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John Pittman
Vice President Marketing, INTRALOT USA
John has been assisting Lotteries in their start-ups, expansion, operations and philanthropic dis-
tribution to good causes for over thirty-eight years. During that time, he has made significant
contributions to the industry and to major vendors who support the sector. After spending 5 years
as a C.P.A., he left public accounting to become the tenth employee with Scientific Games (SGI).
During his rise to the position of Executive Vice President of SGI, John held a number of positions
in finance, customer service, marketing and sales. His passion became Lottery start-ups and he left
SGI after 12 years to form his own company, Lottery Support Group, Inc. For the next 14 years,
John and his colleagues helped many new lotteries in the US and abroad with successful start-ups.
In 2002 John accepted a position with newly formed INTRALOT USA and embarked on another
successful lottery journey. Over the years, John has assisted 38 Lotteries with their start-ups and has
consulted with dozens more.
John is currently the Vice President of Marketing for INTRALOT USA and, with his team, is re-
sponsible for all marketing and sales activities for the company and its Lottery partners.
Doug Pollard
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Pollard Banknote Limited
Through 17 years leading several of Pollard Banknote’s operations, to his appointment as Co-Chief
Executive Officer in 2011, Doug has demonstrated leadership in the lottery industry in a vari-
ety of roles that range from managing Pollard Banknote’s international subsidiary in Paris, France
(Imprimerie Spéciale de Banque)—which provided lottery tickets for France, Eastern Europe, and
Africa—to running the company’s lottery management efforts in Michigan, Maryland, Arizona,
Saskatchewan, and Puerto Rico.
Doug Pollard is focused on achieving excellence in all aspects of company operations. He summa-
rizes Pollard Banknote’s customer-centric philosophy as follows: “We must earn our clients’ trust as
a partner and bring forth relevant ideas that will drive their sales and excite their customers.” Doug’s
experience with, and application of, innovative ideas plays an integral role to the company and to
the industry. His industry presentations focus on technical, web-based, and digital applications for
increasing the player base, extending play, and driving sales revenue.
Prior to joining Pollard Banknote, Doug was a senior consultant with Price Waterhouse Cooper in
their supply chain management group. He worked on projects in the hospitality and consumer prod-
ucts industries that emphasized business process redesign of core order fulfillment processes (raw
material purchasing, shipping, invoicing, and cash collection). Doug holds a Masters of Business
Administration from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Arts from the University
of Manitoba. In addition to English, he is fluent in Spanish and French.
Terry Presta
Executive Director, Kansas Lottery
Terry was a college student when his father died unexpectedly. He came home to “temporarily”
run his dad’s service station, but planned to sell it and go back to school. It soon became apparent
that this path would be ruinous for his mother, so he decided to keep the store and acquire others.
Thirty years later he owned 47 Presto Convenience stores, which he subsequently sold in 2010 to
the Pantry out of Cary, NC. As a retailer, Terry sold lottery tickets for 26 years, only ending when he
took the job of Kansas Lottery Executive Director in January 2014. Terry is heading up the Retailer
Relations Committee for NASPL. This committee is looking for new and exciting ways to do more
business with different and larger format retailers.
