said Roswell Mayor Sam
LaGrone. "We are also thrilled to support the education of New Mexico's
youth." The Amazing Roswell UFO Festival is
scheduled for July 5-8, 2007 in Roswell. Mayor LaGrone said more than 50,000
people are expected to attend the festival. The New Mexico Lottery is one of
several festival sponsors. Lottery CEO Tom Romero said
the Space Invader game has broad appeal. "Space
Invaders brings back the nostalgia people feel for the original arcade game
introduced 30 years ago and it celebrates a regional event that has helped
introduce people worldwide to all the many fine attributes of New Mexico,"
Romero said. "We expect player response to be out of this world."
The $2 Space Invader game is available now at New Mexico
lottery retail outlets. The game features a chance to win top prizes of
$10,000. Players can enter non-winning tickets into a May 31 second-chance
drawing for a Space Invaders Arcade Game, valued at $3,600, and a trip package
to the UFO Festival. The winner of a second Space Invaders Arcade Game will be
selected in a drawing to be held July 8 at the UFO Festival. Information on how
to enter the second-chance drawings is available at
http://www.nmlottery.com/scratchers/Scratchers.htm
or at lottery retailers.
All net revenues from the
sale of lottery games benefit the Legislative Lottery Scholarship program,
which provides tuition assistance for New Mexico residents attending the
state's public colleges and universities. Since its
inception in 1996, the Lottery has raised more than $309 million for college
tuition and school construction and repairs in New Mexico. More than 43,000
students have received Legislative Lottery Scholarships in the last decade.
Information about the scholarship program is available at
www.nmlottery.com.
For more information about the City of Roswell, visit
www.roswellmysteries.com.
Additional information about the UFO Festival is available
by calling 1-888-ROS-FEST or by visiting
www.roswellufofestival.com.
SOURCE: New Mexico Lottery; City of Roswell
CONTACT: Media, Linda Hamlin, Communications Manager of
New Mexico Lottery, +1-505-342-7617, or +1-800-642-6698, ext. 7616,
media@nmlottery.com, or Maya L.
Oliver, PR Associate of Rick Johnson & Company, +1-505-266-7220,
moliver@rjc.com, for City of
Roswell.
ALC Partners with the Canadian Cancer Sociey Relay For
Life MONCTON, Canada (April 27,
2007) - The Atlantic Lottery Corporation
(ALC) has signed on as the Volunteer Sponsor for the 2007 Canadian Cancer
Society Relay for Life in Atlantic Canada. Through this $75,000
sponsorship ALC will support the 74 Relay events which will take place
throughout Atlantic Canada this summer.
The Relay for Life event is
a non-competitive relay that honours and celebrates cancer survivors and has
become the signature fundraising event of the Canadian Cancer Society.
“This is a very important sponsorship
for Atlantic Lottery as most of us in Atlantic Canada have been touched in some
way by cancer. Volunteerism is the cornerstone of success for these types of
events. Everyone can make a difference as a volunteer at the Cancer Relay for
Life, either by taking part or simply by giving. Either way, the power of
contributing your time or money can make a tremendous difference in the lives
of many,” said Michelle
Carinci, ALC’s President and CEO. Proceeds
from the Relay for Life go to fund leading-edge cancer research in Canada and
to support community services that help people living with cancer, as well as
their families. “We hope that by
announcing our sponsorship now, during Cancer Month across Canada, we will
encourage others to support the Relay, either by taking part themselves or by
supporting participants financially,” Carinci said.
Investing in Atlantic Canada’s communities is
important to the Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC). ALC staff live, work and
raise families here and have enjoyed success over the past three decades,
thanks to the generous support of the communities they serve. For these and
many other reasons, ALC continues to give back to Atlantic Canadian communities
by supporting local volunteers. They are our true local heroes.
For more information about the our Community Sponsorphip
program, visit the About ALC section of www.alc.ca. SOURCE:
Atlantic Lottery Corp.
CONTACT: Robert Bourgeois, 506-867-5825.
Lottery Honored
With Two Awards from The Videographer Awards 2007
Competition BATON ROUGE,
Louisiana, USA (April 18, 2007) -- The
Louisiana Lottery Corporation was honored with an Award of Excellence and
an Award of Distinction in The Videographer Awards 2007 competition for two
television commercials, according to Bonny Botts, LLC vice president for
marketing and public relations.
The "Reason To
Smile" music video/commercial featuring singer Kim Smith and Lottery
employees received an Award of Excellence in the Corporate Image
category. This award is given to projects deemed exceptionally well
written, produced, shot and edited. The Lottery's fully animated
commercial, "Holiday Scratch-offs," received an Award of Distinction in
the TV/Creativity/Animation category. This award is given to projects
that exceed industry standards. "All of the
Lottery's commercials are created in-house by the marketing department,"
explained Botts. "I'm very proud of our creative team for the many
awards that the Lottery has received." Approximately 2,000 projects were entered into The
Videographer Awards 2007 competition by companies and individuals throughout
the US and several foreign countries. The judges select winners based on
talent that serves as a benchmark for the industry.
The Videographer is administered and judged by the
Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. The
international organization consists of several thousand marketing,
communication, advertising, public relations, media production and free-lance
professionals who have entered AMCP programs. SOURCE: The Louisiana Lottery Corporation.
WinTV Supplies
Drawing Machines to China, Latvia, Jordan and Ireland
BEIJING, China (May 1, 2007) --
The China Sports Lottery has acquired
four (4) Venus drawing machines from Editec-WinTV to be used for their new national
game Super Lotto which has an inaugural draw on May 28th. The drawing machines
and the new national lotto game are being widely promoted in China and a press
conference with national coverage was scheduled to present the new equipment
for launching the new game for the public and media.
RIGA,
Latvia: In March, Editec through its Drawing Machine division WinTV,
supplied a fully automatic and PC-operated TOPAZE 6 drawing machine to LNT
(Latvian Independent TV) and partners for their new TV show game, which will be
launched in the coming weeks. AMMAN,
Jordan: WinTV supplied a TOPAZE 9 drawing machine to the Housing Bank
for Trade & Finance in Jordan. The bank will use the machine to draw an
internal lottery for their customers. DUBLIN,
Ireland: Editec/WinTV supplied a fully automatic GEODE drawing machine
to Rehab Lotteries in Ireland. The machine
automatically draws the numbers in Rehab Lotteries new Rehab Easy Win lotto
game and posts the draw results instantaneously by XML feed to Rehab Lotteries
results website and teletext. Rehab Lotteries was the
first company to apply for the new WinTV Full Partnership Programme, a very
special financial option offer by WinTV to purchase the drawing machines in up
to 24 monthly instalments. CONTACT: Paulo Guttler,
Sales & Marketing Manager, WinTV - Editec Lotteries, (44) 2075336550 /
2075336552.
Play Ball is the Newest Fast Play/Add A Play Ticket -- On Sale
Now! CONCORD, New Hampshire, USA
(April 2007) -- The New Hampshire Lottery
Commission is inviting players to try the New Fast Play/Add A Play game -
Play Ball! It's like an instant game without the scratching!
Its now available without
having to make a Tri-State purchase first! Just ask for a Fast Play ticket and
you may purchase anywhere from 1 to 5 tickets for $1 each!
How To Play "Play Ball" There are two baseball games on your ticket. You must
determine YOUR SCORE by adding up the individual scores for all nine (9)
innings within a single game. If YOUR SCORE beats THEIR SCORE win the Prize
shown for that Game. Winning Fast Play tickets may be cashed up to one (1) year
from day of purchase. The game name and play format
of the Fast Play/Add-A-Play product will change throughout the year to keep
them fresh. Be on the lookout in the coming months for new and exciting games!
All New Hampshire Lottery retailers will be selling these tickets and all
retailers will be able to validate and pay all prizes.
Prizes range from $1 to $250 won instantly.
Prizes/Approximate Odds
for "Play Ball" are |
| Prize
|
Odds |
| $1 |
01:10.3 |
| $2 |
01:14.3 |
| $4 |
01:37.5 |
| $10 |
0.125 |
| $20 |
0.302083333 |
| $40 |
0.5625 |
| $100 |
1:3,000 |
| $250 |
1:7,500 |
Overall Odds of Winning: 1:4.85
Fast Play/Add-A-Play tickets may not be cancelled.
See official game
rules for more information. SOURCE: New
Hampshire Lottery. 
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