LONDON, Oct. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Ending months of
anticipation, International Game Technology PLC (IGT) (NYSE: IGT)
will unveil its new high-performance, high-reliability lottery
solution, Aurora, at the NASPL 2015 trade show in Dallas, Texas, on Oct.
13.
"It's the dawn of a new era," announced Marco Tasso, Senior Vice President, Global
Product Marketing, Lottery, IGT.
Aurora builds on the success of IGT's Enterprise Series system –
the most prevalent central system and back-office application
solution for lotteries in the world – to respond to rapidly
changing market conditions and lotteries' needs for more agility,
greater interoperability, and a truly omnichannel experience. The
Aurora suite of smart, open solutions was designed to define the
environment for current and future lottery growth in terms of a
technological platform.
From the ground up, Aurora's architecture is loosely coupled,
providing an entirely new level of system integration and
flexibility to seamlessly integrate to third-party applications or
games. This Service Oriented Architecture will separate Aurora's
game engines from the business logic, so making changes to a game
will not affect the business end, allowing lotteries to get
solutions into production faster. Aurora also offers lotteries more
agility when executing on key business decisions, and sound,
actionable analytics to help them make those decisions. Aurora's
advanced business intelligence portfolio allows data to be
integrated, mined, and visualized, ultimately helping to drive
results for the lottery.
By rearchitecting its solution, IGT's Aurora allows lotteries to
seamlessly connect all the different channels in which they operate
and enables them to know their players, communicate with them, and
give them value wherever and whenever they play. Aurora extends
down to the point of sale, where a new framework provides increased
flexibility to deploy applications across a full suite of terminals
and devices.
Other benefits include a brand-new, browser- and
device-independent back-office Web User Interface (UI). The UI is
role-based, so that starting with the data visualizations users see
on the initial portal, and continuing to the specific tasks they
see to do their job, the UI will look different to different
classes of lottery users.
With Aurora's end-to-end interoperability, Matthew Whalen, IGT's Senior Vice President and
Global Chief Technology Officer, Lottery, explains,
"Existing customers of IGT legacy systems, including Enterprise
Series, can incrementally add key components to reap significant
benefits without completely overhauling their current lottery
solution."
For IGT, it is all about supporting the path to innovation.
"Aurora offers flexibility within a dynamic system, but the core
focus is the player," said Tasso. "It delivers the
solutions that lotteries need to increase their customer base and
revenues to good causes."
About IGT
IGT (NYSE:IGT) is the global leader in
gaming. We enable players to experience their favorite games across
all channels and regulated segments, from Gaming Machines and
Lotteries to Interactive and Social Gaming. Leveraging a wealth of
premium content, substantial investment in innovation, in-depth
customer intelligence, operational expertise and leading-edge
technology, our gaming solutions anticipate the demands of
consumers wherever they decide to play. We have a well-established
local presence and relationships with governments and regulators in
more than 100 countries around the world, and create value by
adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and
responsibility. IGT has approximately 13,000 employees. For more
information, please visit www.igt.com.
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