Arkansas Lottery Revenue Tops $516M for Fiscal Year
Arkansas' lottery says it sold more than $516 million in tickets for the fiscal year, setting a new record and raising more than $98 million for college scholarships. read more >
Tagged: Arkansas Scholarship Lottery
Update: Heathcott v. CJRW: Will Extra Time Bring Deal?
Facing a $1.3 million breach-of-contract suit from longtime Little Rock adman Gary Heathcott, marketing agency CJRW is taking a few weeks to answer the legal complaint and may be considering settlement talks, several observers suggest. read more >
AEDC Names Mitch Chandler Director of Executive Communications
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission names Mitch Chandler to a new position, director of executive communications. read more >
Woosley Accepts Leadership Role in Lottery Association (Movers & Shakers)
Bishop Woosley has been elected first vice president of the North American Association of State & Provincial Lotteries in Concord, Ohio. read more >
CJRW, Waymack & Crew Hit Award Jackpot for Lottery Spots
CJRW and its neighbors and frequent partners across Main Street, the video production team at Waymack & Crew, brought home some shiny trinkets last month at the Hermes Creative Awards and Telly Awards. read more >
Red Flags and Rationalization (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Two separate cases involving lotteries in Arkansas and Iowa may have shared tech, lies and videotape in common, but that's where the similarities end. read more >
CJRW Drops Gary Heathcott From Scholarship Lottery Work
Little Rock marketing agency CJRW has removed Gary Heathcott from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery account, the agency says, less than three years after acquiring his services and his list of clients in a much-ballyhooed deal. read more >
Bar Association Honors Attorney Bill Waddell for Pro Bono Work (Movers & Shakers)
Bill Waddell was recognized earlier this month as one of five recipients of the American Bar Association’s Pro Bono Publico Award for 2017. read more >
Disputed Contracts Place Procurement in Spotlight
Disputes over recent state contracts have put Republican lawmakers at odds with the Republican governor, angered potential vendors and muddied understanding on what businesses can expect from the process of awarding state work. read more >
CJRW Lottery Strategy: Playing To Win Over Millennials
The day after CJRW signed a hotly contested $34.5 million advertising contract on Feb. 16, a team led by Gary Heathcott at CJRW was busy putting a new face to the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. read more >
State Seeks Pricing in New Bids for Tourism Ad Contract
The state reopened the bidding process on its largest advertising contract Wednesday afternoon, seeking pricing information from ad agencies hoping to land a $14 million-a-year pact for marketing Arkansas tourism and the state parks system. read more >
State Cancels Bid Process for Tourism Advertising Contract
The State Office of Procurement canceled its bid solicitation for the state’s biggest advertising contract — the $14 million-a-year deal for marketing state tourism — just days before written responses from agencies were due. read more >
Lottery Ad Contract Process Reveals Fissures
It wasn’t smooth, but the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery has a new advertising agency, CJRW of Little Rock. read more >
Panel OKs Lottery's $34.5M Advertising Contract With CJRW
A legislative subcommittee gave a thumbs-up to a five-year, $34.5 million advertising contract to CJRW to market the Arkansas Scholarship lottery. But first, lawmakers got a primer on the limitations they face in reviewing contracts. read more >
As Arkansas Lottery's Luster Fades, Numbers Signal Challenges
In the years since the first tickets were sold in 2009, the lottery has lost much of its glossy newness, leaving hard numbers to do the talking. read more >
Lottery Scholarship Has Evolved Since Halter’s First Proposal
It was late 2005 or early 2006, Bill Halter recalled, and he had decided to run for lieutenant governor. His vision was to rally Arkansans to a cause: a lottery to provide money for college scholarships. read more >
No Contract, No Conflict: Logic of a Lottery Ad Bid
Reasons given by the state procurement director on why CJRW was picked for a lucrative Arkansas State Lottery contract over two others has puzzled several Little Rock ad professionals. read more >
Protests Rejected, CJRW Stands to Win Lottery Contract
The Office of State Procurement has rejected the second of two rival protests to the awarding of a five year, $34.5 million contract to Little Rock advertising agency CJRW to work for the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. read more >
MHP Protests Lottery Pact, Wants CJRW, Ghidotti-Vines Disqualified
Mangan Holcomb Partners is also challenging the awarding of a five-year $34.5 million contract to CJRW. read more >
Ad Agencies Ponder Lottery Numbers
Scoring tabulations have left some puzzled Little Rock advertising professionals trying to get the Office of State Procurement’s math to add up. read more >
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