HACKENSACK, N.J., Dec. 20, 2007 — Slingo, Inc., a leading developer and publisher of casual games and interactive entertainment, has teamed up with Scientific Games Corporation to extend the successful Slingo brand, both domestically and internationally, through instant lottery tickets, CD-ROM lottery games, and lottery terminal games.
The Slingo phenomenon that is the exciting combination of Bingo and Slots has a proven track record in the instant lottery ticket game space. Since its inception in 2001, over 600 million Slingo lottery tickets have been sold domestically in over 20 states and three countries, including Australia, Canada and Norway.
Slingo's strong online presence supports lottery ticket sales as well as the overall awareness of the Slingo brand. With over 10 years of success in the casual games market, Slingo has a broad Internet reach of loyal dedicated web visitors spending an average of three and a half hours per month on the popular game site http://www.slingo.com.
"Slingo has a very long and successful history in the lottery market. We are excited about the opportunity to work with Scientific Games who has a proven track record of successfully developing and marketing licensed instant tickets. SGI has the expertise to expand on the success of the Slingo instant tickets because of their incredibly broad reach and international experience. Scientific Games earns its distinction as the branded instant ticket leader due to their ability to consistently provide total business solutions that support the games," said Eric Lamendola, General Manager at Slingo, Inc.
It's no wonder that several states have already ordered the Slingo Instant Lottery ticket more than five times since it is consistently one of the top licensed $3 lottery tickets.
"There have been many instant ticket variations of Slingo that have been very successful," said Steve Saferin, president of Scientific Games Properties. "The game's popularity has been proven time and again and is now even considered to be a staple instant ticket in many states' game line-up."
Slingo is proud to be a part of the Scientific Games licensed brand portfolio along with brands such as Deal Or No Deal, Wheel Of Fortune, Jeopardy, Family Feud, Monopoly, American Idol, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Harley-Davidson, Hersheys, Jeep, NASCAR, Jenga, Yahtzee, Battleship, Betty Boop, Marilyn Monroe, TV Guide, Hasbro and Major League Baseball, just to name a few.
About Slingo, Inc.
Slingo, Inc. is a U.S.-based company that has developed and licensed the intellectual property for Slingo(R) brand of games for over 10 years. As a pioneer and thought-leader in the casual games industry, Slingo Inc. has successfully licensed to partners worldwide for use with: free online game sites, downloadable games, lottery tickets, casino slot machines and table games, a television game show, interactive television, mobile phone games, and most digital interactive mediums. The original Slingo game boasts that over three billion games have been played to date. Slingo is also the FIRST in many areas including First cyber lottery ticket and First casual game to be made into a television game show. Slingo, Inc.'s long list of partners has included America Online, AC Coin and Slot, IGT, United States Playing Card Company, Funkitron, Scientific Games Corporation, PixelPlay, Hasbro, Tiger Electronics, I-play and Oberon-Media. People can play Slingo and more than 30 original games as well as join the social networking community by going to http://www.slingo.com. For press inquiries, contact Email.
About Scientific Games
Scientific Games Corporation is the leading integrated supplier of instant tickets, systems and services to lotteries worldwide, a leading supplier of fixed odds betting terminals and systems, Amusement and Skill with Prize betting terminals, interactive sports betting terminals and systems, and wagering systems and services to pari-mutuel operators. It is also a licensed pari-mutuel gaming operator in Connecticut, Maine and the Netherlands and is a leading supplier of prepaid phone cards to telephone companies. Scientific Games' customers are in the United States and more than 60 other countries. For more information about Scientific Games, please visit our web site at http://www.scientificgames.com.