EXCLUSIVE! Interview With Sugal & Damani CEO
Sugal & Damani's "Very Serious" UK National Lottery Bid INTERVIEW: by Glenn Barry of McCallum Consultants (gbarry@sydney.net)
SYDNEY and LONDON (December 22, 2006) -- Although many in the international lottery industry would know of Sugal & Damani Lottery Agencies and their long involvement in the Indian lottery industry, to many others their audacious intention to bid for the UK National Lottery against Camelot has come from way out of left field, leaving some to question the seriousness of the bid......................................Subscribers

Independent Lottery Research: ‘Instant Tickets Spread Holiday Cheer’
CHICAGO, Illinois, USA (December 21, 2006) -- Independent Lottery Research (ILR) has combined two months of data (November and December 2006) to discover what consumers are thinking going into this year’s Holiday season – possibly the most promising for retail in five years............................Subscribers

EXCLUSIVE: Another One Bites the Dust, Lagos On-Line Lottery Closes Shop
Feature Story; By: Glenn Barry of McCallum Consultants gbarry@sydney.net
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (December 8, 2006) -- Lagos Lottery (Orion Technologies Ltd) has shut down its Lagos State Lottery online games..................................Subscribers

We’re Going (Research) Camping!
CHICAGO, Illinois, USA (December 5, 2006) -- Independent Lottery Research (ILR) recently revealed many of our secret research methods at our first Research Camp in downtown Chicago..............................Read the full story at: Vol.37 No.12

Year of the Jack
CHICAGO, Illinois, USA (December 4, 2006) -- Independent Lottery Research (ILR) has collected data on lottery players spending and income over the course of 2006............................Subscribers

O Profits, Where Art Thou?
CHICAGO, Illinois, USA (November 30, 2006) -- Independent Lottery Research (ILR) has compiled data on where lottery players believe profits from lotteries go and where they feel it should end up.................................Subscribers

Is the End Nere for Chariot Monday Lottery?
Article By: Glenn Barry gbarry@sydney.net
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (December 7th 2006) -- The Board of Chariot PLC (Monday Lottery) have advised the UK AIM Stock Exchange that in accordance with the Exchanges code negotiations with interested parties for "the disposal of assets by the Company; an investment in the Company; and a possible offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the Company." have ended..................................Subscribers

A Review of Regulatory Developments in Australia’s Gaming Machine Industry
Article by: Anthony Seyfort
AUSTRALIA (October 2006) -- In a first in Australia for many years, Queensland has increased the statewide cap on machine numbers from 18,843 to 20,000 (from 1 July 2006) citing population growth and consumer demand, but made the decision in a state budgetary context along with a decision to increase the levy payable on machines.............................Subscribers

A Review of Regulatory Developments in Australia’s Lottery Industry
Public Lotteries, Article by: Anthony Seyfort
AUSTRALIA (October 2006) --The Victorian Government concluded its review of the licensing and regulatory regime for public lotteries in Victoria, and invited applications for selection as a licensee for the ten (10) year period from 1 July 2007. The Government has left open the possibility of selecting up to 3 licensees, and otherwise made only minor changes to the legislation governing lotteries. A selection decision was due early to mid 2006, however, the decision has now been delayed until after the state election.................................Subscribers

Monday Lottery May "Call in Administrators"
Comment: by Glenn Barry of McCallum Consultants. gbarry@sydney.net
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (October 17th 2006) -- In a market regulatory "Trading Statement" release (see below in Market Watch) Chariot (UK) Plc  have advised the market that they may have to consider calling in an administrator amongst other options they are considering ....................................Subscribers

Stunned Silence on Lottery Over Mobile Phone
COMMENT: By Glenn Barry of McCallum Consultants (gbarry@sydney.net)
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (September 26, 2006) -- The response to my plea for help http://www.lotteryinsider.com/news/2006/sept/fri1.htm#02 to find some successful case histories for lotteries over Mobile Phone  reminds me of the play, "The Trial of Sir Thomas More" by Robert Bolt (and there is a movie you can get on DVD), when at one point in the trial the prosecutor Thomas Cromwell says................................Subscribers

Australians Gambling $15.5 billion a Year, ABS Figs Show
CANBERRA, Australia (September 20, 2006) -- The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released a publication presenting a range of statistics in respect of businesses engaged in the provision of gambling services for the 2004-05 financial year.................................Subscribers

God Bless New Mexico ‘Thunk’ Tanks
Opinion: by Glenn Barry of McCallum Consultants (gbarry@sydney.net)
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (September 8, 2006) -- If running a lottery isn't enough stress, the last thing you need  is a 'Thunk Tank' on your back flogging stupidity for $10 bucks a copy...........Subscribers

Decision Of The Federal Cartel Office Has Torpedoed The National Task Of The German Lotto und Totoblock (DLTB)
POTSDAM, Germany (August 28, 2006) -- The German Lotto und Totoblock companies reject the reproaches and the resulting prohibiting decisions by the Federal Cartel Office as..............Subscribers

Mobile Gaming - Lotteries - HELP!!
Opinion: by Glenn Barry of McCallum Consultants
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (September 1 2006) -- Nobody would like a Mobile Phone Lottery solution more than we here at McCallum Consultants.................................Subscribers

Market Mechanisms Cannot and Should Not Apply to Gambling
Article By: Mr. Tjeerd Veenstra, Legal Spokesman, European Lotteries.
The following article was written by Mr. Tjeerd Veenstra, Director and Member of the Executive Board, DE LOTTO, and Legal Spokesman for the European State Lotteries and Toto Association (EL), in reply to.............Subscribers

The Future of Lottery Innovation in the USA: Patent Blackmail?
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (August 4, 2006) -- It's starting to look like that some industry suppliers and newer would be suppliers have come to the view that they should patent everything they can lay their hands on, including patenting a method of a lottery director ..............................Subscribers

Marketing Cooperation Important For Veikkaus
Article by: Ilkka Juva, Communications Director, Veikkaus Oy
VEIKKAUS, Finland (July 2006) --Veikkaus' role as a sponsor - or as we call it, as a party in marketing cooperation - interests not only our partners but also the general public.........Subscribers

The World of Online Gambling After the Latest Shockwaves – Can Casual Gaming Play a Leading Role in the Future Growth of the Industry?
New MECN report and survey expect casual gaming and gambling to grow from currently US$500 million to US$1 billion in 2010
LONDON/MUNICH (July 25, 2006) -- The consulting firm MECN’s new study “Casual Gaming and Gambling in the Internet” analyzes some of the hottest topics in the industry – skill gaming, online bingo, and fantasy sports. The study includes the results of a survey MECN conducted among more than 60 industry experts who offered their unique insights and assessments...................................Subscribers

Monday To Lottery Become A Charity?
Opinion: by Glenn Barry of McCallum Consultants gbarry@sydney.net
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (July 20, 2006) -- Despite the initial “good intentions” of the Chariot (UK) plc  ‘Monday Lottery’, things seem to be going from bad to worse to the point that not even a emergency capital raising of 2.6 million Pounds UK seems to be enough to keep the lottery operation in business under the new business plan.............................Subscribers

Monday Lottery (UK) Struggles On
Opinion: by Glenn Barry of McCallum Consultantsgbarry@sydney.net
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SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (June 26 2006) -- Press reports from the UK are quoting a Monday Lottery spokesman as saying "there has not been much change" in sales volume  in the two weeks after  the company behind the lottery........................Subscribers

Gaming Standards Association Brings Standards Message Around the World This June 
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, USA (June 12, 2006) -- From Macau to the Caribbean, the Gaming Standards Association is bringing its unified message of protocol standards to the worldwide gaming industry this June. GSA will present at two industry conferences, the Asian Gaming Expo and the Caribbean Gaming & Hospitality Conference..............................Subscribers

Lotto Prize Blocs: Players of the World Unite
CHICAGO, Illinois (May 31, 2006) ­ As part of our commitment to understanding and interpreting the lottery marketplace better than anybody else, Independent Lottery Research conducts a monthly National Jack PollSM (a statistically valid national sampling of lottery players and non players).
The May 2006 poll asked ...................................Subscribers

Dissected and Re-Assembled - An Analysis of Gaming By Jean-Marc Lafaille & Guy Simons 2005 (ISBN 0-9765272-0-0)
Review By Glenn Barry of McCallum Consultants gbarry@sydney.net.
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (May 2006) -- No, they are not body snatchers starring in a remake of a Frankenstein movie despite the banner name of this book - rather two long term gaming industry executives looking back over their careers and experiences and what that might mean for the current state and future of the gaming industry.........................Subscribers

Impact of the Federal Constitutional Court’s Decision on the German Betting Market Objective Analysis of the Repercussions, the Winners, and Potential Future Scenarios
Article By: Martin Oelbermann, Media & Entertainment Consulting Network GmbH (MECN).
MUNICH/LONDON, Germany (March 29, 2006) -- The betting industry has waited a long time for the decision Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court issued yesterday. However, neither the state-run nor the private suppliers have reason to feel victorious................................Subscribers

Scratch Jacks For Instants
CHICAGO, Illinois, USA (March 16, 2006) -- Independent Lottery Research (ILR), one of the nations foremost marketing research companies specializing in assisting lotteries, has discovered that of all people who have ever played instant games, fewer than half are still playing today..............................Subscribers

Over €380 Million of Veikkaus Funds for the Benefit of Every Finn
Article by: Tuula Lehto, Communications Specialist, Veikkaus
HELSINKI, Finland (March 9, 2006) -- Veikkaus attained its all-time record financial result EUR 400.9 million (+0.8%) in 2005. EUR 381.4 million of the result for the financial year was returned..............................Subscribers

Malawi Lottery Launches -- History Repeats Itself
Article by Glenn Barry of McCallum Consultants
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (March 1, 2006) -- The very poor African Nation of Malawi (GDP per Cap US$200), a tiny country of 12,158,924 people landlocked between Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique has launched its long awaited National Lottery...............................Subscribers

Even in South Africa Nature Abhors a Vacuum
Opinion: By Glenn Barry of McCallum Consultants.
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (January 9, 2006) -- A search of Google Web or Google News won't tell you a lot about what is happening with the South African lottery license which closed for bidders on November 30 2005............................Subscribers