49 PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL • NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022 every effort to ensure the Lottery’s viability – including online options – must be made. It’s time for the Legislature to get over the governor’s end-around of a revenue surplus payback to state taxpayers, and recast an economic development bill that includes online Lottery sales. The state’s driving force of unrestricted local aid shouldn’t be taking a back seat to any other gaming option. Scientific Games names Mona Garland as the company’s Chief Human Resources Officer In the newly expanded role, Garland joins the Scientific Games Executive Team which has continued to evolve after the company’s sale to Brookfield Business Partners in April 2022. As CHRO, Garland will lead global people strategy along with employee-focused programs and initiatives, including talent acquisition and retention, learning and development, diversity, equity and inclusion, compensation and benefits, employee engagement, and workplace culture. IGT Expands Modernization of Georgia Lottery Corporation Offering with Seven-Year Contract Extension IGT Global Solutions Corporation will deploy its world-class lottery and iLottery products and technology, enhancing the modernization of the Georgia Lottery's offerings. The contract extension will run through September 2032. As part of the contract extension, IGT will install cashless functionality on more than 10,000 point-of-sale retail terminals, enabling players to purchase lottery with a debit card. Customer-facing ticket scanners will also be implemented on more than 10,000 retail terminals to support player-initiated transactions including QR codes, digital playslips and other digital offers. IGT will also install more than 4,400 new high-performing Retailer Pro lottery terminals and related equipment in retail locations. In addition, IGT will replace 600 self-service vending machines currently in the field with its GameTouch™ 28 self-service vending machine, a trusted solution for high-volume retailers that provides a dynamic user experience and increased flexibility for players. Additionally, IGT will deliver upgrades to the Georgia Lottery's lottery and iLottery central system. These upgrades would include the ability to migrate components of each system to the cloud. Among many benefits, cloud technology would offer the Georgia Lottery dynamic scalability and a reduced time to market for system enhancements. It also facilitates faster and easier integration of data and insights as a further enrichment to the overall player experience. IGT Enhances Player Security in Oregon with Video Lottery Digital Prize Redemption IGT will provide the Oregon Lottery with IGT's video lottery account-based cashless solutions via its INTELLIGEN™ central system. The Oregon Lottery will enable the account-based cashless technologies on the more than 11,500 video lottery terminals (VLTs) throughout the state. IGT Wins 10-Year Scratch Ticket Manufacturing Contract with the Texas Lottery Commission ALC and IWG ink omnichannel games partnership The Atlantic Lottery Corporation collaboration agreement with Instant Win Gaming will allow the latter to develop omnichannel content for the Canadian Crown agency and its many Atlantic players. IWG (Instant Win Gaming) Now Live with OLG Ontario IWG has completed its InstantRGS (remote game server) integration and delivered its first InstantGames to Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG). IWG already holds an established position within Canada, with its games now live across eight provinces in the country, including those managed by Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC), British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) and LotoQuébec. Abacus Solutions International announces the consolidating acquisition of the Playport Gaming Systems digital lottery platform, creating an industry-first product suite for lotteries globally The merging of Abacus’ and Playport’s technology platforms yields a robust and turnkey digital omni-channel instant-win gaming solution to lotteries around the globe to expand their sales touch points and channels. Abacus and Blackhawk Network Announce a Partnership Abacus Solutions International Group, a global technology provider connecting lottery systems with lottery retailers and Blackhawk Network, a global branded payments provider, announced a new relationship designed to supply lotteries and lottery retailers with a selection of in-lane solutions that seamlessly integrate with existing retail point-of sale systems. Pollard Banknote Awarded Contract for Scratch Ticket Manufacturing And Services By The Texas Lottery The new contract, which extends the successful and collaborative partnership through 2034. The new contract marks the debut of Pollard Banknote’s proprietary easyVEND™ In-Lane ticket vending solution, revolutionizing the way traditional scratch tickets are made available for purchase. By combining innovative technology and security with an eye-catching merchandising display, easyVEND™ allows players to conveniently add traditional scratch tickets to an existing transaction within a multi-lane retail environment. NeoPollard Interactive to Deliver Industry-Leading Game Content to the Georgia Lottery Illinois gambling revenue hits all-time high in fiscal year 2022 at almost $1.9 billion The new record is up by 35.7% from the previous high, set in 2019, when the Prairie State generated $1.4 billion in gaming revenue. Raking in more than $833 million, lottery sales generated the most gambling revenue for Illinois from July 2021 to June 2022, according to a report by the Illinois General Assembly's Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. Kentucky Lottery: Amy Drooker Promoted to VP and Chief Revenue Officer Netflix to branch out into online video gaming services Leger’s Analytics team will derive how the value players get from participating leads to playing behaviors
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