Public Gaming International Gaming July/August 2021

46 PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL • JULY/AUGUST 2021 MUSL Board President and Power- ball Product Group Officers Re- elected for FY2022 MUSL Board of Directors & Product Group Officers for Fiscal Year 2022 President: Sarah Taylor (IN) Vice President: Rose Hudson (LA) Secretary: Norm Lingle (SD) Powerball Product Group Chair: May Scheve Reardon (MO) Vice-Chair: Drew Svitko (PA) Lotto America Product Group Chair: John Myers (WV) Vice-Chair: Adam Prock (MN) John A. Martin appointed to serve as director of the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency Martin, the agency’s managing director and chief revenue officer, will succeed Gordon Medenica, who announced his retirement in April. Since 2015, John A. Martin has served as the Managing Director and Chief Revenue Officer of the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control, where he oversees the $2.5 billion state agency and its 4400 retailers. His current responsibility is managing the top line revenue for traditional lottery products. Prior to being director, he was the assistant director in Maryland for four years with oversight of Sales, Creative Services, Product Development, and Communications. Before moving to Maryland in 2009, John was the Deputy Director of the Office of Sales Management for the 9000 retailers at the Ohio Lottery. Grover Gaming, Inc. is opening a new game development studio in Wilmington, North Carolina. The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has declined to appeal the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ January 2021 ruling that the 1961 Wire Act does not apply to non- sports betting or wagering activity over the Internet. The end to the Wire Act case is ex- pected to change the face of legal regulated online poker in the US. Scientific Games Announces Deci- sive Steps as Part of its Strategic Review Strategy to Become Content-Led Growth Company with Particular Focus on Digital Markets and to Drive Long-Term Sustainable Value with the intention to Divest Lottery and Sports Betting Businesses, Creating Path to Significantly De-Lever and Positioning the Company for Enhanced Growth. As part of a new contract with Bremer Toto-Lotto, Scientific Games will provide the new, advanced WAVE terminals along with the Company’s new SYMPHONY ™ EDGE ™ terminal software, cloud-based SYMPHONY terminal management system, and software maintenance. IGT Secures Contract Extension to Deliver High-Performing Instant Tickets to the Ohio Lottery Commission IGT Enhances VLT Footprint in Western Canada Lottery Corp with Market-Leading Content and Hardware Agreement to supply 700 new VLTs is IGT's third contract with WCLC in five years – to provide 700 CrystalDual® 27 video lottery terminals (VLTs). IGT PlaySports Enters Louisiana to Power Sports Betting at the State's Largest Casino Resort IGT to Continue Operating La Junta de Protección Social Lottery in Costa Rica Jackpot! IGT and Sony Pictures Television Celebrate 25th Anniver- sary of Wheel of Fortune ® Slots Inspired launches V-Play™ Soccer 3.0, Matchday 3.0 and European Tournament with OPAP, the leading Greek betting and lottery operator GK Software establishes partner- ship with Abacus for lottery The Abacus Lottery Fusion Platform brings retailers, lottery, and vendors together - to ensure lottery can be played as seamlessly as possible across all channels of a retailers point of sale solution. CLOUD4RETAIL is GK Software’s flexible, open commerce platform providing services for the operation of 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