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N.C. Lottery Commission Awards Vendor ContractsNews Story
The North Carolina Education Lottery Commission awarded contracts for both instant-win tickets and lotto-style games to GTECH Holdings Corp. on Monday. The deals were estimated to be worth $19.2 million in the first year alone.Tom Shaheen, executive director of the lottery, said the selection process was fair, comprehensive, had the greatest integrity and achieved the best result. He said he felt good about the selection, adding: I think we have a really strong company. GTECH, which is headqua
Jan 31, 2006, 6:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

Scientific Games appeals N.J. Lottery's award to GTECHNews Story
Overbid by nearly $32 million in its unsuccessful attempt to get the state's lottery contract, Scientific Games filed a protest Tuesday claiming officials skewed the bid proposals to keep its current operator.Earlier this month, the state announced its plans to give GTech Corp., the current lottery operator, a new five-year contract, even though it wasn't the low bidder. The state justified the decision by saying GTech offered a more secure and reliable system and outscored Scientific Games on a
Nov 23, 2005, 8:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery privatization announcement expected WednesdayNews Story
Southtown Star Editorial Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is about to make a billion-dollar decision to which most of us haven't paid much attention. For months, consortiums and companies have been working behind the scenes to become the jackpot winner of a prize that will set an international gambling precedent. Illinois is soon to become the first in the United States to turn over its state lottery operations to a privately owned company. How this experiment progresses undoubtedly will set preced
Sep 14, 2010, 8:08 am - Todd - Lottery News

21 CombinationsReply
Well, I'm not the one claiming that 'lottery is rigged' thus I don't have to offer a theory to that end .... the onus is on you to prove your theory of a world-wide lottery conspiracy. So far you have not posted anything that could be even remotely considered proof, it's all been speculation. Further, among other things, it's blanket statements like this one: what makes GTECH the big boss or the backbone of the lottery worldwide which just don't cut the mustard. For example, GTECH provides no
Apr 2, 2009, 7:23 pm - lottoshlep - Mathematics Forum

Brazil lottery cancels GTECH contract over Lottomatica acquisitionReply
No surprise here - CAIXA would have been lost to GTECH even without their being accuired by LOTTOMATICA! This vendor's reputation for heavyhandedness has eventually come home to roost and CAIXA seized the chance to fire them when other jurisdictions (especially in the US) started voicing concerns about potential security and 'sovreignty' effects, created by the proposed merger. Added to this reverse, is the fact that competion from INTRALOT and to a lesser degree SCIGAMES has already ro
Aug 9, 2006, 4:29 pm - PELHAMMR - Lottery News

Why did NJ give lottery contract to the highest bidder?News Story
Part 2 of a 3-part look at the New Jersey Lottery A month after a new contract to operate the New Jersey's lottery was supposed to begin, officials still have not determined whether to go with a new company that bid about $75 million for the five-year pact, or the existing operator which bid nearly $32 million more. Last fall, the state awarded a new five-year contract to GTech Corp., which bid $106.7 million. With a bid $31.7 million lower, Scientific Games filed a protest saying the stat
Jul 25, 2006, 9:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

UK lottery operator license up for grabsNews Story
The licence to run the national lottery is up for grabs again, but some hopefuls say that the bidding process favors Camelot, the current UK Lottery operator. As the sun beat down on the Hyatt Regency hotel in M rida, on the Gulf of Mexico, several hundred delegates gathered inside last February for the World Lottery Forum. Representatives of lottery operators from Niger to New Zealand were welcomed by Mexican president Vicente Fox. They were there for their annual conference to discuss th
Apr 3, 2006, 9:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

HOW MANY STATE LOTTERIES do NorthStar and GTECH operateReply
Jul 16, 2014 12:41pm EDT Related: Deals, Italy Italy's GTECH to buy U.S. slot machine maker IGT in $6.4 billion deal In 2006, under the name of Lottomatica, the Italian company bought U.S. - listed GTECH in a deal worth at the time around 4 billion euros. IGT makes popular slot machines bearing brands such as that of TV show Wheel of Fortune and science fiction film Avatar . By buying the firm, GTECH - the world's No.1 lottery operator - will become a major global player in the c
Nov 8, 2015, 11:12 pm - Pogo - Lottery Systems Forum

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FilosOn Italia, Do you have state lotteries like on the United States or a Lotterie Nazionali? and what are or what is the internet site(s)? I found some sites, are these the sites and why so many and are there any more government lottery sites?http://www.sisal.it/home/sisal_front_door/1,2473,home,00.htmlhttp://www.lottomatica.it/http://www.coni.it/And what about this site?http://www.giocodellotto.com/mercoled 26 maggio 2004 HOME GIOCHI RICEVITORI SERVIZI SISAL Schedine interattive |S
May 26, 2004, 12:39 pm - LANTERN - Lottery Discussion Forum

Kansas Lottery officials mull GTECH systems failureNews Story
Kansas Lottery officials already had more than their hands full with the selection of gaming license applicants for their four casinos so they really didn't need another problem. But, there it is: a casino data systems failure from GTECH, the Providence-RI-based firm that manages the state's lottery activities. It was defective software, pure and simple, said Ed Van Petten, lottery executive director, in describing the systems failure. GTECH, a former publicly-traded American company, was
Jul 15, 2008, 11:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News