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Lottery ticket printer grants rare peek at operationsNews Story
For about 30 minutes this afternoon, Pollard Banknote took the unusual step of stopping its new, instant-lottery ticket press so it could show it off. We're halting production for a few minutes, not withstanding the fact we've got to get tickets out the door still to pay for this sucker, Doug Pollard, the company's co-CEO with his brother John, said as the din of the press in Ypsilanti was quieted. But we'll fire it back up after. A mostly family-owned company based in Winnipeg, Canada,
Sep 22, 2015, 9:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

Officials choose lottery logo; firms put in contract bidsNews Story
Tennessee lottery officials Monday picked a new logo from 100 proposed designs and learned they will have just two bids to choose from for one major vendor contract and three for another.GTECH Inc. and Scientific Games International were the only two firms meeting Monday's deadline for submission of bids to operate the state lottery's online network, which installs machines for selling tickets to statewide and multistate lotteries.Three bids were received for sales of instant tickets, also kno
Oct 28, 2003, 3:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

California Lottery under fire for giving away $212,500 in Scratchers on 'Ellen'Reply
I would bet good money those free scratchers were mostly duds and small prizes to ensure relatively little money was paid out. CALottery knows very well what is in the every roll they get from IGT, Scientific Games and Pollard Banknote. It is well within their abilities to make sure giveaways don't contain top prizes. Even the most badly managed lottery isn't going to tell IGT Surprise me! and leave the geographical distribution of scratchers prizes up to pure chance. Nobody would be that dumb.
Feb 6, 2020, 6:01 pm - cottoneyedjoe - Lottery News

Michigan lottery ticket plant prosperingNews Story
Ypsilanti's Pollard Banknote instant ticket factory might not make the most scratch-offs in the world. But Michiganders could still be in luck. We have made a lot of winners here, said Doug Pollard, co-CEO of Pollard Banknote. This is probably the luckiest plant for winners in Michigan. The Ypsilanti factory prints about 600 million instant lottery tickets a month for 23 states, the District of Columbia and many countries around the world, including France and Australia. Pollard said
Jul 6, 2018, 3:13 pm - Todd - Lottery News

CA Lottery - California Love - CA Lottery ScratchersReply
The extended play games like crossword and bingo are printed in Canada. On the back you'll see Made in Canada. They're produced by Pollard Banknote of Winnipeg, Manitoba. That's why I'm surprised with our lack of variety. I believe all we (CALottery) do is pick games developed by various vendors. Other states seem to have interesting games, maybe CALottery is being too conservative and only picking games similar to ones released before.
Jul 25, 2014, 10:48 pm - mrcraft - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

What state uses what terminal?Reply
I would be more than happy to help out. I also can indentify scratch-off manufacturers merely by looking at the ticket. But keep in mind many lotteries use several manufacturers to make the tickets. New Jersey, for example, most of their tickets come from Pollard Banknote and their plant in Michigan, but they also buy tickets from the other 3 instant manufacturers in the US, Scientific Games, Oberthur, and Creative Games (based in my hometown of Plant City, FL). So if you want document insta
Oct 29, 2006, 1:01 am - JimmySand9 - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Match 6 format has come to Canada!!Reply
Quote: Originally posted by CASH Only on June 19, 2006Will Canada come up with more Match 6 clones? The Canadian win for life games have cash options. Maybe, Scientific Games dominates the Canadian on-line market (although they get no Canuck business in their bread and butter instant game division, mostly because Oberthur and Pollard Banknote are based in Canada), and more and more of SG's clients are adding similar games. My guess is SC being the next to add the format. And among Canadian
Jun 19, 2006, 9:46 pm - JimmySand9 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery Vendors Object to Tenn.-Georgia PartnershipNews Story
Private lottery vendors say a proposed partnership between the Tennessee and Georgia lotteries would be unfair, expensive, and would hurt Tennessee. The vendors sent a letter to the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation last week, pointing out the risks of such an alliance.The vendors include Creative Games International, Intralot USA, Pollard Banknote and Oberthur Gaming Technologies.The four lottery companies, who have an interest in bidding for the Tennessee contracts, say a Georgia partner
Aug 25, 2003, 1:51 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
Hi Dracos, thanks!!...that $500 popped just in time. As for the $10 Diamond Mine the best I've done is three diamonds for $100, and I've probably played 25 of them or so. On the $10 Mystery Multiplayer I played a few when they first came out, and might of hit a 10X $10 but don't recall 100%. As for that game, I do wish FL would pursue more dynamic games from Pollard Banknote, like the $10 Struck by Luck, which was very unique and its app was quite thorough when it came to wins.
Jan 20, 2023, 9:38 pm - Cape $cratcher - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
What pops out to me is the ticket size of the Big ol Bens $5 game. For years FL Lotto has seemed to reserve the smallest size ticket exclusively for $1 games (like the leftmost $50 Explosion )...but from the picture it looks like the $5 BoB will be the same size as $1 games. (It also looks like it will be another game from FL Lotto's relatively new supplier Pollard Banknote). FL $5 games have, for years come 60 tickets/book for $300, and $1 games likewise 300/book for the same total. So, ever
Mar 29, 2022, 10:16 pm - Cape $cratcher - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum