Public Gaming International Magazine March/April 2021

46 PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL • MARCH/APRIL 2021 RFP: Missouri Lottery Auditing Services RFP: Ohio Lottery, Production & Management of a regularly scheduled Game Show RFP: New Zealand Lotteries Commission (Lotto NZ) Bingo Platform and Games RFP: New York Lottery Video Lottery Games RFP: Connecticut Lottery - Multi-use 2nd Chance Drawing Platform and 2nd Chance Drawing Services JOBS: California, Georgia, Louisiana, Mas- sachusetts, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, Wisconsin Lotteries RFI: OLG Ontario Lottery & Gaming: We are seeking feedback on our discussion paper to help us establish a market for iGaming that is legal, competitive and safe. Today, most inter- net gaming (iGaming) happens on grey market websites that are unregulated; are without con- sumer protection; only have limited responsible gaming measures. Many players who access these sites are not aware that they are illegal in Ontario. We intend to establish a model for iGaming in Ontario that is legal, competitive, and safe. Birgitte Sand has been appointed as the Commercial Project Lead for iGaming. Mississippi Lottery Corporation President Tom Shaheen to Retire End of June RFI: OLG Ontario Lottery & Gaming: We are seeking feedback on our discussion paper to help us establish a market for iGaming that is legal, competitive and safe. Today, most internet gaming (iGaming) happens on grey market websites that are unregulated; are without consumer protection; only have limited responsible gaming measures. Many players who access these sites are not aware that they are illegal in Ontario. We intend to establish a model for iGaming in Ontario that is legal, competitive, and safe. Birgitte Sand has been appointed as the Commercial Project Lead for iGaming. IGT and Scientific Games Sign Cross-Licensing Agreement for Cashless Gaming Intellectual Property Under the agreement, Scienti c Games and IGT will be able to o er patented cashless gaming technologies from the companies' combined portfolios of casino management systems solutions to the U.S. gaming industry. By combining the strongest features of each Company's cashless gaming patent portfolio, IGT and Scienti c Games are providing a solution for the gaming industry to quickly increase adoption of cashless technology. rough the agreement, each company will have immediate access to the other party's cashless gaming patents. IGT PlaySports Retail and Mobile Technology Earns Critical Nevada State-Wide Regulatory Approval With this approval, IGT’s next-generation sports betting technology stack is approved for deployment throughout the State, enabling more casino operators and their players to ben- e t from the most widely used sports betting platform in the gaming industry. IGT PlayDigital Announces Highly Successful Rollout of Wheel of Fortune ® Megaways™ Slots Game Wheel of Fortune Megaways rst launched in New Jersey, where the game set new perfor- mance records and drove signi cant player acquisition and retention for IGT's customers. Earlier this week, IGT also launched the game in approved jurisdictions throughout Europe, with additional go-lives planned for 2021 in online gaming jurisdictions around the world. IGT's Kim Barker Lee Named to National Diversity Council's 2021 List of Top 100 Diversity Officers IGT Expands World-Class Content and Hardware Footprint with Historical Racing Machine Deployments in Virginia rough a distribution agreement with Exacta Systems, IGT is providing players at Peninsula Paci c Entertainment-owned gaming venues throughout Virginia with HRM-versions of their favorite IGT video slot themes such as Fortune Coin®, Solar Disc™ and Red Hot Tamales! ® on the Company's proven Crystal- Curve® and CrystalDual® 27 cabinets. Vir- ginia joins Kentucky as the second jurisdiction where IGT has deployed its HRMs. IGT Adds Engaging iLottery Games to Kentucky Lottery Corporation's Portfolio via Four-Year Contract Extension IGT has signed a four-year contract exten- sion with the Kentucky Lottery Corporation to continue providing its iLottery platform and mobile app, and add engaging new IGT PlayLottery content to the Lottery's existing digital games portfolio. IGT PlayDigital will install its PlayRGS (remote game server) digital game delivery technology allowing the Lottery to expand its portfolio of Instant Play games with new game features and promotional ca- pabilities. IGT will also add the Lottery's daily Pick 3 and Pick 4 draw games to Kentucky's iLottery lineup, as well as IGT's patented Cash Pop™ game. 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 . NORTH AMERICAN NEWS

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