Cronk Software, Inc., a leading provider of smartphone products and services, today announced the release of PoLo™ Pocket Lottery, a full-featured mobile smartphone application product for Lotteries. With PoLo™, Lotteries worldwide will be able to customize an innovative and dynamic mobile smartphone application for their players across a broad spectrum of mobile phone platforms. In conjunction with the official release of the PoLo™ Pocket Lottery application product, today Cronk Software is making the Oregon Lottery PoLo™ application available to the public. Oregonians can download the application for free from the iTunes App Store for both the iPhone and iPod Touch.
East Greenwich, RI October 5, 2009 -- Cronk Software, Inc., a leading provider of smartphone products and services, today announced the release of PoLo™ Pocket Lottery, a full-featured mobile smartphone application product for Lotteries. With PoLo™, Lotteries worldwide will be able to customize an innovative and dynamic mobile smartphone application for their players across a broad spectrum of mobile phone platforms.
In conjunction with the official release of the PoLo™ application product, today Cronk Software is making the Oregon Lottery PoLo™ application available to the public. Oregonians can download the application for free from the iTunes App Store for both the iPhone and iPod Touch.
"From iPhones, Blackberries, and other smartphones, this is the distribution channel that will allow lotteries to better connect with current players, and also connect players with each other." Carole Hardy, Director for Marketing of the Oregon Lottery, said. "This channel is just now being explored by Lotteries and it provides opportunities to expand our brand and reach new players. Cronk Software's PoLo™ application allows our Lottery to begin interacting with our players in new ways and while they're on the go."
The Oregon Lottery PoLo™ Pocket Lottery application provides both the casual and regular Oregon Lottery player many features to enhance their game play. Features of this application include:
- Always current PowerballŪ jackpot
- Current winning numbers for its draw games: PowerballŪ, Megabucks℠, Win for Life℠, Lucky Lines℠ and Pick4
- An entertaining "lucky number generator" that will randomly pick numbers for the above mentioned draw games if players want to use these as the numbers they play on a game
- Stories about Oregon Lottery winners
- Information about how to play all of the games offered by the Oregon Lottery
- About The Lottery: Here you will find information about the Lottery's history and learn about the good causes the lottery supports.
- Play Responsibly: The Lottery encourages Oregonians to play their dollars with sense.
Cronk Software will expand upon this first release of PoLo™ Pocket Lottery with additional features that will personalize the application for each player. Also, additional mobile smartphone platforms will become available soon, including support for Blackberry, Android and Windows Mobile.
"The Oregon Lottery has long been one of the most innovative lotteries in North America, if not the world, and Cronk Software is honored to release the first PoLo™ application for Oregon Lottery players." says Joel Evans, CEO of Cronk Software. "Cronk's PoLo™ Pocket Lottery application provides valuable information for lottery players, as well as a way to introduce the Lottery and their games to new players. We're excited about the opportunity to offer the PoLo™ application product to Lotteries worldwide."
About Oregon Lottery
The Oregon Lottery offers a wide variety of games, ranging from Scratch-it tickets℠ to Video Lottery℠ games and more. From the introduction of the Lottery in 1985, over $6.4 billion in profits has been allocated to public education, economic development, parks, and natural resource programs. During that same time period, Oregon Lottery players have won over $16 billion in prizes. In addition to the statewide allocations, every county receives a portion of total Video Lottery net receipts for local economic development projects. For more information, visit http://www.oregonlottery.org
About Cronk Software
Cronk Software is in the business of bringing games, applications and new ideas to a variety of mobile platforms. In July of this year, Cronk Software launched its Event Mobile Application product with the release of the iPhone application for the Rhode Island International Film Festival. And now beginning today Lotteries worldwide can take advantage of Cronk Software's PoLo™ Pocket Lottery application product that provides each lottery with a way of connecting with their players through the iPhone and other mobile smartphones. Cronk Software is headquartered in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. For more information, visit http://www.cronksoftware.com
