Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) (“Scientific Games” or the “Company”) today announced that the Company has received the World Lottery Association’s (WLA) Responsible Gaming Framework Certificate of Alignment.
The certification recognizes that Scientific Games has been granted accreditation by WLA in accordance with the criteria set in the Responsible Gaming Certification Standards for associate members. Scientific Games, a leading supplier to the global lottery and gaming industry, was invited by WLA in 2012 to help develop the pilot supplier Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) certification, which features Responsible Gaming Standards as the first component.
Simone Harrison, Senior Vice President, Lottery for Scientific Games, said, “Scientific Games is honored to have played a role in establishing the WLA CSR certification standards based on our global best practices and more than 40 years of experience serving the lottery industry. Most importantly, we are honored to achieve the Responsible Gaming certification. As one of the industry’s major suppliers, we have a responsibility to all stakeholders: our business partners, our employees, our lottery customers, lottery retailers and consumers to ensure the development of secure and quality products. We recognize that suppliers in our industry should help our customers address the small percentage of players who are adversely affected by problem gambling.”
The WLA Responsible Gaming Standard is made up of eight areas, including employee program, product and service development, research, advertising and marketing communications, remote gaming environment, client awareness, stakeholder engagement, and reporting. The Responsible Gaming framework encourages and improves communication between lotteries and their suppliers.
“Scientific Games aligns closely with our lottery customers’ business practices and overall mission to responsibly drive revenue to maximize proceeds to their good causes. Stakeholder engagement is paramount to the success of any Responsible Gaming program, and the WLA framework successfully educates and informs everyone in the industry about Responsible Gaming,” said Harrison.
Scientific Games received a third party appraisal performed by Corporate Citizenship, a WLA-approved assessor that provided a comprehensive, knowledgeable and unbiased assessment of the Company’s lottery operations and completed a Statement of Alignment reflecting compliance with WLA Responsible Gaming Standards for Associate Members.
Scientific Games develops and provides products and services to more than 150 lotteries in 50 countries around the world. The Company will continue to monitor for best practices in the area of responsible gaming, assess its Responsible Gaming program on a regular basis as well as review the guidance of government regulators, research conducted by the gaming industry and its own global knowledge and experience gained by supplying the lottery industry since 1973. Scientific Games will seek recertification to the WLA Responsible Gaming standard in 2018.
