Research and Markets: Lottery Benchmarking and Success Factors - Benchmarks, Success Factors, and Best Practices, the Updated 2nd Edition

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/602c22/lottery_benchmarki) has announced the addition of the "Lottery Benchmarking and Success Factors - Benchmarks, Success Factors, and Best Practices, Updated 2nd Edition" report to their offering.

The updated benchmarking report for the global lottery industry includes analysis of sales, costs, and sales channels

To compete successfully in the global marketplace, lotteries want to know as much as possible about benchmarking and success factors, as WLA benchmarking seminars and several regional initiatives have shown. Moreover, we have also repeatedly been approached by many lotteries asking for an analysis of industry benchmarks.

In summer 2007 we published our first lottery benchmarking study, which was very well received. Last year, as more and more requests came in from clients, we decided to update the study. Now MECN is proud to present the second edition of our benchmarking study.

The updated study includes:

Analyses of data from more than 150 lotteries for the years 2006 and 2007 .
Selected 2008 analyses - The impact of the global financial and economic crisis on state lotteries.
Sales benchmarks - Total sales and product related sales (e.g., lotto, betting, instant, ).
Sales channel benchmarks - Number of residents and catchment area per average outlet, interactive/Internet sales per capita and per registered user,
Operating expenses benchmarks - Operating expenses in % of sales and analysis of economies of scale.
Marketing benchmarks - Marketing/advertising expenses in % of total sales, min. and max. spending, and optimal media mix of the ad budget.
Human resource benchmarks - Personnel expenses in % of total sales, average personnel expense, and sales per employee.
Various others - Retailer commissions, prizes, IT and communications,
Updated best practices as well as success factors.

The analysis of the success factors is based on a survey conducted among nearly 50 executives of the foremost European and US lotteries - among them the who-is-who of the lottery industry. In total, the second edition has 98 pages and over 80 graphs/exhibits

Almost 100 Companies Mentioned, Some Include: