Public Gaming November/December 2020

48 PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL • NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020 P U L S E Virginia Lottery sales surge, as gaming options multiply Lottery sales increased by $181.5 million, or almost 36%, in the rst three months of the scal year that began on July 1, compared with the rst three months of scal 2020, powered by the quick launch of internet sales of lottery tickets. Even without the new internet boost, lottery sales increased by 13% in September at traditional retail operations. Ohio casinos, racinos continue hot streak after re-opening from coronavirus closings with a Sep- tember record Lottery.com to go public via SPAC merger Successful Launch of PlayAlberta. ca Marks NeoPollard Interac- tive’s Entry to Canadian Gaming Market On the 45th anniversary of the Delaware Lottery, Delaware Lottery Director Vernon Kirk, receives award for his 45 years of service Pollard Banknote is pleased to announce that its subsid- iary Schafer Systems has been awarded a four-year contract from the Ohio Lottery Commission A Las Vegas judge has sided with former casino magnate Steve Wynn in Nevada regula- tors’ attempt to ban him from the gambling industry over sexual misconduct allegations. Gerald W. Beasley, Director of Human Resources and Compli- ance, Eldorado Resort Casino Shreveport, Louisiana, is the 2021 recipient of the Arch L. Gleason Award for Responsible Gambling Leadership. STRATACACHE, the parent com- pany of Carmanah Signs, has announced the launch of com- mercial grade LINQ all-in-one intelligent tablets LINQ tablets are integrated across all digital signage, interactive experience, and mobile commerce/mobile shopping platforms in the STRATACACHE family. INTRALOT Inc. Secures Extension to Continue Delivering the Suc- cessful Operation of COAM (Coin Operated Amusement Machines) Project to the Georgia Lottery Corporation With a close collaboration for the last six years, INTRALOT and the Georgia Lottery Corpora- tion teams have established a dynamic operation of monitoring and accounting for the COAM project. Under the new contract, INTRALOT will empower the Georgia Lottery with its state- of-the-art technology to modernize and support key business requirements. Pollard Banknote Limited has been awarded a five-year con- tract for instant game tickets, game designs, and marketing services by the Massachusetts State Lottery. Gambling.com Group expands business into Tennessee and Illinois Gambling.com Group has been granted regula- tory approval to o er its services to operators in Colorado, Indiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson eyes Texas—will legal- ized casinos be next? SPORTS BETTING IN THE U.S. Tennessee sports betting went live on Nov. 1 Tennessee is the rst state to regulate online sportsbooks directly, without the framework of casinos or possession of a retail gambling license as a precondition to operate a sportsbook online, a common quali er in the 18 other states where betting is legal. Licensed sports- books in Tennessee must also abide by a 90% cap on payouts. The Tennessee Education Lottery Board of Directors approves the initial list of sporting events for online wagering in Tennessee e Sports Wagering Committee of the Board also approved 17 new vendors. ere are three categories of potential applicants: licensee (op- erator), supplier and vendor. De nitions can be found in rules on the sports gaming page of the Tennessee Lottery website. ere are no restric- tions on the number of licenses that may be issued for interactive sports gaming operations, but licensees and suppliers must meet suitability requirements. Louisiana Sports betting to be on November ballot IGT Announces Betting Partnership with the NBA IGT becomes the rst B2B sports betting platform provider in U.S. to bring NBA o cial data, marks and logos to regional casinos and sportsbooks, further di erentiating its PlaySports sports betting solution through a multi-year partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA). Virginia Lottery to license mobile sports betting early next year e Virginia Lottery is now reviewing 25 applications for 12 mobile sports betting permits, and the rst licenses could be issued early next year.