Announced today, Scientific Games has been awarded a 10-year long contract from the Pennsylvania Lottery to provide its full instant games services and SG Enhanced Partnership to the state’s lottery providers.
A second contract will see the supplier provide the state’s 10,000 lottery retailers with its suite of lottery games services.
Drew Svitko, executive director of the Pennsylvania Lottery, said: "After careful evaluation of several proposals, Scientific Games was chosen to help us modernize our business, so that we will be able to have a continuing impact on the programs that Pennsylvania seniors rely on every day. Things like free meals, transportation, care services, tax relief, and prescription assistance are needed now more than ever. Our partnership will only strengthen Lottery's mission and we look forward to the future."
According to a statement, some key reasons Scientific Games received this contract are its proposed Pennsylvania Lottery Scratch-Off games product, its supply chain logistics, retailer equipment solutions, enterprise applications, analytics services, and sales performance tools.
Pat McHugh, lottery group chief executive for Scientific Games, said: "Scientific Games is honored to continue our valued partnership with the Pennsylvania Lottery in their mission to maximize funding of the Commonwealth's senior programs. The Lottery is a shining example of success. Drew Svitko and his team's vision for collaborating on great games and modernizing retail and digtial lottery sales has resulted in the Pennsylvania Lottery's record-breaking proceeds to benefit seniors, ranking among the highest performing lotteries in the world.
"Scientific Games' investment in retail and digital games, technology and services in collaboration the Pennsylvania Lottery has helped shape the player experience for the lottery industry," added McHugh.
Scientific Games has already supplied the Pennsylvania Lottery for 50 years and its current contract, which runs until the end of the year, has seen the state’s iLottery platform earn $1bn in sales since 2019.
