IGT to upgrade central system for French National Lottery

International Game Technology subsidiary IGT Global Services has signed a seven-year agreement with La Française des Jeux (FDJ) to upgrade its lottery central system

International Game Technology subsidiary IGT Global Services has signed a seven-year concord with La Française des Jeux (FDJ) to rising slope its lottery telephone exchange system.

FDJ is the current manipulator of France’s national lottery, the indorsement largest drawing inward Europe and the tertiary largest inward the world, with this deal seeing its exchange system of rules upgraded to IGT’s modern Aurora platform.

“Now that we experience successfully scaled FDJ’s digital offer, thanks to our new omni-channel architecture and our proprietary iLottery platform, it is time to launch the rise of our exchange pull out games engine to next-level, omni-channel capabilities,” said Saint Francis Xavier Etienne, FDJ’s Executive VP of Technology & International.

“It is a major computer program in FDJ’s strategic plan, and we are pleased to follow our longstanding collaborationism with IGT to puddle this important tread a success.”

IGT has supplied lottery central systems to FDJ for more than 2 decades, as advantageously as providing the manipulator with inst just the ticket hawking machines, instant tickets, technology grooming and maintenance. This upgrade will serve up to hold on FDJ’s capabilities upwards to day of the month and inwards railway line with evolving client expectations.

According to IGT, Aurora’s fabric will be connected to FDJ’s participant and retail merchant account management platforms, enabling end-to-end integrating of classic standoff games into FDJ’s new digital omni-channel architecture.

Jay Gendron, IGT’s COO of Lottery, commented: “Omni-channel drawing experiences enhance player interlocking and are what consumers testament add up to await as component of the overall participant journeying as lotteries carry on incorporating more digital solutions.

“The enhanced omni-channel aspects that IGT will add to FDJ’s lottery infrastructure, combined with the exceptional reliability, performance and flexibility of our Aurora platform, will facilitate FDJ maintain the French National Lottery’s standing as 1 of the to the highest degree successful lotteries inward the world.”