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Every week Americans eagerly scratch coins or other objects across the surfaces of some 40 million "instant-win" lottery tickets to find out if they have hit the jackpot. But whether they jump for joy or toss away another losing ticket in disgust, the national love of lotteries has made big winners of two Atlanta-based companies, Scientific Games and Dittler Bros. They are the undisputed champions of instant-win games, one of the most popular forms of legalized gambling...
...firms, which in 1984 produced 1.5 billion tickets for games in eleven states, control 70% of the instant-win lottery business in the U.S. Scientific Games' lottery revenues rocketed from $100,000 in 1973 to $30 million in 1983. Dittler Bros., a wholly owned subsidiary of Southam, a Canadian newspaper group, does not publicly report sales or earnings...
...Atlanta companies joined forces in 1974 after Scientific Games developed the idea for instant-win lotteries. The concept was based on promotional contests that Scientific, then barely a year old, had been selling to businesses. Scientific now acts as the sales agent for the games, performing all marketing, design and administrative work, while Dittler is the printer...
...they didn't A step slow getting to the puck, an instant late on a check--nothing disastrous, but not an inspiring exhibition...
...Bloomingdale's in New York City, a new tool cannily combines several grooming appliances in one 6-oz. unit. The 4-in. blower of Schildkraut's red plastic and metal gadget ($33) becomes both blow dryer and handle for the iron. Another take-along is Le Dome ($16.50) instant nail dryer. Simply insert fingers or toes into its plastic chamber, and a battery-driven fan dries them in two minutes...