| GTECH Corporation Signs Agreement with Danske Spil
to Provide 3,900 Altura® Terminals, Following Competitive
Procurement Danske Spil
Also Extends GTECH’s Software License and Technical Services Agreement
through August 31, 2010 PROVIDENCE, Rhode
Island, USA (August 16, 2007) -- GTECH
Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Lottomatica S.p.A., announced that it
has signed an agreement to provide 3,900 Altura® terminals to Danske Spil,
the operator of the National Lottery in Denmark, following a competitive
procurement. Danske Spil has also extended GTECH’s software license and
technical services agreement for an additional three years, expiring on August
31, 2010. “Danske Spil is a technological
leader in the lottery industry. Their selection of our products is a
significant industry benchmark for others to follow,” said
W. Bruce Turner, CEO of GTECH and
Lottomatica S.p.A. “We look forward to expanding our relationship with
Danske Spil with the rollout of our Altura product, which offers open
architecture compatibility and Internet connectivity allowing the easy adoption
of new technology for Danske Spil in the future.”
Under the terms of the
product sale agreement, GTECH will replace Danske Spil’s existing lottery
terminal base with GTECH’s Altura terminal. All 3,900 Altura
terminals are expected to be in place by August 2008. In addition, GTECH will
continue to provide software support and maintenance for Danske Spil’s
online lottery system for the three-year period ending August 31, 2010.
GTECH has provided online lottery equipment and services
to Danske Spil since 1989. With respect to its product sale agreement with
Danske Spil, GTECH expects to receive revenues of approximately $18 million,
commencing in 2008. The three-year software license and technical services
agreement will generate approximately $5 million for the Company, over the term
of the contract. About GTECH
GTECH is a leading gaming technology and services company,
providing innovative technology, creative content, and superior service
delivery. Lottomatica is one of the world’s largest commercial
lottery operators and a market leader in the Italian gaming industry. 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 euros 1.7
billion in revenues and 5,900 employees in over 45 countries when combined with
GTECH. CONTACT: Robert K. Vincent, Public
Affairs, GTECH Corporation, 401-392-7452 SOURCE: GTECH
Corporation. The New York
Lottery Announces Appointment of New Acting Director
SCHENECTADY, New York, USA
(August 10, 2007) -- The New York Lottery
today announced Deputy Director of the New York Lottery Gardner Gurney has been
appointed to serve as Acting New York Lottery Director. Mr. Gurney replaces
Robert McLaughlin, who served as
Director of the New York Lottery from November, 2006 to August, 2007. Mr.
McLaughlin recently accepted a position in the private sector.
The Director of the New York Lottery is appointed by the
Commissioner of Taxation and Finance and is charged with supporting the
division’s mission to earn revenue for education. Now in its 40th year in
operation, the New York Lottery has generated more than $31 billion to help
support education in New York State, including a record $2.3 billion in fiscal
year 2006-2007 on incoming revenue of $7.1 billion.
Mr. Gurney most recently
served as the New York Lottery’s Deputy Director and Director of
Operations and Administration with responsibilities over the areas of Financial
Management, Prize Payment Audit, Internal Audit, Information Security, Lottery
Operations, and Telecommunications. A veteran financial manager, Mr. Gurney has
served in the New York Lottery since 1988 and has been actively involved in the
procurement of the Division’s video gaming central system, video gaming
terminals, instant tickets, external auditors, and the traditional lottery
central system. Prior to joining the New York Lottery, he worked for several
years in the banking and retail industries. Mr.
Gurney is also a current member of the North American Association of State and
Provincial Lotteries’, NASPL, Standards Initiative Steering Committee
which contains representatives from state lotteries, vendors, and retailers
from the U.S. and Canada. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Gurney received a
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Husson College located in
Bangor, Maine. SOURCE: New York Lottery. Contact:
John Charlson, Telephone: 518-388-3415.
Mifal Hapais
Launches New Global Brand: Double Lotto
Double the Investment, Double the
Winnings 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
“Double Lotto.” Double Lotto, as
aforesaid, is a development of Mifal Hapayis and is aimed at a young audience
which likes to takes chances and wants to make decisions and decide how much
money it wants to invest in games, and also how much it wants to win.
Double Lotto offers twice the winnings! Customers can
double their investment and win a double prize, at all prizewinning levels.
For example: the first prize is NIS 10 million. A customer
who plays Double Lotto and won first prize will double his or her earnings to
NIS 20 million.
Winnings can be doubled at
all prize levels, from the first prize announced for a particular draw, to the
level of the smaller prizes. Mifal Hapais's Chairman
Shimon Katznelson says that the new game will enable Mifal Hapais to access new
audiences, youngsters, who are willing to take a chance, and will also increase
the investment level of many players who fill out Lotto forms with minimal
investment. This will allow them to continue playing for small amounts but will
double their winnings potential. Mifal Hapayis
director general, Shaul Sotnik, says that development of the new game has been
in progress for some years and that, in contrast with other games, it has never
been played before anywhere in the world. “Lottery organizations around
the world share information and learn from each other’s experience.
Similar lottery games are played in most countries, with slight adjustments,
according to the audience. This time, we are going for something new, which
offers a slight risk and a great chance. We invented, developed and examined
the game, and we are the first to launch it.” We presented the game at a world conference and the responses
were very positive. It is an intriguing game and many lottery organizations are
now looking towards Israel, to see how the game works and to adopt it. In the
last few years, since the new Lotto was launched in 2004, we have been
delighted with the lottery. The brand sales increase constantly (by 7% in 2006
and 6% more in 2007), and there has been a two figure rise in revenue on the
brand (about 30%) since the launch in 2004. This makes Israel an exception in
the world and is one of the few countries where sales have risen. The revenue
from Double Lotto is designed to maintain the pattern of improvement in
performance levels. Lotto is Mifal Hapayis’ most
popular game. In 2006, Lotto sales reached close to NIS 1 billion, with total
annual sales at NIS 3.6 billion - a rise of 9% compared with the previous
year. Doron Angel, director of marketing, advertising
and sales, says that Mifal Hapayis is aiming to achieve Double Lotto revenue of
about NIS 60 million a year, which will help the company achieve its total
revenue goal of NIS 4 billion a year.
Revenue from the new Lotto
product also allows the organization to renew and overhaul its Lotto super
brand. Since it was launched in the late 1960s Lotto has undergone many changes
which mainly related to the numbers of the game. However, the consumer was
never previously allowed to set the level of the first prize he or she could
win. The introduction of the element of control and
choice to Lotto is a worldwide innovation which is being launched by Mifal
Hapayis for the first time. The element of control and choice is offered by
Chance and games with low level prizes but nowhere in the world offers a choice
of winnings levels in lotteries with such high earnings as Lotto.
Analysis of consumer preferences indicates that over two
thirds of Lotto customers consider the choice of prize level an important
factor in their choice of purchase. The income from
Double Lotto allows Lotto to continue strengthening its position as the most
popular lottery product in Israel, and which offers the highest prize in the
world of lottery products. The launch of Double Lotto
will be supported by a campaign, managed by Adler, Homsky and Vershevsky on
television and the radio, street posters and the press at a total cost of about
NIS 4 million. The campaign will begin in 8.8.07 and run for two and a half
weeks. CREDITS: Director -
Oded Davidov Creative manager - Ronen Gur Ponarov
Copywriter - Yael Koren Art -
Amir Tsur Customer manager - Danny Branda
Supervisor - Galia Bialer Budget
manager - Keren Alfarendi Planning manager - Amnon
Golan Planner - Nir Weiss Mifal Hapayis advertising manager - Hemi Fadan
Brand manager - Shai Liraz SOURCE: Mifal Hapais
Camelot
Consortium Named Preferred Bidder for U.K. National Lottery
Scientific Games to
Supply Instant Tickets & Services NEW
YORK, USA (August 13, 2007) -- Scientific
Games (Nasdaq: SGMS) announced that the United Kingdom's National Lottery Commission
has selected Camelot Group plc as the
preferred bidder for the Third Lottery operating license, following a
competitive procurement. The 10-year license is expected to begin in February
2009 following the completion of a definitive agreement with the National
Lottery Commission. Scientific Games will be the supplier of instant tickets
and related services to Camelot.
"We are pleased to
congratulate Camelot on its winning bid for the U.K. National Lottery
license," said Lorne Weil, Chairman
and CEO of Scientific Games. "We have been a partner with Camelot since
their launch of instant tickets in 1995, and Camelot has always done an
exceptional job of managing the lottery; raising over 20 billion pounds
Sterling for Good Causes since its inception. We look forward to continuing
this successful partnership for the next decade." "Scratchcards have been an important driver of growth for
the U.K. National Lottery and we are pleased to continue to work with
Scientific Games," commented Dianne
Thompson CBE, Camelot Chief Executive. "They have illustrated their
commitment by establishing a headquarters in Leeds, ensuring that National
Lottery Scratchcards can be designed and produced in the U.K., helping us
introduce new Scratchcard games more quickly and maximize returns to the Good
Causes." About Camelot Group
Camelot Group plc is the operator of
The National Lottery® and is
committed to raising money for the Good Causes designated by Parliament.
Camelot is not responsible for distributing or awarding these funds; to date,
over 20 billion pounds has been raised for Good Causes by The National Lottery,
and more than 250,000 individual awards have been made across the U.K.
The National Lottery has
given away over 29.4 billion pounds in prizes and created more than 2,000
millionaires or multi-millionaires since launch in 1994. For further
information on Camelot, The National Lottery and its games, please visit the
following websites: www.camelotgroup.co.uk and
www.national-lottery.co.uk.
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, Amusement and
Skill with Prize betting terminals, 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.
Company Contact: Investor Relations, Scientific Games
Corporation, 212-754-2233 SOURCE: Scientific Games
Virginia Lottery Launches New Pink Panther
Scratcher Game - “Suave Spokes-cat” will appeal to Broad Spectrum of
Virginians
VIRGINIA, USA (August 9,
2007) -- Da-dum-ta-dum…The Virginia
Lottery has released a Scratcher game based on one of the world’s
coolest cats, beloved icon, The Pink Panther. The game will offer players the
opportunity to relive their favorite memories of the debonair feline while
scratching for cash. “We think the Pink
Panther will appeal to both regular Lottery players and those who only
occasionally buy a ticket,” said Virginia Lottery Executive Director
Sheila Hill-Christian.
“When our partnering licensing company provided him at no extra cost,
we jumped at the chance to offer this game to Virginians. The Pink Panther is
fun, witty, sophisticated and instantly recognizable. We think people will be
very excited about the game.”
The game is simple and fun
to play, and there’s no need to worry about being ambushed by Cato or
spooked by the Phantom. Simply match your numbers to the winning numbers shown
on the $2.00 ticket. The game has six top prizes of $12,000, and more than one
million smaller prizes ranging from $2 to $3,000. Players will also have the
opportunity to double their prizes and can win as many as 11 times on the same
ticket. The Lottery’s advertising for the game
includes an ad starring the 1964 Academy Award™ winning character. This
marks the first time animation has been used for the Pink Panther game; which
has also been offered by lotteries in several other states. It features a
mustachioed museum guard who stands at the ready to protect the Virginia
Lottery ticket on display. The Pink Panther, camouflaged by the gallery’s
pink walls (an homage to one of the first Pink Panther cartoons), steals his
cap, tosses it aside, and attempts to steal the ticket, setting off security
alarms. After hiding himself in the ticket, the unseen panther pulls a
cap over the guard’s eyes and escapes with the ticket that boasts a top
prize of $12,000. Copies of the ad, as well as high
resolution photos are available for download at FlickerLabs, the animation
company that helped to produce the spot. In addition,
the Lottery is also supporting the game by providing retailers with new
in-store materials, including a 6-foot-tall stand-up featuring the
sophisticated cat. Also supporting the game will be radio advertising in both
English and Spanish, another first for the Virginia Lottery.
SOURCE: Virginia Lottery. FLUXX Steps Up Independence From German
Market  High growth for
FLUXX AG international subsidiaries
First-half revenues
rise by 33 percent to EUR 31.3 million EBITDA reaches
record level, EBIT diminished by investment ALTENHOLZ,
Germany (August 9, 2007) -- The gaming specialist
FLUXX AG (ISIN DE000A0JRU67) today
publishes its report on the first half of 2007. The FLUXX Group has
nevertheless already successfully stepped up its activities in other European
countries. A significant proportion of sales, e.g. by the group's Maltese
subsidiary QED Ltd., which operates the sports betting service myBet.com, is
now generated outside Germany. FLUXX has moreover established highly promising
subsidiaries in attractive, regulated markets in the guise of its Spanish
subsidiary DigiDis S.L. and also JAXX UK Ltd., which was established in the UK
at the end of 2006.
The successful shift in
strategy is also reflected in the sales and cash inflow structure of the FLUXX
Group. Strong growth in the sports betting and lottery syndicates product areas
boosted revenue by 33 percent compared with the first half of 2006, from EUR
23.5 million to EUR 31.3 million. Earnings before
interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) consequently showed an
markedly overproportional rise of 227 percent, from EUR 1.2 million to the
record level of EUR 3.9 million. On the other hand depreciation and
amortisation of EUR 6.0 million, predominantly as a result of focused
investment in the much-expanded syndicate contracts portfolio, diminished
earnings before interest and tax (EBIT), which was around 40 percent down on
the prior-year figure of EUR -1.6 million at EUR -2.2 million. The doubling in
the level of contracts compared with the previous year assures future earnings
and a high cash flow running into the double-digit millions. The consolidated
result in the first half of 2007 amounted to EUR -1.7 million, as against EUR
0.7 million in the first half of 2006. Earnings per share fell from EUR -0.05
to EUR 0.12. OUTLOOK The possible introduction of controversial draft legislation
taking effect from January 1, 2008 for a new State Treaty on gaming - which is
both unconstitutional and in conflict with European law - has prompted FLUXX to
focus on intensively expanding its business activities in other European
markets. Initial infringement proceedings from German
courts on the legal situation in Germany have already reached the European
Court of Justice (ECJ). FLUXX believes that the ECJ will overturn the monopoly
in 2009 at the latest.
Until the situation in the
German market has been definitively clarified, FLUXX will be reviewing its
domestic activities in the light of the new legal situation and holding back
with their expansion. However, FLUXX will be devoting most of its capacity to
pan-European expansion. The process of development that was already embarked on
last year for the sports betting brand myBet.com and the Spanish subsidiary
DigiDis is to be further accelerated. The subsidiary
JAXX UK Ltd. is about to enter the British betting market in partnership with
the leading online marketer AOL, offering a competitive product range. An
additional sales volume of between EUR 20 and 30 million would appear to be
possible over the next two years as a result of JAXX UK's entry into the
British market. UK business should be making a positive contribution to the
result by the start of 2009 at the latest. FLUXX is
furthermore currently conducting specific negotiations with a number of
interesting and profitable companies in the European gaming market that would
represent useful strategic additions to FLUXX AG's investment portfolio.
FLUXX's priority here is to realise additional potential for profit in the
short term and to appreciably improve the price earnings ratio for FLUXX
shareholders through such acquisitions. In terms of
revenue and earnings, FLUXX still expects double-digit growth that will enable
it to break even for 2007 as a whole. "The
developments of the first half of the 2007 financial year prove that we are on
the right track," remarked Stefan Hänel, Finance Director of FLUXX AG. "We
have paved the way for expanding our business successfully in the face of a
more challenging regulatory framework in Germany. By securing access to new
markets elsewhere in Europe, we are gradually gaining independence from the
legal chaos that has broken out in Germany." Click here to read the
full three month' report 2007 (PDF) About
FLUXX AG, The Gaming Company
FLUXX is Germany's leading
specialist in the lucrative gaming market. Whether as a service provider for
lottery companies and racecourses, as an expertise partner for major Internet
players such as AOL, Yahoo! and Lycos or as a supplier of its own gaming
platforms such as jaxx.com and myBet.com, FLUXX is participating in the
multi-billion gaming market in many different ways. The necessary rights and licences and the technical and
market-relevant expertise place FLUXX in a position to be able to arrange any
form of gaming and gambling, along a variety of sales channels, between the
consumer and the state licence holders. In addition to self-marketed services,
FLUXX makes its products and services available to other companies and
organisations with extensive customer contacts. The shares of FLUXX AG have
been traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since September 1999.
The group parent FLUXX AG is exclusively a management
holding and has its Headquarters in Altenholz, near Kiel, in the northern part
of Germany. There are other locations in Hamburg and Berlin, as well as
Austria, Malta, Spain and UK. SOURCE: FLUXX AG, IR
Release.
CONTACT: FLUXX AG Investor Relations & Corporate
Communications Stefan Zenker Tel. +49 (40) 85 37 88 47 Fax +49 (431) 88 10 44
0, Email: stefan.zenker@fluxx.com
Delaware
Lottery Sets All-Time Revenue Record in Fiscal Year
2007 DOVER, Delaware, USA (August
8, 2007) – The Delaware Lottery
announced that it set an all time record in overall sales for ticket games and
video lottery during the 2007 fiscal year (for year ending June 30, 2007).
Because of the increase in game play, the Lottery’s contribution to the
State General Fund was $256.7 million, also a new state record. This amount
represents a $7.9 million, or 3% increase over the previous fiscal year.
“This year exceeded our expectations for game play
as we experienced record growth in several product areas: PLAY 4, Instant Games
and Video Lottery,” said State Lottery Director
Wayne Lemons. “Our revenue has
grown amidst considerable competition, and the Delaware Lottery has shown the
ability to engage players and help the state at the same time.”
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The Lottery’s record
General Fund contribution is comprised of the State’s share of net
proceeds from Video Lottery operations at the three licensed horse racing
facilities in Delaware and net proceeds from lottery ticket sales at
approximately 500 licensed businesses’ operating throughout the State. The
General Fund is the pool of dollars that finances the majority of state
services in Delaware in such areas as education, public safety and protecting
the environment. “This contribution represents
the fourth largest source of income for the state,” added Lemons.
“Our goal has always been to maximize our contribution to the General
Fund, thus helping the State better serve Delawareans, while simultaneously
delivering entertaining, fun and fair games to our players.”
Since the start of operations in 1975, the Delaware
Lottery has contributed more than $2.5 billion to the state’s General Fund
to help finance needed state services that benefit everyone in Delaware. The
Lottery offers a variety of games: POWERBALL®, MULTI-WIN LOTTO, PLAY 3,
PLAY 4, assorted Instant Games, and Video Lottery. Winner Privacy is our Policy. The
Delaware Lottery only publishes winner names with their consent.
CONTACT: Wayne Lemons, Director, Delaware Lottery, (302)
744-1600. Scientific Games
Awarded California Pari-Mutuel Contract. Revenue Estimated at $41.7 Million
Over Five Years NEW YORK, USA
(August 14, 2007) -- Scientific Games
(Nasdaq: SGMS) was awarded the contract to provide pari-mutuel wagering
equipment and services for the California Horse Racing Industry (CHRI), the
company announced today. The contract, awarded through a competitive
procurement process, will run for five years in the initial term with one
possible three-year extension and two possible one-year extensions and is
expected to generate approximately $41.7 million in revenue over the initial
term. The CHRI oversees 16 racetrack associations throughout the state,
including all thoroughbred racing venues, the state’s harness tracks and
racing fairs and an extensive network of off-track wagering facilities.
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Scientific Games will
operate the California system from the West Coast Quantum™ Data Center
(QDC), located in Sacramento, with hot stand-by for redundancy and disaster
recovery provided from the Quantum Data Center East in New Jersey. The QDC are
the first of their kind in the racing industry, offering enterprise-level
computing, standards and best practices in facilities designed to support
pari-mutuel wagering. All of the California operations will be migrated to the
QDC by the fourth quarter of 2007. Scientific Games will also install
3,865 new BetJet™ terminals as well as hand-held wireless wagering
devices. Scientific Games’ latest generation series of devices provides a
full array of wagering services at the point of sale, including handicapping
tools and banking network integration, along with the industry’s most
intuitive user interface. “California is one
of our most important racing customers, and we are thrilled that they have
awarded us this new contract,” said Lorne Weil, Chairman and CEO of Scientific
Games. “We believe the upgrade to our Quantum Data Centers along with
our new BetJet terminals will improve the patron experience at every California
track and help to grow handle in this extremely competitive gaming
marketplace.” “We were seeking a
technical partner with a demonstrated record of innovation and flexibility as
well as the technical and financial resources to provide the services the CHRI
requires, and we found that partner in Scientific Games” said Craig
Fravel, Executive Vice President of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. “We
expect that over the coming years SG will help us introduce new products and
services, as well as maintain a reliable and robust system, to support and
encourage pari-mutuel wagering on what we believe is the best horse racing in
the world.” 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, Amusement and
Skill with Prize betting terminals, 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 http://www.scientificgames.com.
Company CONTACT: Investor Relations, Scientific Games,
212-754-2233. SOURCE: Scientific Games.
Cash Explosion Roars Into Top Spot; Best $1 Game
on the Market After Third Week of Sales
CLEVELAND, Ohio, USA (August 13, 2007) -- The Cash
Explosion instant game has been flying off the shelves as fans of the instant
ticket and companion TV show began making their ticket purchases July
27.
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Cash Explosion instant
game sales were $590,450 for the week ending Aug. 11, making it the week’s
highest selling $1 game. The game went on sale statewide July 27.
Cash Explosion provides
Ohio Lottery players with opportunities to
win cash prizes and vie for a spot as a contestant on Cash Explosion Double
Play. The show, which enjoyed a 19-year run from 1984 to 2006, returns to the
Lottery’s carrier station network beginning Saturday, October 6, at 7:30
p.m. For more information on The Ohio State Lottery,
please visit www.ohiolottery.com
Take a chance for education. Odds are, you’ll
have fun. SOURCE: Ohio Lottery.
CONTACT: Mardele
Cohen - Deputy Director, Communications, (216) 787-3309.
Need 2 Million
Frequent Flier Miles? Washington’s Lottery Launches New Ticket
Featuring Alaska Airlines Travel Prizes, And Two Million Alaska Airlines
Mileage Plan Miles! OLYMPIA, Washington
(August 2007) -- Washington’s Lottery
today launched an innovative new Scratch ticket that features Alaska Airlines
prizes in celebration of the airline’s 75th anniversary. The new ticket
offers some of the most exciting Lottery prizes to date - cash, instant
discounts on Alaska Airlines Vacation packages, and 2 million Alaska Airlines
Mileage Plan miles that may be used to fly anywhere Alaska Airlines or its 11
airline partners fly. The $2 Scratch ticket goes on sale today at all
Washington’s Lottery retailers. The ticket is the first of its kind in the
nation to offer Mileage Plan miles as prizes from a major airline.
The Scratch ticket
featuring Alaska Airlines is particularly rewarding – EVERY ticket is a
winner! The top cash prize is $20,000, but the winning doesn’t stop there.
Each ticket features a “Bonus Spot” customers may scratch off to
reveal which prize they’ve won: 750 or 75,000 Alaska Airlines miles, or a
10% discount on select Alaska Airlines Vacation packages. But even after
players have scratched off both areas of the ticket, they still have one more
chance to win! The “Second Chance” mail-in drawing offers what many
travelers would consider the most exciting prize of all – 2 million Alaska
Airlines Mileage Plan miles! The new Scratch ticket is
being launched as both Alaska Airlines and Washington’s Lottery celebrate
anniversary years. This year marks Alaska Airlines’ 75th Anniversary, and
Washington’s Lottery has been rewarding winners for 25 years.
“The Lottery has offered extreme vacation trips as
prizes before, but this is the first time we’ve been able to offer extreme
Mileage Plan miles on a airline that is synonymous with the Northwest –
Alaska Airlines,” said Christopher
Liu, director of Washington’s Lottery. “Two million Mileage
Plan miles would allow you to travel to practically anywhere for a very long
time, and go first class on a great carrier known for customer
service!” A portion of funds raised by the
new Scratch ticket will benefit education construction projects in Washington
State. Washington’s Lottery contributed $102 million to education
construction in fiscal year 2007. SOURCE: Washinton
Lottery. 
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