Tennessee Lottery CEO Rebecca Hargrove elected president of the World Lottery Association

Tennessee Lottery's CEO has been elected president of the World Lottery Association (WLA), the state lotto commission announced Tuesday.

Rebecca P. Hargrove was unanimously elected and is the first female president of the WLA, according to a news release from the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation.

“This is an incredible honor,” Hargrove, current president and CEO of the corporation, wrote in a released statement. “I appreciate the support from WLA members around the world and look forward to this opportunity and challenge.”

“Rebecca's leadership and vision have created an exceptional lottery organization in Tennessee that has provided billions of dollars in support of education initiatives in the state," Susan Lanigan, chair of the Tennessee Lottery Board of Directors also released in a statement. "And those traits, along with her more than 30 years of lottery industry experience, will be an incredible asset to the World Lottery Association. We are so proud to see her recognized by such a prestigious organization.”

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