Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> May 8, 2000
M. MARK MICHALKO is President of International Lottery & Totalizator
systems, Inc. (ILTS). He joined ILTS in 1994 as Executive Vice
President. He became President of ILTS in 1997. He is a 23-year veteran
of the lottery industry, first serving as Chief Legal Counsel for the
Ohio State Lottery, then as the Founding Director of the California
State Lottery, and later as Managing Director of Philippine Gaming
Management Corporation. As Founding Director of the California State
Lottery, Mr. Michalko created what at the time was the largest and most
successful lottery organization in North America, and the fourth largest
in the world in terms of sales, with more than 21,000 retail locations
serving a population of nearly 30 million. In a consulting capacity, he
served as Managing Director of Philippine Gaming Management Corporation,
where he created and managed the organization which implemented the
first online lottery in the Philippines. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with some history and an overview of thecompany to set the stage for readers?
Mr. Michalko: The company was founded 21 years ago as International
Totalizator Systems