International Game Technology announced that its subsidiary, IGT Global Solutions Corporation, has signed a four-year contract extension with the Kentucky Lottery Corporation to continue providing its iLottery platform and mobile app and add new IGT PlayLottery content to the Lottery’s existing digital-games portfolio.
IGT PlayDigital will install its PlayRGS (remote game server) digital-game-delivery technology, allowing the Lottery to expand its portfolio of Instant Play games with new game features and promotional capabilities. IGT will also add the Lottery’s daily Pick 3 and Pick 4 draw games to Kentucky’s iLottery lineup, as well as IGT’s patented Cash Pop draw-based game that gives players the ability to strategize their wager and create their own personalized experience every time they play.
“Now more than ever, lotteries are looking to evolve the traditional lottery player experience through the introduction of iLottery play, and the Kentucky Lottery was at the forefront of this initiative,” said Enrico Drago, IGT PlayDigital Senior Vice President.
“When we first introduced iLottery games with IGT in 2016, we offered three draw games and five instant-play games. Extending our contract with IGT allows us to offer a total of eight draw games, including three new ones to the digital space, and more than a hundred instant play-games,” said Mary Harville, Kentucky Lottery President and CEO.
The Kentucky Lottery has been a customer of IGT’s since the Lottery’s inception in 1989. In 2016, IGT began providing its PlayLottery products and solutions for the Lottery, and in early 2020, the Lottery executed a two-year iLottery extension with IGT. The latest amendment extends IGT’s contract for another four years through July 2026. In addition to iLottery, IGT provides the traditional draw-based lottery system and retail lottery products, as well as operations, hotline, field services and marketing support.
