Scientific
Games to Supply West Virginia Lottery
Scientific Games [Nasdaq: SGMS]
will supply a new AEGIS-Video(TM) Central Monitoring
System (CMS) to the West Virginia Lottery under
terms of a contract announced today. The CMS
will run the lottery's network of 20,000 video
lottery terminals (VLTs) at four race tracks
and 1,600 additional retail locations throughout
the state. The contract runs for six years with
four one-year option years. The contract is
valued at $6.2 million over its initial term.
The
new CMS will include both new hardware and software
to run equipment from ten different licensed
gaming manufacturers in the West Virginia network,
and while it will upgrade to the Slot Accounting
System (SAS) 6.01 communication protocol, it
will be compatible with legacy equipment using
older SAS and IGT's ICIS protocols. The new
system will allow the lottery to rapidly update
its video lottery gaming capabilities across
its network, including terminals located at
racetracks and in retail outlets.
"West
Virginia is one of the pioneers of video lotteries,
so we're pleased that AEGIS-Video will be keeping
them on the leading edge of video lottery operations
in the United States," said Brennen Lawrence,
Vice President and General Manager of Video
Gaming Systems of Scientific Games. "The
Lottery has played a critical role in supporting
the state's racing industry -- along with education,
seniors and parks -- and keeping the games running
smoothly will ensure that it will be able to
do even more in the future."
"Scientific
Games has been an innovator in the video lottery
industry for years and the AEGIS System offers
the West Virginia Lottery the necessary tools
to continue our success," said Lottery
Director John Musgrave. "With the AEGIS-Video
central monitoring system, we'll be able to
bring our players all the newest games and gaming
experiences without having to replace all our
incumbent terminals at once, and that's a perfect
way to mark the 20th anniversary of the West
Virginia Lottery."
Scientific
Games provides video gaming central systems
and or services to the Maine Gaming Control
Board, New Mexico Gambling Control Board, South
Dakota Lottery, Soceite Des Lottery Video Du
Quebec (Canada), Islandsspil (Iceland), Manitoba
(Canada) and are in the process of implementing
AEGIS-Video Systems to the Delaware Lottery,
and Independent Gaming Corp (Australia).
Now
celebrating "20 Years of Winning for West
Virginians," the West Virginia Lottery
supports state programs for education, senior
citizens, parks and tourism. Lottery revenues
have helped finance more than 40,000 computers
for the public schools, handicapped access in
the state parks, and transportation and home
health care for seniors. After transferring
profits to the state's general fund in its early
years of operation, the lottery has been dedicated
to specified beneficiaries since 1989. |
