Scientific Games on Wednesday announced it will provide scratch-off games to Ohio Lottery players for 10 more years as the state’s primary instant scratch game provider and portfolio manager. Scientific Games creates and produces most of the Ohio Lottery scratch-offs.
According to La Fleur’s 2025 World Almanac, the Ohio Lottery is among the top 20 performing lotteries in the world for scratch game sales.
“By applying data-driven game innovation and portfolio management, Scientific Games has continually improved scratch-off sales profits to benefit education in Ohio,” Scientific Games President Americas and Global Instant Products John Schulz said in a statement. “We are very proud that our partnership with the Ohio Lottery is based on collaboration and a deep understanding of the Lottery’s business, and we look forward to another 10 years of success together.”
This year, Scientific Games was selected as the Ohio Lottery’s gaming systems technology provider. The company has served as the primary supplier of Ohio Lottery scratch-offs for more than two decades.
The Ohio Lottery was one of the first lotteries to launch Scientific Games’ SCiQ ecosystem, the first technology of its kind to help lottery retailers fully manage instant games in stores. SCiQ offers streamlined accounting and reporting, store-level sales analytics, improved inventory management and locked, automated game dispensing bins for product security. The system, installed at more than 800 Ohio Lottery retailers, features player-facing digital menu boards that modernize scratch-off games and simplify the purchasing process.
Ohio Lottery’s scratch-offs also benefit from the data-driven Scientific Games Enhanced Partnership instant game category management program. Since the program began seven years ago, Ohio Lottery scratch-off sales grew from $1.6 billion in fiscal year 2019 to more than $2.4 billion in fiscal year 2025. The program optimizes scratch-off products through data analytics, advanced logistics, licensed brand services, and sales and marketing support across its network of more than 10,000 Ohio Lottery retailers. The program is facilitated at the company’s Ohio operations near the lottery’s headquarters in Cleveland.
According to a news release, more than 20 lotteries, including 10 of the 20 top performing instant game lotteries worldwide, participate in the program.