Published: September 7, 2022

Lottery Industry Hall of Fame Ceremony

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 The 94 members of the PGRI Lottery Industry Hall of Fame have voted for and elected four industry leaders to be inducted into the Lottery Industry Hall of Fame Class of 2022.   The Lottery Industry Hall of Fame was founded in 2005 as a means of honoring those who have done the most to promote excellence and integrity in our industry and make the world lottery industry the great success. The recipients of this award are all a credit to that ideal and are joining a select and distinguished group of world lottery industry professionals.   

Pictured above with the 2022 Honorees are current Hall of Famer's attending the ceremony honoring David Barden and Drew Svitko at the first ceremony.  Held at the Sheraton Times Square during PGRI LOTTERY EXPO NYC.  

The 2nd ceremony will be held Tuesday 18 October 2022 at 17:00 - 17:45; West Level 3 - Meeting Room 301 Vancouver Convention Centre (VCC) West, Vancouver Canada honoring Romana Giradon and Luca Espocito

Hall of Famers on hand to congratulate the new inductees in the first induction ceremony pictured L-R Bret Toyne, Jay Gendron, Lorne Weil, Mathew Whalen, Bishop Woosley, Gary Grief, John Schulz, Pat McHugh, Chuck Kline 2nd Row: May Scheve, Jennifer Westbury, 2022 Inductee David Barden, Rebecca Paul,  2022 Inductee Drew Svitko,  Wendy Montgomery, Angela Wong

David Barden 
President & Chief Executive Officer, New Mexico Lottery; President, Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL)   and 
Drew Svitko 
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Lottery; 
Chair of the Powerball Group were honored at 4:30 pm Wednesday August 31, 2022 - Eastern Time U.S. at the ​Sheraton Time Square Hotel, New York.  

Romana Girandon
President & Chief Executive Officer, Loterija Slovenije (Slovenian National Lottery); 2nd Vice President of European Lotteries  and 
Luca Esposito
Executive Director, World Lottery Association; General Secretary of the Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS).   will be honored Tuesday, 18 October 2022 at 17:00 - 17:45; West Level 3 - Meeting Room 301 Vancouver Convention Centre (VCC) West, Vancouver Canada

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