International Game Technology PLC announced today that its subsidiary, IGT Global Solutions Corporation, has secured a five-year contract with Organización Nacional de Ciegos Espanoles (ONCE) to produce exciting instant ticket games for lottery enthusiasts in Spain. This contract, effective through 2029, will see IGT printing a portion of ONCE’s new instant tickets, aiming to enhance the gaming experience for players.

Francisco José Martínez Palao, ONCE’s Director of Operations and Logistics and Head of the Lottery Production and Logistics Center, commented on the new collaboration: “ONCE continuously looks for ways to enhance our instant ticket portfolio, which is one of the reasons why we wanted to add IGT’s diverse game content back into our lineup. IGT’s industry-leading products have helped contribute to ONCE’s success for over 20 years, and we believe IGT’s wide variety of instant ticket games will enable us to continue providing premier player experiences.”

Jay Gendron, IGT Chief Operating Officer, Global Lottery, expressed the company’s enthusiasm about the renewed partnership: “IGT is pleased to once again be printing instant tickets for ONCE’s lottery players to enjoy. As the longtime, trusted supplier of ONCE’s lottery central system and software maintenance services, IGT looks forward to expanding our lottery portfolio in Spain to include new and exciting instant ticket themes.”

As a leader in the global lottery market, IGT serves as the primary technology provider for 26 of the 46 lotteries in the U.S., eight of the world’s ten largest lotteries, and 16 of the world’s top 25 lotteries. This extensive experience and technological expertise position IGT as a valuable partner for ONCE, helping to drive the success of their lottery initiatives.

IGT Expands Its Presence in Colorado

In other significant news, IGT announced that IGT Global Solutions Corporation has signed a seven-year contract with the Colorado Lottery to implement advanced lottery products and solutions. This contract, set to run through July 12, 2032, includes seven one-year extension options, marking a long-term collaboration between IGT and the Colorado Lottery.

Under this new agreement, the Colorado Lottery will benefit from IGT’s Aurora central system, which will replace the current lottery central system. Aurora is a component of IGT’s OMNIA integrated lottery solution, designed to provide comprehensive insights through a unified player view. This integration is expected to enhance the Colorado Lottery’s product portfolio, improve marketing communications, and deliver a seamless omnichannel experience to players.

Additionally, IGT will upgrade all lottery retailer equipment across Colorado and launch a new mobile convenience app featuring Scan and Redeem functionality. This innovative solution will allow Colorado Lottery players to scan their draw-based or instant scratch tickets via the mobile app and redeem winnings directly into their linked bank accounts through an automated clearing house (ACH) transfer.

Source:

IGT Boosts Instant Ticket Offering in Spain with Compelling New Games for ONCE, ir.igt.com, July 7, 2024.

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Lottery leader Allwyn announced that it has teamed up with Instant Win Gaming (IWG), a leading supplier of digital e-Instant and instant win games.

According to the announcement, Allwyn has joined forces with IWG’s co-founders, Rhydian Fisher and Simon Bucknall, and will work with them to unlock new opportunities to innovate the instant win games sector. The deal will strengthen the lottery operator’s content offering, allowing it to bolster its already strong portfolio.

Allwyn added that it has agreed to invest in IWG. Upon closing, the deal will see the former company acquire a 70% stake in the latter business. Allwyn explained that it would finance this venture using its existing financial resources.

The investment is expected to close in the second half of 2024 and is still subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Allwyn noted that no changes will be made to IWG’s team following the conclusion of this deal. As a result, Rhydian Fisher and Simon Bucknall will retain their roles as chief executive officer and chief operating officer, respectively.

IWG supplies over 25 national and state lotteries with instant win games and has a strong presence in the key North American market. The provider sits at the forefront of innovation and boasts a strong portfolio of games across many categories.

For reference, IWG reported an EBITDA of £18.2 million on April 30, 2023.

The Deal Will Take IWG to the Next Level

Representatives commented on Allwyn’s investment in IWG. The former company’s chief investment officer, Stepan Dlouhy, said that the deal will enable his team to “create and leverage high-quality content throughout the group.” Dlouhy explained that this move is a testament to Allwyn’s ambition to deliver a best-in-class experience to its international player base.

Dlouhy also lauded the expertise IWG’s co-founders have cultivated over the years.

Rhydian and Simon bring a wealth of sector knowledge and creativity and we are excited to collaborate and explore new opportunities.

Stepan Dlouhy, chief investment officer, Allwyn

In the meantime, Rhydian Fisher, IWG’s CEO, said that his team is “thrilled to be partnering with Allwyn.” Fisher explained that the deal will amplify IWG’s success and proposition, generating a lot of value for the supplier’s partners.

Allwyn’s deep expertise and knowledge of the lottery consumer will help us to deliver immediate and significant value for our existing partners, while this step will also create new opportunities for the brilliant games our team develops.

Rhydian Fisher, CEO, IWG

In other news, Allwyn just took over The National Lottery in the UK, launching a new marketing campaign to celebrate the occasion.

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BGaming is capitalizing on the Internet’s capybara craze with brand new capybara-themed instant win scratch games. The new suite of digital scratch cards is called Capymania and boasts three skins – yellow, green and orange.

Just like BGaming’s previous collection of scratch games, Scratch Alpaca, Capymania also sports a cute little mascot. The new game’s titular capybara invites players on a laidback adventure that provides them with chances to win mouth-watering prizes.

Capymania is a simple game that allows players to relax while scratching digital tickets. Still, Capymania sports several features such as auto-play and turbo mode features.

As mentioned, the game has three skins. The different skins offer a different level of winning potential and an increasingly dandier capybara. The Orange game, for example, features cards that cost €0.10 and allow players to win up to €10,000. The Green game, on the other hand, sees players pay €1 for a ticket and provides them with a shot at a jackpot of €100,000. Finally, the yellow skin, which features a gentlemanly capybara with a top hat and mustache, has cards worth €2.5 and a top prize of €250,000.

A Simple, Yet Rewarding Game

In addition to the aforementioned autoplay and turbo mode features, all three Capymania games allow players to set up win and loss limits, allowing them to remain in control of their habits.

BGaming described Capymania as a very high volatility game that nevertheless boasts a 97% RTP. The games’ three tiers allow players to have entirely different experiences, depending on how much they want to invest and how much they want to win. As a result, the Capymania scratch cards are poised to appeal to a variety of players with different preferences.

According to BGaming, the cartoony graphics and playful soundtrack seek to engage players with a chill instant win title that demonstrates BGaming’s excellence in gaming. According to Mikalai Dzneladze, the company’s chief casual game producer, the game seeks to build on the success of the supplier’s earlier scratch games. Dzneladze added that the philosophy behind Capymania is to provide players with a simple, yet rewarding experience.

Even though the cards are simple, players can choose to amplify their experience across the three varied cards and turbo mode sees the game speed up – unlike our lazy capybara. Scratch Games have proven to be a huge hit and we look forward to the charismatic capybara delighting players.

Mikalai Dzneladze, chief casual game producer, BGaming

In addition to instant win games, BGaming’s portfolio also includes a plethora of exciting slot games.

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OKTO, the digital payments solutions provider delivering services for the gaming and entertainment industry, announced a new collaboration with Europe’s leading open banking payments network, Truelayer. Details regarding the new collaboration emerged Thursday and see OKTO benefit from Truelayer’s leading instant bank payment capabilities.

Thanks to the new collaboration, OKTO will supercharge its leading Cashless Solutions by bringing instant bank payment capabilities from Truelayer. Lauded as a strategic partnership, the collaboration will significantly improve the company’s products and enable it to continue to grow its presence by digitalizing the land-based gambling vertical.

Under the terms of the new collaboration, OKTO’s solutions, including OKTO.WALLET, the company’s omnichannel wallet solution and OKTO.DIRECT, the first retail payments gateway, will be powered by Truelayer’s instant payment capabilities. By integrating into the company’s payments network, OKTO’s solutions now can offer customers instant bank payments for withdrawals, as well as depositing.

Joining forces with Truelayer and enhancing its products, OKTO delivers seamless experiences for its growing customer base. At the same time, Truelayer’s capabilities are supported by its anti-fraud systems, which further boosts the security and reliability of the processes.

“We are excited to team up with OKTO and empower their users to leverage instant bank payments, both online and in retail stores.“

Roberto Villani, VP of iGaming at Truelayer

Roberto Villani, Truelayer’s VP of iGaming, shared his excitement by saying that the company is delighted to join forces with OKTO and deliver its leading instant bank payments capabilities. He acknowledged that the solution will power retail, as well as online operations, delivering efficiencies for OKTO merchants and their players in Europe. Villani also spoke about Truelayer’s fast and secure payments. Finally, he pointed out: “We look forward to working with OKTO to continue to drive innovation.”

The Company Is Excited to Team Up with Truelayer

Earlier this year, OKTO expanded further its footprint in Europe by securing approval for its wallet solution in Germany. At the time, the company’s head of Germany, Mikhail Ovsepyan, revealed that the approval marks a milestone achievement for OKTO.

Maria Magoula, OKTO’s payments director, spoke about the deal with Truelayer and explained that the company is delighted to join forces with the leading open banking payments network. She explained that the instant bank payment capabilities from Truelayer complement OKTO’s goal to deliver seamless, fast and secure payment options.

“We are thrilled to partner with Truelayer and integrate their exceptional instant bank payments into our Cashless Solutions.“

Maria Magoula, payments director of OKTO

Additionally, Magoula pointed out that Truelayer’s solutions will enable OKTO to meet the continuously growing demand from its partners by offering a scalable solution. In turn, she predicted that this will help accelerate OKTO’s expansion on the Old Continent. Finally, Magoula said that the collaboration will boost the company’s efforts to digitalize the entertainment and retail gaming verticals.

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Payments technology provider Nuvei Corporation announced today it has partnered with Resorts Digital Gaming (RDG) to power online casino platforms across all of its brands with instant bank transfers.

Enhancing User Experience

The new agreement with RDG will see the fintech company offer the Nuvei Instant Bank Transfer solution to online casino players of all iGaming brands of the casino company. Operating out of New Jersey, RDG is the digital arm of Resorts Casino Hotel.

Commenting on the agreement, the chief executive officer of RDG, Ed Andrewes, outlined the operator’s dedication “to offering the best user experience in New Jersey,” hailing Nuvei Instant Bank Transfer as “one of the most popular and convenient deposit and payout payment methods in the US iGaming market.”

“Integrating Nuvei into our cashier supports our mission to provide all the relevant payment methods our players demand,” Andrewes said, eager to start “working closely with Nuvei and its team and even expand the partnership beyond that into opportunities to accelerate growth.”

The instant bank transfer solution allows players to deposit instantly into their gaming accounts from their bank accounts, while the process is further simplified by the exclusive integration of Nuvei with Plaid, allowing funds to be uploaded to a gaming account with a single click.

Seamless Payment Options

Philip Fayer, chief executive officer and chair at Nuvei, also commented on the new partnership, stressing the importance of “seamless and relevant payment options” for iGaming operators in the US and the role payment options play for operators in terms of player acquisition and revenue growth.

“Nuvei Instant Bank Transfer was the first payment method to bring truly instant payouts to the US iGaming market,” Fayer said, pointing out that “this enhanced user experience has eliminated the need for players to wait hours or even days” to have money from their gaming account withdrawn.

An integration of Nuvei with The Clearing House’s Real Time Payments (RTP) Network allowed Nuvei to become the first payment provider to offer its partners instant withdrawal options for players with bank accounts in banks that are connected to the RTP network.

“RDG is a pillar of the iGaming industry in New Jersey, so we are looking forward to working together to maximize the benefits that our market-leading platform and deep knowledge of the industry will bring to their player experience, and ultimately revenues,” Fayer concluded.

RDG is the latest online casino provider to team up with the Canadian fintech in which Hollywood actor, producer and entrepreneur, Ryan Reynolds, recently invested. Other partners from the iGaming sector include Holland Casino which recently took advantage of Nuvei’s instant payout solutions.

As the digital arm of Resorts Casino Hotel, RDG embraces the values of its parent that has made a name for itself by offering world-class casino and sports betting in a relaxed environment in Atlantic City, boasting hundreds of online slots and table games, live dealer games and virtual sports on the platforms it operates, including ResortsCasino.com and MoheganSunCasino.com.

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Stats Perform announced that it has agreed to supply Italy’s leading sportsbook, Lottomatica, with a selection of tennis solutions. Thanks to the deal, Lottomatica’s Goldbet and Better brand will be able to benefit from Instant Highlights and Smart Stats Overlays.

Tennis is the latest sport to be covered by these solutions, just as announced by Stats Perform earlier this year. As a result, Lottomatica will become the first operator in Italy to offer the Instant Highlight and Smart Stats Overlays for tennis.

The Instant Highlights solution allows bettors to re-watch important game events while a game is still in play. The solution is also available for football, covering a rich selection of events and leagues, such as Ligue 1, La Liga and 60+ football leagues, as well as WTA, Wimbledon and the Australian Open in terms of tennis competitions.

Smart Stats Overlays, on the other hand, will provide Goldbet and Better players with real-time Opta betting stats on-screen. That solution is also available for football and tennis live streams, providing a plethora of important information to sports bettors.

Both solutions are available to operators through Stat Perform’s plug-and-play Content Player Pro, or an easy-to-use API for custom product development.

Lottomatica Is Pleased to Be Ahead of Its Competitors

Andrew Ashenden, Stats Perform’s chief betting officer, commented on the agreement, saying that Instant Highlights and Smart Stats Overlays deliver what players want, helping operators attract and retain customers. He added that his team is glad to join forces with Lottomatica, which is just about passionate about sports as Stats Perform.

Vincenzo Zeppillo, Stats Perform’s director of betting for Southern Europe, also shared his thoughts. He noted that he is glad that Lottomatica will pioneer the solutions’ new tennis variant.

We’re delighted to help Lottomatica be the first to bring such a high level of sports entertainment to their tennis customers and confident Instant Highlights and Smart Stats Overlays will be a huge success, as they are for football.

Vincenzo Zeppillo, director of betting Southern Europe, Stats Perform

Paolo Manzo, sportsbook director betting & digital Italy at Lottomatica, said that Stats Perform’s solutions will help his team deliver next-gen live streaming experiences to GoldBet and Better players.

We focus relentlessly on enhancing the customer experience and Instant Highlights and Smart Stats Overlays from Stats Perform are powerful tools helping us make every live sports stream more entertaining and more valuable for our customers.

Paolo Manzo, sportsbook director betting & digital Italy, Lottomatica

Manzo concluded that Lottomatica is proud to be the first company in the world to offer highlights and overlays for tennis live streams.

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As a result, Highlight Games Limited will see its games featured with operators across the 1×2 N Network which focuses on helping select studios and their products strike home with more online operators and their audiences.

Sports Fans Get More Games to Play

Highlight Games develops esteemed instant and virtual win content that makes it a perfect fit for 1×2 Network which is constantly looking to add more innovative and worthwhile content to its window shops. Among the games that 1×2 customers will be able to access as a result are select titles, such as Manchester City’s “Scratch of the Day” instant win game and SOCCERBET, which is available in several languages.

There are also NBA and IIHF International Ice Hockey games to add even more variety to the games that you can experience and enjoy. Commenting on this opportunity, Highlight Games co-CEO Steven Holmes said that he was absolutely stoked to see his company’s products launch with the 1×2 network.

This agreement will broaden the availability of our products even further, and I look forward to sharing news of more content featuring teams from premium football leagues available via 1X2 in the near future.

1×2 Network commercial director Chris Loftus was similarly pleased with the opportunity to see the network grow with yet another trusted and respected partner.

“Football holds universal appeal with players, and virtual sports have been a pillar of our brand since day one, We’re delighted to have the opportunity to be offering these innovative games that feature some of the best teams and players in the business,” Loftus added, focusing on the fact that Highlight Games appeals to soccer and sports audiences and does so through inventive and innovative game design.

1×2 Network has been growing its reach of titles and available partner operators at a good pace over the past several weeks and months. The company boosted its capacity with AD LUNAM and Rogue rollout in February and secured another important content tie-up with 7777 gaming in March.

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