Pollard Banknote has signed a deal with Instant Win Gaming (IWG) to offer the supplier’s extensive portfolio of eInstant games to Pollard Banknote’s iLottery clients.
IWG is a leading supplier of eInstant games, delivering more than 300 every year to World Lottery Association and North American Association of State & Provincial Lotteries-member lotteries.
Last year, it rolled out a first-of-its-kind multi-province progressive jackpot, the Turbo Jackpots linked program, across Canadian lottery corporations in nine provinces.
Now, its InstantRGS remote gaming server, which delivers a library of games that can be developed for a partner’s eInstant program, has now been integrated with the Pollard Catalyst gaming platform, the software that powers the online lottery solution that Pollard Banknote offers to various clients in Canada and beyond.
The Winnipeg-based lottery experts noted that the integration was completed in just a few weeks, made possible by Catalyst’s cloud-native, modular and API-first architecture, along with the two companies’ deep knowledge and expertise of lottery technology. This launch comes after Catalyst went live with a U.S. lottery earlier this year just 10 months after initial scoping, the fastest full iLottery program implementation in American history.
“We’re excited for this new partnership, which will allow even more lotteries to benefit from IWG’s highly successful game portfolio,” said Shannon DeHaven, VP of digital engagement at Pollard Banknote. “IWG’s library of proven, lottery-focused eInstant games make an excellent complement to our own offerings from the Pollard Digital Games Studio.”
“We are thrilled to partner with Pollard Banknote to offer our portfolio of eInstant games to clients of their state-of-the-art Catalyst platform,” added Jason Lisiecki, EVP at IWG. “Our games always generate high player engagement, which in turn creates significant transaction volume.
“Through our many years of experience, we’ve found that direct-to-wallet integrations—just like the one enabled by Catalyst—consistently deliver the lowest operational latency, resulting in a much smoother and more responsive player experience. Catalyst’s cloud-native, modular, and API-first architecture, combined with the professionalism and technical expertise of the Pollard Banknote team, made the integration process seamless.”
Long-running deal with Canadian lotteries
Pollard Banknote is a leading lottery partner to more than 60 lotteries worldwide, including numerous Canadian crown corporation lottery platforms.
Last summer, it signed a five-year extension to its Instant Ticket Printing Services Agreement with the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation (ILC), ensuring that it will continue to provide products and services to the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, Loto-Québec, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), the Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) and the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) until Dec. 31, 2028.
Pollard Banknote and the ILC have worked together for 35 years already. The contract has an option to renew for an additional five years.
The firm supplies instant ticket products, licensed games, in-lane ticket options, merchandising, and a full suite of digital offerings including game apps and player engagement and iLottery solutions.
Pollard Banknote acquires charity bingo specialists Pacific Gaming
Pollard Banknote also provides pull-tab tickets, bingo paper, ticket vending machines and its Diamond Game and Compliant Gaming electronic games and devices to charitable and other gaming markets in North America.
This spring, it strengthened its charitable gaming operations by acquiring 100% of Pacific Gaming, a company that specializes in electronic bingo products, services and management systems.
Pacific is now part of the Pollard Charitable Games Group, joining other companies such as American Games, International Gamco, Diamond Game and CJ Venne.
The total acquisition purchase price was set to be $10 million U.S. dollars (approximately $14.4 million CAD).
