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Sir Winston Churchill said that in the mid-1940s as we were approaching the end of World War ll, referring to the need to use that time of severe disruption to be the catalyst for innovation and rebuilding a better world. Article and video below apply that to our modern world.

Greetings from Fort Lauderdale, the site of PGRI SMART-Tech.   Click here to view the PGRI SMART-Tech conference program We have just returned from the annual pilgrimage to London to participate in the EL/WLA Marketing Seminar and the largest gaming show in the world “ICE” International Casino Exhibition. This is always a fabulous way to kick off the new year.  The theme of this year’s Marketing Seminar, “What’s New?  What’s Hot?  What’s Not?” captures the spirit of this event, the reason we all come to it every year, year-after-year.  Check out the PGRI SMART-Tech program.  Our “brand” is all about engaging the leadership of the industry in serious discussions about the most forward-leaning trends and opportunities as well as the most perplexing challenges that we face in the world of regulated gaming.  We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!

Sports-betting, online casino gambling, and i-Lottery may not be new game categories for most jurisdictions around the world, but they are for the U.S. and they promise to drive a period of rapid expansion in the games-of-chance markets in the U.S. 

Greetings from the World lottery Summit (WLS) in Buenos Aires.  

Paul's Blog --  Congratulations to Dennis Berg and Team Ohio Lottery, and David Gale and Charlie McIntyre and Team NASPL for producing a fabulous conference and trade-show event. Click here to read

Paul's Blog --  How can Lottery fight back against its political adversaries?

--  NIKE's controversial decision to choose Colin Kaepernick as ambassador for its iconic “Just do it” branding campaign  

“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.” Groucho Marx - Animal Crackers 

How to define “online gambling”, “wager”, and “prize”

--  Legal precedent does not support Leagues' rights to fees for sports data

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<I'll have what she's having.>  Restaurant patron referring to Sally/Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally

Anticipating the changes that sports-betting is likely to bring to the games-of-chance industry, many operators and technology partners are striking deals and forging collaborations at a breakneck pace.  Read the blog here

Greetings from Orlando, Florida, the venue for the NASPL Professional Development Seminar. 

"You can lead a man to Congress, but you can’t make him think."   Milton Berle

"One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards."  Oscar Wilde

People will forget what you said.  They will even forget what you did.  What they will remember is how you made them feel. 

Maya Angelou 

"We are all here to help others.    What on earth the others are here for I don’t know." H Auden

“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”  Winston Churchill

Change won’t kill you.  But why take a chance? 
Brick-And-Mortar’s Next Big Challenge: 

In defense of the venerable institution of advertising and data-mining

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.  George Bernard Shaw  Click here to read

The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.  CLICK HERE TO READ        Douglas Adams

We have just posted the fabulous articles and interviews from the March/April issue of PGRI Magazine, as well as a pdf of the magazine itself.  Also posted to our video website PGRItalks.com are the video-recordings of the presentations and panel discussions from PGRI SMART-Tech Miami.