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Tennessee Lottery CEO elected President of the World Lottery AssociationNews Story
Rebecca P. Hargrove, President and CEO of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation, has been unanimously elected and is the first female President of the World Lottery Association (WLA). Rebecca's leadership and vision have created an exceptional lottery organization in Tennessee that has provided billions of dollars in support of education initiatives in the state, said Susan Lanigan, Chair of the Tennessee Lottery Board of Directors, and those traits, along with her more than 30 years o
Nov 27, 2018, 6:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News

South Africa has become hotbed of lottery fraudNews Story
South Africa has become a criminal base for 419 international lottery fraudsters attempting to defraud people from around the world by sending unsolicited emails of false winning notices.This was revealed by Uthingo Management Corporate Services Director Dawid Muller at the World Lottery Association Convention and Trade Show, which is taking place at the International Convention Centre in Durban this week.Muller also released a list of lottery scam organisations that have been attempting to defr
Nov 16, 2004, 8:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

World Lottery Association president urges veto of warning labelsNews Story
Florida's first lottery secretary called on Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto legislation placing warning labels on tickets. Rebecca Paul Hargrove, now president of the World Lottery Association, said Florida could set an unfortunate precedent. Should the bill (HB 629) become law, it could hurt lottery-funded programs nationwide. The instant scratch-off games have been around for over 45 years, and sales of these games continue to grow every year, Hargrove wrote in a letter to DeSantis, but more
May 20, 2019, 9:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery CEO elected President of the World Lottery AssociationReply
Congratulations to Ms. Rebecca P. Hargrove for being unanimously elected and is the first female President of the World Lottery Association (WLA). She is a woman in a Man's World. I hope she is successful. I now recognize that when you do the media availability when claiming your prize you will be seen by over 140 government-authorized and licensed lottery organizations from more than 80 countries on six continents. All those lottery employees will rejoice with you the winner. This will
Nov 27, 2018, 10:07 pm - music* - Lottery News

World Lottery Association unanimously re-elects Tennessee Lottery CEO as PresidentReply
She needs to pay attention to her own state lottery. Tn Lottery has gone down hill since she was elected world lottery association president.
Oct 19, 2020, 8:39 am - pcurtis - Lottery News

World Lottery Association unanimously re-elects Tennessee Lottery CEO as PresidentNews Story
By Kate Northrop Rebecca Paul Hargrove, the current CEO of the Tennessee Lottery, will continue to serve as WLA President, marking the second time she was elected for the two-year term position. The WLA is an international member-based organization made up of 154 official government-run lotteries and other licensed lottery organizations from 85 countries. It was established as a way for lotteries to develop relationships with one another and to create international standards and regulation
Oct 16, 2020, 3:47 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery director Gordon Medenica to retireNews Story
Maryland Lottery and Gaming Director Gordon Medenica announced on Thursday that he will be retiring from his position as the head of the Agency on June 1. Appointed by Governor Larry Hogan in 2015, Medenica has had notable success running the Agency, consistently setting revenue and profit records. The fiscal year ending June 30 will be another all-time record for the Maryland Lottery. I feel incredibly fortunate for the many unique and wonderful experiences I have been afforded during my
Apr 16, 2021, 1:33 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Coronavirus begins to impact lottery industryReply
80%.................and why wouldn't TN be in that 80% ? Simple answer there....Because we have Rebecca at the helm...You know her..The new President of the World Lottery Association (WLA)........Great leadership Becky Last Press release you ask ?? .................2-09-2020 https://www.tnlottery.com/newsroom?year=2020 If you can find something new in here,drop me a line http://www.tnlottery.com/ *TN Lottery still wont put the cash value of the PB/MM/LA on their website. Nor d
Mar 17, 2020, 9:53 am - CDanaT - Lottery News

NJ Lottery Director Hedinger announces retirementNews Story
Carole Hedinger, New Jersey Lottery executive director, has announced her retirement, which was effective December 31, 2017. Hedinger began her lottery career as deputy executive director of the New Jersey Lottery in 1994. She became acting director in 2003, serving for a year before moving on to the position of chief clerk at the Ocean County Surrogate Court in 2004. Hedinger served in that capacity until June 2010 when Governor Chris Christie selected her to lead the Lottery as its executiv
Jan 3, 2018, 11:58 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery awards management contract to CamelotNews Story
By Todd Northrop Ending a years-long process of replacing its current management company, the Illinois Lottery today awarded its private management contract to Camelot Illinois, LLC essentially the same company that operates the United Kingdom's lottery. The Lottery's Notice of Award was posted to the Illinois Procurement Bulletin after the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office of General Services certified the procurement rules for selecting the private manager were correctly followe
Sep 22, 2017, 7:51 pm - Todd - Lottery News