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                                                                     EXHIBIT 24

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY



        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints L. Rogers Wells, Jr. and Jerome J. Cain and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual
Report on Form 10-K of International Lottery, Inc. for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary
to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        This 24th day of March, 1997.





                                                /s/ Gary S. Bell
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                                                Gary S. Bell





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                              POWER OF ATTORNEY



        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints L. Rogers Wells, Jr. and Jerome J. Cain and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual
Report on Form 10-K of International Lottery, Inc. for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary
to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        This 24th day of March, 1997.





                                                /s/ Kazmier J. Kasper
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                                                Kazmier J. Kasper

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                              POWER OF ATTORNEY



        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints L. Rogers Wells, Jr. and Jerome J. Cain and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual
Report on Form 10-K of International Lottery, Inc. for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary
to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        This 24th day of March, 1997.





                                                /s/ John J. Wingfield
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                                                John J. Wingfield

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                              POWER OF ATTORNEY



        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints L. Rogers Wells, Jr. and Jerome J. Cain and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual
Report on Form 10-K of International Lottery, Inc. for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Stock Exchange, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary
to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        This 24th day of March, 1997.





                                                /s/ W. Whitlow Wyatt
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                                                W. Whitlow Wyatt