Gtech chosen to provide Massachusetts Lottery with instant vending machines

This award is the result of a competitive procurement process. Gtech expects to receive approximately us$ 17 million to us$ 20 million in revenue from the sale of these machines.

"Self service continues to play a major role in our lottery growth strategy," said W. Bruce Turner, Gtech President & CEO and Lottomatica S.p.A. CEO. "Since completing the acquisition of Interlott in September of 2003, we have won all stand-alone ITVM bids in the United States. We value the relationship we have established with the Massachusetts Lottery, one of the most successful lotteries in the world, and we look forward to continuing to support their instant ticket sales program with our latest self-service technology."

Through its acquisition of Interlott Technologies, Gtech has been providing ITVMs to the Massachusetts Lottery since 2001. The majority of the 3,050 ITVMs, which will be a combination of EDS-Q, GamePoint, and CDS machines, will replace machines already in the field with the remainder being placed in new locations.

The 24-bin EDS-Q, or Expandable Dispensing System Quad Burster, vending machine provides the most reliable dispensing system combined with the best visual display and the smallest footprint in the industry.

GamePoint, Gtech's combination instant ticket and online lottery product vending machine, offers simple push-button instant ticket selections and one-step, on-screen instructions for online lottery purchases.

The CDS, or Compact Dispensing System, vending machine will enable non-traditional outlets in Massachusetts, particularly social-space locations, to become more effective full-service lottery providers.

Since the ITVM bid was submitted in Massachusetts, Gtech has renamed its line of self-service terminals. The EDS-Q and CDS machines are now the Instant To Go 24 and Instant To Go 4, respectively, and the GamePoint machine is now called Lottery To Go.

The Massachusetts Lottery ranks first among worldwide lotteries in terms of instants per-capita sales, and third in instant ticket sales with more than us$ 3.1 billion in instant ticket sales in 2006.