LEGAL
AGENDA
The Vendor Meet and Greet will be held at the Hilton Omaha, Grand Central Ballroom, 2nd Floor. All other PDS sessions will be held at the CHI Health Convention Center at 455 North 10th St, Omaha, NE 68102
Monday, July 22
Noon - 3:45pm
Mega Millions Standard & Guidance Committee Meeting (CLOSED MEETING by Invite Only)
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2:00pm - 7:00pm
Registration Open
3:00pm – 5:30pm
MUSL Security Meeting (CLOSED MEETING by Invite Only)
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5:30pm – 8:30pm
Vendor Meet & Greet
Hilton Omaha, Grand Central Ballroom, 2nd Floor
Tuesday, July 23
9:00am – 9:15am
Conference Kickoff
Brian Rockey, Director, Nebraska Lottery
9:15am – 10:15am
General Session Keynote
Todd Simon, Chairman and Chief Steak Evangelist, Omaha Steaks
10:15am – 10:30am
Networking Break
10:45am – 11:15am
AI, Privacy and Other Topics of Interest
Ross Broudy, Attorney, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black
11:30am – Noon
Incident Response: Responsibilities of In-House Counsel
Ross Broudy, Attorney, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black
Noon – 1:30pm
LUNCH
Lunch sponsored by Allwyn and Aristocrat Interactive
1:45pm – 2:45pm
General Session – Lotteries in the Gaming Space
Helene Keeley, Director, Delaware Lottery
Matt Strawn, Chief Executive Officer, Iowa Lottery
Laurie Holman, Committee Counsel, Nebraska General Affairs Committee
Michael J. Pollock, Senior Policy Advisor, Spectrum Gaming Group, Executive Director, National Council of Legislators From Gaming States
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2:45pm – 3:00pm
Networking Break
3:15pm – 4:30pm
Legal Framework of Experiential Prizes
Bob Biard, General Counsel, Texas Lottery
Lea Garey, Senior Contracts Attorney, Texas Lottery Commission
Kyle Wolfe, Assistant General Counsel, Texas Lottery
4:45pm – 5:15pm
Powers Awards and Ott Brown Scholarship Presentation
Celebrate industry excellence with the annual Powers Awards and Ott Brown Scholarship!
The prestigious annual NASPL Powers Awards are presented in recognition of the significant contributions lottery and vendor employees have made through exceptional job performance. NASPL also awards one lottery professional the Ott Brown Scholarship each year, enabling the recipient to participate in the NASPL Lottery Leadership Institute at no cost.
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5:15pm – 6:15pm
Women In Lottery Leadership (WILL)
Rebecca Paul, President & CEO, Tennessee Education Lottery
Terri Rose, DED, Brand Management and Communications, North Carolina Education Lottery
Wednesday, July 24
9:00am – 10:15am
General Session Keynote – Leadership & Overcoming Obstacles for Pioneering Innovation
Jeff Koterba, Speaker, Author, and Creativity Coach
10:15am – 10:30am
Networking Break
10:45am – 11:15am
Roundtable Discussion – Couriers
Brent Stanbridge, Chief Legal Counsel, Arkansas Scholarship Lottery
Ben Freedland, General Counsel, Minnesota Lottery
James Carey, Executive Director, New Jersey Lottery
Ed Burns, General Counsel, New York Lottery
11:30am – Noon
Ethics: The Roles of Outside, In-House and Vendor Lotter Counsel
Rob Porter, General Counsel, Lotto.com
Noon – 1:30pm
LUNCH
1:45pm – 3:00pm
Roundtable Discussion – Vendor Legal Counsel
Jennifer Luhrs, Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Kentucky Lottery
3:00pm – 3:15pm
Networking Break
3:30pm – 4:45pm
Roundtable Discussion – Lottery Legal Counsel
Jordan Mruz, Attorney III, Nebraska Lottery
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5:30pm – 7:30pm
NASPL Networking Reception
The Durham Museum
Thursday, July 25
9:00am – 9:15am
Closing Remarks From Our Host
Brian Rockey, Director, Nebraska Lottery
9:15am – 10:15am
General Session Keynote – Integrity Aligns Destiny
Willie Miller, BSN, RN
10:15am – 10:30am
Networking Break
10:30am – 11:15am
General Session – Identifying and Mitigating Points of Failure: Building a Business Resiliency Program
Cathleen Atchison, Business Continuity Program Manager, Oregon Lottery
11:30am – Noon
When Office Pools Become Sophisticated Syndicates
Phil Bauer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Scientific Games
Beth Bresnahan, Chief Communications & Brand Officer, Scientific Games
Office lottery pools have long been a strategy for groups of players to compile cash and buy more tickets to increase their chances of winning. In the mid-2000s, the lottery industry saw this strategy evolve as residents of a small Michigan town and a group of MIT students pooled and risked significant sums of money, each embarking on a gamification of how to play the odds in the niche Cash WinFall game. Fast forward nearly two decades and another well-financed group has emerged in multiple states leveraging publicly available data, including top prizes remaining, to buy out game inventory. Each of these groups played within lottery and game rules, but how does their existence and repeated wins impact the perception of lottery? In this roundtable, we’ll discuss where we are as an industry in protecting the perceived fairness and integrity of lottery games; what are we doing to protect the integrity of games while upholding statutory requirements; and what jurisdictional rules about information sharing should be reconsidered in light of advances in AI and other technology to keep fair play for all.
Combined session with Product Management
Noon – 1:30pm
LUNCH
1:45pm – 3:00pm
NFL Sports Integrity Program
Sabrina Perel, Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, National Football League
Combined session with IT, Marketing and Security
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Final Networking Break
The connections made at PDS lead to new ideas, friendships and business successes. Spend this dedicated time mingling, establishing new professional relationships, and strengthening existing ones. Share a beverage, exchange contact information and connect with others before departing.