Scientific Games Corporation today announced that Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (SCML) has selected Scientific Games as the exclusive supplier of instant games to Portuguese players through a new three-year contract. SCML, a charitable organization that serves as the operator of the national lottery and retail betting in Portugal, is ranked fourth largest instant-game operator in Europe with instant games representing approximately US$1.9 billion in annual retail sales. Scientific Games currently supplies its instant games to 48 European lotteries, including Lotterie Nazionali (Italy), Française des Jeux (France) and National Lottery (UK), all Top 20 performers globally.
Dr. Edmundo Martinho, Provedor da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, said, “Our long history with Scientific Games provides an excellent foundation to continue the responsible growth of SCML instant-game entertainment to generate maximum funding benefitting our charitable causes.”
Scientific Games began providing SCML with instant games, called Raspadinha, when the Portuguese national lottery launched in 1995, playing a significant role in propelling the product to its global level of success over the decades.
“We are honored to be expanding our longtime successful relationship with SCML in Portugal to continue the Lottery’s growth by offering instant-game entertainment to Portuguese players, while responsibly generating maximum proceeds for the Lottery’s charitable causes,” said John Schulz, Senior VP, Instant Products for Scientific Games.“
Scientific Games provides games, technology, and services to more than 150 lotteries around the globe. The company launched the world’s first secure retail instant game in 1974 and the first digital instant game in the U.S. in 2014, and is the world’s largest creator, manufacturer, and service provider of instant games in the world.
