“Raise The Stakes and its integration of the Social Instants™ program highlights the Michigan Lottery’s innovative spirit and Pollard Banknote’s commitment to the development and use of technology-based solutions that support the retail network,” said Doug Pollard, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Pollard Banknote. “This game, with its use of social media’s word-of-mouth influence, has great potential to attract new players, particularly those in the elusive 18 to 34 year-old demographic. It does this while driving players back to retail outlets for purchase and to claim prizes, thereby capitalizing on the Lottery’s biggest asset, their retail network.”
"Scientific Games has been successfully serving our Lottery for many years and we believe its innovative products and services have been a key factor in our growth," said Dr. Kalman Szentpetery , Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Szerencsejatek Zrt.  "We are impressed by the WAVE terminal and the AEGIS NGS system appears to be the best performing lottery system available today.  Scientific Games has delivered once again and we believe it will continue to help our lottery grow."
The Lottery faces long-term concerns from competing casinos in Ohio, Maryland and Pennsylvania, Director Musgrave said.  “We don’t have a huge population, so it’s difficult to grow customers. You have to bring them in from across state borders, and that’s becoming more and more difficult,” he said.
“FDJ has the largest gaming network in France, with 26.3 million players in over 34,300 retail outlets at the end of 2012,” said Gilles Maillet, Sales Director at FDJ. “The terminal is the link between players, retailers and FDJ. After successful testing on scratch and draw games in 1,300 outlets, FDJ has decided to roll out the ELITE terminal in more than 25,000 outlets over the next two years.”
Missourians will soon be able to electronically purchase Powerball and Mega Millions lottery tickets at a handful of gas pumps and ATMs around the state.
EL President Friedrich Stickler: “We commend the European Parliament for its clear position on the need for Member States to remain in the driver seat, a position which runs through the entire text of the report. We welcome the European Parliament’s insistence on law enforcement at the national level and cooperation between the Member States, in particular its demand that online gambling companies violating the laws of one Membe
PGRI Note:  Even the National Indian Gaming Commission states clearly that income distributions derived from Tribal gaming must be reported and taxes must be withheld and paid.  This is not a matter of dispute over gray areas relating to Indian "sovereignty".  This is simply tax fraud.
PGRI Note:  It's incomprehensible that any state legislator would hold their own lottery down with the direct result of supporting the expansion of commercial casino gambling and smoothing the path for federalization of i-gaming.  This is so contrary to the interests of the citizens of the state and the protection of the consumer.  What can be done to get this simple message into the hearts and minds of U.S. state legislators?
PGRI Notes:  Articles states "While many state legislatures such as California, Illinois and Pennsylvania have been considering various online poker and gambling measures, other states such as Florida have made moves in the opposite direction by outlawing Internet cafes. The recent proposals in Massachusetts and Ohio mirror those past polar opposites."  These are not "polar opposites".  Outlawing illegal i-gaming operations and effecting laws to enforce the laws are a necessary part of any state regulatory and taxation framework for Internet gaming.  These articles all tend to treat the matter of i-gaming as whether or not U.S. state lawmakers are making it easier or harder for the consumer to go online to gamble.  Simplifying it in that way is what paves the way for a federal framework to treat the issue properly.  States need to clarify their regulatory program, what is legal, what is not legal, what is the taxation scheme for the legal forms of i-gaming, and what are the enforcement mechanisms for banishing illegal operations like unlicensed Internet cafes.
PGRI Note: Laws prohibiting illegal operators from gaining market share were not adequately enforced.  The result is that the illegals gained a bigger and bigger foothold in the Dutch market, apparently leaving the government little option but to license and tax these underground operators.  I would think there is a lesson to be taken from this.  Governments everywhere need to formulate a clear and sensible policy, one that includes meeting the demand which otherwise goes to support illegal operators,  channelizing the demand away from the illegals over to legal and taxed operators (like the government lottery), and vigorously enforcing laws against illegal operators.




LOTTERY EXPO 2013
Co-Hosted by PGRI and the Florida Lottery
November 4 to 7, Miami, Florida, Trump Miami Beach Hotel
18001 Collins Ave., Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
Phone: Domestic: 855.244.2964      International: 786.522.3523 **Use Group Code 10W820 to get our special rate

Schedule:
Monday, November 4: 5:00: Opening Night Reception
Tuesday, Nov. 5: U.S. focused conference sessions; Reception 5:00 to 6:30 pm.
Wednesday,Nov. 6: Joint U.S. and Latin America Sessions; Reception 5:00 to 6:30 pm.
Thursday, Nov. 7
: Focus on Latin America
Three Receptions and luncheons provide lots of time to visit with colleagues

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Thank you to all of you who presented, served on a panel discussion, and participated at Smart-Tech. This was PGRI’s fourth annual event in NYC and has become a great venue for lotteries to delve into the most relevant issues of the hour, and we so appreciate the privilege of hosting it and visiting with you.  The next issue of PGRI Magazine will include an in-depth analysis of the issues we explored.  Too, the conference was video-recorded and will be made freely available to everyone on www.PGRItalks.com.  We’ve received much positive feedback and hope that everyone accomplished their objectives.  Our next event will be held at the Trump Miami Beach Hotel on November 4, 5, 6, and 7th.  Lottery Expo Miami is especially exciting for the participation from our colleagues in Latin America.  The North America track is on Tuesday, the LatAm track on Thursday, and we all come together on Wednesday. Thanks to the support of our commercial partners and sponsors, the hosted receptions held every night of the conference have become a wonderful venue to talk with industry leaders from  all around the world. Please check in at www.PublicGaming.org for PGRI conference updates.  Thank you again - We look forward to seeing you again.  Please e-mail me (pjason@publicgaming.com) with any questions, feedback, guidance, or comments of any kind.   Smart-Tech 2013 was held April 8, 9, 10, 2013 at the Helmsley Park Lane, New York.

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