Pollard Banknote and Loto-Québec Extend Successful Partnership

Pollard Banknote was pleased to announce on February 1, 2021, that the company will extend their contract will the highly renowned Loto-Québec, and both will continue to entertain lottery enthusiasts for the future to come. The initial contract between the two establishments started on February 1, 2014, and with the current extension, they will cooperate to at least January 31, 2022.

Pollard Banknote has been serving as the main provider of instant ticket games to the lottery corporation for many years now. Over that time Pollard Banknote proved to be a valuable partner to the Crown corporation, with numerous complete services, such as incredible game design, and both production and marketing of instant ticket games.

Symbiosis

With time Loto-Québec has established itself as one of the leading lottery games providers if not the leading in the region. The corporation’s portfolio of instant tickets is and always has been ambitious with never-ending innovations and dynamic approach. The lottery’s plan to launch novel game concept tickets has led to many new collaborations with Pollard Banknote, which resulted in unique print features that will be available very soon.

The company’s concepts such as Scratch FX®, pouched games, and specialty inks have been more than suitable to the lottery corporation’s needs and ideas. That is why Marie-Claudel Lalonde who is Senior Director, Strategy and Marketing Communication at Loto-Québec, was quick to state her satisfaction with the cooperation between the companies. She added that Loto-Québec is looking forward to what the future has in store for the partnership.

Vice President, International Sales & Marketing of Pollard Banknote, Michelle Annandale, reflected on the extension of the company’s collaboration too. She stated that Loto-Québec is a valuable partner and that Pollard Banknote is extremely proud to have the opportunity to work with them, and in the future hope for many more top-notch collaborations and improvement on the products.

Atari Collaboration

Pollard Banknotes’ never-ending quest for innovations and improvements was further supported by the announcement from January 21, 2021, which saw the company partner its efforts with arcade games giant Atari. This partnership will allow Pollard Banknote to further broaden its rich portfolio of content. Fan-favorite Atari games such as PONG, Centipede, Missile Command, Tempest, and Asteroids, will certainly excite lottery fans.

Pollard Banknote believes that the concept of combing classical fan-favorite games with instant lottery tickets will be a colossal hit among lottery enthusiasts. The retro-themed tickets initiative will attract many fans Atari fans, taking them back to the “golden age of gaming” and will certainly spark the interest of new ones. It is without a doubt a fruitful collaboration for both innovation-seeking companies.

Pollard Banknotes Announces Purchase of Compliant Gaming LLC

At the start of the already promising year for Pollard Banknote, the game developer built on that by announcing an official agreement for the purchase of Compliant Gaming. The acquisition will be of great use to Pollard Banknote’s portfolio of diverse games, which will make room for even more innovations due to Compliant Gaming’s pull-tab gaming technology. This technology is estimated to be worth around a total of CA$24.3 million.

Source: “Pollard Banknote Awarded Contract Extension From Loto-Québec“, Cision, February 1, 2021