Tom Shaheen
Tom Shaheen
agencies areas assistance behind computers education event giant hard help historical include money numerous people pieces providing puzzle raise sales scenes software state testing ticket together training
There are many different pieces of this giant puzzle that need to come together. The pieces that must come together include installation of ticket terminals, training retailers, testing software applications and so much more. There are many people working very hard behind the scenes in such areas as administration, finance, sales and computers to help raise money for education and make this historical event happen. In addition, numerous state agencies are providing assistance to us, as necessary.
moving
We're just going to keep moving forward. We're not going to do anything differently.
employees involved
This is probably the smoothest startup I have been involved with. This earns all the employees their startup bonus.
far top total venture
I would venture to say we are one of the top startups in the U.S. as far as total sales.
advertising campaign certainly order soon start
In order to start a lottery, you need to get everything done as soon as possible. It certainly hinders your advertising campaign if you don't have that (logo) out there.
billion certainly large lottery means nervous occasional players population reason states
A billion one-fifty (in sales) is certainly a challenge. The reason I'm not too nervous is you have such a large population, and a large population for a lottery means you have a lot more occasional players than most states do.
achieved best evaluation greatest integrity
We conducted an evaluation that was fair, comprehensive, had the greatest integrity and achieved the best results.
forward move until
We're going to move forward until we're told differently.
assumption based happens highly lottery poll tickets until
We want to see first how the lottery is received. Based on all of the polls, we're making the assumption that it's going to be very highly received. But a poll is a poll, and until we actually see what happens when tickets go on sale, we'll have a better idea by then.