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Pollard Banknote Awarded Five-Year Primary Contract by Michigan Lottery for Instant Game Tickets
Pollard Banknote Limited is pleased to announce that, following a competitive procurement process, it has been awarded a primary contract from the Michigan Lottery (“the Lottery”) to provide instant game tickets. This marks the extension of a long-standing partnership between Pollard Banknote and the Michigan Lottery. Under this most recent agreement, Pollard Banknote will provide approximately 90% of the Lottery’s instant tickets per contract year. The initial contract term is five years, with the option to renew in one-year increments for up to five additional years. In addition to instant game tickets, the Lottery also awarded Pollard Banknote a contract to supply validation pull-tab tickets.
As a partner to the Michigan Lottery since 1996, Pollard Banknote is immensely proud of the role it has played in supporting the Lottery over the years, providing a wide range of instant games, retail solutions, and omnichannel products. From fiscal year (“FY”) 2013 to FY 2023, Pollard Banknote printed approximately 90% of the Lottery’s instant games. The Lottery earned the distinction of the fastest-growing U.S. lottery in terms of instant ticket sales per capita, with a phenomenal 182% increase during that time; this is particularly impressive when compared to the average U.S. lottery growth of 66% in instant ticket sales per capita. This growth catapulted the Lottery’s per capita sales ranking to seventh among U.S. lotteries over the same 10-year period.
Combining their years of expertise, Pollard Banknote has collaborated with the Michigan Lottery to curate an outstanding portfolio of games. In 2022, the Lottery’s first $50 game, $300,000,000 Diamond Riches, leveraged Scratch FXÂŽÂ to bring vibrancy to its diamond theme, helping drive strong sales and engagement with players. In addition, Pollard Banknote has worked closely with the Lottery to optimize its $20 price point to offer a diverse selection of games, including a variety of unique print innovations and enticing prize structures, to appeal to a broad spectrum of players. As a result, the Lottery’s $20 price point has grown a remarkable 385% from FY 2013 to FY 2023, making it the fastest growing among U.S. lotteries. Pollard Banknote has also been instrumental in the strategic development of the Lottery’s core game category, including Cashword and Wild Time, leading to a 106% increase in Cashword sales and a 204% increase in Wild Time sales from FY 2013 to FY 2023.
Pollard Banknote has also supported many retail initiatives over the years. The Lottery utilizes a variety of innovative products from Pollard Banknote’s Schafer Retail Solutions + (“SRS+”) portfolio to strengthen its retail footprint throughout the state, including over 2,300 Lighted Ticket Menu Boards and All-in-Ones, Outdoor Fuel Menu Boards, and a variety of dispensers.
The partnership between Pollard Banknote and the Lottery is further solidified by the company’s deep roots in Michigan. With an established and robust footprint in the state, including a full instant ticket manufacturing facility in Ypsilanti and nearly 350 Michigan based employees, Pollard Banknote plays an active role in creating job opportunities, generating tax revenue, and supporting other local businesses, which contributes to positive economic growth. In fact, according to a recent economic report by East Lansing-based Anderson Economic Group, in 2022 alone, Pollard Banknote created 475 jobs in the state and spent more than $92.6 million USD operating and investing in its Michigan facilities, generating a total of $51.7 million USD in economic activity.
At its manufacturing plant in Ypsilanti, Pollard Banknote produced approximately seven billion ESS (equivalent single size or 2″ by 4″) instant tickets for lotteries around the globe in 2023, including the majority of the Michigan Lottery’s tickets. As evidence of the company’s commitment to continuous improvement, between 2015 and 2022, Pollard Banknote made nearly $30 million USD worth of major capital investments at this facility, including a $20-million state-of-the-art TRESU press.
“We are honored to be selected as the primary supplier of instant game tickets to the Michigan Lottery,” said Doug Pollard, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Pollard Banknote. “We deeply value the relationship we have built with both the Michigan Lottery and the communities in which we operate within the state. As a testament to our successful collaboration and efforts to deliver outstanding games and innovative retail solutions into the Michigan market, we take pride in having contributed to four-fold sales growth since the start of our partnership almost 30 years ago. We look forward to continued success and growth in the years to come.”
INTRALOT S.A. is pleased to announce that its U.S. subsidiary INTRALOT, Inc. has extended its gaming systems contract with the New Hampshire Lottery Commission for an additional seven years, ensuring continued cutting-edge technology and high-quality services support through September 2033.
This extension marks the continuation of a win-win partnership between INTRALOT and New Hampshire Lottery that began in 2010 and the first deployment of INTRALOTâs cutting-edge LotosX Omni gaming platform in the US. The platform will be deployed on Cloud infrastructure, ensuring New Hampshireâs lottery benefits from enhanced resilience, scalability, and top-tier security. As part of the agreement, New Hampshire’s lottery technology infrastructure will be upgraded with new INTRALOT terminals, the award-winning PhotonX (1700 units), as well as Gamestation self-service terminals and Dream Touch Flex vending machines (900 total).
“For more than 15 years, INTRALOT has been a critical partner of the New Hampshire Lottery, providing innovative solutions supporting our record growth,” said Charlie McIntyre, Executive Director, New Hampshire Lottery. “As part of this renewed partnership with INTRALOT, we are looking forward to offering our retail network new lottery terminals, and we are pleased to be offering our players two new self-service machines, including the touch screen Dream Touch Flex vending machines. Our mission in New Hampshire is to maximize net profit, all of which is earmarked for public education. Since 1964, we have raised nearly $3 billion for the students, teachers and schools in our state. We look forward to continuing our relationship with INTRALOT, whose advanced technology will assist in responsibly increasing both sales and our contributions to education.”
âWe are delighted to be rolling out our LotosX technology with our second NASPL lotteryâ, said Richard Bateson, CEO of INTRALOT, Inc. âIn New Hampshire we have a great partner, and we are a vendor to one of the most successful lotteries in the US. We look forward to working with Executive Director McIntyre and his team to support the next chapter of the New Hampshire Lottery Commissionâs successâ.
INTRALOTâs LotosX Omni platform integrates the most advanced technologies and operational features in the gaming industry and is already installed and operating at the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) in Canada and in other countries such as Greece, the Netherlands, Germany, and Taiwan.
TheLotter US has expanded its trusted lottery courier service to Arizona, following successful launches in New Jersey and New York just last year. With this latest addition, TheLotter US now operates in five states, including Oregon, and Minnesota.
Yael Hertz, CEO of TheLotter Group, said: âWeâre thrilled to expand our service to yet another state. Now, Arizona residents can enjoy the convenience of entering their favorite lottery draws without having to go out and buy a ticket.â
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Arizona has seen some incredible jackpot wins, including a $108 million Mega Millions prize in Lake Havasu City just four years ago. More recently, in January 2025, a lucky player in Tempe became the sole winner of a $112 million jackpot.
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Scientific Games Named the New Mexico Lottery’s SGEP and New Gaming Systems Technology Partner
Scientific Games has been selected as the New Mexico Lottery’s full-line provider, winning a new, 10-year contract for gaming systems technology and expanding the global lottery company’s previous contract for New Mexico Lottery Scratchers to the Scientific Games Enhanced Partnership program. The company is the fastest-growing government-regulated lottery gaming systems provider in the world, highlighted by recent systems contract wins in the U.S. and Europe.
David Barden, CEO of the New Mexico Lottery, said, “Following a rigorous competitive procurement process, we are delighted to announce Scientific Games as the New Mexico Lottery’s new full-line provider. This strategic partnership will see Scientific Games become our exclusive lottery systems technology partner and expand our existing Scratchers relationship to a full SGEP arrangement. By implementing a single, holistic solution across our entire lottery operations, we aim to optimize performance and generate increased scholarship funding for New Mexico students.”
With a focus on strategic planning across all product lines, Scientific Games will provide the New Mexico Lottery with the company’s Momentum ecosystem, featuring the advanced AEGIS central gaming system, SciTrak instant game system and Infuse business intelligence platform. Scientific Games’ WAVE X point-of-sale retailer terminals and PlayCentral suite of self-service machines across its network of 1,000+ retailers will help engage New Mexico Lottery players with expanded game content.
John Schulz, President of Americas & Global Instant Products for Scientific Games, said, “We have partnered with the New Mexico Lottery on the instant game portion of their business for many years and are looking forward to helping take their performance to new heights as a full-line provider in a new collaborative contract. The Lottery has always taken an innovative approach to Scratchers. As the systems technology provider, we look forward to innovating its full-line business with our full ecosystem of advanced solutions to drive responsible growth.”
The SGEP program will provide the New Mexico Lottery with Scratchers portfolio management and game planning services, data analytics, advanced logistics, licensed brand services, and retail sales and marketing support. Used by more than 20 lotteries, including five of the top six performing instant game lotteries worldwide, the program drove 31% better performance for U.S. partners in fiscal year 2023-24.
The company also provides the New Mexico Lottery with licensed properties such as GAME OF THRONES and LOTERIA. The Lottery will be supported in Albuquerque by a Scientific Games team of game, product and technology experts, along with the company’s state-of-the-art facilities and logistics services.
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