The company will upgrade the lottery's central system, replace 5.500 POS terminals and upgrade the communications network to cellular
International Game Technology PLC (IGT) announced that its subsidiary, IGT Global Solutions Corporation, has signed a three-year contract extension with the Virginia Lottery. The extension will last until October 2033 and also makes three one-year extension options available. IGT will provide the Virginia Lottery with an updated central lottery system and communications network, new point-of-sale hardware and exciting gaming features with an expected release date of October 2025.
“Since we first partnered with the Virginia Lottery in 2000, IGT has helped us responsibly modernize our lottery offerings and drive sales growth for our business,” he said. established Tony R. Russell, acting director of the Virginia Lottery -. We look forward to seeing IGT's enhancements to our point-of-sale system and technology that will ultimately support our mission of generating revenue for Virginia's K-12 public education.”
“IGT has worked closely with the Virginia Lottery for more than 20 years to provide innovative, world-class lottery solutions and services – said Jay Gendron, IGT Chief Operating Officer, Global Lottery -. The updated technology implemented for the Virginia Lottery as part of our latest extension will provide greater flexibility for the Lottery to easily manage its back-end operations. Additionally, the introduction of a progressive jackpot feature to the lottery's Print 'n Play games will provide players with engaging new experiences.”
Under the terms of the contract extension, IGT will upgrade the Virginia Lottery's central retail system to its latest version of Aurora™, part of IGT's OMNIA™ lottery solution. IGT will also replace 5.500 retailer terminals with its high-performance, high-volume terminal, the Retailer Pro S2, allowing the Lottery to easily add new functionality across multiple POS terminals at once. IGT has been the Virginia Lottery's primary technology partner since 2000 and its primary instant ticket provider since 2020.
As the global lottery market leader, IGT is the leading technology provider for 25 lotteries in the United States, eight of the 10 largest lotteries in the world, and 16 of the top 25 lotteries in the world.
