By SooToday.com Staff
SooToday.com
Monday, September 18, 2006

Pollard Banknote, the Winnipeg-based company that's creating 60 new jobs at a Sault Ste. Marie ticket-finishing plant, announced today that it's landed another contract with Indiana's Hoosier Lottery.

Here's the company statement:

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Pollard Banknote awarded pull-tab ticket contract by the Hoosier Lottery

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA, Sept. 18 - Pollard Banknote Limited Partnership ("Pollard Banknote") is pleased to announce that the company has entered into a new contract with the Hoosier (Indiana) Lottery for the supply and delivery of pull-tab tickets.

The contract began in August 2006 and signifies the first time Pollard Banknote will be printing pull-tab tickets for the Hoosier Lottery.

The agreement is for a term of four years with an option for the lottery to extend the contract for two additional one-year periods.

The total contract value-including options-is estimated to be nearly $5 million (US).

"The Hoosier Lottery is a new pull-tab customer for Pollard Banknote, and we are thrilled the lottery has chosen to work with us," said Jennifer Westbury, vice president, sales & marketing, Pollard Banknote.

The tickets to be produced for the lottery are cross-redeemable.

Unlike traditional pull-tab tickets that can only be redeemed at the place of purchase, cross-redeemable tickets can be redeemed at any pull tab retailer, and feature a similar security device to the type used in instant scratch-off tickets.

This allows the lottery to validate tickets via their own central computer system.

The cross-redeemable feature enables the lottery to track winners and potentially increase sales, since players are given the flexibility to purchase multiple tickets for themselves or as gifts without having to worry about redeeming them at the point of purchase.

While the new contract is Pollard Banknote's first pull-tab contract with the Hoosier Lottery, the company has been a supplementary supplier of instant scratch-off tickets to the Lottery since 2003.

About Pollard Banknote

Pollard Banknote is one of the world's leading full-service lottery vendors and is a major supplier to North America's charitable gaming industry.

The firm manufactures instant tickets and provides related programming, design, and marketing support.

As well, Pollard Banknote manufactures ticket vending machines, pull-tab tickets and bingo paper, and supplies lottery management services (including warehousing and distribution).

Established in 1907, the firm is owned by the Pollard family and the Pollard Banknote Income Fund and currently serves more than 45 lotteries worldwide, including some of the largest and most respected lotteries in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America.

About Pollard Banknote Income Fund

Pollard Banknote Income Fund (TSX: PBL.UN) is an unincorporated, open-end trust which owns 26.7 percent of Pollard Holdings Limited Partnership, which in turn owns Pollard Banknote Limited Partnership.

Forward-looking statements

This press release may contain forward-looking statements relating to expected future events and financial and operating results of the Pollard Banknote Income Fund ("the Fund") or Pollard Holdings Limited Partnership that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from management expectations as projected in such forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons, including market and general economic conditions and the risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the fund's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities. Due to the potential impact of these factors, the fund disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by applicable law.

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