Bookmaker William Hill and gaming solutions provider International Game Technology (IGT) have inked a partnership to sell US state lotteries on the joys of legal sports betting.
On Tuesday, Hills’ US division and IGT subsidiary IGT Global Solutions Corporation announced the signing of a “multi-year agreement” to make a combined push “to offer US lotteries a full-service solution for sports betting.”
The two companies are already working together in Rhode Island, readying the betting technology underpinnings of the Rhode Island Lottery’s sportsbooks at the Twin River Casino and Tiverton Casino, which are scheduled to launch sometime in November.
The new partnership will see IGT supply its PlayShot sports betting platform for land-based, retail, online and mobile wagering, while William Hill US will supply the operational, trading, player management and strategic expertise it has gleaned from years of running sports betting operations on behalf of Nevada casino operators.