NFL Recommends Scientific Games Subsidiary MDI Entertainment to Support Teams and Lotteries with Launch of Scratch-off Tickets
NEW YORK, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scientific Games' (Nasdaq: SGMS) wholly-owned subsidiary, MDI Entertainment, will be considered by various member teams of the National Football League (NFL) to provide expertise related to lotteries that will be introducing team-themed scratch-off games starting with the upcoming 2009 season.
The NFL recently passed a resolution permitting teams to enter into agreements with lotteries in their marketing territory for lottery scratch-off games and other promotions.
Scientific Games, the leading provider of licensed games in the lottery industry, has extensive experience working with other major professional sports leagues, including Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the National Hockey League (NHL), in making team marks available to lotteries for use on game tickets.
"We're very pleased with the League's decision to open up the category. Major professional sports leagues have generated some of the most successful scratch-off games for their lotteries under our management and we can help bring the same success to NFL teams and the lotteries they support," said Kyle Rogers, Executive Vice President and General Manager of MDI Entertainment. "We think the NFL member clubs will see the value of our experience in all aspects of developing a lottery game from game design to creative approvals to fulfilling prizes to second chance drawing management."
About Scientific Games
Scientific Games Corporation is a leading integrated supplier of instant tickets, systems and services to lotteries worldwide, a leading supplier of server based gaming machines and systems, Amusement and Skill with Prize betting terminals, interactive sports betting terminals and systems, and wagering systems and services to pari-mutuel operators. It is also a licensed pari-mutuel gaming operator in Connecticut, Maine and the Netherlands and is a leading supplier of prepaid phone cards to telephone companies. Scientific Games' customers are in the United States and more than 60 other countries. For more information about Scientific Games, please visit our web site at www.scientificgames.com.
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