Gaming Tickets, Inc. Gains National Recognition

Local Women Business Named and Ranked 5th among North Carolina’s Top 100 Women Owned Business List

Columbus, North Carolina, Jan. 1st, 2008, In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading multicultural internet site, recently named Gaming Tickets, Inc. as one of the top Women owned businesses in the state of North Caroline (Div100).

The companies listed on the Div100 represent North Carolina’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a women-owned business is small or insignificant. Div100 members are sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with women owned companies.

The Impact of Women Owned Business
“Women businesses and consumers are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business.”

Affected by recent economic and demographic trends and changes, Fortune 1000 corporations throughout the country have recognized that buying products and services from women owned companies positively impacts their business. Diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy.

The Div100
The Div100 is a classification that represents the top 100 women-owned businesses in the state of North Carolina in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural and women-owned businesses use the list.

Gaming Tickets, Inc. was incorporated January 1st. 2002 as a specialty-printing distributor to the Gaming Industry. Formerly Lottery Impressions established in 1992, GTI is the Pioneer in producing Cashless Slot Machine Tickets dating back to 1999 when the state of Washington first implemented “Ticket-In, Ticket-Out” Technology. Owners Janet and Bill Ledford have over 40 years experience in printing beginning in the Lottery Industry with business in Michigan, New Jersey, and New York. Now serving over 250 Casinos Worldwide, GTI ships millions of tickets per month from multiple manufacturing facilities. Family owned and operated, Gaming Tickets, Inc. continues to grow in the United States and Internationally providing Tickets, POS Rolls, Loyalty Cards, Plastic Cards, Labels, ATM Receipts and Custom Printed Business Forms.

For additional information, please contact:
Bill Ledford
828-894-8892
1795 NC 108 HWY E
Columbus, NC 28722
www.gamingticketsinc.com
wjledford@gamingticketsinc.com