Annual Base Revenue Estimated at $12 Million
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scientific Games (Nasdaq: SGMS) has announced that it has been chosen by the Hoosier Lottery as the preferred bidder to negotiate an integrated Lottery Gaming System contract, which includes a full suite of online and instant ticket pass through systems, as well as a new range of lottery equipment, including the "next-generation" WAVE(TM) terminal. The contract begins August 2010, will have an initial term of six years, and will provide for four, one-year extension options. The contract was awarded after a competitive bid process with two other vendors, and base revenue to Scientific Games is expected to total approximately $12 million per year.
"We have enjoyed working with the Hoosier Lottery since 1998. We are excited to remain partners and look forward to achieving sales growth with them in the coming years," said Joe Wright, Chief Executive Officer of Scientific Games. "We see this as an extremely powerful win for our Lottery Gaming System business, especially considering the strength of our competitors' bids."
"We are very pleased with our decision to continue working with Scientific Games in executing the mission and vision we have established for the Hoosier Lottery," said Kathryn Densborn, Executive Director of the Hoosier Lottery. "This new contract will allow the Hoosier Lottery to advance technologically which will provide better service to our Hoosier Lottery retailers and a better play experience to our players."
In FY2008, the Hoosier Lottery generated $822.7 million in retail sales, of which $283.5 million were from lottery online systems. Since inception in 1989, the Hoosier Lottery has returned $3.4 billion to help fund state programs including the Build Indiana Fund, the Teachers' Retirement Fund and the Police & Fire fighters' Pension Relief. Since 1989, the Build Indiana Fund has been used a significant portion of the $3.4 billion dollars to significantly reduce the amount Hoosiers pay for their motor vehicle excise tax.
About Scientific Games
Scientific Games Corporation is a leading integrated supplier of instant tickets, systems and services to lotteries worldwide, a leading supplier of server based gaming machines and systems, Amusement and Skill with Prize betting terminals, interactive sports betting terminals and systems, and wagering systems and services to pari-mutuel operators. It is also a licensed pari-mutuel gaming operator in Connecticut, Maine and the Netherlands and is a leading supplier of prepaid phone cards to telephone companies. Scientific Games' customers are in the United States and more than 60 other countries.
