Medenica says the Maryland Lottery has advised retailers to force lottery players to exit the store after making their purchase. He’s also encouraged players to seek out self-service lottery machines.<\/p>\n
“We went through a whole retailer education process that seems to be working. People are going in the stores for their essential items, and they pick up a lottery ticket,” Medenica added.<\/p>\n
Another panelist in the lottery discussion was Barry Pack, CEO of the Oregon Lottery. He opined that the coronavirus should be a wake-up call for lottery officials.<\/p>\n
\nAll of us as lottery directors need to spend some serious time thinking about what a post-COVID 19 world will look like and how you fit into it,” Pack stated. “Think creatively about our customer journey and figure out what their expectations are going to be. We’re all going to be wearing masks for some time now, and we’re going to have to figure out what that means for lotteries moving forward.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The coronavirus has already modified how the two most popular lottery games in the US are played. Mega Millions and Powerball have both done away with guaranteed starting jackpots and minimum jackpot increases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing lottery sales across the country to plummet, as millions of Americans are being laid off and many brick-and-mortar retail lottery agents remain closed. The inaugural SBC Digital Summit running this week through Friday held a lottery conversation titled “State of Play \u2013 US Lotteries During the Coronavirus.” Gordon Medenica, CEO […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":134550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13699],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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