EQL Games
Jim Acton currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Business Development at EQL Games, where responsibilities include overseeing growth projections and customer outreach. Acton is also a contributor to the Public Gaming Research Institute, creating editorial content for the lottery industry's leading trade publication, and is the Principal at Acton Strategies, providing consulting support in business development for companies in the lottery and gambling sectors. Previous roles include Vice President of Business Development at Scientific Games, Director of Gaming & Lottery Licensing at Hasbro, Chief of Staff at the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission, and Senior Manager of Government Relations at Fidelity Investments. Acton holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Connecticut and a Master's degree in Communications from Boston University.
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EQL Games
As the developer of the first daily lottery game based on a live sporting event to be offered through a U.S. lottery, EQL Games is the pioneer of this exciting new game of chance sports category in lottery and gaming. This first-of-its-kind company offers a series of games based on popular sports such as auto racing, baseball, basketball, football, golf, hockey, and horse racing and partner with leagues and racetracks to integrate their iconic branding and valuable IP with the convenience of government lottery systems. Protected by US and Canadian patents, EQL Games supports its lottery offerings through a series of products and services that make its games plug-and-play for its state lottery customers. These include central gaming systems, data licensing, horsemen negotiations, intellectual property licensing, mobile apps, multi-channel marketing support, second chance raffle prizes, sports calendar development, sports league licensing, systems integrations, and video streaming.