Public Gaming Magazine Sept/Oct 2021

64 PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL • SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2021 Tennessee Lottery Raises Nearly $500 Million for Education in 2021 The Tennessee Education Lottery transferred $499,885,000, breaking the previous record of $447.1 million set in FY 2019 and bringing the total raised for education in Tennessee since inception to $6,003,863,000. With total revenues for FY 2021 reaching $2.083 billion, surpassing $2 billion for the first time in the Lottery’s history, total education funding increased over 14% year over year. Since the Lottery’s inception, more than 1.6 million scholarships and grants have been awarded with Lottery funds. Connecticut Enacts Emergency Sports Betting and iGaming Regula- tions, Awaits Federal Approval of Amended State-Tribal Gaming Compacts Pennsylvania Sports Betting Bill Seeks Bar and Restaurant Wagering Kiosks The ever-expanding gaming industry in Pennsylvania could soon grow even larger. Legislation has been introduced that would permit sports betting kiosks inside bars and restaurants that have valid state-issued liquor licenses. The restaurant would retain 25 percent of the gross revenue their sports betting kiosk generates. The remaining 75 percent would go to the sportsbook operator and their tethered land-based casino. Lottery reports record sales as Missouri officials push for sports wagering Lottery sales were up about 20 percent, to $1.8 billion, netting $345 million after paying prizes, commission and overhead. The Missouri Lottery tallied records for ticket sales and transfers to education programs in the fiscal year that ended June 30, and if it had authority for internet-based games, the take could be even larger, lottery executives told lawmakers on Tuesday. Colorado Lottery reports record proceeds following pandemic shutdown The Lottery is celebrating its fiscal year 2021 revenue coming in at $794.9 million. That's 21% higher than fiscal year 2020 and 17% higher than its highest revenue milestone in fiscal year 2019. Record Illinois Lottery Sales Provides $762 Million To Illinois Schools Illinois Lottery players bought $2.2 billion worth of scratch tickets and over $1.2 billion in draw-based games. With the addition of many new players, digital sales through the Illinois Lottery website and app doubled over the previous year and total lottery sales grew by 21%. Scientific Games Signs 10-Year Contract For Azerbaijan National Lottery's Retail And Digital iLottery Games, Systems And Services In Asia Scientific Games Acquires Sideplay Entertainment The agreement to acquire Sideplay Entertain- ment ("Sideplay"), a leading digital "eInstant" content studio, expands Scientific Games' portfolio of iLottery content and acceler- ates the global market penetration of its iLottery business, subject to final regulatory approval. The combination of Sideplay's innovative portfolio of digital games and agile content distribution technology with Scientific Games' iLottery platforms and digital solutions is expected to increase player engagement and drive further growth of the Company's iLottery solutions in markets around the world. Scientific Games’ 7-11-21 LIVE! multi-state Facebook Live social media event draws record partici- pation with seven state lotteries, including Georgia, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Penn- sylvania, South Carolina and West Virginia. (See page 42 for more on 7-11-21 LIVE!) With the success, Scientific Games is currently developing plans for its next LIVE! program to launch in 2022. The $2 7-11-21 LIVE! instant scratch game created by Scientific Games hit lottery retail stores beginning in early 2021 as excitement built toward the Facebook Live event and it is still on sale in some markets. The game performed an average of 20% higher and as much as 80% higher than other $2 games and is driving strong proceeds for lottery beneficiary programs. Scientific Games : Partners with Atlantic Lottery to Launch First Full- Service Lottery Kiosk in Canada Scientific Games and Atlantic Lottery will launch the first full-service player self-service technology in Canada offering both lottery draw and instant games. Featuring Scientific Games’ award-winning PlayCentral® HD kiosks and a terminal software management system, the collaborative move is part of a Atlantic Lottery’s five-year contract with the Company, expanding the Lottery’s points of sale across its retailer network of 3,000 locations in the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Playtech and Scientific Games Strike Global Distribution This new partnership, featuring two of the in- dustry’s biggest companies, will enable Scientific Games and Playtech to mutually benefit from each other’s scale and reach across the U.S. in addition to regulated markets in Latin America and Central, Eastern and Western Europe. IGT Extends INTELLIGEN Contract with Atlantic Lottery Corporation Connecting 6,000 VLTs Across Four Provinces IGT has extended its contract with the Atlantic Lottery Corporation for one year to continue providing its most advanced video lottery central system, INTELLIGEN™. This extension continues IGT’s legacy of winning video lottery terminal (VLT) systems bids across Canada, as all VLTs in the country are connected by IGT’s INTELLIGEN system. IGT to Deploy Next-Generation Cashless Technology for Washing- ton's Lottery International Game Technology PLC has extended its lottery gaming systems contract to deploy next-generation cashless lottery technology for Washington's Lottery, making Washington the seventh U.S. state to leverage IGT's cashless lottery solutions. This agreement extends IGT's current contract through June 30, 2029. Washington's Lottery is among the U.S. leaders in self-service vending machine deployment, with lottery vending machines accounting for 45 percent of its entire retail landscape. IGT will implement hardware modifications and software development to outfit 2,000 lottery self-service vending machines with cashless functionality as part of the new agreement. IGT Extends Cashless Gaming Momentum to Oklahoma via Resort P U L S E