Public Gaming Magazine July/August 2020

54 PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL • JULY/AUGUST 2020 MUSL Board and Powerball Product Group Officers Elected for FY21 e Board of Directors of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) elected Sarah M. Taylor, Executive Director of the Hoosier Lottery, to serve as Board President for Fiscal Year 2021. Taylor started her term as Board President July 1. Charlie McIntyre, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Lottery, previously held the position. Sarah will be serving as the 31st MUSL Board President and the rst ever to serve from the Hoosier Lottery. "It’s my honor to help lead our member lotteries with a strategic plan to help each one responsibly maximize pro ts for all the good causes they support,” said Taylor. At its annual meeting, MUSL Board of Directors also elected, Angela Wong, Director of the Montana Lottery, and Bishop Woosley, Arkansas Lottery Director as Vice President and Secretary of the Board respectively. “ is year has given each of us challenges never faced and new unchartered waters to navigate,” said Taylor. “We have learned much about our industry, our players, our communities and our bene ciaries. Now, we are implementing the knowledge gained for future success.” In addition, the Powerball Product Group elected May Scheve Reardon, Missouri Lottery Executive Director, to serve as Product Group Chair and Pennsylvania Lottery Executive Director Drew Svitko Vice Chair for Fiscal Year 2021. e Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is a non-pro t association that assists its member lotteries in multi-jurisdictional game develop- ment. Each MUSL member o ers one or more of the games generally facilitated by MUSL, but retains its independent statutory duties regarding ticket sales, retailer authorization, prize payments, income o sets, and other responsibilities. Florida Lottery Reaches Sales Goal for Fiscal Year 2019-2020 e Florida Lottery has o cially reached its sales goal of $7.26 billion for scal year 2019-20, surpassing last year’s sales by more than $112.7 million. Strong Scratch-O sales of more than $5.5 billion helped account for the majority of the success this scal year. The South Carolina Education Lottery is reporting a record win for education e Lottery generated more than $492.8 million for educational programs for Fiscal Year 2020 ending June 30. is surpasses last year’s transfer by $5.2 million. Grover Gaming Announces Ramping Up Hiring Efforts Company seeks to add over 40 System & Product Development professionals in the next 6 months. Pennsylvania Reports Strong iGaming Growth in May as On- line Slots Top $1B in Wagers Pennsylvania’s growing online gaming industry hasn’t completely lled the void of left by the closure of brick-and-mortar casinos, but mobile slots and table games are providing the state with some revenue as the COVID-19 crisis continues. Pennsylvanians have apparently pursued their happiness online last month. According to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB), more than $1 billion was bet on online slots in the state. e May gures from the PGCB indicate that online slot machine handle topped $1 billion for the rst time. e $1.06 billion wagered in the state last month was more than $300 million above the total for April. Table games generated $778.5 million in action last month, a nearly $150 million increase from April. Meanwhile, sports betting began to climb again as the return of competition in May allowed the state’s online sports betting applications to take in $77.5 million in wagers. at’s a 68.5 percent increase from the $46 million in bets the books took in April, producing gross revenues of $4.8 million, which in turn created $1.6 million in state taxes. Pennsylvania state lottery sales have rebounded after initial pandemic drop in Lottery Pennsylvania’s Lottery sales dropped 25 percent in March as the state shutdown most businesses, including 30 percent of the state’s Lottery retail- NORTH AMERICAN NEWS PULSE of the Industry These news stories comprise a very small fraction of the gaming and lottery news stories posted every day to PublicGaming.com. Too, these stories are the highly edited short versions. You can visit our news website PublicGaming.com and access all of its departments for free, including search to read the full version of the articles. Sign up for our free e-newsletter by sending your e-mail address to sjason@publicgaming.com .