| "We are excited to launch instant tickets and are confident Scientific Games will do a good job," said Sergio Gonzalez Ruiz Olivares Director General, National Lottery of Panama " Scientific Games has had a successful track record launching instant lotteries in other jurisdictions around the world, and has proven its ability to deliver quality products as well as efficient and effective management of inventories, marketing and sales. With its help, we can continue to focus on growing our revenues in order to return more funds to Panamanians." |
 Friedrich Stickler (President, European Lotteries) said “EL is the only association of betting operators to argue that match-fixing is probably the greatest threat to the integrity of sport. Together with the ICSS we are setting concrete actions and commitments to fight match-fixing and fraud. With this collaboration we want to strengthen each others responses and initiatives. As the historic partner of sport in our Member States, we are actually the strongest defenders of the integrity of sport and daily contribute to important initiatives like the one from ICSS”. |
| PGRI Note: In 2012, the state of New York received more than $1.8 billion in net revenues from its state operated casinos. That’s more than twice the amount paid by the entire casino industry of Nevada. State-lottery managed gaming (like video lottery and casinos as it is done in Kansas, West Virginia, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, Oregon, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, and, for the time being anyway, New York) produces financial results for the state that are far superior to the alternatives that involve compacting with Tribal gaming interests or the multiple commercial license model of Nevada and New Jersey. In spite of this fact, more and more states are turning this industry over to Tribal gaming interests. When you read these articles, it becomes clear that the Tribes have a lot of negotiating levers to pull. But still, the $50 million the state may receive from the Oneida Tribe is a tiny fraction of what its own casinos earn. Hopefully, this precedent will not impinge on the revenues being generated elsewhere in the state. Unfortunately, it would seem unrealistic to expect that to be the case. U.S. states have the right, even the responsibility, to control and regulate this industry for the protection of the consumer and for the economic benefit of its citizens. The next frontier is Internet gaming. It’s vital that states recognize the magnitude of the stakes and stand firm in protecting the interests of its citizens. |
| Sales and Net Income both increase by 6.9% |
| “The new visual identity of Sazka is not just a “new coat” but it is a commitment of all those working for Sazka that an entertaining, innovative and reliable company will develop trendily and successfully under the new brand,” says Robert Chvátal, CEO and member of the Board of Sazka. |
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