48 PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL • SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024 P U L S E Pollard Banknote Awarded Five-Year Contract Extension From The Interprovincial Lottery Corporation The original contract term began on December 30, 2013, and under this extension Pollard Banknote will continue to provide instant tickets, game design, and related services through December 31, 2028, with an option to renew for an additional five years. Pollard Banknote Reports 2nd Quarter Financial Results, ended June 30 Second quarter revenue reached a record of $137.8 million, up $7.0 million from the second quarter of 2023. EQL Games launches Team USA omni-channel lottery games in Virginia ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 Scientific Games Adds EQL Games as Newest SG Content Hub Partner Oklahoma lottery's soaring revenue boosts education funding, eyes online expansion "The last two years we've been at about $87M. If you go back to 2017 it was $53M, so you can see that big jump that we've had," Jay Finks, Executive Director of Oklahoma Lottery Commission said. Finks wants to raise the wager, betting that the state will make money if players aren't limited to in-person betting. "Our push right now is to get iLottery," Finks said. "There's about 14-15 states that have it right now." Jobs in U.S. state lotteries: California, Connecticut, Texas, DC Lottery, Georgia, Kentucky, NCEL (North Carolina), Oregon, Vermont Texas Committee to Evaluate Potential of Casino Gambling Ahead of 2025 Legislative Session WORLD NEWS IGT Signs Three-Year Primary Instant Ticket Printing Contract with Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa Under the terms of the agreement, SCML will have access to IGT's instant ticket content and innovations portfolio, including top-performing games. IGT will also provide SCML with marketing including game development and analytics. In addition to providing instant ticket games and services, IGT has been the primary lottery technology partner to SCML since 2000, and delivers retail central system hardware, software, terminal maintenance and field services to the Lottery. INTRALOT signs a three-year (3) contract extension with Premier Lotteries Ireland DAC (PLI). This extension allows INTRALOT to continue (to November 2027) providing its advanced central gaming system for the operation of the National Lottery of Ireland through a retail network of more than 4.300 INTRALOT terminals, as well as serving mobile and web players. INTRALOT announces three-year contract extension with Nederlandse Loterij Organisatie B.V. (NLO) to continue providing operations and management services for TOTO retail sportsbook. TOTO is the sports betting brand of NLO and is operated through a retail network of 4.000 POS. The contract extension is through June 2027. As per the contract, INTRALOT provides its sports betting platform INTRALOT Orion, as well as trading and risk management services coupled with monitoring and performance services for the operation of TOTO games through INTRALOT’s Photon terminals. INTRALOT announces revenue at €173.6 m and EBITDA at €59.5 m in 1H24 Allwyn completes IWG investment as Q2 financial results announced Multi-national lottery operator Allwyn now holds a 70 per cent interest in Instant Win Gaming. IWG’s co-founders, Rhydian Fisher and Simon Bucknall, will retain their roles as IWG’s CEO and COO, respectively. Fennica Gaming Launches its Successful eInstants with La Française des Jeux, FDJ The introduction of eInstants in France is the result of a collaboration with LEIA, Lotteries Entertainment Innovation Alliance, bringing together the advanced Nordic and French lotteries of the industry. This partnership has ensured that every aspect of Hong Kong Jockey Club says global turbulence behind 3% drop in racing turnover Cloud Migration: Thüringer Staatslotterie Relies on adesso for ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Modernisation La Française des Jeux (FDJ) Solid performance in the first half of 2024 Turnover of €1,428 million, up +11% compared to the first half of 2023 and +5% on a comparable basis. Australia: The Lottery Corporation Full-Year Earnings for the year ended 30 June 2024 increase by 13.8% YoY to $827 million (on pcp). Australia-based lottery retailer Jumbo Interactive has released its full-year financial results for the year ending 30 June 2024, reporting a 34.2% increase in revenue year-on-year to AU$159.3m (US$107.14m). Australia: Wagering giant Tabcorp has been hit with a record $4.6 million fine and issued directions to transform its operations, after extensive investigations uncovered multiple breaches and “systemic” problems. Australia: Online betting operator Playup Interactive received a record fine of $586,000 for offering free bets and inducing people to gamble. Nederlandse Loterij Appoints Arno de Jong as its New Chief Customer Officer UK: Gambling Commission delays implementation of Social Responsibility Code Update on direct marketing by consent Originally set to take effect on January 17, 2025, the update will now be enforced fromMay 1, 2025. This decision
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