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The Lottery generated more than $492.8 million for educational programs for Fiscal Year 2020 ending June 30.  “I am incredibly pleased that the Lottery is making a significant contribution to education for the upcoming year.” said the Lottery’s Executive Director Hogan Brown. “Faced with the global pandemic, the Lottery reduced its advertising, focused on beneficiary and play responsibly messaging, and cut costs wherever possible. On behalf of students throughout South Carolina, I thank our hardworking retailers and loyal players.”

Sarah M. Taylor, Executive Director of the Hoosier Lottery will be serving as the 31st MUSL Board President and the first ever to serve from the Hoosier Lottery. "It’s my honor to help lead our member lotteries with a strategic plan to help each one responsibly maximize profits for all the good causes they support,” said Taylor. At its annual meeting, MUSL Board of Directors also elected, Angela Wong, Director of the Montana Lottery, and Bishop Woosley, Arkansas Lottery Director as Vice President and Secretary of the Board respectively. “This year has given each of us challenges never faced and new unchartered waters to navigate,” said Taylor. “We have learned much about our industry, our players, our communities and our beneficiaries. Now, we are implementing the knowledge gained for future success.” In addition, the Powerball Product Group elected May Scheve Reardon, Missouri Lottery Executive Director, to serve as Product Group Chair and Pennsylvania Lottery Executive Director Drew Svitko Vice Chair for Fiscal Year 2021.

“The casinos worked intensely with us and with each other to share best practices from across the gaming industry as they developed their reopening plans,” said Maryland Lottery and Gaming Director Gordon Medenica. “There was great cooperation on all sides, and a true focus on ensuring that the casinos are safe for both employees and customers.”

"Powerball is the number one product of the Multi-State Lottery Association and has successfully helped generate billions for good causes. Each member lottery offers one or more multi-jurisdictional game, and all profits are retained by the individual lotteries to fund projects or purposes approved by their authorizing legislatures. In Indiana alone it helps us contribute to police, firefighter pension fund and teacher’s retirement funds to the tune of $30 million each, said  Sarah Monnett Taylor, Executive Director of the Hoosier Lottery.”

"The next 10 years will see a lot of advances in the lottery industry both in Australia and abroad. The new 10-year reseller agreements are the longest ever term in Jumbo's history and provide a basis for continuing expansion," CEO and Founder Mike Veverka commented. "In addition, growing the Australian online lotteries business with continued access to Tabcorp's existing successful portfolio of lottery games, Jumbo will continue to pursue international lottery opportunities, leveraging Jumbo's lottery software-as-a-service (SaaS)," he added.

At the time of writing the 2019 Annual Report, the world faced the pandemic spread of Covid-19. In only a few weeks, businesses, and society came to a near full standstill in an attempt to halt the virus. The consequences, as well as the never before seen measures to deal with this situation, were felt by lotteries, and no doubt case a shadow over the 2020 developments in the sector. Nonetheless, EL reflects on a successful 2019 and is pleased to present an overview of its activities, which would not have been possible without the ongoing support of EL Members.

"A simplified organizational structure grounded in our core competencies creates a stronger, more focused IGT," said Marco Sala, CEO of IGT. "We have always maintained a customer-first mentality and are positioning ourselves to meet ever-evolving needs in a dynamic, global marketplace. Global product segments enable us to leverage our extraordinary talent, unique insights as both an operator and service provider, and economies of scale to continue delivering unrivalled gaming experiences and create value for all stakeholders."

The lottery has hired Danielle Boyd as sports gaming operations vice president and Danny DiRienzo as sports gaming investigator