Toronto-listed lottery messenger service LottoGopher has retained former Illinois Lottery general counsel Melissa Riahei as an independent special advisor.
Riahei will help guide LottoGopher's expansion into key US states and advise on licensing and compliance efforts in New Jersey, and elsewhere as regulation unfolds.
Riahei as an experienced industry executive who helped pave the way for regulated online gambling in the US through her work with the Illinois lottery, LottoGopher said.
As the lottery's general counsel between 2007 and 2011, [...]