Gtech Printing Corporation selected by SCML in Portugal

GPC will provide SCML with 30% of Portuguese instant-ticket market share and will introduce Secure Shield, GPC’s secure validation algorithm for use with hidden barcodes. SCML is one of Europe's top-performing lotteries with respect to instant-ticket sales growth. GPC has been providing instant-ticket printing services in Portugal since 2010.

"Gtech Printing Corporation has focused on exceeding SCML's expectations in terms of the quality of products and services that we have provided, and we are grateful of their decision to continue working with GPC as their secondary instant-ticket supplier," said Alan Eland, GPC President and Gtech North America Senior Vice President & COO.

"SCML has recently experienced significant growth, more than doubling instant-ticket sales since 2010. We are committed to supporting SCML in sustaining that growth over the next two years, and beyond."

GPC's parent company, Gtech Corporation, has provided SCML with online lottery products and services since 2001. By having the reliability and security of the Gtech technology along with GPC's expertise in the instant-ticket business, SCML will benefit from this collective knowledge and ability enabling them to deliver more value to players across multiple product lines.