Scientific Games Corporation has partnered with Abacus Solutions International Group to develop a platform for shoppers to purchase lottery draw and instant games in retail checkout lanes.

Abacus, which has a significant penetration in supermarkets and big box stores, is a lottery technology partner that securely connects lottery systems technology directly through a retailer’s point-of-sale technology.

“Our research shows that in grocery stores in particular, only 5% of shoppers visit the area of the store where the lottery terminal is located and games can be purchased,” Simon Butler, CEO of Abacus, said.

The integration with the third-party solution from Abacus using their unique Fusion Platform will enable secure, in-lane lottery sales through Scientific Games’ new SCiQ retail technology system and AEGIS lottery draw game systems technology, allowing shoppers to purchase instant and draw games at the checkout.

“This partnership with Abacus is another example of Scientific Games’ commitment to invest in new retail innovation that opens opportunities for lotteries to bring products conveniently to players where they are. Our vision for retail innovation includes third-party, secure technology integrations that support lottery revenues with the most advanced technology possible,” Randall Lex, VP Lottery Retail Solutions for Scientific Games, said.

“The Abacus technology enables draw-based lottery tickets and instant games to be purchased at any retail point-of sale-terminal, and dramatically increases valuable lottery terminal foot-print in stores at a minimal cost. Our partnership with Scientific Games is a significant and exciting step forward, enabling Abacus technology with our retail partners to offer huge growth opportunities for lotteries and their beneficiaries,” Butler said.

“The Abacus and Scientific Games in-lane solution puts lottery products in front of 100% of the store’s customers as well as fitting into their existing shopping behavior. Working together to offer lotteries many more selling opportunities as well as offering new and innovative ways to play is the future of lottery and this partnership embraces that opportunity,” Terry Presta, Abacus Head of Business in the USA, said.

Virtual Sports provider Inspired Entertainment has launched its new V-Play Basketball on bet365.com. V-Play Basketball was initially launched in 2019 and has become one of the best performing online Virtual Sports.

“bet365 is a long-time customer and we’ve enjoyed many highly successful product launches with them over the years. The launch of V-Play Basketball follows a string of popular games that have gone live with bet365.com since the new year, including Virtual Football, Cricket and Virtual Grand National,” Steven Rogers, Chief Commercial Officer of Inspired, said.

“We haven’t seen any Virtual Sports quite like V-Play Basketball and V-Play NFLA Legends Football. They are great products, both visually and in the betting opportunities they offer the players. We are very excited to be launching these products and we have no doubt they will be successful additions to our current Virtual Sports offerings. Inspired has impressed us with their innovation once again,” bet365 said.

Gaming content developer 1X2 Network has extended its partnership with platform provider Digitain. As per the deal, Digitain will gain access to additional third-party game studios via 1X2 Network’s 3PI aggregation platform.

The 3PI game aggregation platform provides online gambling operators with seamless access to innovative and exciting developers whose titles can help them stand out from their rivals.

“We are delighted to have extended our already successful partnership with Digitain and to provide them with access to hundreds more titles with the click of a button. 3PI provides variety and quality whilst maintaining 1X2’s rich tradition of fantastic service and account management, and with the ability to add the likes Leap Gaming virtual sports games at this time really can be of benefit to Digitains customers while there is a lack of sports on offer,” Kevin Reid, CCO of 1X2 Network, said.

“1X2 Network’s proprietary games have become an integral offering for our global operator partners and their players, so it made perfect sense for us to build on this partnership and take additional third-party titles via 3PI. Being able to offer an even more broad range of Virtual Sports and additional casino content at this time could never be more important for our partners, 3PI offers us just that,” Samvel Mkrtumyan – head of external communication at Digitain, said.