“Much of this is attributable to the launch of our first $30 Scratch off ticket,” said Kentucky Lottery President and CEO Tom Delacenserie. “As we celebrated our 30th anniversary, we wanted to do something big to mark the occasion. Launching this new price point was a big hit with players with a first-time ever top prize of $3 million, and they really responded.”

The company quotes data from the World Lottery Association, which shows that "never in history, no company implementing the state monopoly in the gaming sphere has conducted so many new and technologically complex projects at the same time." - This is the best summary of our activities - comments CEO Olgierd Cieślik.

Bettina Glatz-kremsner, the new CEO of Casinos Austria / Picture: © CASAG Casinos Austria AG / Photo: Christof Wagner

"I am pleased that the Supervisory Board has made a decision today, and I am delighted and honoured to be able to chair the company as CEO and Chairman of the Management Board from May. Together with my new colleagues on the Management Board, I will very quickly dedicate myself with the greatest dedication and commitment to the upcoming tasks and further development of the Group," said Glatz-Kremsner, commenting on her appointment as CEO and Chairman of the Management Board.

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Jim Poppell, Florida Lottery Secretary, said, “We don’t set out to break national lottery industry records, we set out to generate funding to enhance education in Florida. These records are just a testament to the careful research, planning and marketing that goes into our scratch-off games so they provide a fun, entertainment value to Floridians. It’s great to see our players having fun, and we look forward to continuing to provide them the best games available.”

Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg argues it cannot continue to generate nearly $1 billion a year for local aid unless it is allowed to compete with daily fantasy sports and other online gaming.

"As we continue this discussion about other types of pathways for gambling, particularly sports betting if the commonwealth does go in that direction and if it particularly offers an online or mobile aspect to the sports betting, I think it would be fair for the Lottery, as well as fair to our casino partners, that those new providers have a similar requirement," Mass. Lottery Executive Director Michael Sweeney said.

"There are a couple clear indicators for this increase," said the Lottery's President and CEO Tom Delacenserie. "The October Mega Millions jackpot run really helped sales. We've sold $48.4 million in that game, which is 94.7% more than last year and 64.5% more than budgeted sales. We've also seen huge gains in our Scratch-off tickets, which are $32.3 million (8.3%) more than last year and $12.2 million (3%) ahead of budget."

"IGT's INTELLIGEN system has helped the Kansas Lottery meet the objectives of operating our electronic gaming machines with the highest standards of integrity and security to benefit the state for the last 10 years," said Stephen Durrell, Kansas Lottery Acting Executive Director "We look forward to continuing our relationship over the next few years."

“We are thrilled to partner with the Atlanta United to offer our players this exciting game,” Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin said. “Each ticket purchased provides Georgia Lottery players a special opportunity to cheer on The Five Stripes and also invest in Georgia’s students. As with all of our games, proceeds generated will benefit HOPE and Pre-K.”