"Visitors to the IGT booth are invited to explore a series of environments and learn how lottery players can connect across gaming verticals and channels. You will see ideas and solutions to evolve the play experience in each location," said Declan Harkin, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Lottery, International. "Our immersive experience reflects IGT's Customer First approach and investment in future-focused research, platforms and content to help lotteries offer seamless play and open a dialogue with new player demographics."
“With the proliferation of mobile wagering and sports betting throughout North America, lotteries need to get creative to stay competitive, now more than ever,” Inspired executive chairman Lorne Weil said. “We see a huge opportunity in the North American lottery market for these products, where the instant gratification and digital format have the ability to reinforce current offerings and attract new players.
“We are extremely excited about bringing the Schafer team into the Pollard organization and believe it will be a strategically important new product for us to help lotteries maximize their retail sales and generate greater proceeds for their good causes,” said Doug Pollard, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Pollard Banknote.
"With a strong focus on collaboration and partnership, combined with industry-leading products and services, Pollard Banknote has proven to be a great asset to the Texas Lottery for almost two decades," said Gary Grief, Executive Director of the Texas Lottery. "We are pleased that this contract extension allows us to continue to build on our history of combined success, allowing us to offer Texans the most exciting and entertaining instant lottery products available."
"In this game-changing year for the industry, lotteries have the potential to offer more options for play than ever before," said Jay Gendron, IGT Chief Operating Officer, Lottery. "At NASPL 2018, attendees can see and experience the results of IGT's investment in forward-looking platforms, content, and services to help lotteries in any jurisdiction offer a more seamless play experience and open a dialogue with new player demographics."
“Lottery instant games are an $87.5 billion a year global consumer product, including $50 billion sold in North America, and they are a major driver of consumer retail store visits. Now for the first time in the lottery industry, SCiQ offers unit-level technology that provides inventory control, security, speed-of-service, merchandising and simplified accounting functions for retailers,” said Jim Kennedy, Group Chief Executive, Lottery for Scientific Games. “SCiQ is set to revolutionize the way lottery products are sold at retail. We believe that the lottery retail environment will never be the same.”
“We are extremely pleased and thankful that the PRTC is continuing our successful professional partnership,” said GLI President/CEO James Maida. “We have been providing the PRTC with our testing, certification, educational, and consultancy services since 2001. We highly value our close working relationship with the PRTC and look forward to continuing to help the PRTC ensure the integrity of the gaming industry throughout Puerto Rico.”