IGT signs agreement with Massachusetts Gaming Commission

PROVIDENCE – International Game Technology PLC has announced that its subsidiary, GTECH Corp., has entered into an agreement with the Mass. Gaming Commission to provide a central monitoring system to monitor up to 20,000 electronic gaming devices at up to four venues in Massachusetts, with the first venue being Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville.
According to a news release, IGT is expected to receive approximately $23 million in revenue over 10 years through the agreement.
“IGT welcomes the opportunity to assist the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in building this new and exciting business endeavor in the commonwealth,” Michael Chambrello, IGT CEO, North America Lottery, said in a statement.
“We have leveraged more than 20 years of development expertise along with intelligence gathering and validation sessions with gaming central system clients throughout the world to produce a system that meets both their current and future needs: the INTELLIGEN system. We look forward to working closely with the commission to deliver this flexible, secure and robust system that will allow them to effectively manage their new business and help to generate additional revenue for the commonwealth,” he said.
IGT’s INTELLIGEN system was designed to support new advancements in the industry, incorporating full support for the Gaming Standards Association’s Game to System (G2S) protocol, as well as existing industry standard protocols such as SAS. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission will have the ability to monitor electronic gaming devices using either SAS or G2S. The INTELLIGEN system will also provide advanced security and financial monitoring functionality for the Commission, assisting in ensuring the integrity and transparency of gaming in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts will become IGT’s sixth implementation of the INTELLIGEN system in the U.S., following completed implementations in Kansas, Maryland and Rhode Island and ongoing implementations in Oregon and Pennsylvania.