Making Deals -- Access Gaming Systems Europe said today that it has signed a new five-year contract with the French State Lottery -- La Francaise des Jeux -- which uses Access' "Xenia" interactive gaming product. Paul Barnes, vice president of sales and marketing for Access, said the French State Lottery is his group's flagship client. "LFDJ have created an extremely interesting product set and AGS is supplying some of the key enabling technology to help them fulfill their business objectives on interactive channels," he said.
UK News -- New Media Zero reported today that Sky Digital and Avago, an interactive gaming channel on the Sky platform, have made an agreement regarding Sky's announcement earlier this month that by July 21 it would not allow gaming operators to offer non fixed-odds gaming. The agreement includes changes to Avago's offerings to make the channel comply with Sky's new rules.
Names and Faces -- Magna Entertainment Corp. is announcing the resignations of Ed Hannah, its executive vice president of corporate development and general counsel; and Peter Beresford, its vice president for marketing and strategic planning. Hannah is leaving for a position with Magna International Inc. and Beresford is pursuing other business opportunities.