Light & Wonder Wins Lottery Systems Contract with Atlantic Lottery Corporation
Light & Wonder, formerly Scientific Games, has been awarded a multi-year lottery systems contract with Atlantic Lottery Corporation, covering central systems technology and ongoing support for the ALC's lottery operations across four Atlantic provinces.
Light & Wonder — the company formerly known as Scientific Games before its corporate rebranding and restructuring — has been awarded a lottery systems contract with the Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC). The multi-year agreement covers the central systems technology that underpins ALC’s lottery operations across New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
About the Parties
Light & Wonder is a publicly traded gaming technology company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company completed a rebranding from Scientific Games in 2022 following a period of corporate restructuring that included the sale of its lottery and sports betting technology businesses. The lottery division was sold to Brookfield Business Partners and rebranded as Everi, while Light & Wonder retained its gaming systems and content businesses. The contract with ALC falls within Light & Wonder’s gaming systems capabilities.
The Atlantic Lottery Corporation is a Crown corporation jointly owned by the governments of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the sole operator of lottery and gaming products in the four-province Atlantic region, operating retail lottery, video lottery terminals (VLTs), and digital gambling products including sports betting and online gaming.
Scope of the Contract
The contract covers the central lottery system infrastructure that manages ticket processing, prize validation, retailer connectivity, and game management for ALC’s portfolio of lottery products. These systems are the backbone of lottery operations, processing millions of ticket transactions daily and ensuring the integrity of prize draws and instant-win product validation.
Light & Wonder’s systems will replace or upgrade the existing central system infrastructure currently in place at ALC. Lottery central system replacement projects are significant undertakings for lottery organizations, involving integration with retailer point-of-sale terminals, player-facing digital channels, and back-office reporting and compliance systems.
The contract term and total value have not been disclosed in public communications, which is consistent with standard practice for public sector procurement in the lottery industry, where contract details are often treated as commercially sensitive.
Technology Context
The lottery technology sector has seen significant consolidation and evolution in recent years. Crown lottery corporations across Canada are navigating decisions about technology modernization as aging systems require replacement and digital channel growth demands new infrastructure capabilities. The shift toward online lottery play and sports betting has added complexity to these decisions, as modern lottery central systems must integrate with digital platforms as well as traditional retail channels.
Light & Wonder’s selection by ALC was the result of a competitive procurement process, as is standard for Crown corporation technology contracts of this scale. The procurement process for lottery central systems typically involves detailed technical evaluations, security assessments, and reference checks with other lottery organizations using the vendor’s technology.
ALC’s Operational Context
The Atlantic Lottery Corporation operates in a region with a combined population of approximately 2.4 million people, making it one of the smaller lottery jurisdictions in Canada by population but one with a well-established retail lottery network and a history of operating one of the country’s oldest and most recognized lottery brands.
ALC has been investing in digital channel expansion in recent years, with its online gaming offerings growing as a proportion of total revenues. The new lottery systems infrastructure will need to support both the established retail channel and the growing digital business, a requirement that vendors in competitive procurement processes are required to demonstrate they can meet.
Industry Significance
Lottery central system contracts of this nature represent long-term relationships between technology providers and lottery organizations, typically spanning seven to fifteen years. The ALC contract is therefore a meaningful win for Light & Wonder’s systems division, providing both revenue visibility and a reference site for future procurement competitions at other Canadian and international lottery organizations.
Sources
- Atlantic Lottery Corporation: https://www.alc.ca
- Light & Wonder Inc.: https://www.lnw.com