Lottery

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

Click here to watch the INTRODUCTION to PGRI Lottery Expo and Post-COVID19 lottery: the Movie

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Lottery Industry Statesperson Award Honoring LYNNE ROITER

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

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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)

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

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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

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.

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

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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

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

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

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

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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