Lottery

• Welcome to Fort Lauderdale!

John Davis, Secretary (Director), Florida Lottery

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• The Intersection of Sports and Lottery in the US, is it a Good thing or Bad thing?

Harold Mays, Director, Illinois Lottery President of North American Association of State & Provincial Lotteries (NASPL)

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•  Lotteries in an evolving landscape – Lessons to share

Andreas Kötter, Chief Executive Officer, WestLotto, Germany Chairman of the Eurojackpot Lottery Cooperation President of the World Lottery Association (WLA)

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• From Now to Next: Lotteries’ Stake in U.S. Gaming

Rob Wesley, Vice President, North America Customer Development, Aristocrat Interactive

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• Mega Millions: Bigger, Better, Faster, More

Joshua Johnston, Director, Washington Lottery and Lead Director of Mega Millions Consortium

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•  Disruptor or Disrupted: Carving out a role for lottery in a competitive marketplace

Lorne Weil, Executive Chairman, Inspired Entertainment

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• How Lotteries Can Harness the Power of Sports

Jim Acton, Senior Vice President Business Development, EQL Games

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•Panel Discussion: Current and in-the-pipeline initiatives and strategies, MUSL (Multi-State Lottery Association)

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Moderator: Matt Strawn, Chief Executive Officer, Iowa Lottery Powerball Product Group Chair and MUSL Vice-President
David Barden, CEO & President, New Mexico Lottery and Chair, MUSL International Working Group
Jay Finks, Executive Director, Oklahoma Lottery and Chair, MUSL Marketing and Promotions Committee
Sarah Taylor, Executive Director, Hoosier Lottery (Indiana) and Chair, MUSL Development Committee
Bret Toyne, Executive Director, MUSL

• Panel Discussion: Digital Lottery and the Player Journey: CONTENT How are iLottery games evolving to appeal to the next generation of
online players, drive growth, and retain player loyalty in the face of intense competition from other online gaming options?

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Moderator: Randy Spielman, Chief Product Officer, North Carolina Education Lottery
Panelists:
Brad Cummings, Chief Executive Officer, EQL Games
Rhydian Fisher, Chief Executive Officer, Instant Win Gaming (IWG)
Alex Green, Vice President Games, ZEAL Network
Frank Suarez, President & Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Lottery Corp. Peter Sullivan, Senior Vice President Lottery, DraftKings

Special Guest Speaker: Rebecca Paul, President & CEO, Tennessee Education Lottery
and President of the World Lottery Association (WLA); and Founder & Chair of Women’s Initiative in Lottery Leadership (WILL)
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Leading with Gratitude
Think updating/modernizing the Simon Sinek “What’s My Why”. 

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Moderator: Matt Strawn, Chief Executive Officer, Iowa Lottery
• Panelists:
Jay Finks, Executive Director, Oklahoma Lottery
Joshua Johnston, Executive Director, Washington Lottery
Ryan Mindell, Deputy Executive Director, Texas Lottery
Doug Pollard, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Pollard Banknote

How might we connect better with the values and aspirations of our coworkers?
How have the catalysts and levers to inspire and motivate people changed over the last five years? How does a leader connect with people in ways that maximize engagement, productivity, and effectiveness? We know it’s about being “genuine” and “authentic”, but what does that mean exactly … what is the substance, what are we being genuine and authentic about? We know we have to update our communication style to resonate with people on their own personal level, even perhaps on an emotional level ... but how do we do it?

Welcome to Florida

Presented by John Davis, Secretary (Director), Florida Lottery

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   March 12-14, 2024  

Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort   CO-HOSTED by  PGRI, Inc. and  The Florida Lottery

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PRESENTED at LOTTERY EXPO NASHVILLE 2023

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Rebecca Paul, Tennessee Education Lottery, President of the WLA, Founder & Chair of WILL    

PRESENTED at LOTTERY EXPO NASHVILLE 2023

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Lynne Roiter, General Secretary, World Lottery Association (WLA)

PRESENTED at SMART-TECH MIAMI 2023

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PRESENTED at SMART-TECH MIAMI 2023

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PRESENTED at SMART-TECH MIAMI 2023

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Panel Discussion: Moving the Needle Now; Maximizing Short-Term Results

We can’t control jackpot rolls and economic trends.  So, what are the levers we can control?  Let’s talk rubber-hits-road issues (like promotional, marketing, sales and distribution and game development strategies) that make a difference to sales right now. How might Lottery’s efforts and resources be channeled for maximum impact and ROI, producing optimal outcomes/results, and driving sales today and this quarter?  How do macro-economic and consumer-spending trends affect lottery player-ship?  How do inflation, higher gasoline prices, or economic hardship in general affect lottery spend?     

Moderator: Ryan Mindell, Deputy Executive Director, Texas Lottery

Panelists:

James Carey, Executive Director, New Jersey Lottery

Max Goldstein, Vice President Sales – Americas, Carmanah Signs

Gary Grief, Executive Director, Texas Lottery

Sarah Taylor, Executive Director, Hoosier Lottery

Brad Thompson, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Pollard Banknote

Moderated by REBECCA PAUL, CEO, Tennessee Lottery & President of the World Lottery Association (WLA) and Founder of Women's Initiative in Lottery Leadership (WILL)

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Rebecca Paul, President of the World Lottery Association and Lynne Roiter, Secretary General of the World Lottery Association invite everyone to the WLS World Lottery Summit in Vancouver, Canada October 16-20  - Click here to learn more about WLS

INVITATION TO WLS World Lottery Summit

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Click here to watch is the video interview with  Evgeniy Vlasenko, Vice President, MSL State Lottery Ukraine
Paul Jason conducted the zoom interview with Evgeniy Vlasenko on Friday May 13.  Evgeniy has managed MSL State Lottery in Ukraine for the last eleven years, has served on the European Lottery (EL) Executive Committee for the last eight years until 2021, and is a personal friend to myself and so many others in our industry.  He is speaking to us from a safe house in Ukraine.   The miracle of strength, faith, and fortitude of the people of Ukraine inspires awe and admiration in everyone around the world.  We ended up talking more about life in Ukraine and the war with Russia than about the MSL Lottery.  But the MSL Lottery is still operating, and the staff continues to work under extreme circumstances as they try to raise funds to support the resistance effort.   The people of Ukraine are looking forward hopefully to the time that they will be able to begin the process of rebuilding.

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Innovations in eInstant tickets and online draw-games

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Lottery Industry Statesperson Award Honoring LYNNE ROITER

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-- Keynote speech: A Year of Records Gretchen Corbin, President & CEO, Georgia Lottery Corporation,  President of the North American Association of State & Provincial Lotteries (NASPL)

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Watch some of the members of the Hall of Fame around the world congratulate the class of 2020++Make sure you watch the whole thing - this movie is 15 minutes long with messages from members of the Hall of Fame from all over the world. The names of  the Members of the Lottery Industry Hall of Fame in the movie Congratulating the class of 2020 - in 7 separate vignettes. Screen number 1. Clockwise starting with Jim Kennedy in upper left corner; Paul; Norm Lingle; Ray Bates, Dianne Thompson; Michelle Carinci;  MIDDLE:  Don Sweitzer.   Screen number 2. Gary Grief. Screen number 3. Alice Garland. Screen number 4. Bill Huntley.  Screen number 5. Clockwise starting with Jennifer Westbury in upper left corner; Paul; Jay Gendron; Connie Laverty O’Connor; Steve Saferin. Screen number 6. Reidar Nordby. Screen number 7. Mark Michalko and Paula Otto.

WATCH THE INDUCTION CEREMONY

Lottery Industry Hall of Fame Ceremony

Inducting the six new 2020 Hall of Fame members:

Scott Gunn, Senior Vice President, Corporate Public Affairs, IGT

Patrick McHugh, Executive Vice President and Lottery Group Chief Executive, Scientific Games Corp.

Gordon Medenica, Director, Maryland Lottery and Gaming

John Pollard, Co-Chief Executive Officer Pollard Banknote

Nigel Railton, Chief Executive Officer, Camelot UK

Bishop Woosley, Lottery Industry Consultant and former Director, Arkansas Lottery Commission

Rebecca Hargrove, President & CEO, Tennessee Lottery, President of the WLA

Paul Jason, CEO, PGRI, Inc.

Lynne Roiter, President & CEO, Loto-Québec, President Interprovincial Lotteries, and NASPL representative to the WLA

Luca Esposito, Executive Director, World Lottery Association

Roundtable discussion video recorded at PGRI's LOTTERY EXPO 2020 Transformed

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The Big Picture:  Sometimes things don’t happen for decades, and sometimes decades happen in weeks.  The world is changing at warp-speed.  Following the pandemic, how do we think consumer behaviors will change and how will that impact the lottery industry … Are we prepared to optimize on the opportunities and navigate the challenges?   How will big-picture macro-economic/sociological/ cultural changes filter down to reshape specific industries … like retail, recreational gaming, and Lottery?  How might consumer lifestyles and player behaviour be permanently changed as a result of the pandemic?  And how have operational changes necessitated by the pandemic revealed new and better solutions, best-practices, and ways to operate that will continue on into the future?

The Big-Picture Roundtable Leader:

Gordon Medenica, Director, Maryland Lottery and Gaming and

Lead Director of Mega Millions

Panelists:

Richard Bateson, Chief Commercial Officer, JUMBO Interactive

Mandy Carter, Director of Retail Development, Scientific Games

James Maida, Chief Executive Officer, GLI (Gaming Labs)

Mark Michalko, Executive Director, North Carolina Education Lottery

Ryan Mindell, Lottery Operations Director, Texas Lottery

Doug Pollard, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Pollard Banknote and NeoPollard

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Ø Presentation of the SHARP Award for Good Causes to the New Hampshire Lottery

Charles McIntyre, Executive Director of the NH Lottery Accepting

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Recorded live @ PGRI's SMART-TECH 2020 Eden Roc Hotel, Miami, Florida March 3-5, 2020

Keeping authorized Government Lotteries strong and true to their core purpose - an Australian Perspective

Callum Mulvihill, General Manager Finance & Commercial, Lotteries & Keno, Tabcorp Australia

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Recorded live @ PGRI's SMART-TECH 2020 Eden Roc Hotel, Miami, Florida March 3-5, 2020

NASPL Round-Up Current Initiatives of the North American Lottery Industry

Bishop Woosley. Executive Director, Arkansas Lottery and President, NASPL (North American Association of State & Provincial Lotteries)

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Recorded live @ PGRI's SMART-TECH 2020 Eden Roc Hotel, Miami, Florida March 3-5, 2020

Welcome to the Sunshine State and SMART-Tech Miami

Justin Rock. Deputy Secretary of Product and Sales

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Recorded live @ PGRI's SMART-TECH 2020 Eden Roc Hotel, Miami, Florida March 3-5, 2020

Welcome to Lottery Expo - Framing the Issues

Gwen Dean

New York Lottery Director

New York State Gaming Commission

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Recorded live @ PGRI's LOTTERY EXPO NYC 2019 Parklane Hotel, New York City

Traditional Lottery:  Dominance or Decline?

Gordon Medenica

Director, Maryland Lottery and Gaming;

Lead Director Mega Millions Consortium

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Recorded live @ PGRI's LOTTERY EXPO NYC 2019 Parklane Hotel, New York City

The 2019 Hall of Fame inductees

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Mark Michalko, Executive Director, North Carolina Education Lottery
May Scheve Reardon, Executive Director, Missouri Lottery

​Induction Ceremonies
The four Hall of Fame inductees will be honored at the two biggest industry conference/trade shows.
May Scheve, Executive Director, Missouri Lottery and Mark Michalko, Executive Director, North Carolina Education Lottery were honored at the NASPL This is Winning! Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas at 5:25 pm on Weds September 18 The Wally Allen Ballroom in the Statehouse Convention Center. ​Younes El Mechrafi and ​Olli Sarekoski will be honored at the at a time and venue that is convenient for them, possibly the WLA/EL Marketing Seminar in London early February 2020. Please click here to read their biographies

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The Best of the Africa Lotteries Association Congress in Casablanca, Morocco

The Success of Chance Comes to the EL Congress Antwerp

Jannie Haek CEO - Nationale Loterij – Loterie Nationale

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Recorded live @ European Lottery Congress, Antwerp, Belgium  May 2019

Jim Poppell

Secretary Florida Lottery

'Welcome to Florida and SMART-TECH 2019'

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Recorded live @ SMART-TECH 2019 February 2019 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Keith Cash

Vice President & General Manager, Instant Services IGT

'Instant Advantage'

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Recorded live @ SMART-TECH 2019 February 2019 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Watch the induction ceremony as Luis Alberto Gama Hernández and Dato’ Lawrence Lim Swee Lin were inducted at the World Lottery Summit in Buenos Aires at 4:30 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Luis Alberto Gama Hernández Click Here to Read Biography
National Director, Lotteries and Pools of the   Eastern Republic of Uruguay President, CIBELAE and Member of the World Lottery Association Executive Committee

Dato’ Lawrence Lim Swee Lin Click Here to Read Biography
Chief Executive Officer, Magnum Group, Malaysia;   Chair, Asia-Pacific Lottery Association (APLA)

Tracey Cohen, Chief Operating Officer, DC Lottery

and Ami Weiner, SVP/ Account Director, BDDO Atlanta

BigSmall SameDifferent. Innovation Required

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at LOTTERY EXPO NYC in New York City October 22-24, 2018

Adam Barry

Director Sales Operations

Camelot Global

Unlocking Sustainable Growth in Lottery 3.0: Player Engagement in a Digital World

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at LOTTERY EXPO NYC in New York City October 22-24, 2018