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Kentucky Lottery First in U.S. to Achieve Dual Responsible Gaming Certification

 The Kentucky Lottery Corporation (KLC) has been awarded Level 3 Certification of the World Lottery Association’s (WLA’s) Responsible Gaming Framework. The Kentucky Lottery is the first lottery in the United States to achieve both Levels 2 and 3 of certification for its responsible play programs, and becomes one of the first two U.S. lottery organizations to achieve Level 3.

To receive this certification, WLA members must adopt the organization’s responsible gaming principles. The principles helps lotteries assess their responsible gaming programs and to keep them on a course of continuous improvement. They govern the protection of players, cooperation with stakeholders, research, advertising, the promotion of responsible gaming and the monitoring of gaming activities.

The KLC received the certification by submitting a self-assessment and implementation overview of specific responsible gaming programs. These programs include the “Play Responsibly” initiative, support for the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling and the 1-800-GAMBLER hotline, and the KLC’s addiction awareness program “Choices”. The certification was awarded by an independent international panel of corporate social responsibility experts.

“This certification shows the KLC’s commitment to responsible gaming is in line with the highest industry standards,” said KLC President and CEO Arch Gleason (who served five years as WLA president). “We’ve received state and national awards in the past for our ‘Play Responsibly’ program, and to be the first in the United States to receive Level 2 and 3 world-recognized certification is a great indicator of our program’s strength.”

The WLA represents more than 140 member lotteries from 76 countries and six continents. Only five of its members have achieved responsible gaming certification of Level 3.

 New York Lottery Achieves Level 2 Responsible Gaming Certification from World Lottery Association

The New York Lottery today announced it has earned Level 2 Responsible Gaming Framework Certification from the World Lottery Association (WLA).

New York Lottery Director Gordon Medenica said of the achievement, “As a nearly $8 billion business that raises billions for education statewide, we take our social responsibility to our players and retailers very seriously. Achieving Level 2 Certification serves as a positive, practical step in that direction.”

 The New York Lottery became a WLA member in 2009. Within 12 months of joining the international trade organization, the Lottery applied for and was granted Level 1 Certification. In 2011, the New York Lottery completed a rigorous self-assessment of its current Responsible Gaming practices required for Level 2 Certification and submitted the results to the WLA’s Independent Assessment Panel (IAP) of international experts in the field of corporate responsibility. The New York Lottery will use the IAP’s feedback to further enhance its evolving Responsible Gaming program with the goal of advancing to the next level of Certification.

The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery, contributing over $3 billion in fiscal year 2010-2011 to help support education in New York State. The Lottery’s aid represents over 15 percent of total state education funding to local school districts.

Lottery revenue is distributed to local school districts by the same statutory formula used to distribute other state aid to education. It takes into account both a school district’s size and its income level; larger, lower-income school districts receive proportionately larger shares of Lottery school funding. The World Lottery Association is an international trade organization representing 142 lotteries from 90 countries on five continents.