Scientific Games has been awarded the World Lottery Association’s Responsible Gaming Framework Certificate. The certification was earned after an extensive auditing process that confirmed Scientific Games’ continued improvement in responsible gaming practices across its global lottery operations for retail and digital products and services.
The audit was conducted by Corporate Citizenship, a global consulting firm specializing in responsible and sustainable business practices.
“In the global lottery industry, Scientific Games has truly established its leadership role in responsible gaming,” said World Lottery Association Senior Corporate Social Responsibility Manager Melissa Azam in a statement. “The company’s Healthy Play program, which provides lotteries with real tools to support their own responsible gaming programs, demonstrates Scientific Games integration of the WLA Responsible Gaming Principles throughout the organization, and its investment in the future of the lottery industry.”
In 2020, Scientific Games launched Healthy Play program, a responsible gaming initiative promoting healthy enjoyment of games through player education. The initiative created lottery employee responsible gaming training, customized in content and multiple languages, to ensure awareness and understanding of healthy, responsible lottery play.
“Scientific Games was already living the principles of responsible gaming,” said Corporate Citizenship Director Peter Truesdale in a statement. “There is a collaborative effort across multi-functional teams at the company to continually learn and to demonstrate thought leadership on the evolving topic of responsible gaming in the global lottery industry.”
Scientific Games also created the Healthy Play Guide, a digital magazine about the Healthy Play program. In 2022, Scientific Games plans on launching a Healthy Play website, customizable for individual lotteries and accessible by lottery stakeholders through a QR code.
“Scientific Games is honored to receive WLA’s Responsible Gaming Certification, which recognizes our ongoing commitment to Healthy Play across our global lottery organization,” said Scientific Games Lottery Vice President of Responsible Gaming Carla Schaefer in a statement. “We want to give our lottery customers tools and best practices to help them market their products in healthy and responsible ways. Our Healthy Play program helps lotteries educate their players, establish trust and increase lottery literacy.”
