GTECH gets 10th ’09 contract extension

PROVIDENCE – GTECH Corp. was awarded its tenth lottery contract extension of this year with the announcement Wednesday that it will continue to provide services to Boldt Gaming SA.

Boldt Gaming provides services to the Instituto Provincial de Lotería y Casinos (IPLC) of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

GTECH, a subsidiary of Lottomatica SpA of Italy, said it would provide approximately 2,250 IMAGINE online lottery terminals, adding to IPLC’s existing base of 4,000 GTECH-provided terminals.

“GTECH is committed to its customers. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Boldt Gaming, which began more than 15 years ago,” said GTECH President and CEO Jaymin B. Patel. “We have a cohesive plan in place to assist IPLC in expanding their retailer base to more than 6,000 locations with the deployment of 2,250 new IMAGINE lottery terminals over the next three years.”

In addition to offering software support services over the three-year period, GTECH will also provide its IP-based ES Connect software, a secure, high-volume, open standards network interface that connects a lottery’s transaction processing engine to a multitude of sales channels and devices.

The contract extension comes after GTECH laid off about 30 employees in Rhode Island as part of a larger round of worldwide cuts by parent Lottomatica.