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ongratulations! The 74 members of the PGRI Lottery Industry Exponentially. One of the memes of keynote speakers these days
Hall of Fame have voted and elected the newest members to is the idea that for all the change we have experienced since the
be inducted into the Lottery Industry Hall of Fame for 2017. advent of the Internet, Google, and the SmartPhone, we are still at
C Thomas Delacenserie, President & Chief Executive the ground floor, the very beginning of technology-driven change.
Officer, Kentucky Lottery Corporation And we ain’t seen nothin’ yet. That, by the way, is not meant to imply
Alice Garland, Executive Director, North Carolina Education that violating the laws of the jurisdictions where the consumer resides,
Lottery or engaging in other forms of illegality, should ever be misconstrued
Marzia Mastrogiacomo, Senior Vice President Lotteries, as “innovation”!
Lottomatica S.p.A. Thankfully, the success mind-set of this industry is one of action-
Charles R. McIntyre, Executive Director, New Hampshire oriented optimism and determination to meet the needs of our
Lottery stakeholders year after year. The interviewees and editorial contribu-
Paula Otto, Executive Director of the Virginia Lottery tors focus on what we can do to identify opportunities, overcome
You can read more about the Lottery Industry Hall of Fame and obstacles, and reinvent strategies that will drive ongoing growth.
the members at LotteryIndustryHallofFame.com. The biographies Rebecca Hargrove and Stéphane Pallez are leading the charge to
of the five inductees are posted there and will also be in the November ensure that Government-Lottery consolidate its role as an industry
issue of PGRI Magazine. and business culture committed to achieving the highest standards
The Ceremony to induct the newest members of the Lottery Hall of inclusiveness, diversity, and development of talent and emerg-
of Fame will be held at: ing leaders. Wendy Montgomery and Jennifer Welshons give us a
• 3:15 pm on Friday September 15 glimpse into the cutting edge of how technology and innovation are
• Oregon Convention Center, Oregon Ballroom 202-204 driving consumer behavioral change, and transforming the market-
• NASPL Conference/Trade Show in Portland Oregon place in general and the in-store shopping experience in particular.
Thank you to our friends at NASPL for co-hosting these events with Daniel Cage explains describes the turn-key solution to getting lottery
PGRI. It is such a pleasure to be able to collaborate with NASPL products into big-box and grocery check-out lanes. Steve Rogers
and make it so convenient for the largest number of people to join us describes a new form of gamified Lottery, a sports “betting” game
in these celebrations of our industry leaders. David Gale and Team that is RNG-based. Dato Lawrence Lim Swee Lin, whom I got
NASPL always produce the best industry events and are gracious to know at the last Asia-Pacific (APLA) event in Chengdu, China,
supporters of everyone. speaks to the differences in gaming cultures and regulatory environ-
Another great event that NASPL is co-hosting is a Reception for ments around the world, and invites us to attend APLA’s main event
the Women’s Initiative in Lottery Leadership (WILL) on Thursday in New Zealand.
Sept 14 at 4:00pm - 5:00 pm. Oregon Convention Center - C123/124 I asked our editorial contributors to use the platform of this
magazine to publish high-quality thought-leader articles and they
are delivering in a big way. Some of these articles are truly ground-
The stars are matter, we are matter, but it doesn’t really breaking treatises that help us understand current trends, impending
matter. - Captain Beefheart change, the future they are leading us towards, and how we might
Does the “Truth” matter anymore? Or has it become something position ourselves to take full advantage of the opportunities.
that is un-knowable, all predicated on context, spin, and whatever Lastly, we hope to see you at PGRI’s Lottery Expo Atlanta. PGRI is
serves the messaging objective? I published a lengthy feature in collaborating with the team at Georgia Lottery to produce a uniquely
the June issue of this magazine that criticized Lottoland and other fabulous conference experience! So, mark your calendars for October
“secondary lotteries” (view that article The Damage to Brand Lottery 25 to 27 to join us at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead for this special event.
Caused by Lottoland and “Secondary” Lotteries: A Call to Action Visit PublicGaming.org for conference info, updates, and registration
in the June issue in the “PGRI Magazine” section of PublicGaming. and room reservations.
com website). Lottoland protested that many of the statements in
my article are incorrect “untruths”, and in their view, libelous. I
suggested that they write an article which states their point of view
for me to publish, and Lottoland agreed that this is a fair resolution of
our differences. See the article on page 32, “Lottoland – the Truth”.
There is another truth that we need to confront. The number Paul Jason, Publisher
and magnitude of disruptive impacts to our industry will increase. Public Gaming International Magazine

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