Scientific Games appointed Keshav Pitani as senior vice-president of Digital Games and Laura Higgins as vice-president for Customer Success & Strategy in its global digital team. Pitani will lead the company's digital games and SG Content Hub strategy, the company said.
The appointments assign leadership of Scientific Games' digital games strategy and customer success work to two executives.
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Mineira da Sorte Loteria (MSL) appointed Roberto Souto as its chief executive in January, the company said. MSL operates RASPADINHA and TREM DAS 11 in Minas Gerais; Souto said his priorities include expanding distribution and developing the group’s product portfolio.
Scientific Games reportedly received the Lottery Game of the Year and iLottery Game of the Year awards at the 2026 Gaming Intelligence North America Awards. The recognised titles were $500,000 FRENZY, developed with the Massachusetts State Lottery, and THE GUS GAME SHOW, created with the Pennsylvania Lottery; the report said FRENZY had generated more than $108m in sales by the announcement.
Scientific Games said its US instant scratch game production facility in metro Atlanta has achieved Level 2 certification under the World Lottery Association Security Control Standard 2024. The company said the site, which serves nearly every US state lottery, is now fully compliant with the highest supplier level under the standard. Its UK scratch game facility reached the same level in 2026.
On 19 October, Scientific Games reported that the instant scratch game production site it runs in metro Atlanta, Georgia, has been awarded Level 2 certification under the World Lottery Association Security Control Standard 2024. The facility, which the company calls the biggest lottery scratch game production plant anywhere, remains WLA-certified and now meets the WLA-SCS:2024 Level 2 requirements in full, the top certification tier available to lottery suppliers under that standard.
Random State has introduced its first eInstant titles at Lotto NZ through Scientific Games' SG Content Hub. The launch includes Marble Run and SEA Quest, with additional content planned.
Reportedly, Scientific Games has extended its scratchcard agreement with France’s FDJ United. Scientific Games will remain the lottery operator’s primary scratchcard supplier, continuing a relationship approaching 30 years. It will manufacture the games at its UK production centre.
Scientific Games has agreed an extension to its scratchcard games partnership with FDJ United, the operator of France's National Lottery, the company announced. Scientific Games will continue as the lottery operator's primary scratchcard partner. The partnership dates back nearly 30 years.