Casino Enterprise Management

INTRALOT Group has expanded the World Lottery Association (WLA) Security Control Standard/ISO/IEC 27001 certification in the Netherlands, covering the activities of its subsidiary in the country, INTRALOT Nederlands BV, as a lottery operator. INTRALOT Nederlands BV was certified for all functions related to the operation and support of the Lottery System...

INTRALOT's subsidiary in Italy, INTRALOT Italia, has launched a new range of real money Skill-Based Games on its website, Intralot.it. Leveraging the existing INTRALOT Interactive Player Account Management System, access to the “Skill games” is easy within the customer-centric architecture - allowing players to move with just one click from their usual products to try something new.

INTRALOT announces that it has renewed its agreement with OPAP S.A. for one year with an option to extend it for one additional year with a starting date July 31st, 2010. In the context of the agreement, INTRALOT will upgrade the existing technology infrastructure of OPAP and will provide technical support services, maintenance and operation of such infrastructure.

MelcoLot Limited, the Hong Kong listed company in which INTRALOT is a substantial shareholder, has entered into an agreement with the China Welfare Lottery (CWL) in the municipality of Chongqing, for the provision of INTRALOT’s LOTOS™ Horizon system and related services. The initial term of the contract is five years, which will renew automatically for five more years by mutual consent.

After a successful conversion to the INTRALOT system one year ago, the Ohio Lottery has posted a record sales year of $2.48 billion for the fiscal year 2010, a total that exceeds the previous year’s sales by nearly $70 million. The Lottery’s year-end transfer to the Lottery Profits Education Fund (LPEF) totaled $728.6 million - $26.3 million over last year’s transfer, and the second-highest profit transfer in the Lottery’s 36-year history.

INTRALOT’s subsidiary in New Zealand, INTRALOT NZ Ltd, has signed a heads of an agreement with the Department of Internal Affairs for an integrated gambling platform that will complement the proven electronic monitoring system of 19,000 non-casino gaming machines until 2020. An integrated on-line system to manage all gambling activity in the country’s 1,470 pubs and clubs will improve the integrity of the gaming sector and the transparency of grants to the community.

INTRALOT Group announces the acquisition of a 33% stake in Kelicom, through its subsidiary INTRALOT Holdings International Ltd. Through this acquisition INTRALOT gains access to the strategic stake that the company holds in FAVORIT BOOKMAKERS’ OFFICE LLC (Favorit), one of the leading sports betting operators in Russia as well as to its extensive customer data base.

The INTRALOT Group has successfully continued during 2009 its successful business strategy, while at the same time it has strengthened its position in most of the jurisdictions, where it operates. Always focusing on its international operations, INTRALOT Group during 2009 and the 1st semester of 2010, signed 15 new agreements in the US, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia and it proceeded with two strategic acquisitions.

INTRALOT was distinguished with the Gold –BEE Certified Award for its Business Ethics Excellence in the sectors of Business Analysis and Regulations & Communications in Internal auditing. Moreover, INTRALOT received an additional award for its continuous presence at the EBEN Model Assessment and for its being awarded for the last three consecutive years.

Christos K. Dimitriadis, CISA, CISM, head of information security of INTRALOT S.A., Greece, was elected international vice president of ISACA—a nonprofit association serving more than 86,000 IT governance, assurance and security professionals in 160 countries—at its International Conference in Cancun, Mexico, today.