47 PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL • SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024 NORTH AMERICAN NEWS Kentucky Lottery generates more than $2 billion in sales in fiscal year 2024, an increase of 14% over FY 2023 Michael “Mickey” Boardman, Director of the Maine State Lottery voted the Lead Director of the The Lucky for Life® game group starting July 2024 Virginia Lottery online sales surpass in-store retail sales for the first time Ticket sales reached $5.521 billion in 2024, smashing the previous fiscal year's $4.612 billion by an astounding 20%. Of Fiscal Year 2024's total sales, $3.07 billion came from online games and $2.45 billion came from retail sales. This is the first time online ticket sales have surpassed in-person retail sales in a U.S. state lottery. Although the shift may seem unsettling to retailers, the general sales trend shows that retail sales continue to grow alongside the rise in online sales. In Fiscal Year 2024, retailers across the state received $141.5 million in compensation, an increase from $137.3 million in Fiscal Year 2023. Retail sales increased from $2.15 billion in 2020 to $2.45 billion in FY 2024. Delaware Lottery orders sweepstakes operator Virtual Gaming Worlds to cease operations The AGA has warns that sweepstakes operators are evading state gambling laws and regulations Pennsylvania's Hollywood Casino blames skill games for slot machine reduction and ask state to at least tax skill games found in stores equally to slots After Ontario’s successful regulation of online gaming, including poker, in 2022, the Canadian province of Alberta may be taking a similar track in the coming year. New Hampshire Lottery Surpasses $631 Million in Total Sales in Fiscal Year 2024 (a 5% YoY increase), Breaking All-Time Sales Record Bally’s accepts $4.6 billion buyout from Standard General The New Yorkbased hedge fund, managed by Bally’s Chairman Soo Kim, will merge Bally’s with regional gaming operator The Queen Casino & Entertainment Inc., also part of Standard General's portfolio. House Study Commission Recommends Ohio iGaming, iLottery Maryland lawmakers will not introduce another iGaming legalization bill until 2026 Scientific Games to Continue Systems Technology Partnership with the Arizona Lottery Scientific Games' enterprise systems technology will continue to power the Arizona Lottery for an additional three years under the company's existing contract, with an option to extend additional years as part of the extension terms. The current Scientific Games systems technology in Arizona went live in 2016. Over the past eight years (2016-2024), the company's systems technology has helped power a 73% growth in the Arizona Lottery's total sales. The company will modernize the Lottery for its next era of profit growth by providing an upgraded, advanced central gaming system, as well as next-generation vending powered by SCiQ technology. "Scientific Games has been a trusted partner of the Arizona Lottery for 43 years and we are proud to continue our partnership into the coming years," said Alec Thomson, CEO of the Arizona Lottery. Scientific Games Continues as Primary Scratch-offs Partner as Louisiana Lottery Tracks for Great Year Scientific Games announces Gina Smith has joined the company as the new Vice President, Lottery Enterprise Systems Products Scientific Games to Continue Systems Technology Partnership with the Arizona Lottery Carmanah Signs Welcomes Tyson Barr as Vice President of Sales, USA Tyson joins Carmanah from IGT where, for the past ten years, he held the position of Account Development Manager and General Manager for IGT's lottery operations in Colorado. With over 20 years of experience in the lottery industry, he has overseen many disciplines including sales, client development, training, and corporate account management. 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.
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