Scientific Games last week inked two international lottery contracts.
On July 21, Lotería Nacional de Ecuador, the Ecuador National Lottery, announced that it had awarded a new 10-year contract to Scientific Games that includes instant games, lottery systems, retail technology, and a draw-based lottery game system that will launch Ecuador’s first-ever electronic draw games.
Jorge Medina, general manager of Lotería Nacional de Ecuador, said, “We are very pleased to extend our excellent relationship with Scientific Games through an instant game contract that includes new technology and enables us to launch a new mode of instant and draw-based lottery games for the enjoyment of our players, and ultimately generate more funds to support our causes in Ecuador.”
Revenues generated from the sale of Lotería Nacional’s instant and draw games will benefit Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil, an important non-profit organization in Ecuador founded in 1888 for health, education and social protection. The organization’s vision is to expand its social and charitable work to all corners of Ecuador in favor of people in conditions of vulnerability and extreme poverty.
Lotería Nacional’s new agreement with Scientific Games includes business intelligence software, as well as a performance-driving instant game management system that streamlines game inventory control and logistics.
John Schulz, president of Americas and Global Instant Products for Scientific Games, said, “We are honored to expand our 20-year relationship with Lotería Nacional de Ecuador with our world-leading instant game services, and by launching electronic draw games for the very first time in Ecuador. Drawing upon our global experience with national lotteries, our goal is to support the Lottery’s retailer network expansion with our patented technologies to drive more profits for Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil’s social work.”
Scientific Games is the world’s largest creator, producer and manager of lottery instant games with the company’s instant products representing 70 percent of global retail sales. The company is a global leader in lottery and sports betting systems, digital lottery games, mobile apps, and player loyalty programs.
On July 19, Scientific Games was named the primary instant games partner for Loto-Québec. A new five-year contract significantly expands the number of instant scratch games the company will design and produce locally for Loto-Québec players. Scientific Games recently invested millions of dollars to advance production technologies and innovation at its Quebec facility.
The company has been a trusted supplier to Loto-Québec for more than five decades, celebrating the lottery’s 50th anniversary in 2020 and employing generations of workers at its Canadian operations in Québec. Scientific Games is certified globally by the World Lottery Association as a Responsible Gaming Supplier.
“Scientific Games is a longstanding Loto-Québec business partner and employer in Québec. The company’s leaders understand what we are trying to accomplish by creating new, exciting instant game entertainment for our players. They also support us in creating greener scratch games to reduce our environmental footprint,” said Isabelle Jean, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Lotteries at Loto-Québec.
“We have made a significant investment in production technologies at our Montreal facility to innovate new games for the enjoyment of Québec players and support the lottery in its mission,” said John Schulz, president of the Americas & Global Instant Products for Scientific Games. “With five instant game production facilities on four continents, our global scale allows us to support Loto-Québec and all of our customers with unparalleled game production capacity and distribution solutions that make Scientific Games the lottery business partner of choice.”
Scientific Games has produced more than 4,500 instant games for Loto-Québec at its Montreal facility over the past 50 years, including the lottery’s very first game. Games for four Canadian provincial lotteries and the Interprovincial Lottery Corp., as well as lotteries in the U.S., France, Hungary, Australia and other countries, are also produced at the facility.
Scientific Games is the world’s largest instant games creator, producer and services provider, and the primary provider to nine of the Top 10 performing instant game lotteries in the world, according to La Fleur’s 2022 World Lottery Almanac. The company’s products generate more than 70 percent of global instant game retail sales. Scientific Games provides games, technology and services to 130 lotteries in 50 countries around the globe, including nearly every North American lottery.
