Olli Sarekoski, Veikkaus President and CEO: ”Veikkaus’ year 2019 had a good start in terms of business. The result was affected especially by a Lotto jackpot, which rolled over for six weeks in a row. February also brought with it the biggest jackpot won in Lotto’s entire history, EUR 15.5 million.

“Thanks to IGT’s PlayBingo platform, Norwegian players are responsibly enjoying a new and more entertaining Bingo experience, enhancing our program and keeping proceeds in Norway to support arts, sports, and cultural initiatives,” said Hans Erland Ringsvold, Head of Gaming Operations, Norsk Tipping.

“As a leader in regulated digital gaming, Norsk Tipping has recognized the benefits of PlayBingo not only as a baseline product with crossover appeal, but as a vertical that supports responsible gaming through its social aspect and low average player spend,” said Declan Harkin, IGT Senior Vice President and COO, International. “Our experience in WLA markets in Europe and North America have proven that PlayBingo is a powerful driver of player acquisition and player retention, while accelerating growth across an operator’s entire digital offering.”

“We’re in the business of making fun things happen,” said Mark Michalko, executive director of the N.C. Education Lottery. “This game not only offers a great top prize, but once-in-a-lifetime trips to Los Angeles where you can see the Wheel of Fortune show and compete for a $1 million prize. Along the way, this fun will help the lottery meet its mission of raising money for education.”

Jordan Levin, Group Chief Executive, Digital at Scientific Games, said: “We are proud to highlight the evolution of our sportsbook and casino products and services at ICE North America, a show that provides the perfect platform to showcase our landmark OpenSports product suite and winning casino content. Our unified product portfolio represents the next step in empowering our partners to deliver enhanced customer engagement as we continue to offer more innovative solutions for today’s players.”

"IGT's passion for driving the player experience forward and for creating growth opportunities for our customers will be evident at G2E Asia through our next-generation systems innovations, and our localized content roadmaps for the CrystalCurve and CrystalDual 27 cabinets," said Walter Bugno, IGT CEO International. "Increasing the quantity of market-approved games that IGT is delivering for Asia enables us to help our customers diversify and modernize their slot floors, and positions IGT to grow its regional footprint."

“New York’s long history of increasing earnings for New York’s public K-12 schools is a direct result of sound business planning, mature and responsible stewardship of our lottery and video lottery products, and a fundamental continuous improvement effort,” said Commission Acting Executive Director Robert Williams.  The New York State Gaming Commission’s Lottery and Video Lottery operations today reinforced their collective standing as North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery businesses by becoming the first to break $10 billion in combined sales and net win for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019. Combined, the record-breaking earnings generated $3.47 billion in Lottery Aid to Education which accounts for 13 percent of all New York State School Aid disbursed in FY2018-2019

“The Illinois Lottery is proud to support such a worthy cause with this ticket that helps honor the men and women who put their lives on the line to protect the people of Illinois,” Illinois Lottery Acting Director Harold Mays said.

"From a sales and proceeds standpoint, we have never been in a better position at this time in a fiscal year,"  lottery Director Bishop Woosley said. "If this trend holds, we may surpass our previous record for sales and proceeds."

"Our results for the quarter were in line with our guidance, driven by solid participation revenue, growth in Virtual Sports, and reduced overhead expenses," said Lorne Weil, Executive Chairman of Inspired Entertainment. "Most importantly, our high-margin Virtual Sports business, which includes Interactive, delivered a great underlying performance, increasing 11.0% on a functional currency basis."

“A team of experts will be on-site to present to you our world-class sports betting platform INTRALOT Orion that successfully anticipates our customers’ modern needs and serve the current and future market demands. INTRALOT Orion the most advanced, feature-rich and versatile sports betting platform offers innovative playing and reasonable gaming in a simplified, cost-efficient, and growth oriented way,” said Byron Boothe, INTRALOT USA Acting CEO.

Jennifer McKee, Montana Lottery Communication Manager, says they are still in the design phase but feel confident in being able to rollout sports wagering just like any of their other games. “We’re really just following the same process that that we develop everything with,” said McKee, “Sports wagering is legal in many states in the United States, it’s legal around the world and in most of those places it’s the Lottery who does it.”