Brightstar Lottery said it will deploy its Omnia solution for the Missouri Lottery under a new eight-year contract. The work includes connecting retail and digital channels, upgrading the lottery’s digital programme and supplying equipment and a communications network for retail.
The contract covers technology and services across the Missouri Lottery’s retail and digital operations.
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Strive Gaming said it had secured a contract to provide player-account management services for Genting’s Resorts World online launch in New Jersey. The work includes payments, risk management, fraud detection and front-end development, with the platform incorporating Resorts World into Strive’s Infinity engine.
Brightstar Lottery said its subsidiary, Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation, signed a six-year contract with the California Lottery to print instant tickets and provide related services. The agreement followed a competitive procurement and covers Brightstar’s instant-ticket content, game development, marketing services and analytics.
North American Derivatives Exchange, which operates Crypto.com's OG prediction market, and Ludlow Exchange, Novig's operator, filed separate lawsuits on 16 October challenging Missouri's 21-year age minimum and 10% tax on sports event contracts. Both argue that federal commodities law gives the CFTC authority over their contracts, pre-empting state gambling rules, after a 30-day compliance period following cease-and-desist notices expired. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway's office maintains that labelling a sports bet an event contract does not remove it from state law.
North American Derivatives Exchange, which operates Crypto.com's OG prediction-market platform, and Ludlow Exchange, the operator behind Novig, filed separate lawsuits on 16 October challenging Missouri's sports event contract rules. The filings followed the expiry of a 30-day compliance period set out in cease-and-desist notices. Both companies argue that federal commodities law gives the Commodity Futures Trading Commission authority over their contracts, putting them outside Missouri's gambling requirements.
Brightstar Lottery said its subsidiary Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation signed a five-year extension with the Oregon Lottery, running through 23 May 2031. The agreement covers central-system upgrades, 2,200 SignaLink digital-signage units and 1,000 Retailer Pro S2 terminals. The Oregon Lottery said the work will upgrade its technology and retailer equipment.
The Minnesota Lottery has selected Scientific Games to replace its legacy system under a seven-year technology contract, the company said. The cloud-based system will cover retail and digital operations, with renewal options for up to three additional years; the contract also includes retailer equipment and a digital second-chance promotions solution.