Circle K First to Give Customers Self-Serve Lottery Through In-Store Kiosks in California.Business Editors TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2003 Circle K convenience stores The following is a list of convenience stores organized by geographical location. Stores are grouped by the lowest heading that contains all locales in which the brands have significant presence. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : COP) has launched a self-serve lottery feature on selected ZapLink Web-based kiosks in its California stores. This innovative offering was created for Circle K in conjunction with Info Touch Technologies (TSX Venture Exchange TSX Venture Exchange Originally called the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX), this was a result of the merger of the Vancouver and Alberta stock exchanges. The goal of TSX Venture Exchange is to provide venture companies with effective access to capital while protecting investors. : IFT IFT Institute of Food Technologists IFT Institut für Fenstertechnik (German: Institute for Window Technology) IFT Illinois Federation of Teachers IFT Integrated Flight Test IFT Interfacial Tension IFT Institute for Tropospheric Research ), GTECH Holdings Corp. (NYSE: GTK See GTK+. ), and the California Lottery. Circle K is the first retailer in the country to offer customers the convenience of purchasing lottery tickets on a kiosk using a simple Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. solution. Placing the lottery function on ZapLink improves the gaming experience and eliminates the need for lottery customers to go through a cashier to purchase online tickets. Customers may still purchase lottery tickets from a cashier if they choose to do so. Circle K convenience store customers can now play their favorite online lottery games at nine ZapLink e-services kiosks at select stores in Modesto and Sacramento, Calif. "Playing lottery games on the ZapLink kiosk provides players with a fun, exciting playing alternative," said Scott Templeton, innovations group manager for Circle K. "The addition of the lottery sales capability creates a significant convenience for our many customers who are lottery players, while at the same time satisfying our desire to keep lines at the counter shorter, especially when sales increase during large jackpots." "We are pleased to team up with such an outstanding group of partners in what we believe is a natural fit and product offering for our convenience store network and their customers," said Hamed Shahbazi, chairman & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Info Touch Technologies. "We believe the creation of the self-serve lottery application will expand both lottery and retail opportunities to customers in a way that captures and harnesses the power of emerging technologies," said James Breindel, retail product manager of GTECH. "In California, this has become an innovative alternative to standard lottery retailing and an example of the California Lottery's commitment to maximizing revenue for public education," said Tony Molica, California Lottery's chief executive officer. In addition to the opportunity to play the lottery on a self-serve basis, customers will be able to use the ZapLink kiosks to pay utility bills, and purchase pre-paid telecommunications services, such as long distance and cellular. The kiosks also allow customers to access news and information over the Internet, including a locator service for maps and driving directions; e-mail; online shopping; Internet surfing; access to entertainment and games; and the capability to download electronic media, such as music and software, to portable customer devices. For more information on ZapLink or to find a Circle K location nearby, logon to www.circlek.com or call Circle K's toll-free customer service number 877-CK-SERVICE or 877-257-3784. About Circle K Circle K is a registered trademark of ConocoPhillips or its affiliates. Circle K convenience stores are located in 18 states and seven countries. ConocoPhillips is a major international integrated energy company headquartered in Houston with operations in more than 40 countries. More information is available at www.conocophillips.com and www.circlek.com. About California Lottery The California Lottery sells its products through a network of more than 19,000 outlets statewide. The Lottery provides 51.9 percent of its revenues to players as prizes, 34.9 percent to public schools and 13.2 percent for administrative expenses, which includes 6.8 percent for retailer commissions. Since 1985, the Lottery has raised more than $15 billion for public schools. The Lottery's contribution equals approximately 2 percent of the state's total education budget. About GTECH GTECH, a leading global information technology company with $1 billion in revenues and 4,600 people in 43 countries, provides software, networks, and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. that power high-performance, transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. solutions. The company's core market is the lottery industry, with a growing presence in financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. transaction processing. For more information about the company, please visit GTECH's Web site at www.gtech.com. About Info Touch Recently named one of Canada's Profit 100 and Deloitte and Touche's Fast 500 (in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ) companies, Info Touch is North America's leading provider of kiosk software-based security and management solutions. Surfnet Premiere, its flagship software platform, is the Fortune 1000's preferred solution for public Internet access. Established in 1997, Info Touch provisions premiere kiosk technology solutions that help drive bottom-line benefits through the convergence of online and offline operations. Info Touch clients include: Chapters Indigo, Coca-Cola Corp., Future Shop/Best Buy, Macs/Couche-Tard, ConocoPhillips/Circle K, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, KB Home, Chase Manhattan Bank The Chase Manhattan Bank, now part of JPMorgan Chase, was formed by the merger of the Chase National Bank and the Bank of the Manhattan Company in 1955. The bank is headquartered in New York City. , Merrill Lynch/HSBC, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. , the U.S. Army, Marines Corps and Navy. |
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