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Due to recent intra-state changes within the US lottery industry, each US state lottery corporation is no longer bound to supporting just one of the national Lotto games, Mega Millions or Powerball.  Now that each state can offer both Mega Millions and Powerball, there is an opportunity to increase their contributions to Good Causes within the communities in their jurisdictions.

Carmanah Signs has played a role in helping lottery corporations in many US states introduce and promote the second national lotto jackpot game by providing attractive LED illuminated jackpot signs that instantaneously update the jackpot values for each game they promote. These wirelessly-updated jackpot signs are frequently put in the retailer window and are a bright, highly visible call to action to lapsed or occasional lotto players.

Carmanah’s sign designs allow a lottery the utmost in flexibility by having jackpot sign configurations that include single, double and triple formats with the value added feature of being able to able to add-on any one of those formats at a future date. When a customer wants to add an additional jackpot to an existing Carmanah jackpot sign that is already in the field, the end result is a seamless integration of the new and existing sign into one integrated sign.

A major US lottery customer has recently deployed a second modular single jackpot sign to ‘mate’ with the current single jackpot sign in the retail field. The modular connecting hardware is designed for both form and function so that the end result is an esthetically pleasing and completely functional jackpot sign.

While they originally only had PowerBall, the lottery ultimately has been able to promote it and the newly launched Mega Millions game effectively in the retail setting, all the while being able to continue the original look and feel of an original double jackpot sign. Carmanah Signs greatly appreciates the opportunity to help our Lottery customers promote and grow their sales by providing them highly efficient LED illuminated signage.

Categories : General, Lottery News

Carmanah Signs Inc. continues to develop and improve its sign offerings to the Lottery industry worldwide. Since the late 1990s, Carmanah Signs has offered a wide range of LED edge lit lottery signs to help convey their message to their customers. Products that we have supplied to the Lotteries include traditional edgelit signs, wirelessly updateable jackpot signs, illuminated light panels, programmable scrolling message centers, and our most recent sign, a programmable LCD display. All Carmanah sign products are illuminated with high efficiency, long life LEDs.

Our current LED edge lit wirelessly-updateable jackpot signs for the lotteries have been developed to provide maximum visual marketing impact, increased update flexibility, and ease of set up in the field. Carmanah’s design team has worked to provide a complete packaged solution to our customers, including IT and install training, so that lottery operations and marketing groups can be confident that lotto jackpots are instantaneously updated.

Deployment of Carmanah’s lottery jackpot sign by several lottery agencies in the United States has resulted in a significant increase in lottery ticket retail sales since the installation. The flexibility of Carmanah’s lottery jackpot sign designs allow our customers to add jackpots in the future, facilitating the seamless addition of new jackpot games to existing single, double, and or triple game jackpot signs.

In addition to being able to advertise multiple games, Carmanah’s wireless updateable jackpot signs have been developed with changeable front graphics. The intent is that, as a lottery’s marketing concepts, graphics, and advertising campaigns change, the lottery jackpot signs can be updated at minimal cost and with little effort. The LED backlit illuminated plates on the front of our jackpot signs are designed to be easily updated and replaced in the field.

For example, recently Carmanah Signs was asked to supply digitally-printed replacement graphic front plates to a US-based lottery customer who had previously been supplied LED illuminated double jackpot signs. The customer had updated their brand’s graphical elements and chose to have Carmanah supply the new version of the graphic front plates. It was exciting to see this flexible design feature make a difference to one of our customers. Carmanah Signs looks forward to providing continuously improved sign products to our Lottery customer base, in order to help them provide money for their Good Causes.

Address Sign Business Progress

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Well it’s been a few months since our launch of the Address Lighting website and we’ve had the opportunity to collect and review initial impressions of both the functionality of our website and the product itself.

Comments received during the initial launch of our website became invaluable as the feedback allowed us to fine tune the customer experience as well as determine what worked and what didn’t so that we ultimately ended up with not only a functional website but one that was esthetically pleasing and easy to navigate.

To all those that provided their feedback, we can not say thank you enough. Without your candid feedback on your initial experiences, we would not have the website we do today, again thank you.

Once the Address Lighting website went live on July 2011, we began receiving our first of many orders placed through the website. Once produced and shipped to the customer, we had the opportunity to continue the customer service experience and reached out to those customers to ensure that they were satisfied with their new purchase and to answer any questions they may have had. The responses were a testament to the hard work involved in getting this project launch.

Here are a couple comments we received:

“I do finally have it installed and it looks great. The wiring was simple & easy to figure out. The only suggestion I have is if you could make the lead that comes off the sign about 4” – 6” longer it would be a bit easier to install……” – J. Cox

            Since receiving this email, we have integrated a longer cable to our sign which has remedied this problem.

“Hi Margaret,

            The sign stands out from the rest of the LED signs on my block. The design is elegant and white cool light color on the black background looks great……” – P Au

We here at Carmanah Signs continually strives to provide our customers with the best experience and product available, and as such are continually involved in reassessment of the services we provide and are committed to continual product development and improvement.

Categories : General

Carmanah Signs in Calgary, Alberta, a leader in providing highly efficient and cost effective LED illuminated signage to both the P.O.P (Point Of Purchase) and Gaming industries, has been selected to supply a local Casino and Entertainment Centre with Carmanah’s Elite LCD Table Limit signs. The casino has always reached out to Carmanah Signs to address their signage needs and understands the benefits that come from using their products. They appreciate the abilities of the products available from Carmanah Signs to effectively communicate their marketing and entertainment messages to their players.

Carmanah Signs Elite LCD Table Limit signs have been utilized by the casino gaming industries for numerous years and have provided clients all over the world with an aesthetically pleasing display. Coupled with that comes the ultimate functionality of being able to customize each unit individually with specific content that the client currently wishes to display. From static images to full video, the Elite Table Limit sign’s limitations are almost endless and can be as creative as the client envisions

Carmanah Signs offers both the P.O.P. and the gaming industries numerous LED illuminated options including but not limited to client specific LED edge lit signs, LCD displays, LED illuminated light panels, and remotely updateable LED jackpot signs. Carmanah Signs continually works with current and prospective clients to develop products which will generate the most impact and be cost effective. We strive to lead the industry in innovative, visually appealing, and cost effective LED and LCD signs to our customers.

Categories : Casino News

Carmanah Signs, located in the majestic rolling hills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in Calgary, Alberta, recently received a request to manufacture a large number of custom LED edge lit address plaques for a local home development corporation.

The developer has stated that there are plans in the works for a spring campaign launch which will include the unveiling of several new homes open to the public for viewing. In conjunction with future homes being developed by this organization, the added value of the Carmanah Signs LED edge lit products as an available option to the home owner interest from other home builders interested in providing LED illuminated address plaques to add that extra personal touch to their homes.

The development of Carmanah’s LED illuminated edge lit address signs has garnered praise for their unique ability to add clarity and safety to home owners. Carmanah’s LED illuminated address plaques has long been touted as not only an increase in the homes aesthetic appeal but also a significant increase in visibility to emergency personnel whether the home resides in a rural or suburban environment.

Carmanah Signs has been a leader in the manufacturing of highly energy efficient LED illuminated signage for numerous years and supplies several different industries including home owners, home builders, gaming industry, government organizations, and through out the point of purchase industry.

Continual development and ongoing research allows Carmanah Signs to successfully offer both the commercial and private sector highly efficient LED edge lit products to further enhance their products and lives.

Categories : General