| GTECH Names Charles Cautley Senior Vice President
and Chief Technology Officer PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, USA (May 21, 2007)
GTECH Corporatiotion, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Lottomatica S.p.A., announced that Charles Cautley has joined
GTECH as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Reporting to
Jaymin Patel, GTECH President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Cautley is based
at GTECH’s Rhode Island headquarters, and is responsible for providing the
overall technology leadership and strategy for GTECH.
“GTECH is committed
to providing our customers comprehensive and robust technology solutions to
meet the challenges they face in an ever-changing, ever-evolving
marketplace,” said W. Bruce
Turner, Lottomatica S.p.A. CEO and
GTECH CEO. “With the addition of
Charles Cautley to our senior management team, I am confident that we
will be able to maintain and grow our commitment to innovation, supported by an
industry-leading research and development effort.”
Mr. Cautley, 42, most recently served as a Chief
Information Officer (CIO) for General Electric Capital Solutions, a subsidiary
of General Electric Company (GE), in Fairfield, Connecticut. In that
position, Mr. Cautley built a new business and information technology team that
successfully managed GE’s largest software program a $2500 million,
six-year project. Before becoming the CIO of GE
Capital Solutions, Mr. Cautley held various senior management roles at GE and
its subsidiaries, including serving as the Global CIO of GE Vendor Financial
Services; Global CIO of GE Equipment Services; Global CIO of GE Commercial
Finance Fleet Services in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and the European CIO and
Director of Information Technology for GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services in
Belgium. In these positions, Mr. Cautley was responsible for all
information technology programs and spending, introduced new growth platforms
in Asia and Europe, and developed strategies for GE’s off-shore
resourcing. “In our business, the efficient
use of technology is a critical factor for success,” said Mr.
Patel. “Charles has provided exceptional leadership in the
high-tech and financial industries both in the United States and abroad, and we
are fortunate to have this talented individual guiding our technology
strategy.” “I am excited to have
joined GTECH at such a pivotal time in the gaming industry,” said Mr.
Cautley. “As technology advances, new gaming opportunities will
develop that call for contemporary solutions. I look forward to combining
a dynamic vision for the future with GTECH’s traditional technology
expertise to meet these new challenges." Prior to
joining GE, Mr. Cautley served as the Senior Manager for Sales and Project
Management at PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited in London,
England. In this position, Mr. Cautley specialized in telecommunications
billing and financial solutions for major international telecommunications
companies.
Earlier in his career, Mr.
Cautley was the Regional Manager and Global Oracle Applications Center of
Excellence Leader at AT&T Communications, a subsidiary of AT&T
Incorporated, in Belgium and New Jersey, where he successfully delivered five
key process-changing initiatives for the company. Before joining
AT&T, Mr. Cautley worked as a Strategic and Telecommunications Lead
Consultant for Oracle Corporation in Bracknell, England.
Mr. Cautley received a Bachelor of Science degree in
Mathematics and Computing from the London School of Economics. Mr.
Cautley also earned his certification as an Executive Six Sigma Black Belt, a
prestigious industry achievement. Mr. Cautley is married with two
children and will relocate to Rhode Island from Ridgefield, Connecticut.
About GTECH GTECH is a leading gaming technology and servirvices 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 aa 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 € 11.6 billion in revenues and
6,000 employees in over 50 countries when combined with GTECH.
CONTACT: Robert K. Vincent, Public Affairs, GTECH
Corporation, 401-392-7452.
NSGC Launches New Support 4 Sport Lottery
Products HALIFAX, Nova Scotia,
Canada (May 24, 2007) -- The Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation (NSGC) launched the
newest lottery tickets in their Support 4 Sport program today to enhance sports
funding “from playground to podium.” The
first tickets in the 2007-08 series include a sports-themed Nova Scotia Special
Edition Crossword ticket with top prizes of $50,000 and a Break-open ticket
called “Joe Fit”. More tickets will be unveiled throughout the
year with all profits going to benefit amateur sport across the Province.
“Any time someone
buys a lottery ticket with the Support 4 Sport logo on it, they know one
hundred percent of the profits will go directly to amateur sport in Nova Scotia
to create opportunities for everyone from 5-year-olds who want to play soccer
to 19-year-olds who want to compete in Olympic paddling, to 60-year-olds who
want to play recreational tennis,” says Marie Mullally, President
& CEO of NSGC. This year, the Support 4 Sport
program will raise at least $2 million that will be used to buy sports
equipment, create and enhance recreation/participation programming for all
ages, support performance training programs for competitive athletes and hire
coaches at all levels. The Crossword and Break-open
Support 4 Sport tickets are being sold in retail locations across Nova Scotia
and more tickets will be introduced throughout the year, giving players even
more opportunities to support sport. As with all
Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC)
products, these games are only available for sale to adults 19 years of age and
older. About Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation
(NSGC) NSGC is the crown corporation
responsible for managing the business of gaming for Government in Nova Scotia.
NSGC launched the Support 4 Sport program in August 2006 and so far almost
$375,000 has been raised for amateur sport. The objectives of the program are
to increase province-wide participation rates; create better access to
effective programs; provide benefits to both urban and rural communities; and,
give all Nova Scotians the opportunity to get “from playground to
podium”. CONTACT: Michaela Becker, Manager,
Communications, Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation, Phone: (902) 401-5949.
Iowa Lottery
Celebrates 100 Years of John Wayne With New Instant-Scratch
Game Lottery Teams Up With
Winterset Community For Centennial Celebration
DES MOINES, Iowa (May 18,
2007) -- The Iowa Lottery is celebrating 100
years of John Wayne with a new instant-scratch game honoring “The
Duke.” The lottery has partnered with Wayne
Enterprises and John Wayne's birthplace to recognize what would have been his
100th birthday. Wayne was born in Winterset on May 26, 1907. To celebrate the
Academy award-winning actor and Winterset's activities to mark his birthday,
the lottery is offering “The Duke,” a $2 scratch game that
bears three distinct images of John Wayne. “We're proud to honor one of Hollywood's most
acclaimed actors with a lottery game,” said Iowa Lottery CEO Dr. Ed
Stanek. “John Wayne was and continues to be an enduring icon that
symbolizes not only Iowa, but American values.”
Tickets in the John Wayne scratch game went on sale Monday
and are available at lottery retailers statewide. The tickets feature inspiring
western images of Wayne that recall his prolific 50-year career.
Players try to match any of “their numbers” to
the “winning numbers” on each ticket to win the prize shown
for that number. If players find a horseshoe next to a prize, they win that
prize instantly. The top prize in “The Duke” is $10,000.
The Iowa Lottery will also
feature the new scratch tickets at the John Wayne Birthday Centennial
Celebration, May 25-27, at the Madison County Fairgrounds in Winterset.
Organizers expect the festival to bring more than 25,000 fans to the area. The
lottery will give away John Wayne scratch tickets and other John Wayne items
while supplies last to those who stop by the lottery's festival tent on
Saturday, May 26, at the fairgrounds. The Centennial
Celebration will also feature a parade, stunt horse riders, concerts and
various vendors. Michael Martin Murphey, America's No. 1-selling cowboy music
singer, will sing memorable selections inspired by John Wayne's career, while
Cowboy Symposiums will be led by several of John Wayne's co-stars like Dean
Smith, Gregg Palmer and Edward Faulkner. Members of John Wayne's family are
also expected to attend the celebration and groundbreaking of the new John
Wayne Museum that will be built in Winterset. The John
Wayne scratch game is licensed by New York-based
Scientific Games Corp. Scientific Games
will donate about $2,400 as a percentage of the licensing fee for the game to
the construction of the new John Wayne Museum in Winterset. A representative
from Sci-Games and a member of the Wayne family will present a check at the
groundbreaking of the new museum at noon on May 26. SOURCE: The Iowa Lottery.
Launching of
LudWin Group PARIS, France (May
18, 2007) -- In an industry where concentration reduces day after day the
number of actors and the operators’ choices, a new supplier has just been
launched: LudWin Group (www.ludwingroup.com).
As leading figures in the gambling sector for over 15
years, Yves Hémard, Christophe Caye, Games Marketing Services (www.gmslottery.com) and the PMC
group (www.pmc-sa.com) have pooled their
efforts to build a new alternative and offer an innovative approach to
operators and supervisory authorities. |
