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Illinois Lottery awards $105M ad contractNews Story
Energy BBDO awarded multi-year contract worth $105 million The Illinois Lottery announced Thursday that it has awarded Energy BBDO its $105 million general market advertising contract. Energy BBDO, along with Omnicom partners OMD and The Integer Group, will assist Lottery with strategic planning, media planning and buying, creative development and production, promotion, Web development and other marketing communication endeavors. The Illinois Department of Revenue put out a request for
Jan 23, 2009, 1:12 pm - Lottery News

D.C. fines lottery operator $1.4M in ticket scamNews Story
GTECH Corp., the operator of many government lotteries worldwide, was fined $1.4 million by the District of Columbia this month over charges that its subcontractors or a partner firm hacked into the district's lottery system and printed winning tickets for themselves two years ago. The fine, which GTECH calls a blatantly political move, comes as the firm is locked in a long battle to retain the New Jersey contract it has held for more than two decades. GTECH and its Washington, D.C., partn
Sep 26, 2008, 9:56 am - Lottery News

Lottery firm fined $1.4 million over security breachesNews Story
The Washington, D.C. government has fined the company that runs the D.C. Lottery $1.4 million for security breaches, a decision that could reignite a debate over selecting the next contractor to operate the city's gaming industry. In a letter to Lottery Technology Enterprises, District contracting officer Eric W. Payne said the company failed to conduct proper oversight of its employees, allowing $72,855 in payouts to fraudulent winners and $86,166 in stolen tickets in 2005 and 2006. As a
Sep 19, 2008, 10:39 am - Lottery News

D.C. Lottery contract award put on holdNews Story
Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty is withdrawing a controversial proposal to award a $120 million lottery contract to a start-up firm in a maneuver designed to prevent the agreement from dying in the D.C. Council. Fenty (D) will resubmit the proposal in September, when the council returns from a summer recess, interim Attorney General Peter J. Nickles said. That would be the third time Fenty asks the council to give the contract to W2I Ventures instead of extending the agreement with
Jun 27, 2008, 8:01 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery stands by change of vendorsNews Story
The Ohio Lottery is staying with its decision to go with a new vendor despite complaints from the company it has been doing business with for more than two decades. In a letter Friday to GTECH Corp., Ohio Lottery Director Michael Dolan rebuffed the company's claims that the lottery botched the bidding process when it awarded a lucrative contract to competitor Intralot Inc The contract, which would begin July 1, 2009, is estimated to be worth about $170 million and could last up to 10 years
Jun 15, 2008, 1:34 pm - Lottery News

GTECH given time to fight for Ohio Lottery contractNews Story
Legislators stall the hiring of Intralot Treading carefully through a legal minefield yesterday, a panel of state legislators put off a decision to hire a new company to run popular Ohio Lottery games, including Pick 3, Mega Millions and the upcoming Keno game. The state Controlling Board, a panel of legislators that votes on major spending proposals, spurned a request by Lottery Director Michael A. Dolan to approve a one-year contract with Intralot SA, a Greek company with U.S. headquarte
Jun 4, 2008, 10:33 am - Lottery News

Contract controversy reveals D.C. Lottery's tangled rootsNews Story
Jerry Cooper, the man who helped bring legalized gambling and the lottery to the District nearly 30 years ago, called local businessman Warren C. Williams Sr. with a suggestion last year. The District's contract with Lottery Technology Enterprises, the firm that has run the city's online gaming for about 25 years, was going to expire by 2009. Would Williams be interested in bidding against LTE for the lucrative contract? No, but maybe his son and daughter-in-law would. So Alaka Willi
May 21, 2008, 8:29 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery switches games operatorNews Story
Greek company wins competition by offering $200 million in savings The Ohio Lottery is planning to turn over control of some of its best-known games Pick 3, Pick 4, Mega Millions and the upcoming Keno game to an international company that's projected to save the lottery $200 million over 10 years. Lottery officials approved a contract with Intralot, a Greek company with U.S. headquarters near Atlanta, to replace Gtech Corp. of Rhode Island beginning in June 2009. Gtech has been runn
May 13, 2008, 8:45 am - Lottery News

Software error stalls validation of some winning D.C. lottery ticketsNews Story
Glitch delayed winnings for several dozen ticketholders; cause still sought A mysterious software bug in 17 lottery machines used by the D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board in Washington left several dozen winning instant ticketholders unable to immediately cash their prize tickets last week. The problem, according to Jay Young, chief operating officer of the lottery board, was tracked to the proprietary software that validates instant tickets with winning numbers, but the exac
May 9, 2008, 8:46 am - Lottery News

Scientific Games wins Pennsylvania Lottery contractNews Story
Secretary of Revenue Tom Wolf today announced that after reviewing best and final offers, the department has selected Scientific Games International Inc. to supply terminal-based game services to the Pennsylvania Lottery. Scientific Games, based in Alpharetta, Ga., was chosen following an open and competitive procurement process. Wolf said a committee comprised of employees from the Department of Revenue and the PA Lottery began evaluating vendor proposals in July. In January, Wolf annou
Apr 30, 2008, 9:39 am - Lottery News