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86 // PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL // September/October 2016
Marco Tasso, SVP of Global Prod-
uct Marketing, Lottery.
Marco Tasso, SVP of IGT Global
Product Marketing, Lottery: “The ad-
dition of OnePlace gives our customers a
holistic set of tools to drive retail perfor-
mance. Sales force automation comple-
ments the numerous other solutions,
tools, and services IGT provides to our
customers to drive retail performance.
Now we can provide a more compre-
hensive offering to lotteries and their
retail partners.” Adam Perlow, Vice
President of IGT Sales Force Automa-
tion Solutions, said, “The transition for
Hudson Alley’s current customers will
be seamless, with no interruption to the
service they’ve come to expect.”
ushering in a new era, the
kentucky lottery is now
selling several products
via the internet
Eligible players who register for an ac-
count at and are within
the boundaries of the state will be able
to purchase tickets for the Powerball,
Mega Millions and Kentucky Cash Ball
draw games. There are 11 Instant Play
games also available, ranging in price
from 50 cents to $5, with more being
introduced monthly, with a long-term
goal of offering 30 or more games at
a time. “All businesses are going mobile
to strengthen their brand and survive
in today’s economy,” said Marty Gibbs,
executive vice president and COO of
the Kentucky Lottery. “Customers expect
brands to be accessible online and on their
devices. We’re delivering what folks want.”
Gibbs says the move online in no
way diminishes the important of the
lottery’s 3,000 retailers scattered all
around the state. “Our bread and but-
ter will always be our bricks and mortar
retailers,” she said. “We will make cer-
tain that we are strengthening their sales
through traditional means while selling
to players on the web, as this has been
the case in other states as well.”
rfp: illinois department
of the lottery
private manager
The State of Illinois, acting through
its Department of the Lottery (the
“State”), is issuing a request for quali-
fications and proposals (the “RFP”)
from responsible entities to provide
the State with all equipment, goods
and services, and to perform for the
State, as private manager, all func-
tions necessary to operate the Illinois
Lottery (the “Lottery”), other than
those services and functions expressly
retained by the State as set forth in
the RFP. The RFP is governed by
the Illinois Lottery Law (20 ILCS
1605/1 et seq.) and the rules drafted
by the Chief Procurement Officer for
the selection of the successor private
manager, which are contained in the
Illinois Administrative Code at 44 Ill.
Adm. Code 1.8000, et seq.
The State has established an electronic
data room (the “Data Room”) in order
to provide potential respondents to the
RFP with access to Lottery informa-
tion and maintain the highest level of
transparency within the process. The
Data Room was initially populated
with general Lottery information and
now, in conjunction with the issu-
ance of the RFP, is being populated
on a rolling basis with proprietary and
confidential information available only
to potential RFP respondents. In order
to be granted access to this proprietary
and confidential information, inter-
ested parties must execute a notice of
intent to respond letter and a confiden-
tiality agreement in the forms attached
to this notice and send both to Helen
Kim at
RFP due date: 10/26/2016
The Lottery anticipates posting addi-
tional documents in connection with
this RFP on a rolling basis during the
RFP process. Any questions concern-
ing the Data Room may be submitted
to
hydra industries
acquisition corp. enters
into agreement to acquire
inspired gaming group
Upon consummation of the transac-
tion, Hydra’s CEO Lorne Weil will
become Executive Chairman while
Inspired’s founder and current CEO
Luke Alvarez will continue in his
leadership role as CEO in addition to
being named to the Board of Direc-
tors. Lorne Weil commented, “We
have been searching for a compelling
business that utilizes our skill set to
drive growth. We are excited to have the
opportunity to partner with Luke and
his team as we work together to grow
the digital business through increased
focus and the deployment of new
technology and content.” Hydra is a
blank check company formed for the
purpose of effecting a merger or other
business combination with a target
company. Hydra was founded by
gaming industry veteran Lorne Weil
and raised $80 million on October
29, 2014 in its Initial Public Offering.
Inspired Gaming Group is a global
games technology company, supply-
ing Virtual Sports, Mobile Gaming
and server-based gaming systems with
associated terminals and digital con-
tent to regulated betting and gaming
operators around the world. Inspired
currently operates more than 25,000
digital gaming terminals and supplies
its Virtual Sports products in more
than 30,000 venues and on over 200
websites in 30 countries. Inspired
employs over 800 employees in the
UK and elsewhere, developing and
operating digital games and networks.
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