Scientific Games is at it again, having successfully obtained a five-year contract with the Maryland Lottery after a highly competitive bid process to supply a new line of lottery management products, online services and lottery sales.

Worth over $80 million, the contract will begin in June of 2005, with an optional five year extension of the time of termination.  Over the next five years, Scientific Games will be supplying and operating the Maryland lottery behind the scenes, including such services as telemarketing, and technical support for the 4,000+ lottery terminals the company will be installing throughout various business areas in the state.  Included in these online terminals are some of the best Extrema terminals game machines such as keno.

Scientific Games is no stranger to the Maryland Lottery.  The company had originally signed a ten-year contract with the state in 1995.  And now that the new contract gives more opportunity for Scientific Games to exercise more freedom, both the Maryland Lottery and the lotto operator are expecting a record number of lottery ticket sales in the coming years.

Scientific Games CEO, Lorne Weil, commented that the company is very excited to introduce the latest gaming machines best online gaming technology to a newly vamped Maryland Lottery, which will help the state cut overhead costs and provide more money to well-needed public programs.