Lottery

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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

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)