Mike Veverka, CEO and Founder of Jumbo Interactive, commented: “We are very pleased with the growth that we have achieved this half, across all our operating segments, and the positive momentum across the business. “Lottery Retailing continues to perform exceptionally well, underpinned by the improved jackpot cycle and our focus on player engagement and retention. Our SaaS and Managed Services segments continue to demonstrate good organic growth, with all our Australian SaaS clients contributing on a full run-rate basis.”

Sue van der Merwe, Managing Director of Lotteries & Keno, stated: “Tabcorp is pleased to continue its partnership with the Victorian Government with the longer term and expanded channel flexibility offered under this licence.” “The new structure will allow us to continue offering Victorian players a world class Keno product and responsibly grow the game further, backed by our extensive retail and brand presence and the expertise gained from our existing Keno online business.”

“We are all about fun and excitement in everything we do and what could be more fun than having the New Hampshire Lottery in the palm of your hand?” said Charlie McIntyre, Executive Director, New Hampshire Lottery. “With an intuitive design and a variety of features, the app is already a huge success with our players who now have a new, convenient way to engage with the New Hampshire Lottery. Aside from enhancing the New Hampshire Lottery experience for our players, the app gives us another tool to support our mission of maximizing revenue for New Hampshire schools.”

 “I want to thank Michael for his countless contributions to the Massachusetts State Lottery over the last seven years, and am grateful for his prior service at the State Treasurer’s Office,” Goldberg, who oversees the Lottery, said. “I wish him well in all his future endeavors.”   Goldberg said she has appointed Mark William Bracken to serve as interim executive director of the Lottery as she begins a search for a more permanent leader for the agency. Bracken has worked in the Treasury since 2011. He is currently an assistant treasurer and director of the state’s Unclaimed Property Division.

“Over the past four decades, the Arizona Lottery has paid nearly $10.5 billion in prizes to players and more than $1.1 billion to retailers in commissions. More importantly, the Arizona Lottery has returned over $4.8 billion to many vital state programs and services that would otherwise rely on tax dollars for their funding.” Arizona Lottery Executive Director Gregg Edgar said the Arizona Lottery has made a substantial financial contribution over four decades to the state for programs in environmental conservation, higher education, health and human services, and economic and business development. “We’re celebrating 40 years of giving back to the community, and we’re proud to have transferred more than $4.8 billion, through ticket sales, to vital programs and services throughout the state,” Edgar said. “Our ‘Gives Back’ sponsorships, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars every year, are funded with Arizona Lottery marketing dollars. These unique partnerships help nonprofits across Arizona accomplish their missions while helping the Arizona Lottery to tell its story.”

The Kentucky Lottery Corp. says the gaming machines hurt lottery sales. In a November meeting of the interim committee on licensing and occupations, Lottery Corp. President and CEO Mary Harville told state lawmakers lottery sales are down 3% in places that have the machines, compared to being up 4% in places that don’t have machines.   According to the meeting minutes, Lottery Corp. outside counsel John Goldberg called the machines “blatantly illegal.”   In an interview, Harville said the county with the most machines, Laurel County, has seen lottery sales “flatline,” while lottery sales overall are up across the state. If the machines continue to expand, they will cut into lottery sales. Lottery proceeds are used for KEES scholarships for public school students and other scholarship programs. “The impact is going to be profound if that proliferation (seen in Laurel County) occurs through the entire state,” Harville said. Pennsylvania, which has a large number of gaming machines has seen a decrease in lottery revenue, Harville said. Pennsylvania “estimated they lost over $500 million over a four-year period,” Harville said.