Scientific Games has signed a new deal to power Staatliche Lotterie- und Spielbankverwaltung’s (LOTTO Bayern) retail and digital sales via its ‘Symphony’ gaming system.
The two parties have been working together since the mid-1990s, with Scientific Games supplying its collaborator with a digital lottery platform, sports betting engine, retail point-of-sale technology, a terminal management system and instant scratch card games.
This latest agreement sees the global lottery firm utilise its “most advanced lottery gaming systems technology” to power the German state lottery’s 3,300 retail POS and digital sales.
Claus Niederalt, President of LOTTO Bayern, commented: “Scientific Games is a long-term reliable technology and service partner who not only meets our very demanding architectural targets with their new Symphony platform, but also offers a transformation path facilitating our transition from monolithic to a new modular architecture.”
The new gaming system from Scientific Games advances LOTTO Bayern to a fully modular, modern systems architecture that supports multi-channel sales.
LOTTO Bayern products include Eurojackpot, LOTTO 6aus49, Spiel 77, SUPER 6, GlückSpirale, Die Sieger-Chance, Keno, Plus 5, TOTO, pull tab tickets and instant scratch games.
Matthias Müller, VP of Strategic Sales & Marketing for Scientific Games, added: “Staatliche Lotterie- und Spielbankverwaltung (LOTTO Bayern), has taken a smart step toward the future with our new Symphony gaming systems technology.
“This advanced, modular system from Scientific Games offers LOTTO Bayern the agility to adapt quickly to ever-changing consumer behaviours and rapidly evolving retail and digital sales environments.”