Immediate Release Contact: Robert K. Vincent
June 15, 2012 Public Affairs
GTECH Corporation
401-392-7452
GTECH PRINTING CORPORATION SELECTED BY SANTA CASA DA MISERICÓRDIA DE LISBOA (SCML) AS A PROVIDER OF INSTANT-TICKET PRINTING SERVICES, FOLLOWING COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT
LAKELAND, FLORIDA and PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND – June 15, 2012 – GTECH Corporation announced that its subsidiary, GTECH Printing Corporation (GPC), has signed a two year instant-ticket printing contract with Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal (SCML), following a competitive procurement. GPC will provide SCML with 30% of Portugal's instant-ticket market share and will introduce Secure Shield™, GPC’s secure validation algorithm for use with hidden barcodes. SCML is one of Europe's top-performing lotteries with respect to instant-ticket sales growth. GPC has been providing instant-ticket printing services in Portugal since 2010.
“GTECH Printing Corporation has focused on exceeding SCML’s expectations in terms of the quality of products and services that we have provided, and we are grateful of their decision to continue working with GPC as their secondary instant-ticket supplier,” said Alan Eland, GPC President and GTECH North America Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer. "SCML has recently experienced significant growth, more than doubling instant-ticket sales since ¬¬¬-2010. We are committed to supporting SCML in sustaining that growth over the next two years, and beyond.”
GPC's parent company, GTECH Corporation, has provided SCML with online lottery products and services since 2001. By having the reliability and security of the GTECH technology along with GPC’s expertise in the instant-ticket business, SCML will benefit from this collective knowledge and ability enabling them to deliver more value to players across multiple product lines.
GTECH Printing Corporation is the fastest growing instant-game manufacturing company in the industry, and is currently servicing more than 50 customers worldwide. GPC will continue manufacturing instant tickets for Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa at its state-of-the-art facility in Lakeland, Florida. For more information about GTECH Printing Corporation, please visit www.gtechprinting.com.
GTECH Corporation is a leading gaming technology and services company. With 8,000 people in approximately 60 countries when combined with Lottomatica Group, GTECH provides innovative technology, creative content, and superior service delivery to effectively manage and grow today's evolving gaming markets. GTECH is a subsidiary of Lottomatica Group, one of the world's largest commercial lottery operators and a market leader in the Italian gaming industry. For more information about GTECH, please visit www.gtech.com.
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