As far as I can tell, EGCI went public on Dec 5, 2003, well after the 2002 agreement discussed here. So the question would be, who was top dog in 2002? Did EGC (USA) even exist then? Who owned it as a privately held corp? Obviously, the principals in London set up the USA based company to penetrate the lottery business through SG. At some point (12/05/2003) they took the company public on the hype, something that obviously worked for them over the next 6.5 years.
Since LS didnt come on the scene until well after, he obviously, as with many of us, bought into this hype and didnt do his DD. And, food for thought - scuttlebutt around the coffee machine is that LS took control thru an unfriendly takeover.
All of which is meaningless, because I dont believe EGC produced ANY gamecards subsequent to SG shelving the product. They were like the little kid who hoarded marbles but never chose to play. Just collected agreements!! One after another, each as meaningless as its predecessor - except for one thing, building the hype!
Whoa is we!