MAJOR PETER J. O’CONNELL LOTTERY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

PUBLIC GAMING RESEARCH INSTITUTE’S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS

2006 MAJOR PETER J. O’CONNELL LOTTERY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

JIM SCROGGINS, Executive Director, Oklahoma Lottery



This Award has been presented to lottery directors and industry executives from North America and overseas who have distinguished themselves in the lottery industry over long periods of time. Following is a list of Award recipients (alphabetic sequence):

PUBLIC GAMING RESEARCH INSTITUTE’S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS

This Award has been presented to lottery directors and industry executives from North America and overseas who have distinguished themselves in the lottery industry over long periods of time. Following is a list of Award recipients (alphabetic sequence):

George Andersen – Deceased - Former Director, Minnesota Lottery, US
Ralph Batch – Deceased – Former Director, NJ, IL & DE Lotteries, US
Ray Bates – National Lottery Director, Irish Lottery, IRELAND
Daniel Bower – Co-founder of Scientific Games; Co-Chairman Telecom Productions, US
Arch Gleason – President, Kentucky Lottery Corporation, US
James Hosker – Former Executive Director, Massachusetts Lottery + GTECH Executive, US
Cluny Macpherson – Former President, Atlantic Lottery Corporation, CANADA
Garth Manness – Former President, Ontario Lottery Corporation, CANADA
Reidar Nordby Jr. – President &CEO, Norsk Tipping, NORWAY
Major Peter J. O’Connell – Former Executive Director, RI Lottery, US
Rebecca Paul ¬– President & CEO, Tennessee Education Lottery, US
Edward Powers – Deceased – Director of First Modern US Lottery, New Hampshire, US
Jim Scroggins – Director of the Oklahoma Lottery, US
Guy Simonis – Former President, British Columbia, CANADA
Dr. Edward Stanek – President & CEO, Iowa Lottery Authority, US
Charles Allen Strutt – Executive Director, MUSL, US
James Wimsatt – Former Executive Director, New Hampshire Lottery Commission, US
*Stephen Wynn – CEO, Wynn Resorts
Jerome Young – Vice President, IGT, US
Mark Zamarripa – Former Director, Colorado Lottery, US
Greg Ziemak – Former Director, Connecticut and Kansas Lotteries, US


*Special Lifetime Achievement Award (non-lottery)