Atlantic Lottery Hackathon 007: Space Lottery

In this Hackathon, your challenge is to create innovative, fun, fresh ideas for lottery or other real money gaming in new SPACES! Atlantic Lottery Corporation offers a range of lottery games to residents of Atlantic Canada. Players can buy a scratch ticket at a retail store or have it delivered to their home; they can purchase a jackpot ticket in person or through ALC’s Android/iOS app; and they can play instant lottery games online. Challenge: In this Hackathon, your challenge is to create innovative, fun, fresh ideas for lottery or other real money gaming in new SPACES: ie. a place it isn’t already. Tesla got a car into space, how can we get lottery into space… What would that look like? Or maybe you have a wearable/AR/VR Lottery experience in mind… How would that work? Or any number of other ideas! All ideas are welcome! This week-long hackathon will begin Thursday, July 12, 2018 (5:30pm- 8:30pm) with an introduction to our current product portfolio, challenges, and opportunities. This is your chance to build a team and ask questions as you start exploring ideas. After a week of behind the scenes work as a team, the pitching event will begin at 5:30pm Thursday, July 19, 2018. This hackathon allows you and your team to work at your own pace throughout the week, to explore new methods, and/or new spaces, in which to engage lottery players. This is a fantastic way to show off your design, programming, or other talents. Not to mention, up to $5000 in prizes!!! The Prizes: First prize: $1500 (!!!) Second prize: $900 Third prize: $600 Most Innovative: $500 PLUS!! After the event, the top 3 teams’ solutions will be brought forward for secondary evaluation by the Atlantic Lottery Customer Panel. Up to 500 people will review each idea. The top three teams’ ideas will be brought forward to the ALC Customer Panel after the event. Idea(s) that are scored 3.5 or higher by the Panel will unlock a bonus $500 prize. That’s up to $1500 in bonus prizes available!!! Pitching: Each team will have 3 minutes maximum to pitch their idea and 2 minutes maximum for Q&A with the judges. Judging: Projects will be judged on presentation, impressiveness, completeness, and, of course, innovation, which is the degree to which an idea has design desirability, technological feasibility, and business viability! Teams will be ranked by total score, with the top three teams winning monetary prizes. There is an extra prize for the most innovative idea. After the Hackathon: The top three teams’ ideas will be brought forward to the ALC Customer Panel. Idea(s) that are scored 3.5 or higher overall by the Panel will unlock a bonus $500 prize. Teams/Participants: You can go solo, or work in a team. All teams must be confirmed by 9pm Thursday, July 12, 2018. Please review Terms and Conditions for full details. Note: This event is 19+. Schedule: Thursday, July 12: Doors open at 5:30 p.m. to have some food and drinks, and to meet and mingle with your fellow hackers. The hackathon will kick off at 6pm. Thursday, July 19: Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Presentations and judging will begin at 6pm, followed by an awards presentation! What's the food situation: Food and drinks will be provided on both Thursdays, including pizza, pop, juice, water, snacks, Redbull - all the fuel you’ll need! If you have allergies or food sensitivities, please let us know in advance so that we can make accommodations. **IMPORTANT: The Competition is only open to legal residents of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island who are 19 years of age or older as of the date of entry.  Please see the documents below with rules and regulations pertaining to the Hackathon. ALC Hackathon 007: Rules and Regulations Page 1 ALC Hackathon 007: Rules and Regulations Page 2 ALC Hackathon 007: Rules and Regulations Page 3 ALC Hackathon 007: Rules and Regulations Page 4 ALC Hackathon 007: Rules and Regulations Page 5