LONDON, Sept. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- International Game
Technology PLC ("IGT") (NYSE:IGT) will unveil a newly reimagined
portfolio of products and services at NASPL 2017, Sept. 13-16 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, presenting an immersive showcase of
the many ways the Company is modernizing play to support lotteries
on their growth path. Visitors to IGT's booth at NASPL will explore
a walk-through showcase of games, products, and solutions centered
on innovations to modernize play, including:
- Aurora™ solution, IGT's new core system, providing the
omnichannel capability and interoperability to transform, manage,
and grow lottery businesses.
- New mobile and integrated TouchPoints to engage
players.
- BizApps to help lotteries manage everyday activities
that drive sales and profit growth.
- A new category of hybrid lottery games and fresh Content
to attract the next generation of players, featuring IGT's
newest exclusive licensed property, The Voice, now the
#1 talent competition on television, with more than 500 million
viewers worldwide.
- People with the knowledge and experience to support
lottery customers in optimizing every aspect of their value
chain.
"At NASPL 2017, the Modernizing Play theme expresses our
vision for helping customers achieve growth in every part of their
lottery business," said Michael
Chambrello, CEO North America Lottery. "Our industry
is poised for advances on many fronts, from the retail operating
model to the player experience to the form and content of the
games. We've been listening to our customers, and our newly
reimagined portfolio communicates how we can help them take
advantage of the many opportunities for growth."
Among the products and services IGT will feature at NASPL:
- IGT will host an interactive display and special guest
appearances to celebrate its newest licensed property, The
Voice. With exclusive rights to develop and distribute The
Voice lottery games globally, IGT will develop comprehensive
marketing programs to support The Voice lottery games, including a
second chance promotion, an entertaining, interactive social media
component, and travel packages to Las
Vegas and Los Angeles.
- IGT will launch NOW & LATER™ lottery tickets: a
brand new category of lottery play. Through IGT's proprietary
game-development process, FutureGame, IGT is engineering the next
generation of lottery experiences with a global, player-focused,
data-driven perspective that involves stakeholders from across the
business. The first of the NOW & LATER lottery games is
launching at NASPL, with more following in 2018. NOW & LATER
products are draw games with a scratch component, a hybrid that
offers both new and existing players the best of both worlds – the
instant thrill of a scratch-off ticket and the anticipation and
extended experience of a lottery drawing.
- IGT will introduce a new mobile, integrated lottery experience
for players. To bring the convenience of mobile into play at the
industry level, IGT has pioneered the PlaySpot™ mobile
solution to create one integrated lottery experience. Using the
PlaySpot app, players have the potential to purchase retail lottery
tickets, play live keno and Instant Win games, and also check and
collect winnings in a licensed retail location on any mobile device
while connected via Bluetooth to a lottery network. Under
pilot-testing in Rhode Island
since December of 2016, the PlaySpot solution offers a new way to
reach players who are mobile-focused, particularly a younger
consumer demographic.
- IGT is introducing a full range of services through its
Retail Sales & Execution Team, focusing not only on
products and technology, but on accelerating growth through the
spectrum of retail and consumer activities. The Retail Sales &
Execution Team works with lottery customers to improve sales
operations, maximize revenue through retail relationships, and
enhance retail and product execution. As trusted partners, the team
draws on the experience of the more than 2,000 IGT people who work
as lottery operators and who serve more than 137,000
retailers.
- IGT will feature Aurora's new administration portal,
Navigator, which provides a central view to manage and
administer all lottery business-management applications. It
features a redesigned user interface that is browser- and
device-agnostic, customizable to the role of the user. The
Navigator portal is also extendable to solutions other than the
Aurora solution.
- IGT will showcase business applications that harness the power
of data to drive lottery growth. IGT's BizApps are a
synchronized suite of complementary products that leverage
consistent insights and analytics across all lottery stakeholders
to drive sales. These powerful tools deliver proven, actionable
content developed based on IGT's unrivaled experience managing
lotteries, retailer networks, and lottery sales forces in multiple
jurisdictions around the world.
The NASPL 2017 program will feature a number of IGT
executives:
- Marzia Mastrogiacomo, Senior
Vice President, Lotteries, Lottomatica S.p.A., joins a
distinguished group of world lottery industry leaders as one of
five new inductees into the PGRI Lottery Industry Hall of Fame for
2017. The induction ceremony will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept.
15, at the Oregon
Convention Center, Ballroom 202-204. "I'm honored to be recognized
with membership in the Lottery Industry Hall of Fame, and I
congratulate my fellow inductees for their dedication to moving our
industry forward with integrity and excellence," said
Mastrogiacomo. "I share this award with my colleagues and team
members, with whom the Italian lottery's success has been built. I
am also especially proud that Lottomatica and IGT contribute to the
support of so many diverse projects that make a positive impact,
including the recent restoration of Michelangelo's world-famous
statue of Moses in Rome and the
innovative collaborations with public institutions that add
educational and cultural value to our communities, families, and
new generations."
- Jay Gendron, Senior Vice
President, WLA North America Lottery, IGT, will participate in
a panel discussion during the General Session on Thursday, Sept. 14, from 2:45 p.m. – 3:30
p.m. in the Oregon Ballroom 202–204 of the Oregon Convention Center.
- Angela Wiczek, Vice
President, Corporate Communications, IGT, will participate in a
panel discussion on best practices in the development of CSR
programs for the gaming industry in the Insight Session 1: SHIFT in
Corporate Social Responsibility on Thursday,
Sept. 14, from 10:15 a.m. –
11:15 a.m. in room B 111/112 of the
Oregon Convention Center.
- Gerard Caro, Senior Director
of Marketing Insights, IGT, will participate in a panel
discussion on the challenges and opportunities in collecting,
analyzing, and leveraging data for decision-making within the
lottery framework in the Insight Session 4: SHIFT in Research and
Analytics on Thursday, Sept. 14, from
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. in room B 113/114 of the Oregon Convention Center.
Find IGT at Booth #350 at the Oregon Convention Center for a closer look at
products and services to modernize play and fuel growth in every
part of the lottery business. For more information, visit IGT.com
or go to facebook.com/IGTLottery.
About IGT
IGT (NYSE: IGT) is the global leader in
gaming. We enable players to experience their favorite games across
all channels and regulated segments, from Gaming Machines and
Lotteries to Interactive and Social Gaming. Leveraging a wealth of
premium content, substantial investment in innovation, in-depth
customer intelligence, operational expertise and leading-edge
technology, our gaming solutions anticipate the demands of
consumers wherever they decide to play. We have a well-established
local presence and relationships with governments and regulators in
more than 100 countries around the world, and create value by
adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and
responsibility. IGT has over 12,000 employees. For more
information, please visit www.IGT.com.
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U.S./Canada (844) IGT-
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