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LONDON, Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ International Game Technology PLC (NYSE: IGT) announced that its subsidiary, IGT Global Solutions Corporation (hereinafter IGT ), has signed a four-year contract extension with the Kentucky Lottery Corporation to continue providing its iLottery platform and mobile app, and add engaging new IGT PlayLottery content to the Lottery s existing digital games portfolio.
IGT PlayDigital will install its PlayRGS (remote game server) digital game delivery technology allowing the Lottery to expand its portfolio of Instant Play games with new game features and promotional capabilities. IGT will also add the Lottery s daily Pick 3 and Pick 4 draw games to Kentucky s iLottery lineup, as well as IGT s patented Cash Pop™ game. Cash Pop is IGT s exclusive draw-based game that gives players the ability to strategize their wager and create their own personalized experience every time they play.
The Kentucky Lottery Board of Directors learned this week that Lottery sales remained strong for the first five months of Fiscal Year 2021.
Spokesman Chip Polston said Vice President and Corporate Controller Maggie Garrison reported sales for July through November were $579.6 million, which is 31.9 percent more than the same period in the prior year, and 12.8 percent more than budgeted. He added net income before dividends and without unclaimed prizes for the timeframe was $127.4 million, which is $28 million more than the prior year and $15.3 million more than budgeted.
According to Polston, the key in this success was Scratch-off tickets, which saw sales for the period rise $91.5 million from the previous year. He pointed out internet sales also continue to show strong growth, moving from $12.1 million in Fiscal Year 2019 to $39.3 million in Fiscal Year 2021, which is a 224.1 percent increase.
The Kentucky Lottery Board of Directors learned this week that Lottery sales remained strong for the first five months of Fiscal Year 2021.
Spokesman Chip Polston said Vice President and Corporate Controller Maggie Garrison reported sales for July through November were $579.6 million, which is 31.9 percent more than the same period in the prior year, and 12.8 percent more than budgeted. He added net income before dividends and without unclaimed prizes for the timeframe was $127.4 million, which is $28 million more than the prior year and $15.3 million more than budgeted.
According to Polston, the key in this success was Scratch-off tickets, which saw sales for the period rise $91.5 million from the previous year. He pointed out internet sales also continue to show strong growth, moving from $12.1 million in Fiscal Year 2019 to $39.3 million in Fiscal Year 2021, which is a 224.1 percent increase.