Scientific Games has had a busy time of it lately, with two launches within a week of each other for sports betting platforms. The latest is being provided for Swisslos, the lottery which covers the German and Italian speaking regions of Switzerland. Earlier in the week, Scientific announced the rollout of a technology to service the Hungarian National Lottery, Szerencsejáték Zrt. The company seems to be continually expanding, and this reporter is confident we can expect more newswires in the future.
This expanded sports betting platform will take the meagre sports betting options currently provided by Swisslos and ramp them up to a full service. They’ve already been providing a fixed odds sports betting service to Swisslos for fifteen years now, so this is by no means a new affiliation. Scientific has also provided lottery and other gaming services to the Swiss operator for roughly the same length of time, so theirs is a very long-standing and successful working relationship.
D.r Roger Fasnacht, Director of Swisslos, made a public statement in the wake of the announcement, stating, “We have been working on the attractiveness of our main sports product for quite some time and are now delighted to complete the project with the launch of a new sports betting platform from our trusted technology provider, Scientific Games.”
Scientific Games is now far and away the leading lottery technology provider on the continent and continues to make new inroads to consolidate its position as a market leader. It is also the fastest growing in the USA, and now provides the tech behind over one hundred and fifty lotteries worldwide.
Pat McHugh, Senior Vice President of Global Lottery Systems for Scientific Games, stated that, “The launch of a new sports betting platform for Swisslos completes two back-to-back successful sports technology implementations for Scientific Games in Europe. We believe that Swisslos players will appreciate a highly secure, integrated retail and online sports betting experience, and that the Lottery will benefit tremendously from the expanded capabilities of our multi-channel system. This is consistent with Scientific Games’ focus on providing market leading sports betting solutions to responsibly increase profits for our lottery customers.”
Under their new contract with Swisslos, Scientific Games will provide the expanded sports book services under their patented AEGIS technology. Shares of Scientific ticked upward on the New York Stock Exchange with the news, trading around half a percent higher at $49.75 per share.
