Public Gaming International May/June 2020

10 PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL • MAY/JUNE 2020 LOTTERY INDUSTRY LEADERS SHARE THE VISION PREPARING FOR THE POST-CORONAVIRUS WORLD PGRI Introduction: Lottery directors and industry leaders were asked to share their views on the impact of the pandemic crisis and how Lottery might respond to the economic repercussions that follow. I so appreciate their thoughtful responses and am sure you will too. Thank you so much for your generosity and leadership! Following are forty-six visionary articles and commentaries from lottery industry leaders. This magazine does not contain the entire articles. Some of them are continued online. Please visit us at PublicGaming.com to read the entire articles. Some of the questions/talking points that were posed: ■ How will the world be different when we come out of this crisis - and how will the lottery industry, retailing, consumer shopping and recreational behavior be different? ■ What should we be doing to position our businesses for success in the post- coronavirus world? ■ Lottery has historically performed better than other sectors in an economic recession. How severely will the economic repercussions of coronavirus impact Lottery? ■ What opportunities will emerge in the post-coronavirus world? ■ Crises tend to upend the risk-return calculus of innovation to favor innovation - Do you think this crisis will accelerate the adoption of new game categories, new technologies, new business processes and distributional methods? ■ How might we inform and encourage policy-makers to evolve regulations to give lotteries more latitude to determine how and where to market the products? ■ How might we reinforce the symbiotic relationship that Lottery has always had with its retail partners? ■ What are some of the new challenges and obstacles that we will need to adjust to? NEXT PAGE