4 PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL • JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025 Publisher & Chief Executive Officer Paul Jason pjason@publicgaming.com President Susan Jason sjason@publicgaming.com Brand and Design Dan Eggers Design Honored Founders Doris & Duane Burke Subscriptions United States: $145 USD Canada & Mexico: $160 USD All other countries: $225 USD For email address changes, subscription requests and requests to be placed on our e-Newsletter distribution list, e-mail Susan Jason at sjason@publicgaming.com Contact Information PGRI, Inc. 1769 Flagstone Terrace, The Villages, FL 32162 PublicGaming.com T: +425.449.3000 F: +206.374.2600 Public Gaming International Magazine Published six times a year and distributed to readers all around the world. Electronic version is e-mailed and is also available on our news website: PublicGaming.com January/February 2025 Volume 54, Issue 1 ©2023 all rights reserved. Public Gaming Research Institute cISSN: 1042-1912 10 LEADING IN TURBULENT TIMES Andreas Kötter Chief Executive Officer, WestLotto, Germany Chairman of the Eurojackpot Lottery Cooperation President of the World Lottery Association (WLA) 16 ACHIEVING EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IN THE FIRST YEAR OF DIGITAL INSTANTS SALES Randy Spielman Deputy Executive Director of Product Development and Digital Gaming, North Carolina Education Lottery 22 SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL DIGITAL EVOLUTION OF LOTTERIES: NEOGAMES TRANSITION TO ARISTOCRAT INTERACTIVE Chris Shaban Managing Director of iLottery, Aristocrat Interactive 26 DRIVING PERFORMANCE ACROSS THE LOTTERY ECOSYSTEM Pat McHugh Chief Executive Officer, Scientific Games 28 NEW YEARS EVOLUTION Renato Ascoli Chief Executive Officer Global Lottery, IGT Melissa Pursley Sr. Vice President Lottery Product & Sales Development, IGT CONTENTS JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025 FEATURED INTERVIEWS 10 16 22 28 28 26
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