GERMANTOWN, Maryland, July 8 /PRNewswire/ —

- Five-Year Contract with Spain’s Leading Gaming Technology Company
Includes Redundant HN System and over 2800 Broadband Routers

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband
satellite network solutions and services, today announced that Sistemas
Tecnicos de Loterias del Estado (STL) has awarded its wholly owned
subsidiary, HNS Ltd., a contract to provide a geographically redundant HN
System Network Operations Center (NOC), 2800 HN7700S broadband satellite
routers, and support/maintenance services for five years. STL provides
information technology and telecommunications services to the Entidad Publico
Empresarial Loterias y Apuestas del Estado Espanol (LAE), the Spanish state
lottery authority. Handling over two million lottery transactions per year,
STL is Spain’s leading gaming technology and telecommunications company.

“We issued an RFP in order to find the most suitable communications
solution for our lower volume, more remote point-of-sales sites,” said
Alfonso Pedro Fernandez Garcia, STL’s Director of Communications and New
Sales Channels. “We evaluated mobile communications, DSL, and satellite IP
technologies, and from 15 proposals concluded that the best balance among
Quality of Service (QoS) assurance, cost per transaction, and coverage would
be provided by a satellite IP solution. We chose the HN System from Hughes
because of the capabilities of the HN7700S platform and our long-standing
relationship with Hughes. As we are migrating from X.25 to pure IP, we needed
the latest, state-of-the-art equipment which will enable us to provide better
service quality and enable future broadband applications.”
“This agreement builds upon our successful 10 year relationship with STL
and is evidence of the strategic importance of the lottery sector to Hughes
and our leadership in serving it, following major contracts with GTECH in the
US and Camelot in the UK,” said Luigi Pagni, vice president, Sales and
Marketing of Hughes Europe. “STL will now enjoy the benefits of our latest HN
System platform which is based on the world’s most widely deployed standard,
IPoS/DVBS2 with ACM (adaptive coding modulation), yielding higher throughputs
and more efficient bandwidth utilization.”
Installation of the HN System NOCs began in May and of the remote
satellite terminals shortly thereafter, with rollout scheduled to be
completed in the first quarter of 2009.

About Sistemas Tecnicos de Loterias del Estado

Sistemas Tecnicos de Loterias del Estado S.A. (STL), headquartered in
Madrid, was formed in 1988 to provide information technology and
telecommunciations services to the Entidad Publico Empresarial Loterias y
Apuestas del Estado Espanol, the Spanish state lottery authority. Over the
years, STL has maintained and updated its infrastructure and applications,
concentrating on updating equipment and on the design and development of new
solutions. Among STL’s strategies is to design and develop management systems
certified by entities of recognized prestige. Thus, STL has created a Quality
Management System certified by AENOR, in accordance with the corresponding
ISO standard and has been awarded the World lottery Association security
qualification.

For additional information, please visit www.stl.es/web/en/portada.

About Hughes Network Systems

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) is the global leader in providing
broadband satellite networks and services for large enterprises, governments,
small businesses, and consumers. HughesNet(R) encompasses all broadband
solutions and managed services from Hughes, bridging the best of satellite
and terrestrial technologies. Its broadband satellite products are based on
global standards approved by the TIA, ETSI and ITU standards organizations,
including IPoS/DVB-S2, RSM-A and GMR-1. To date, Hughes has shipped more than
1.5 million systems to customers in over 100 countries.

Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown, Maryland, USA,
Hughes maintains sales and support offices worldwide. Hughes is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Hughes Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: HUGH). For
additional information, please visit www.hughes.com.

(C)2008 Hughes Network Systems, LLC. Hughes and HughesNet are registered
trademarks of Hughes Network Systems, LLC.

Web site: http://www.hughes.com
http://www.stl.es/web/en/portada

Hughes Network Systems, LLC

SAN DIEGO, July 1 /PRNewswire/ — Pronosticos para la Asistencia Publica, the public lottery organization of the Federal Government that provides significant resources for public assistance while operating and distributing the leading lottery games nationwide in Mexico, has successfully rolled out the first mobile state lottery network in the Americas. This innovative development was made after considering the increasing popularity of mobile devices in Mexico and the technologies available to create new channels for interactive distribution of lottery games. Pronosticos para la Asistencia Publica along with Digital Orchid, the leading operator and developer of wireless content and distribution services for regulated lottery games, reached an agreement to launch an innovated system that allows people to play the lottery in Mexico from the comfort of their homes. The service is available nationwide for the popular Melate lottery game and is called Melate Movil.
Melate Movil is the first totally wireless state lottery sales channel in the Americas that allows people to participate in games and draws through mobile devices. The Melate Movil lottery service was initially made available to all subscribers of Telcel, the leading mobile phone operator in Mexico, starting April 15, 2008. With the purchase of a Melate Movil prepaid card, which are available at retail locations nationwide at a cost of sixty or one hundred pesos, players will be able to fund their Melate Movil accounts. The account will be generated once the player enters the Melate Movil system from their cell phone’s browser. This procedure prevents fraud when participating in the draw. The players’ accounts will not have minimum or maximum balance amounts since their balance will be determined by the players themselves based on the number of times they want to play and the number of cards they choose to purchase. By logging into their accounts, players will be able to play Melate con Revancha from a Telcel cell phone, without incurring any browser charges. They just have to decide which version they want to play; Classic Melate or Melatico Quick Pick
Just as easy and simple as it is to play, knowing if one is a winner is even simpler. The lottery system will let the players know when the draw is over as well as provide them with the draw results and prize amounts. The player then has the choice to either credit the prize to their account or to collect the prize money from an authorized Pronosticos para la Asistencia Publica payment center or authorized retail agent that is responsible for the prize payments for each of the draws. Telcel is not responsible for the payment of prizes; Pronosticos para la Asistencia Publica will be entirely responsible for the prize payouts.
With guaranteed prizes of a minimum of 40 million pesos and jackpots that have surpassed 400 million pesos, Melate con Revancha is without a doubt the most popular state lottery game in Mexico.
So play with Mexico, and help the public assistance organization by participating in the Melate con Revancha lottery from your Melate Movil cell phone … Do you see yourself as a millionaire on your cell phone yet?
Contact: Digital Orchid
858-847-9900
Digital Orchid

WASHINGTON, June 26 /PRNewswire/ — The D.C. Lottery’s fictional baseball team, “The D.C. Scratchers,” came to life last night at Nationals Park. The team has had the starring role in a station domination ad campaign at the Navy Yard Metro Station. The unique creation combines the partnership of the D.C. Lottery’s Scratcher ticket and the Washington Nationals Baseball team by delivering an entertaining and playful visual message for Metro Riders and Baseball fans to enjoy.
In an effort to promote the D.C. Lottery’s $2 Washington Nationals D.C. Scratcher, nine Scratcher’s baseball team members suited up and ascended upon Nationals Park in time for the Washington Nationals to take on the LA Angels.
In addition, this is the first time D.C. and Virginia Lotteries have teamed together to produce and promote an exciting lottery product that is available in the District of Columbia. The lotteries worked with licensing partner MDI, as well as Major League Baseball, to bring sports-enthusiast players this first-time ticket offering.
The Scratchers ad campaign in the Navy Yard Metro Station will only be posted through June 30, but the Washington Nationals Scratcher ticket will be available until quantities are sold out.
More than $10,000 in unclaimed prizes remains available, including a $5,000 top prize. The D.C. lottery will hold a second chance drawing on August 6, 2008 where eligible nonwinning ticket holders could claim Washington Nationals home game tickets, team merchandise and choice seating at Nationals Park.
For more information and where to play, visit .

D.C. lottery and Charitable Games Control Board

Since 1982, the D.C. lottery has awarded more than $2.3 billion in prizes to its winners and more than $1.3 billion has been transferred to the District of Columbia’s General Fund. Through its charitable gaming and licensing activities, the D.C. lottery demonstrates its dedication to support the fund- raising efforts of area nonprofit organizations.
D.C. lottery reminds all to play responsibly and Get In to Win!
D.C. Lottery

ETTERS, Pa., June 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A York County woman who won $60,000 cash, the top prize in the Pennsylvania Lottery’s $3 instant ticket game, $cavenger Hunt, picked up her winnings today.
Secretary of Revenue Tom Wolf and other lottery officials presented a ceremonial check to Anna Huggins at Rutters, 2215 Old Trail Road in Etters, York County, where she bought her winning ticket on May 20.
Huggins, who is retired from the New Cumberland Army Depot and works part time at the Red Land Community Center Food Bank in Lewisbury, said she purchases instant tickets occasionally.
“I spend a couple of dollars here and there on instant tickets,” said Huggins. “This was really a blessing to have won this money!”
As of June 18, one top $60,000 prize and three second-tier $30,000 $cavenger Hunt prizes remain in the game. $cavenger Hunt is a $3 game with eight prizes from $30,000 to $60,000; more than 1,250 prizes from $500 to $5,000; and more than $9.6 million in total cash prizes. Players can win up to 12 times on each ticket.
About the Pennsylvania Lottery: The Pennsylvania lottery remains the only state lottery that designates all its proceeds to programs that benefit older residents. Since its inception 36 years ago, the Pennsylvania lottery has contributed more than $17.4 billion to programs that include property tax and rent rebates; free and reduced-fare transit; the low-cost prescription drug programs PACE and PACENET; long-term care services; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including more than 600 full- and part-time senior centers throughout the state. The Pennsylvania lottery reminds its players to play responsibly. Players must be 18 or older. For more information on the Pennsylvania Lottery, visit .
EDITOR’S NOTE: In the past fiscal year, lottery players in York County won more than $53 million in prizes. The Pennsylvania lottery contributed nearly $20.2 million to programs that benefited seniors in the county, and lottery retailers in York County earned more than $4.9 million in commissions and bonuses.
CONTACT: Cris Stambaugh
717-702-8008
Pennsylvania Lottery

MIDDLETOWN, Pa., July 5 /PRNewswire/ — The Pennsylvania Lottery’s Millionaire Raffle game has created four new millionaires.
The selection of four $1 million raffle ticket numbers and four $100,000 raffle ticket numbers was televised live on the Lottery’s drawing show earlier this evening.
The four $1 million top-prize raffle ticket numbers selected were: 00351737, 00338908, 00234572, and 00110230. The four $100,000 second-prize raffle ticket numbers were: 00479671, 00260077, 00234155, and 00057161.
The remaining 5,992 winning raffle ticket numbers for third- and fourth- tier prizes also were selected, but were not televised due to time constraints.
A complete list of all 6,000 winning raffle ticket numbers will be available tomorrow at lottery retail locations and at .
Winning raffle ticket numbers will be listed on the lottery Web site by prize category in ascending order. The Web site will also feature a “search” function that allows players to enter their eight-digit raffle ticket numbers to determine if they hold winning tickets.
To be considered a winning ticket, the eight-digit number printed on Millionaire Raffle tickets must match the eight-digit combination selected in the drawing, in the exact sequence in which it was selected.
The $1 million top prizes must be claimed by presenting a winning ticket at Pennsylvania lottery headquarters, 1200 Fulling Mill Road, Middletown, or at any of the Lottery’s seven area offices throughout the commonwealth. A list of area offices is available at .
The $100,000 prizes can be claimed at any of the Lottery’s seven area offices or at any licensed Pennsylvania lottery retailer. Claims may be filed Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at lottery headquarters and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at area offices.
Holders of Millionaire Raffle tickets worth $1,000 and $100 can claim their winnings at local lottery retailers.
About the Pennsylvania Lottery: The Pennsylvania lottery remains the only state lottery that designates all its proceeds to programs that benefit older residents. Since its inception 36 years ago, the Pennsylvania lottery has contributed more than $17.4 billion to programs that include property tax and rent rebates; free and reduced-fare transit; the low-cost prescription drug programs PACE and PACENET; long-term care services; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including more than 600 full- and part-time senior centers throughout the state. The Pennsylvania lottery reminds its players to play responsibly. Players must be 18 or older.
For more information on the Pennsylvania Lottery, visit .
Pennsylvania Lottery

PHOENIX, June 12 /PRNewswire/ — The two winning $1 million tickets for the Arizona lottery Millionaire Raffle were sold at Fry’s Food Store, 5140 W. Baseline Road., Laveen and Circle K, 6950 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler. The two winning ticket numbers are: 157815 and 141410. The Millionaire Raffle drawing was held last night; all winning numbers can be found on the Arizona lottery website at .
“After weeks of safe-keeping that Millionaire Raffle ticket, now is the time to check your numbers!” said Art Macias, Arizona lottery executive director. “We expect hundreds of winners to collect their prizes at our offices starting today, including, potentially, the two $1 million winners. We’ve organized a block party at our Arizona lottery offices in Phoenix and Tucson to mark this special occasion.”
The Arizona lottery expects more than 700 winners to claim their prizes starting today. The “Block Party” starts at 8 a.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m. From 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., winning ticketholders will be serenaded by local radio stations, cheered on by the Arizona lottery mascot, Windfall Willie, and witness an appearance by the Phoenix Suns’ Gorilla. During this time, an Arizona lottery spokesperson will be available to provide updates on the redemption of the grand prize tickets, the number of tickets claimed, and the number of tickets still to be claimed. Parties will take place at the Arizona lottery offices located at 4740 E. University Dr., Phoenix, and 4010 E. Grant Rd., Tucson.
Millionaire Raffle ticketholders can visit to check their six-digit raffle ticket numbers. All winning numbers will be posted online today. Over $3.5 million in prizes are tied to this game. Top grand prizes include two $1 million prizes, five $100,000 prizes, 30 $10,000 prizes, and 700 $1,000 prizes.
About the Arizona Lottery
The Arizona lottery operates entirely from the revenue it generates through the sale of its products; it receives no General Fund dollars from the State. Proceeds from sales of lottery tickets — nearly 3 million per week — fund a wide variety of public projects and programs including arts, wildlife, parks, transportation, education and historic preservation in cities and towns throughout all 15 counties in Arizona. Since July 1981, the Arizona lottery has paid out over $3.3 billion in prizes to players, nearly $2.1 billion in net profit to the state, and almost $410 million in commissions to retailers.
Arizona Lottery

PASADENA, Calif., June 9 /PRNewswire/ — NearU Search () has inked a deal with Ann Arbor, MI based lottery results provider LotteryUSA () to offer the most recent draw information to members via text message. The LottoWatch premium subscription will be available in June across all 50 states.
“This is the promise of mobile convenience. The Internet is great when you have time. But time is so scarce. People are looking for ways to make information come to them. That’s where we come in.” said Heather Mlodinow, NearU Search CEO. LotteryUSA users will be able to sign up for winning number text alerts on the LotteryUSA site.
“LotteryUSA has always been about helping users access the latest lottery results with ease. NearU Search is all about providing convenient, fast, wireless access to a variety of data, making them a perfect partner for bringing LotteryUSA to the Mobile market. We are excited that NearU Search has been able to deliver this solution so quickly.” said LotteryUSA’s Fred Weiss.
Ms. Mlodinow said, “LotteryUSA subscribers will be getting winning number alerts for each lottery draw. Now we’ll be able to spot a winner — look for the gal dancing in the street waving her mobile in one hand and her lottery ticket in the other!”
About NearU Search
NearU Search is the leader in local search and premium text alerts. The company uses ground-breaking search technology to power local search and alert products through shortcode 63278 (NearU). NearU Search text products and services are designed to provide lifestyle information on the go to users who want to spend more time living and less time searching. The premium SMS products developed by NearU Search are available for mobile phones on all major U.S. carriers and boast the fastest response time in the industry.
About LotteryUSA
LotteryUSA.com first launched in 1996. LotteryUSA was founded on the idea of visitors finding the earliest and most accurate lottery results in just 1 click. For 12 years LotteryUSA.com has continued to bring visitors the most recent results, with just 1 click on the home page. LotteryUSA.com is hosted and maintained by , of Ann Arbor, Michigan, in partnership with Abound Media, Inc. of Windsor, Ontario. Lottery-Data.com has been providing lottery reporting services and results for over 20 countries worldwide since 1999.
Contact:
Antony Radbod
917.720.8053

NearU Search

RICHMOND, Va., May 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — You might call it a late-inning victory. Thirty-one Virginia lottery players who thought they had losing tickets have found out they have actually won a different set of tickets: four passes each to see the Washington Nationals play at Nationals Park(TM) in Washington, DC.
Mark Patrick of Stafford won the top prize of four Presidents Seats at a 2008 home game.
Four players each won four Diamond Seats at a 2008 home game: William Knott of Manassas, Bernard Bennick of Springfield, Michael O’Flaherty of Staunton and Tamara Oliver of Manassas Park.
An additional 12 players each won four Baseline Seats and 14 more players each won four Mezzanine Seats.
And that’s not all! An additional 120 winners will receive an officially licensed Major League Baseball(R) prize pack, consisting of a baseball jersey, team plaque, team flag, cap, windshirt and two stadium cushions.
Click here for a full list of winners:
The Washington Nationals(TM) 2nd Chance Sweepstakes is being held in conjunction with the Washington Nationals(TM) Scratcher game, offered jointly by the Virginia and DC lotteries in the District and Northern Virginia. The $2 game offers a top cash prize of $5,000.
Since 1999, all Virginia lottery profits have been designated solely to K-12 public school education in the Commonwealth. In that time, the lottery has turned over more than $3.4 billion for Virginia’s public schools, currently representing about 7 percent of annual state funding for public education in Virginia. In 19 years, the lottery has awarded more than $10 billion in prizes to players and more than $1 billion in retailer commissions.
For more information, visit . Please play responsibly.
Virginia Lottery

RICHMOND, Va., May 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — From a “reading bathtub” in the classroom to painted ceiling tiles to “trips” to faraway places… these are the kinds of characteristics that make a Virginia lottery Super Teacher Award recipient. During the past two weeks, officials with the Virginia Lottery, the Virginia PTA and Virginia-based The Supply Room Companies traveled to public schools in Virginia to present eight K-12 educators with the awards in surprise presentations.
The eight recipients are:
— Tina Bowman, Grange Hall Elementary School in Chesterfield County
— Jennifer Bunn, Indian Valley Elementary School in Floyd County
— Jenny Dean, J. P. Burley Middle School in Albemarle County
— Martha Kelly, Mount Pleasant Elementary School in Roanoke County
— Aretha Livingston, Tucker-Capps Elementary School in Hampton
— Carole Marable, Clover Hill Elementary School in Chesterfield County
— Michael Perry, Keister Elementary School in Harrisonburg
— Hanna Tomhave, Mantua Elementary School in Fairfax County

Click here to meet each recipient in a special video presentation and read the nominating essay:
The recipients were selected from more than 1,800 nominations submitted by the public. Each award consists of a cash prize of $2,000 for the teacher and an additional $2,000 classroom credit from The Supply Room Companies. Each winner represents one of the Lottery’s eight geographic regions of the state.
The winners were selected by a panel of distinguished educators and community leaders, including:
— Melissa Nehrbass, President of the Virginia PTA
— James W. Dyke, Former Secretary of Education for Virginia
— Hon. Flora Crittenden, Virginia House of Delegates, Ret
— Hon. Thomas M. Jackson, Jr., Virginia House of Delegates, Ret
— Richard E. Williams, Jr., Deputy Director of the Virginia Lottery

The judges selected the eight winners based on the strength of the nominations, each of which included a short essay, showing teachers with passion and commitment to the teaching profession, innovation and creativity in the classroom and parental involvement. In addition, three non-winning teachers from around the state will win $500 Visa gift cards in a second-chance drawing held on May 27, 2008.
“As a former teacher, I have such great respect for educators who use their talents to fire the imaginations of students,” said Virginia lottery Executive Director Paula Otto. “It was an honor to surprise each of the eight teachers with Super Teacher Awards, along with our partners at the Virginia PTA and The Supply Room Companies.”
Since 1999, all Virginia lottery profits have been designated solely to K-12 public school education in the Commonwealth. In that time, the lottery has turned over more than $3.4 billion for Virginia’s public schools, currently representing about 7 percent of annual state funding for public education in Virginia. In 19 years, the lottery has awarded more than $10 billion in prizes to players and more than $1 billion in retailer commissions.
Virginia Lottery

WASHINGTON, Pa., May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A Washington County man who won $50,000 cash, the top prize in the Pennsylvania Lottery’s $5 instant ticket game, $50,000 Birthday Dough, picked up his winnings today.
Pennsylvania Lottery’s Pittsburgh Regional Manager Terri Hopkins and other lottery officials presented a ceremonial check to Richard Harris Jr. at the Shree Enterprises/SUNOCO in Washington where he bought his winning ticket April 23.
Harris, who is a sales consultant at the Budd Baer Car Dealership in Washington, said he occasionally buys instant tickets.
“I had a birthday earlier in the month, so I decided to take a chance and asked for a Birthday Dough scratch-off ticket,” said Harris. “I never imagined I would win the top prize.”
As of May 19, 11 top prizes remain in the Birthday Dough game. The $50,000 Birthday Dough started with 15 top prizes and nine chances to win on each ticket. There are more than 250,000 prizes from $20 to $500 in the game.
About the Pennsylvania Lottery: The Pennsylvania lottery remains the only state lottery that designates all its proceeds to programs that benefit older residents. Since its inception 36 years ago, the Pennsylvania lottery has contributed more than $17.4 billion to programs that include property tax and rent rebates; free and reduced-fare transit; the low-cost prescription drug programs PACE and PACENET; long-term care services; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including more than 600 full- and part-time senior centers throughout the state. The Pennsylvania lottery reminds its players to play responsibly. Players must be 18 or older. For more information on the Pennsylvania Lottery, visit .
EDITOR’S NOTE: In the past fiscal year, lottery players in Washington County won more than $28.4 million in prizes. The Pennsylvania lottery contributed nearly $15.4 million to programs that benefited seniors in the county, and lottery retailers in Washington County earned more than $2.7 million in commissions and bonuses.
CONTACT:
Cris Stambaugh
(717) 702-8008

Pennsylvania Lottery