LAS VEGAS and ATLANTA, Oct. 10,
2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientific Games Corporation
(NASDAQ: SGMS) ("Scientific Games" or the "Company") today
announced that it has received three top honors from the 4th Annual
Global Gaming Awards held at the 2017 Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in
Las Vegas, including the
highly-coveted "Land-based Supplier of the Year" Award.
Voted upon by 60 judges from across the global industry, the
prestigious "Land-based Supplier of the Year" Award recognizes the
best land-based gaming supplier for product and services
innovation.
The judges also awarded 2nd Place for "Land-based
Product of the Year" to Scientific Games for its WILLY WONKA
GOLDEN TICKET™ multi-state linked instant game, created in
partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products. The award honors
the equipment, technologies and features that have enhanced the
gaming experience. Launched by 12 U.S. lotteries thus far, with
four more on the way, WILLY WONKA GOLDEN TICKET has topped
$328 million in retail sales and
nearly two million online second-chance entries (as of
October 6, 2017).
Additionally, Scientific Games' Secret Santa Second-Chance
Drawings promotion created for the Pennsylvania Lottery,
received third place in the 2017 "Digital Product of the Year"
category, which recognizes the features or innovations that have
improved the interactive gaming sector. The holiday promotion
topped $40 million in retail sales in
Pennsylvania, setting an industry
record for 15.8 million online entries — 65 percent through the
mobile app.
"We are honored to accept these three awards from our esteemed
gaming industry colleagues. This recognition reflects the 100
percent commitment to innovation our company has strived for this
past year," said, Kevin Sheehan,
Chief Executive Officer at Scientific Games. "We thank the 2017
Global Gaming Awards panel, and will continue in our mission to
provide the best in gaming entertainment experiences to players
worldwide."
In 2016, Scientific Games earned a Global Gaming Awards top
honor for "Land-Based Gaming Innovation of the Year". The Company
was also a finalist for "Land-Based Industry Supplier of the Year",
"Casino Product of the Year", and "Digital Product of the
Year".
© 2017 Scientific Games Corporation. All Rights
Reserved.
WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE
FACTORY and all related characters and elements © and ™ Warner
Bros. Entertainment Inc. (s17)
About Scientific Games
Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) is the global leader
in technology-based gaming systems, table games, table products and
instant games and a leader in products, services and content for
gaming, lottery and interactive gaming markets. Scientific Games
delivers what customers and players value most: trusted security,
creative content, operating efficiencies and innovative technology.
Today, we offer customers a fully integrated portfolio of
technology platforms, robust systems, engaging content and
unrivaled professional services. For more information, please
visit www.scientificgames.com.
About Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP), a Warner Bros.
Entertainment Company, extends the Studio's powerful portfolio of
entertainment brands and franchises into the lives of fans around
the world. WBCP partners with best-in-class licensees
globally on an award-winning range of toys, fashion, home décor,
and publishing inspired by franchises and properties such as DC,
J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World,
Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera. The division's successful global
themed entertainment business includes groundbreaking experiences
such as The Wizarding World of Harry
Potter and Warner Bros. World Abu
Dhabi (opening 2018). With innovative global licensing and
merchandising programs, retail initiatives, promotional
partnerships and themed experiences, WBCP is one of the leading
licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world.
Company Contacts
Investor Relations:
Bill Pfund (702) 532-7663
Corporate Communications:
Susan Cartwright (702) 532-7981
Forward-Looking Statements
In this press release, Scientific Games makes "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements describe
future expectations, plans, results or strategies and can often be
identified by the use of terminology such as "may," "will,"
"estimate," "intend," "plan," "continue," "believe," "expect,"
"anticipate," "target," "should," "could," "potential,"
"opportunity," "goal," or similar terminology. These statements are
based upon management's current expectations, assumptions and
estimates and are not guarantees of timing, future results or
performance. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these
forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Actual
results may differ materially from those contemplated in these
statements due to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other
factors, including, among other things: competition; U.S. and
international economic and industry conditions, including slow
growth of new gaming jurisdictions, slow addition of casinos in
existing jurisdictions, and declines in the replacement cycle of
gaming machines; ownership changes and consolidation in the gaming
industry; opposition to legalized gaming or the expansion thereof;
inability to adapt to, and offer products that keep pace with,
evolving technology, including any failure of our investment of
significant resources in our R&D efforts; inability to develop
successful products and services and capitalize on trends and
changes in our industries, including the expansion of internet and
other forms of interactive gaming; laws and government regulations,
including those relating to gaming licenses and environmental laws;
dependence upon key providers in our social gaming business;
inability to retain or renew, or unfavorable revisions of, existing
contracts, and the inability to enter into new contracts; level of
our indebtedness, higher interest rates, availability or adequacy
of cash flows and liquidity to satisfy indebtedness, other
obligations or future cash needs; inability to reduce or refinance
our indebtedness; restrictions and covenants in debt agreements,
including those that could result in acceleration of the maturity
of our indebtedness; protection of our intellectual property,
inability to license third party intellectual property, and the
intellectual property rights of others; security and integrity of
our products and systems and reliance on or failures in information
technology and other systems; challenges or disruptions relating to
the implementation of a new global enterprise resource planning
system; failure to maintain internal control over financial
reporting; natural events that disrupt our operations or those of
our customers, suppliers or regulators; inability to benefit from,
and risks associated with, strategic equity investments and
relationships; failure to achieve the intended benefits of our
acquisitions; incurrence of restructuring costs; implementation of
complex revenue recognition standards or other new accounting
standards; changes in estimates or judgments related to our
impairment analysis of goodwill or other intangible assets;
fluctuations in our results due to seasonality and other factors;
dependence on suppliers and manufacturers; risks relating to
foreign operations, including fluctuations in foreign currency
exchange rates, restrictions on the payment of dividends from
earnings, restrictions on the import of products and financial
instability, including the potential impact to our business
resulting from the affirmative vote in the U.K. to withdraw from
the EU, and the potential impact to our instant lottery game
concession or VLT lease arrangements resulting from the recent
economic and political conditions in Greece; changes in tax laws or tax rulings, or
the examination of our tax positions; dependence on key employees;
litigation and other liabilities relating to our business,
including litigation and liabilities relating to our contracts and
licenses, our products and systems, our employees (including labor
disputes), intellectual property, environmental laws and our
strategic relationships; influence of certain stockholders; and
stock price volatility.
Additional information regarding risks, uncertainties and other
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those contemplated in forward-looking statements is included from
time to time in our filings with the SEC, including the Company's
current reports on Form 8-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and its
latest annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on
March 3, 2017 (including under the
headings "Forward Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors").
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made
and, except for Scientific Games' ongoing obligations under the
U.S. federal securities laws, Scientific Games undertakes no
obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements
whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
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