6 PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL • JULY/AUGUST 2026 Visit Our Family Of Websites PublicGaming.com industry news & information PGRITalks.com videos of conference presentations PublicGaming.org PGRI conference information PGRIDigitalLibrary.com magazine archive of past issues PGRIDirectory.com listing of lotteries and vendors PGRIAwards.com Showcase of industry honorees recognized by the Lottery Industry Hall of Fame PGRI Lifetime Achievement Award Sharp Award for Good Causes Lottery Industry Statesman and Stateswoman Award Rebecca Paul Mentorship Award Collaboration Award Subscribe To Our Free Digital Newsletters Receive our daily newsletters at no charge, published 5 times a week to bring you the latest breaking news in the global lottery industry. Send an e-mail to: sjason@PublicGaming.com with “add to Daily Digest list” in the subject line. 8 FROM THE PUBLISHER Paul Jason 10 BIOGRAPHIES OF THE 2026 CLASS OF PGRI LOTTERY INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME Gretchen Corbin, President & CEO, Georgia Lottery Corporation Jesús Huerta Almendro, President & CEO of SELAE (Sociedad Estatal Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, S.M.E., S.A.), Spain Jan Karas, Chairman & CEO, Allwyn Hellas Harold Mays, Director, Illinois Lottery Stéphane Pallez, Chairwoman & Chief Executive Officer, FDJ UNITED, France Tom Seaver, Senior Director, Colorado Lottery 42 PHOTO COLLAGE: SCENES FROM EUROPEAN LOTTERIES (EL) INDUSTRY DAYS MARRAKECH CONFERENCE IN JUNE 44 PGRI AI LAB: THINKING, AMPLIFIED 46 PULSE OF THE INDUSTRY: SYNOPSIS OF RECENT GAMING INDUSTRY NEWS DEPARTMENTS 22 RETHINKING THE PLAYER LIFECYCLE: STARTING WITH THE ANONYMOUS USER Karri Paavilainen, Brightstar 26 DELAWARE’S ILOTTERY LAUNCH DEMONSTRATES THE POWER OF STRATEGIC GROWTH Scientific Games 30 LOTTERY COMPETITION, PART 1: 7 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT PREDICTION MARKETS Don Silberstein, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, SCA 31 MICHIGAN GAMING CONTROL BOARD ENDS NCPG MEMBERSHIP OVER Kalshi Affiliation 32 INNOVATION THAT LEADS: DRIVING THE FUTURE OF CROSSWORD THROUGH CONTINUOUS EVOLUTION Pollard Banknote 34 CLOUD SPEED, PROVEN INTEGRITY: CLOUD MADE POSSIBLE BY PROOF, BUILT ON TRANSPARENCY Helena Pereira, Vice President, Szrek2Solutions 40 EL INDUSTRY DAYS 2026: BRIDGING CONTINENTS TO ADDRESS COMMON CHALLENGES AND SHAPE THE FUTURE OF LOTTERIES FEATURED ARTICLES CONT.
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