Scientific Games has partnered with Gift & Go, the award-winning, on-demand gifting technology platform delivered and fulfilled by Amazon. The company has already implemented the platform to fulfill loyalty rewards for Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, Maine State Lottery, Maryland Lottery, Missouri Lottery and North Dakota Lottery players in the U.S. To date, total more than 1.5 million players are using the platform across the five lotteries.

Scientific Games is partnered with Gift & Go, the on-demand gifting tech platform delivered and fulfilled by Amazon.
Jon Reuben, Co-CEO and Founder of Gift & Go, said, “Gift & Go is excited to expand our gifting on-demand solution to the lottery sector with a seamless platform that allows state lotteries to easily deliver the gifts their players love. It’s a real-time solution without additional cost or effort, which makes it perfect for lotteries.”

A first for the lottery industry, the solution is trusted by leading global suppliers, offering second-chance promotion and loyalty rewards players the freedom to select non-cash prizes from 1,800 items in the platform’s “storefront”. Gifts are delivered in less than two days, compared to traditional lottery fulfillment of two to four weeks.

Amy Warner, Senior Director of Digital Engagement for Scientific Games, said, “Through our new partnership, we’re thrilled to bring an enriched loyalty experience to our lottery customers, integrating the convenience and perks of Amazon seamlessly into our offerings. It’s a very enhanced ecommerce experience that provides choice, reliability, and value.”

Scientific Games is also using the Gift & Go platform to provide access to its world-leading second-chance promotions with several U.S. lotteries.

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Scientific Games provides retail and digital games, technology, analytics and services to 150 lotteries in 50 countries around the globe. The company is a digital lottery innovator offering lotteries entertaining game content and industry-leading digital programs, including CRM, loyalty, promotions, second chance, mobile and web applications.

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Scientific Games is a global leader in retail and digital games, technology, analytics and services that drive profits for government-sponsored lottery and sports betting programs. From enterprise gaming platforms to exciting entertainment experiences and trailblazing retail and digital solutions, we elevate play every day. We are industry pioneers in instant games, data analytics, retail solutions and iLottery. Built on a foundation of trusted partnerships since 1973, Scientific Games combines relentless innovation, performance and unwavering security to responsibly propel the industry forward.

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has announced the launch of SweepX, a revolutionary social sweepstakes casino platform solution for the USA, with the release further bolstered by the announcement of a binding Head of Terms for a strategic partnership with Primero Games LLC, the largest land-based sweepstake operator in the states.

Designed to deliver a cutting-edge solution for the burgeoning sweepstakes market in the US, SweepX combines dual-wallet, store management for redemptions and prize-rewards, with GiG’s AI assisted content management technology to provide a prominent competitive advantage to operators across the market, driving significant growth and engagement across social sweepstakes casino gaming.

The landmark agreement will see GiG’s market-leading technology power Primero into the online social sweepstakes casino market for the first time. Founded in 2009, Primero Games specialises in developing innovative casino software and equipment for the gaming industry,with over 50,000 sweepstakes machines across the US, and also own Storm Games ltd, a UK retail operator and content studio. The collaboration will see Primero leverage its extensive player database to quickly expand into the online social sweepstakes casino market.

SweepX combines GiG’s highly successful real-money iGaming platform technology, which is currently live in the US, Europe and across Latin America, with a bespoke sweepstake back office, AI assisted gamification layer and one of the most comprehensive sweepstake casino content libraries available on the market, supporting immediate growth throughout the emerging US sweepstake market.

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The sweepstakes gaming market saw enormous growth in 2020 due to pandemic market conditions, and it has continued to grow at a very healthy pace since. It is estimated that the sweeps market generated about $3.1 billion in 2022, and we project that it will continue to grow at a +31% CAGR, reaching $6.9 billion by 2025, as per data shared by E&K.

Andrew Cochrane, Chief Business Officer at GiG said; “GiG is synonymous with innovation and our SweepX solution is the result of our tireless pursuit of excellence for product innovation across the online sweepstake market. As an extremely experienced turnkey solutions provider, the strength inherent in our technology and services has allowed us to develop what we consider to be the leading platform, data and AI driven solutions available within social gaming, and will help power the growth of the market across the US within the next few years.”

Barry Rutherford, CEO at Primero, added; “GiG’s world class platform will allow us to bring more content and an experience for our players that is second to none. Combining our unique player acquisition strategy and GiG’s innovative technology, we are positioned perfectly for the US market and for iGaming markets across the globe.”