After a competitive procurement process, Eesti Loto awards a seven-year contract (Including possible extensions) to Novomatic Lottery Solutions (NLS) for the provision of an Information System to manage its sales in all channels. NLS proposed a truly modern, state of the art technology platform designed to enable lottery sales over every channel. Built around proven, up to date Service Oriented Architecture and making use of an extensive library of APIs the platform enables sales over a wide range of POS devices including existing devices and large-scale retail POS systems.

NLS’ advanced lottery platform features the latest technologies that will allow Eesti Loto to exceed its players’ expectations and set new, standards in lottery operations and services, both in the short- and long-term. The solution will deliver out-of-the-box all the necessary options to drive new business and offer new Lottery content for players across all channels – mobile, retail, internet – as well as the flexibility to handle whatever the future may bring.

“The NLS omni-channel solution gives Eesti Loto the ability to create an entirely new player experience by breaking down the barriers that used to exist between channels,” said Frank Cecchini, NLS Managing Director & CEO. “Eesti Loto will have the freedom to incorporate best-of-breed services and content; deploy the most appropriate POS devices and deliver a whole new experience to its players. We are extremely excited to be working in partnership with one of the most technically advanced lotteries in the region and are looking forward to working with Eesti Loto to realize the benefits of a truly modern system where technology is not a barrier to growing the business”.

NLS’ pioneering BYOT (Bring Your Own Terminal) philosophy allows Eesti Loto to utilize existing assets or deploy modern tablet or mobile devices. The solution utilizes NLS’ Thin Retail Client, which enables the lottery to use any third-party hardware for its POS. Eesti Loto will deploy this solution across new Linux-based POS systems, as well as Android devices for smaller retailers. This strategy will significantly strengthen its retail footprint by improving the Lottery’s instant ticket sales channel and enabling lottery sales at smaller retail locations.