Barry Cottle, CEO and President of Scientific Games, said, "I'm very pleased with our accomplishments this quarter and particularly proud that all four businesses continued to experience growth this quarter and are accelerating our financial momentum. Our core businesses are strong and ready to capitalize on the significant opportunities in the marketplace to drive growth by delivering great games and robust platforms and systems that enable them. We remain focused on delivering results, maintaining our financial discipline and strategically investing in our future to maximize shareholder return."

"The strong second quarter results reflect continued global Lottery expansion that is accentuated by disciplined expense management," said Marco Sala, CEO of IGT. "The North America Lottery and Italy segments each exceeded our expectations in the period. The North America Gaming installed base grew sequentially, and we have a compelling roster of new, for-sale video reel games coming to market in the second half. The strong start to the year gives us confidence we can achieve our 2018 strategic and financial goals."

"Both this year and next, those increased Scratch-off sales are making a big impact," said Kentucky Lottery President and CEO Tom Delacenserie. "We listened to players and made changes in prize structures to which they're responding. We also changed our media approach and have new plan execution in place at retail, all of which combine to really drive this product." Delacenserie also said Keno is in a growth pattern, surpassing Powerball sales in the state. "People have really embraced Keno wholeheartedly," he said.

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