Texas Lottery extends lottery supplier services contract with IGT Group

Posted by: Ted Menmuir October 18, 2016 in Latest News, Retail, Technology Comments Off on Texas Lottery extends lottery supplier services contract with IGT Group

screen-shot-2016-10-17-at-18-46-40Updating the market, IGT Group (IGT) has informed that it has signed a six-year supplier services extension with the Texas Lottery Commission (Texas Lottery).

The extension sees IGT continue to serve as the Texas Lottery’s principal solutions provider through to August 2026. The Texas Lottery has been a customer of IGT since its initial foundation in 1992.

The partnership will see IGT continue to service the lottery operator with lottery systems, data centres, retail provisions, marketing support and customer reporting functionalities.

“We welcome the opportunity to extend our longstanding partnership with the Texas Lottery,” said Jay Gendron, IGT Senior Vice President, WLA North America Lottery.

“The Texas Lottery is a highly-regarded organisation raising more than $25 billion for good causes since it began selling lottery tickets in 1992. We look forward to continuing to support the Texas Lottery over the next decade and help them to maximise contributions to Texas’ public education and veterans’ programs.”

Winston Krause, Texas Lottery Commission Chairman, said, “This is good government and a testament to the Lottery’s strong contract monitoring and compliance work. The contract extension positions us to continue to produce record revenue for Texas education and veterans while being smart, responsible stewards of state funds.”