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 COMING This Week!  March/April Issue of Public Gaming International Magazine  - Featuring Interviews with these Top Industry Leaders:   Ales Husák, Chairman of the Board and General Manager, SAZKA a.s., Czech Republic; John Musgrave, Director, West Virginia Lottery; Ernie Passailaigue, Executive Director, South Carolina Education Lottery;  Dale Penn, Director Oregon Lottery; Marco Sala, Managing Director Italian Operations, Lottomatica SpA; Dianne Thompson, CEO Camelot Group Plc., Operator of the U.K. National Lottery;   Also includes important features with Lizabeth White of the West Virginia Lottery; Carole Hardy, Tim Eaton, and Chuck Baumann of the Oregon Lottery; Philippe Vlaemminck; Michael Koch CEO ACE Interactive; and announcing Connie Laverty O'Connor, Recipient of the 2008 Major Peter J. O’Connell Lottery Industry Lifetime Achievement.      

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EDITORIAL

Time to Fold the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act

National Council on Problem Gambling

Statement of Keith Whyte, Executive Director

WORLD NEWS

Turkish lottery tender expected for May or June

Online Lotto first of two stage plan, says NZ Lotteries chairman

OPAP may buy companies outside Greece amid threat to monopoly

GLI EUROPE BV CELEBRATES 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Scientific Games Announces Successful Launch of China Sports Lottery Instant Tickets

BC Community Gaming Centre Opens Its Doors in Prince George

Unibet Appeal Denied in Netherlands Court, EU Action Looms

Australian high court rules in favor of online gambling, Betfair

Eastern Cape gambling board head axed

Successful meeting of CIBELAE’s board

UK GAMBLING COMMISSION E-BULLETIN – ISSUE 51

New Zealand Lotto tickets online 'next month'

Responsible Gambling Council tackles gambling myths

Intralot upbeat on winning Spor Toto

Sci Games Racing Signs New Contracts with Racing Operators in Germany and Finland

Federal Court of Justice rejected the motion filed by bwin

La Française des Jeux launches the new generation of Millionnaire core game

China publishes draft regulation on lotteries to solicit public opinion

Employment / RFP's

Request for Marketing/Advertising/Public Relations Services

Working Title: Wyoming Pari-Mutuel Executive Director

Ohio Lottery issues addendum to Gaming System Request for Proposals

Kentucky Lottery Corp. Seeking Vice President, Marketing

Gaming Systems Director – North Carolina Education Lottery

FINANCIAL NEWS

IGT Invites You To Join Its Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Conference Call Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 6:00 a.m. (Pacific Time).

NYRA Losses Nearly Double for 2007

MTR Gaming Group rating, outlook currently unaffected by recent events - S&P

Preliminary Q4 2007 - bwin Interactive Entertainment AG

Aces Wired, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2008 Financial Results

Lottomatica 2007 net profit surges on GTech buy

Scientific Games Reports 4th-Qtr Profit Above Analyst Estimates on Scratch Tickets

PEOPLE

GTECH Promotes Fabio Celadon to Senior V.P. of Strategic Planning

Jean-Luc Moner-Banet rentre au Comité exécutif de la World Lottery Association

John Gallaway, gaming industry pioneer, dies at 69

Two new members elected to the WLA Executive Committee -José Manuel Avilés, president of Lotería Nacional de Beneficencia de El Salvador and Jean-Luc Moner-Banet, General Director of Loterie Romande.
Perry fills Texas Lottery board Vacancy -
San Antonio business leader Fernando Reyes Jr. was appointed to the Texas Lottery Commission on Friday. The three-member commission oversees the Texas Lottery and bingo games.BCLC Board of Directors names Mr. Michael Graydon as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective March 31, 2008.

RACINO NEWS

Southland Park Gaming and Racing gets on track

Penn Nat’l Gaming Secures Transaction Approval from the WV Lottery Comm.

Spitzer resignation leaves New York racing industry in limbo

Horsemen not impressed with $90M supplement in New Jersey

Casinos' subsidy to avoid VLTs at horse tracks moves ahead

Debate Over Casino Support of Tracks

New Jersey subsidy agreement reached

Reaction mixed to not installing VLTs at Belmont

NY harness racing preservation bill

Penn National Gaming to Retain Empress Casino Joliet

NYRA Awarded 25-Year State Racing Franchise

New Mexico House passes tax break bill for Ruidoso Downs

Competing for customers

New York VLT funding measure stalled

Corzine Gets Caught in Fight Between New Jersey Casinos, Horses

 

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SMART-TECH 2008 - Charleston, SC, April 28 to April 30, 2008.  Conference Co-Hosts:  PGRI and South Carolina Education Lottery   

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Presenters, Moderators, and Panelists include: From Lotteries … CA: Linh Nguyen; DE: Wayne Lemons; FL: Leo DeBenigno, Pat Koop; GA: Margaret DeFrancisco; MI:  Scott Bowen; MN: Clint Harris; MT: George Parisot; NY: Gordon Medenica, William Murray; PA: Ed Trees; RI: Gerry Aubin; SC:  Ernie Passailague, Tony Cooper, Carl Stent, David Barden, Ann Scott, Lynette Crolley, Leslie Vang, Melvin Gladney, Anthony McNeil, Ernestine Middleton, Bethany Parler, Remmele Mazyck, Mary Margaret Hopkins ; VT: Alan Yandow;  WV: John Musgrave; Commercial and Non-Lottery Presenters and Panelists: Intralot: Tom Little; GTech: Connie Laverty O’Connor; Aces Wired: Gordon Graves; Camelot Group: Sam DePhillippo, Craig Scott; GLI: Kevin Mullaly; IGT and WagerWorks Inc: Paul Mathews; Investment Banking Exec’s including Jeff Hyman, Nora O’Strovskaya; Attorneys Specializing in Federal Regulatory issues including Sam Basile, Robert Burka, Kim Stein. Registrations exceed 100 and include a majority of U.S. lottery directors.  Participation is higher than ever!  Call 831-277-2340 for more information and to register.

LOTTERY Headlines

Nebraska Lottery looking for: ATTORNEY EMPLOYMENT The Nebraska Department of Revenue is accepting applications for in-house legal counsel for the Nebraska Lottery and Charitable Gaming Division.

Request for Marketing/Advertising/Public Relations Services
EMPLOYMENTThe Vermont Lottery Commission is seeking bids from qualified agencies to provide marketing/advertising/public relations services. To request a proposal, call (802) 476-0105. The RFP will be mailed to requestors upon request and Intent to Bid is due April 11th. Final proposals must be received by May 21, 2008

INTERVIEW with Keith Whyte of the Nat’l Council on Problem Gambling. On internet gaming, regulation versus prohibition, and risk factors associated with problem gambling

ELOTTERY -  eLOT Receives Canadian Patent for the Online Sales of Provincial Lottery Tickets

Oregon State Lottery Becomes 12th State Lottery to Adopt Cole Systems OrderPad EnterpriseTM

West Virginia Lottery sales top $1 billion for 6th year

Taking Va. Lottery private discussed

New Mexico Lottery Promotion will Multiply Powerball Prizes by 10

Lottery sales are hit as Islanders confront economic uncertainty

Kentucky Lottery, debt restructuring to get closer looks

Nebraska Lottery Launches Harley-Davidson® Scratch Game

House GOP Leader Mumpower seeks switch to numbered balls for Tenn. Lottery picks

Ca. Lottery ordered to repay party money

Gov. Perry still backs sale of Texas Lottery

VT Lottery to Spend $150,000 on Study of Expansion

Massachusetts Lottery says sales are back on the rise

North Dakota Lottery - Four Year Anniversary

Should Tenn. Lottery Go Back To Ping-Pong Balls?

N.H. lottery looking to hit the jackpot

Missouri Lottery hopes to boost advertising next year

State would take 35% of revenue from Kentucky Lottery

The North Carolina Education lottery turns 2

Mass. Lottery officials thrilled with sales of $20 scratch ticket

Arkansas lottery could prove costly for Oklahoma

Maine seeking to expand state's lottery options

You’ll Love Suzanne LaRusch as Lucy!

LEGAL NEWS

States Atty’s General’s Letter to Congress InRe federal gambling legislation

States Atty’s General’s Letter to Congress InRe illegal internet gambling

Banks, processors struggle with proposed regulations for web gambling

House panel OKs expanded gambling hours in Rhode Island

Pa. Senate candidates differ on casino proposals

Casinos at race tracks in Michigan?

Beshear pronounces Kentucky casino bill dead

Montana gaming law being ignored by some

Lawsuit Filed Over Kansas Casino

Other states profit from Ohio's gambling fever

Mississippi must continue to adapt its gaming laws

A closer look at slots funds in Pennsylvania

Athletic director and guidance counselor in gambling bust

Police say they've busted a $50 million sports betting ring

Natural allies of Keno? Nope

Kentucky budget negotiators won't budge over tax, lottery revenue

Massachusetts casino debate moves to slots

UIGEA Regulation Hearing Finally Set After Months of Rumors

Oregon Supreme Court upholds Lottery's authority in paying retailers

NYRA bankruptcy hearing postponed again

CASINO NEWS

Aristocrat New Game Feature

American Casino profits rise

Mount Airy Casino Resort folds expansion plans

GAMBLING BEYOND NEVADA: With breaks, Sands will build

Casino strike date looms In Ontario

 

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