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GTECH Printing Corporation Chosen To Provide The Wisconsin Lottery
With Instant-Ticket Printing Services
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (November
23, 2009) – GTECH Printing Corporation (GPC) announced that it has been
awarded a two-year instant-ticket printing services contract with the
Wisconsin Lottery. The
contract is the result of a competitive procurement and commenced on November
1, 2009. In addition to the initial two-year term, the contract has three
one-year mutual contract extension options.
“This will be the first time
that GPC has worked with the Wisconsin Lottery to supply instant tickets and
marketing services, and we are eager to demonstrate our capabilities as the
world’s most advanced instant-ticket provider in the industry,”
said Ross Dalton, GTECH
Senior Vice President, Printed Products and Licensed Content. “We look
forward to working with the Wisconsin Lottery to develop innovative and
creative new game concepts.”
GPC will produce the Lottery’s
instant tickets at its new, state-of-the-art printing facility in Lakeland,
Florida.
GPC is the fastest growing,
full-service instant ticket supplier in the industry, providing instant ticket
printing and marketing services to over 40 customers worldwide.
The Wisconsin Lottery has been a
valued GTECH customer since
1989. GTECH Corporation currently operates and maintains the Wisconsin
Lottery’s online and instant ticket central system, terminals, and
communications network.
GTECH is a leading gaming technology
and services company. With 7,500 people in over 50 countries when combined with
Lottomatica Group, GTECH provides innovative technology, creative content, and
superior service delivery to effectively manage and grow today’s evolving
gaming markets. GTECH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lottomatica Group, one of
the world’s largest commercial lottery operators and a market leader in
the Italian gaming industry. For more information about the Company, please
visit GTECH’s website at www.gtech.com.
CONTACT: Robert K. Vincent, Public
Affairs, GTECH Corporation, 401-392-7452.
Pennsylvania Lottery's Millionaire Raffle Returns With More Than $5
Million in Prizes
Limited Number of Tickets
Go on Sale Today for January 2, 2010 Drawing
MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania (November
20, 2009) -Tickets for the Pennsylvania Lottery's ninth Millionaire Raffle go on sale
today. The raffle-style game will offer 6,000 cash prizes worth more than $5
million when winners are drawn at 6:59 p.m. on Jan. 2, 2010.
"The raffle game again features
the best odds offered by the Pennsylvania Lottery for winning a million
dollars," said Lottery Executive Director
Ed Trees.
Tickets will be available until 5
p.m. on Jan. 2, or until sold out, whichever comes first. Only 500,000 tickets
will be sold. When the last raffle ticket is issued, the game will close, and
no additional tickets will be available. Tickets for the eight previous
Millionaire Raffles sold out before the drawing. The most recent Millionaire
Raffle drawing was conducted on July 4.
Because Millionaire Raffle tickets
are scheduled to be sold over 44 days, Trees urged players to promptly sign the
backs of their tickets and keep them in a safe place until the drawing.
Each of the game's $20 tickets
offers a 1-in-125,000 chance of winning $1 million. The Millionaire Raffle
drawing will award four top prizes of $1 million cash; four $100,000 cash
prizes; 100 prizes of $1,000 cash; and 5,892 prizes of $100 cash. A total of
6,000 prizes worth $5,089,200 will be awarded.
Each raffle ticket will contain a
unique, eight-digit number issued sequentially across the state from the
Lottery's central computer, starting with number 00000001. The final raffle
ticket issued for the game will contain the raffle ticket number 00500000. To
be considered a winning ticket, the number printed on it must match the raffle
number combination selected in the drawing - in the exact sequence in which it
was selected.
Winning raffle ticket numbers will
be randomly selected at 6:59 p.m. on Jan. 2, 2010 when the Lottery's live
drawing show will televise the selection of the four, $1 million, top-prize
raffle ticket numbers and the four, $100,000, second-prize raffle ticket
numbers. The remaining 5,992 winning ticket numbers also will be selected, but
will not be televised live due to time constraints.
Odds of winning a $1,000 prize are
1-in-5,000, and the odds of winning $100 are 1-in-85. The overall odds of
winning any prize are 1-in-83.
About the Pennsylvania Lottery:
The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the
only state lottery that designates all its proceeds to fund programs that
benefit older residents. Since its inception 37 years ago, the Pennsylvania
Lottery has contributed more than $19.2 billion to programs that include
property tax and rent rebates; free and reduced-fare transit; the low-cost
prescription drug programs PACE and PACENET; long-term care services; and the
52 Area Agencies on Aging, including more than 600 full- and part-time senior
centers throughout the state.
For more information on the
Pennsylvania Lottery, visit www.palottery.com
SOURCE: Pennsylvania Lottery.
CONTACT: Veronica Sinclair-Anderson, 717-702-8008.
Atlantic Lottery Improving Player Experience
MONCTON, New Brunswick, Canada
(November 23, 2009) - At Atlantic Lottery we’re in the business of turning
dreams into realities and we don’t want our players missing out on the
experience of winning because their tickets have unknowingly expired.
That’s why throughout November
you will notice the way we use expiry dates on some of our products will
change. In November 2008, the Nova Scotia Government passed legislation which
provided Atlantic Lottery an opportunity to make some changes for the better
across Atlantic Canada. This is great news for our players because expiry
dates will now be clearly marked on the face of draw and sports tickets and,
regional scratch ’n win tickets will no longer have an expiry date.
National scratch ‘n win and sports product tickets will have the expiry
date clearly marked on the ticket face.
At Atlantic Lottery, we are
constantly looking for new opportunities to improve and provide a better
experience for our players. We are also working with our retailers to make this
change as seamless as possible and we appreciate their partnership in
continuing to improve lottery products offered throughout Atlantic Canada.
If you have any questions we’re
here to help! Please contact an Atlantic Lottery representative at
1-800-561-3942.
Media CONTACT: Courtney
Pringle, Atlantic Lottery, Phone: (o) 506.867.5942, (c) 506.862.9604 or
Jennifer Dalton, Atlantic Lottery, Phone: (o) 709.724.1718, (c)
709.697.0684.
SOURCE: Atlantic Lottery
Corporation.
Finns Excited About The New Joker
VANTAA, Finland (November 19, 2009)
--Veikkaus’ newly
launched Joker reform caught Finns’ attention in large numbers. Out of our
registered customers, up to 20 000 new players tried the new Joker games during
the launch week. The reformed Jokers were played for a total of some EUR 2
million, leading to a sales increase of thirty to fifty percent in these games.
The reformed Wednesday and Saturday
Jokers generated nearly 150 000 prizes big and small during the first week
(round 45/2009), whereas they had offered around 20 000 prizes in an average
week before. We made a considerable raise to the payout percentage of the Joker
games, increasing it from 40 to 52.
SOURCE: Veikkaus Oy, Communications,
Tel: +35820 750 750, Fax: +35820 750 7145
Email:
tiedotus@veikkaus.fi.
Wells-Gardner Reports Its Subsidiary American Gaming &
Electronics Has Signed a Letter of Intent to Distribute SPIELO Terminals Into
Illinois VLT Market
CHICAGO, Illinois (November 17,
2009) -- Wells-Gardner Electronics Corporation (NYSE Amex: WGA) announced that
its wholly owned subsidiary American Gaming & Electronics, Inc. (AG&E)
has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to distribute
SPIELO Manufacturing ULC
Video Gaming Terminals (VGTs) to licensed Illinois VGT operators.
"We are delighted to expand our
more than 20 years' association with SPIELO, an affiliate of GTECH
Corporation," said Anthony Spier, Wells-Gardner's Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer. "SPIELO is one of the top manufacturers with proven high
quality products that have consistently demonstrated superior earnings in
operator-run VLT markets. Their products are top earners in the states of
Montana, Oregon and South Dakota as well as in Sweden, Iceland and many
lotteries throughout Canada."
"We look forward to working with
a high-quality distributor with Wells-Gardner's and American Gaming &
Electronics' reputation," said Robin Drummond, SPIELO's Vice President of
Sales. "We're excited to deliver our high-earning prodiGi Vu VGT and our
top-performing multi-game line-up to the operators in the Illinois market."
The prodiGi Vu™ terminal
features a player-driven design that greatly enhances player comfort and
enjoyment. It includes optimal screen heights and button panel locations, dual
22"-wide screen LCDs, standard left/right play buttons, remote play buttons, an
award winning full-color digital button panel, wrist rest, and multi-channel
audio, all with a design that offers value-driven innovation. The prodiGi Vu is
also designed for dynamic content capability and is network-gaming ready.
About Wells-Gardner Electronics
Corporation
Founded in 1925, Wells-Gardner
Electronics Corporation is a distributor and manufacturer of color video
monitors and other related distribution products for a variety of markets
including, but not limited to, gaming machine manufacturers, casinos,
coin-operated video game manufacturers and other display integrators. The
Company has the majority of its LCDs and CRT monitors manufactured in Mainland
China. In addition, the Company's American Gaming & Electronics, Inc.
subsidiary ("AGE"), a leading parts distributor to the gaming markets, sells
parts and services to over 700 casinos in North America with offices in Las
Vegas, Nevada, Hammonton, New Jersey, Miami, Florida and McCook, Illinois. AGE
also sells refurbished gaming machines on a global basis as well as installs
and services some brands of gaming machines in casinos in North America.
For additional investor information,
please CONTACT: Jim Brace, Wells-Gardner, (708) 290-2120 or Alan Woinski,
Gaming USA Corporation, (201) 599-8484.
GTECH G2 Hosts Debate on Harmonization of European iGaming
Law
Experts from France,
Italy and Alerney to Present Opposing Viewpoints
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (November 20,
2009) –GTECH G2, leading igaming software and gaming management system
provider, will host a breakfast debate on the Harmonization of European iGaming
Law in London 2nd December. Representatives from Alderney, France and Italy
will present opposing views on the harmonization of igaming law across Europe
vs individual State controlled igaming policies.
GTECH G2 Thought Leadership
Seminar
European iGaming Legislation
Debate
The Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel, The
Royal Suite
35 Charles Street, Mayfair, London,
W1J 5EB
2nd December, 2009, 10:00 am -
Noon
This highly charged issue will set
the course for the future of iGaming in Europe, and has come to the forefront
of speculation following the recent and controversial Santa Casa decision.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Mr. Robin Le Prevost of the
Alderney Gambling Control Commission
- Italian legal expert Mr. Quirino
Mancini
- Mr. Thibault Verbiest, a French
igaming law expert co-founder of the EU portal
www.gaminglaw.eu
There is no charge to attend this
breakfast debate, which is being generously sponsored by GTECH G2, the iGaming
division of lottery industry leader, GTECH.
For further information, to request
a seat, or to indicate dietary requirements for the breakfast meal, igaming
operators and industry analysts should RSVP at
www.igamingdebate.com or contact event coordinator Jodie
Thind.
Space is limited so those wishing to
attend should register their interest as soon as possible.
10:00 am Breakfast and networking
10:45 am Debate begins following an
introduction by the Moderator
12:00 noon Conclusion
GTECH G2 combines the software
development and customer management expertise of Boss Media, Finsoft, Dynamite
Idea and St Minver and operates the International Poker Network and
International Bingo Network.
For further information: GTECH G2,
Larry Colcy or Jodie Thind, +44 (0)207 976 6469, Email:
G2@lyceummedia.com
About GTECH G2 (www.gtechg2.com)
GTECH G2 brings together -- under
one brand -- the combined expertise of GTECH and its extensive lottery insight
with leaders in the interactive gaming world providing a complete gaming
portfolio of poker, bingo, casino, sports betting, fully managed services and
instant games. The group includes Boss Media (www.bossmedia.com), a leading
innovator in software and systems for Poker, Casino and Bingo entertainment;
Finsoft (www.finsoft.com), a leading provider of enterprise-wide real
time trading solutions for the commercial sports betting industry – both
interactive and retail; St Minver (www.stminverltd.com), a
fully managed service provider of Internet games to media, lifestyle, and other
brands; and Dynamite Idea (www.dynamiteidea.com), a developer of unique, innovative
digital instant and side games. Consolidating combined talent and
expertise into one premiere brand means that GTECH G2 can provide a flexible
digital solution to all customers, large or small, wherever they may be.
SOURCE: GTECH G2 press release
distributed by Lyceum Media.
Multimedia Games to Report Fiscal 2009 Fourth Quarter and Year-End
Results on December 8, Host Conference Call and Webcast
AUSTIN, Texas (November 20, 2009) -
Multimedia Games,
Inc. (Nasdaq: MGAM) announced today that it will release financial results
for the period ended September 30, 2009, its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter, on
Tuesday, December 8, before the market opens. It will also host a conference
call and webcast beginning at 9:00Â a.m. ET (8:00Â a.m. CT) that
day. Both the call and the webcast are open to the general public.
The conference call number is
719-325-2352 (domestic or international). Please call five minutes prior to the
presentation to ensure that you are connected. Interested parties may also
access the conference call live on the Internet at
http://ir.multimediagames.com/events.cfm. Following its
completion, an archived version of the webcast will be available for replay at
the same location at
http://ir.multimediagames.com/events.cfm.
About Multimedia Games, Inc.
Gaming technology developer and
distributor, Multimedia Games, is a creator and supplier of comprehensive
systems, content and electronic gaming units for Class III and Class II Native
American gaming markets, as well as for commercial casinos and charity and
international bingo markets. Multimedia Games has approximately 17,000 gaming
units in operation domestically and internationally installed on
revenue-sharing arrangements. Multimedia Games also supplies the central
determinant system for approximately 13,000 video lottery terminals (VLTs)
installed at racetracks in the State of New York. Multimedia Games is focused
on the further development of new gaming systems and products for the markets
it currently serves as well as for new domestic and international market
opportunities. Additional information may be found at www.multimediagames.com.
SOURCE: Multimedia Games, Inc.,
Ginny Shanks, Phone: 512-334-7500, Chief Marketing Officer or Jaffoni &
Collins Incorporated, Joseph N. Jaffoni, Richard Land
Phone: 212-835-8500, Email:
mgam@jcir.com
SOURCE: Multimedia Games, Inc.
Texas Lottery Commission Reports on Charitable Bingo Allocations for
3rd Qtr 2009
Charitable Bingo
Allocations For 2009 3rd Quarter Issued To 136 Local
Jurisdictions
AUSTIN, Texas (November 20, 2009) -
During the third quarter of 2009, 136 cities and counties across Texas received
a total of $2.9 million in quarterly allocations, as required by law, for
allowing the conduct of Charitable Bingo games in their communities.
The Charitable Bingo Operations
Division also allocated $3.2 million to the state’s General Revenue
Fund.
The third quarter allocation is 8.6
percent below from the second quarter of 2009 and less than one percent below
the same quarter in 2008.
Allocations are the result of prize
fees collected from players who won bingo prizes in July, August, and September
in games conducted by non-profit organizations. As required by law, five
percent of a prize awarded is withheld from the winner and deposited in a
non-dedicated account in the General Revenue Fund.
Cities and counties that imposed the
gross receipt tax on a local-option basis on or before January 1, 1993, receive
quarterly payments of up to 2.5 percent of the prizes won by bingo players in
their jurisdictions.
Bexar County once again received the
single largest allocation, $206,008.18.
The remaining top counties are:
Harris County, $148,011.99; Tarrant County, $141,541.61; Dallas County,
$140,345.07; and Bell County, $118,566.95.
Among the top five municipalities,
the City of San Antonio received the highest allocation, $199,461,90, followed
by Fort Worth with $76,191.83; Corpus Christi with $69,053.50; Lubbock with
$68,719.91; and Austin with $63,727.71.
There are 1,125 non-profits that
conduct charitable bingo games.
For more information about
charitable bingo, please visit the official Texas charitable bingo Web site at
http://www.txbingo.org.
CONTACT: Leticia Vásquez,
Phone: 512-344-5208, Media Relations, Phone: 512-344-5131.
SOURCE: Texas Lottery
Commission.
La Francaise des Jeux and Disability
PARIS, France (November 13, 2009) --
La Française des Jeux is embarking
on a sustainable development policy designed to meet the expectations of
society, which looks to companies to reconcile social and environmental
progress with economic development and community action. La Française
des Jeux has chosen the issue of disability as one of the main planks of the
social pillar of its sustainable development policy.
The national lottery was introduced
in France in 1933 with a view to providing aid for disabled veterans of the
Great War. La Française des Jeux is continuing this tradition by
campaigning on behalf of the disabled.
A company-wide agreement was
signed in May 2008 with all social partners(1), providing an opportunity for
action together with a business plan.
In June 2008, La Française
des Jeux signed an agreement for disabled employment in the Hauts-de-Seine
region, near Paris. This region, home to the company’s head office,
was chosen along with four other regions to pilot this agreement, unveiled in
October 2004 by the French Secretary of State for the Disabled, before the
agreement is rolled out nationwide. The signatories of the agreement have
pledged to:
- foster apprenticeships for
disabled persons,
- strengthen partnerships between
industry and universities, colleges and apprentice training centres,
- work with vocational retraining
centres and businesses in order to improve the national skills base.
1. Company policy
To encourage the recruitment of
disabled people: Under French law, companies with more than 20 employees
must directly or indirectly employ disabled workers so that this group
represents 6% of the company’s workforce. Alternatively, companies can pay
a fixed amount to the government instead of recruiting disabled workers. This
is what most companies end up doing: 36% of them do not employ any disabled
people, while the average rate of disabled employment among firms is 2.90%. La
Française des Jeux plans to fulfil this obligation solely by employing
disabled workers either directly or indirectly. In terms of recruitment, in
2009 the employment rate of disabled workers within La Française des
Jeux was 3.35%, compared with 2.97% in 2007. The goal is to increase this to
4.03% after three years, representing an annual rate of increase of 10% over
three years.
To achieve this, La Française
des Jeux has decided to fast track the recruitment of eligible candidates by
embarking on a process aimed at establishing a network of firms committed to
disabled employment. The aim of this “Hangagés” [in French, a
compound word blending disability + commitment] network, which includes
Société Générale, Nexter, Bosch, Quick, ETDE and
Carlson Wagonlit among its members, is for members to share experiences and to
pool efforts in order to secure the best chance of matching individual disabled
workers to the most appropriate member companies.
To ensure the successful
integration of disabled workers: All company employees should work together
to integrate and support disabled workers.
To support this policy, the company
has introduced the new position of “Company Coordinator”, who will be
responsible for monitoring action plans. The Company Coordinator will be
supported by a “Disability Officer”; in other words, a qualified
member of staff at each of the three sites of La Française des Jeux who
will be responsible for raising staff awareness, supporting disabled workers at
each site and offering their services to company employees involved in these
schemes.
Following the AGEFIPH agreement
signed in May 2009, the company now receives support and advice for the
integration of disabled workers, and could qualify for grants to adapt
workstations and to pay for the cost of special transport.
All three sites of La
Française des Jeux are fully accessible to disabled people.
In 2008, La Française des
Jeux launched a company-wide training plan on “learning and understanding
disability in the corporate environment”, organised by the theatre group
Théâtre à la Carte. This was continued in 2009. In
addition, the Executive Committee spent a day examining the issue of
non-discrimination and diversity, which also covered disability.
In October 2009, two dedicated
training courses were organised for the orientation and integration of disabled
employees.
A special leaflet will be circulated
in early November to all employees to explain disability and to address any
misconceptions.
Careers guidance for disabled
employees: Access to professional training catering for different
disabilities is organised through specialist service providers. La
Française des Jeux is committed to making extra efforts to support
disabled people who might benefit from professional development, through skills
assessment, the employee’s right of access to training, recognition of
prior learning, mentoring, etc.
Preventing the risks of
work-related disability: So that all health and safety actors work
effectively together to prevent disability, it was decided that the
company’s medical professionals would pay particular attention to
individuals whose disability could be aggravated by their job. The medics will
inform management of any risks created by the job so that these can be swiftly
remedied.
2 – Changing company
attitudes
Disabled Employment Week:
Launched in 1997 by ADAPT2, Disabled Employment Week, held in the third
week of November, is designed to change attitudes of recruiters towards
disabled people. La Française des Jeux has supported this event since
2008: for a whole week, more than 16,000 screens in lottery outlets across
France show an animated film to raise public awareness of the event.
During Disabled Employment Week, La Française des Jeux takes part
alongside 400 firms in the National Disabled Employment Forum, where it meets
disabled jobseekers.
Raising awareness throughout
France: For 10 years, La Française des Jeux has organised a summer
tour to some 15 seaside resorts around France, from Pas-de-Calais in the north
to Alpes-Maritimes in the south. This is the largest roadshow event in France,
with 230,000 people taking part.
In 2008, the issue of disability was
highlighted during a “slam” – when the spoken word is put to
music, rather like rap – by a young disabled artist, who also took part in
several other events during the roadshow.
Since the 2008 tour, Tiralo chairs,
which allow people with reduced mobility to bathe in the sea, have been donated
to 19 of the seaside towns that hosted the tour.
In the same vein, La
Française des Jeux sponsors a music tour called the “8th Note”
in association with the French National Disability Council, providing a
showcase for disabled talent and allowing disabled artists to express
themselves through music. This event, which is still at the planning stage, is
due to visit various parts of France in 2010, with the first concert scheduled
to take place in Lorient, Brittany, on 18 November 2009.
La Française des Jeux
Foundation is proud to sponsor disabled sport: Continuing a longstanding
tradition of community sponsorship, La Française des Jeux is helping to
develop disabled sport, providing funding for top-level disabled athletes and
supporting associations involved in promoting this activity. Five disabled
athletes supported by the Foundation competed in the Beijing Paralympics, two
of them coming away with six medals between them. La Française des Jeux
Foundation is also a partner of the French Federation for Disabled Sport,
sponsoring the French disabled cycling team and helping it to train for major
international events such as the World Championships and the Paralympics. In
addition, La Française des Jeux has highlighted its active recruitment
policy for people with a disability among organisations which help to retrain
retired disabled athletes.
(1) C.F.D.T, C.F.E. / C.G.C,
C.F.T.C, C.G.T, U.N.S.A
(2) ADAPT: French association for
the social and professional integration of disabled persons.
SOURCE: La Française des
Jeux.
New Big Jackpots Coming to Idaho, Lottery Commission Approves Mega
Millions
BOISE, Idaho (November 17, 2009) -
Idahoans may get the chance to play another multi-million dollar jackpot game
this winter. The Idaho
State Lottery Commission announced this morning that
Mega Millions with
Megaplier, the nation’s other big jackpot, multi-state draw game could
have tickets available for sale in the Gem State by as early as January 31,
2010.
Tuesday morning, the five-member
Idaho State Lottery Commission unanimously approved offering Mega Millions with
Megaplier tickets in Idaho. Powerball with PowerPlay, Idaho’s other big jackpot
game, will also continue to be sold in Idaho. Pending final agreements and
approval between the Mega Millions consortium and the Multi-State Lottery
Association (the group that operates Powerball), Idaho could begin selling both
games on January 31, 2010.
“Adding Mega Millions with
Megaplier to our product lineup means our players will now have the chance to
play for two, “always big” multi-million jackpots, four times a
week,” said Idaho Lottery Director Jeff Anderson.
Mega Millions with Megaplier, with
Tuesday and Friday night draws, will join the Wednesday and Saturday night draw
games of Powerball with PowerPlay, Hot Lotto Sizzler, and Wild Card in the
Idaho Lottery line-up. The Idaho Lottery will also continue to offer daily
games Idaho Pick3 and Double Play Daily.
“This game addition is a win
for Idaho,” added Anderson. “It’s a win for our
players who enjoy big jackpot games; it’s a win for Idaho businesses who
offer Lottery products; and it’s a win for the Idaho Lottery’s
primary beneficiaries – public schools and the permanent building fund.
Both will realize an increase in dividends from the game.”
While there will be added excitement
for more opportunities to play for more frequent big jackpots with the addition
of Mega Millions with Megaplier, the Idaho Lottery urges players to play
responsibly.
Idaho is one of 33 United States
jurisdictions that currently participate in Powerball. Mega Millions
(megamillions.com) is the other large, multi-state multi-million dollar game
that is currently played in twelve jurisdictions in the United States. Just
like Powerball with PowerPlay, tickets cost $1 and players select five white
balls from 1 to 56 and one “Mega Ball” from 1 to 46. Mega
Millions jackpots begin at $12 million and grow until the jackpot is won. The
Idaho version of Mega Millions will feature a “Megaplier”
which will multiply non-jackpot winnings by 2, 3, or 4 times for $1 more per
play at the time of purchase. The current jackpot for tonight’s Mega
Millions draw is an estimated $17 million and the Powerball jackpot for
Wednesday night is an estimated $25 million.
ABOUT THE IDAHO LOTTERY
The Idaho Lottery responsibly
provides a variety of entertaining games featuring Powerball, Scratch™
tickets, and Pull-Tabs with a high degree of integrity to maximize the dividend
for Idaho public schools and the permanent building fund. Since it’s
inception in 1989, the Idaho Lottery has sold more than $1.8 billion in
products, awarded over $1.1 billion in prizes to players, returned more than
$108 million in retail commissions, and distributed more than $437 million in
Lottery dividends to state public schools and buildings. To learn more, please
visit www.idaholottery.com.
CONTACT: David Workman, (208)
334-2600.
FDJ Launches New Brands For Sports Betting
ParionsSport, the new
brand for POS sports betting and ParionsWeb, the new brand for online sports
betting
PARIS, France (November 18, 2009) --
La Française des
Jeux’s POS sports betting are now offered under a unique brand
“ParionsSport,” while the company’s online sports betting
have been gathered under the brand “ParionsWeb” instead of the
previous 3 brands “Cote & Match” - “Cote &
Score” and “Loto Foot 7 & 15.”
ParionsSport
As from 17 November 2009, FDJ is
renaming its range of sports betting (oddset and pari-mutuel betting) offered
in its 23,500 points of sale as “ParionsSport.” The new range
of product will be more accessible and attractive in order to meet the
punters’ expectations.
As a result, the FDJ sports betting
range is now simplified and enlarged with:
- 3 new bets slips: 1X2 single /
1X2 / Le Match du Jour (Match of the Day) adapted to the different player
profiles (newly recruited, games experts or sport fans)
- more bet options with up to 500
bets per week (instead of 150) proposing the main sport events in football
(soccer), basketball and rugby but also including new sports such as handball
and volleyball.
- the introduction of new games
formulas Le Match du Jour will make possible to bet on 9 different bets options
on the big ‘Match of the Day’.
It will include three new formulas
(Over / Under; Odd / Even and, Double Chance), in addition to the 6 regular
ones (1X2, 1X2 Half Time, 1X2 Handicap, correct score, Half Time / Full Time,
First team to score).
Two categories of
“ParionsSport” POS will be available in order to make the
sports betting distribution more effective and adapted.
- 6,000
“PronoSport” POS, achieving today 72% of the company’s
total sports betting sales, have been selected in order to sell the global
sports betting range including “Le Match du Jour”.
- 17,500 “PronoExpress”
POS in which the sports betting activity is less important will propose the
main sport events in order to attract new players with the 1X2 formulas
exclusively.
ParionsWeb
FDJ renamed its wholly online sports
betting offer as “ParionsWeb.” The website went officially
live on 3 November 2009.
“ParionsWeb”
currently proposes a limited number of bets every week but this number will be
largely increased when the French online market opens.
The new website www.parionsweb.fr
provides more information, services and betting advices in order to coach the
players. For example, a group of sport experts (sport journalists, retired
sport athletes) has been created to help players bet better thanks to a Web TV
and will give every week their predictions on a selection of bets.
It should be pointed out that La
Française des Jeux was the first signatory with Veikkaus the Finnish
lottery, of the European Code of Conduct on sports betting, developed on their
initiative under the auspices of the European Lotteries Association. Signed by
46 lotteries, this Code includes specific commitments: the fight against sports
corruption, money-laundering and compulsive gaming.
In 2008, POS sports betting of La
Française des Jeux achieved €630 million in sales, an increase of
65%, representing 7% of the company’s total sales. La Française des
Jeux online sport betting sales reached €26.5 million, up 120% compared
with 2007. They accounted for 12% of the total of the company’s Internet
sales.
For more information, please
CONTACT: Antonia Dadoun – La Française des Jeux, Email:
adadoun@lfdj.com.
Colorado Lottery Expanding Popular Cash 5 Drawing to
Sundays
DENVER, Colorado (November 18, 2009)
-- The Colorado Lottery’s most
winnable jackpot game is about to provide consumers with even more chances to
win. The Lottery is adding a Sunday night drawing for Cash 5 starting Nov.
22nd, providing players the opportunity to win the game’s $20,000 jackpot
every day of the week.
“The Lottery paid out 91
Cash 5 jackpots in Fiscal Year 2009 alone,” said Colorado Lottery
Director Jack Boehm.
“With the addition of a seventh drawing day, we expect those numbers to
grow.”
Launched in 1996, Cash 5 offers an
overall probability of winning of 1 in 6.2. The game’s jackpot is hit on
average 7.5 times per month. Cash 5 is also the only jackpot game the Lottery
offers that allows players to multiply their potential winnings tenfold, by
playing up to ten boards of the same numbers per drawing.
The game’s strong odds and
ability to play multiple boards have attracted a loyal following. Even in the
tough economy, Cash 5 posted record sales of $20.8 million in FY 09 and raised
$7.1 million for the Lottery’s proceeds beneficiaries. Since its founding,
the game had paid out over $20.6 million to more than 1,000 top-prize
winners.
Cash 5 sales begin at 4:30 a.m.
Monday through Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday. Sales are suspended at 7:30 p.m.
daily, to accommodate the drawings, which are held at approximately 7:40 p.m.
Players may purchase tickets for up to 91 draws or 13 weeks in advance.
Proceeds from Cash 5 and the
Colorado Lottery’s other games – Powerball, Lotto, and Scratch –
stay in Colorado to improve the quality of life in the state. Through Great
Outdoors Colorado, the Conservation Trust Fund and Colorado State Parks, the
Lottery has provided more than $2 billion in funding since 1983 to build new
trails, preserve open space, construct recreation centers and protect wildlife
habitat.
CONTACT: Erika Gonzalez, Phone:
303.759.6872, Cell: 303.945.9724, Email:
erika.gonzalez@lottery.state.co.us
SCEL Player Information Display Helps SLED Find Missing
Children!
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (November
24, 2009) - What looks like a typical television screen is an additional
resource for broadcasting an emergency message when a child is missing.
The Player Information Display (PID)
is a new device the South
Carolina Education Lottery (SCEL) uses to present lottery information and,
when necessary, AMBER Alerts.
Already, three AMBER Alerts have
been broadcast to approximately 2,000 lottery retailers since PID deployment in
August. PIDs are being installed weekly at additional lottery outlets providing
a fast track to timely details concerning missing children across South
Carolina.
"We have more than 3,500 retailer
partners around the state," said SCEL Executive Director Paula Harper
Bethea. "Immediately after receiving the information from the South Carolina
Law Enforcement Division (SLED), we are able to broadcast AMBER Alerts to every
corner of our state simultaneously. The new 15-inch LCD screens are attention
grabbers, so the vital information is viewed right away," Bethea added.
At the time an AMBER Alert is
issued, the Lottery's regular programming is halted to display only the AMBER
Alert. Published against a bright yellow background, the Alert is hard to miss
on the PID. Customers inside the retail location can view the Alert, any
accompanying photos, and the telephone number to call if they have pertinent
information to share with the authorities.
"The partnership between law
enforcement, the public and media is what makes the AMBER Alert Program so
successful," said Glenda Booth, SLED AMBER Alert Coordinator/Criminal
Analyst. "The addition of the Lottery Commission's Player Information
Displays will enable thousands of citizens across the state to view pictures of
the suspect and child when the AMBER Alert is activated. In South Carolina, the
AMBER Alert has been activated 35 times, with 44 recoveries," Booth
reported.
SCEL has been a crime fighting
colleague of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division since 2003 when the
first ticket terminals at retailers began transmitting emergency information.
The new PIDs offer an advantage in providing lottery retailers with additional
details and photographs to assist in the recovery of a missing child.
"We have received such positive
remarks from our retailers," said Bethea. "They appreciate the vital
service the PIDs supply and that it allows them to be part of the community's
effort to find a missing child."
SOURCE: SCEL.
New York Lottery Renews Video Lottery Contract With IGT Through
2017
IGT Maintains Its
Position As A Leader In This Market
RENO, Nevada (November 24, 2009) --
The New York State Lottery
announced today the renewal of its contract with
IGT through the year 2017.
The renewal is evidence of the
strong partnership between the New York Lottery and IGT, and points to years of
mutual success in the market. Since the inception of the video lottery program
in New York, IGT has received 77 percent of the new game allocations via the
benchmark review process and based upon game performance.
"We're more than satisfied with
the partnership between the New York Lottery and IGT," Gordon Medenica, New
York Lottery Director, said. "It's because of leading manufacturers like IGT
that the program has grown to be what it is today."
IGT provides video lottery
terminals, games, software and maintenance in connection with the operation of
video lottery games at licensed racetrack venues around New York State.
"IGT is proud to be part of the
New York State Lottery program," Tim Shortall, IGT vice president of U.S.
eastern region sales said. "IGT has played a large role in the development
and maintenance of the program, and we look forward to working with the New
York Lottery for many more years to come."
International Game Technology (www.IGT.com) is a global company
specializing in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution, and sales
of computerized gaming machines and network systems products.
SOURCE: IGT.
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