25-Jan-07. ‘Net no threat to lotto tickets. Edmonton Journal, F3.

John Pollard, the co-CEO of Pollard Banknote Income Fund says the Internet and other technologies show no sign of undermining the scratch-and-win lottery business as each attracts different clientele. Growth in North American instant-ticket lotteries was about nine per cent last year and has consistently averaged eight per cent or more annually for the past decade.