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Retail environments continue to evolve along with consumer expectations. IGT’s sophisticated, all-new Retailer Vue™ camera-based terminal offers lotteries the flexibility and unique performance features to support a wide range of use-cases today and well into the future.

In the busy city of Chicago, Camelot Illinois operates the Illinois Lottery, bringing to life entertaining games while remaining dedicated to being a responsible operator that truly benefits the people of Illinois.

On the small island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, one lotto has proven that size does not matter when it comes to meaningful impact. WLA member Lottotech Ltd. committed to its engagement towards the community, and worked on its responsible gaming program, in collaboration with many stakeholders. Its efforts paid off, and it has become the first lottery in the African region to obtain the WLA responsible gaming certification level 2, 3 and then 4 twice.

In the last five years, there has been a boom in online lotteries and sports betting offerings. It is easier than ever to access services and products anytime, anywhere.

A social purpose company exists to make a better world, to be an engine for good, creating social benefits by the very act of conducting business. Its resulting growth is a positive force in society. Each company has a unique purpose and ability to have an impact, and when a company with social ambition prospers, so do all its stakeholders.

Belgian players have enjoyed eInstants since the end of 2017, when Loterie Nationale of Belgium (LNB) launched a portfolio of approximately 15 IGT casual play style games. Today, the game library has nearly doubled to include 65 games from different providers. Within the new lineup, perennial games like EmotiCollect and Wheel of Fortune® on the Road continue to be player favorites.

Spring is a time of renewal, the change of seasons that signals new beginnings and the opportunity to try something different. While a lottery’s instant ticket portfolio is stocked full of player favourites, periodically refreshing the line up is a worthwhile endeavour. Leveraging the familiarity of those enduring games with new and exciting features – in the form of new print innovations, designs, or playstyles, for example – is an effective way to boost sales. Several lotteries have made subtle enhancements to refresh games their players already know and love, injecting variety and novelty to generate excitement and chatter at retail.

“Infinity Instants™ games go well beyond the simple notion of high-definition black printing by bringing vibrant color, scene variety, and ticket-level customization to the instant product,” said Keith Cash, IGT Vice President Global Instant Ticket Services. This new and transformative IGT innovation fundamentally enhances product value and the player experience. “The technology opens a new world of opportunity for designers and lottery product managers to create game mechanics and customized graphics as never before possible, said Cash. “True to its name, the possibilities are infinite.”

Since humans started scrawling on cave walls and chiseling on stone tablets, we’ve been telling love stories. Not only is the love story as old as human existence, it’s arguably more popular than ever. Last year’s sales of romance novels from Penguin Random House were up 50%.