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INTRALOT
INTRALOT (INTRALOT, Inc., INTRA-
LOT, S.A. and other subsidiaries) is the
preeminent supplier of integrated gaming and transaction process-
ing systems, innovative game content, sports betting management
and interactive gaming services to state-licensed gaming organiza-
tions worldwide. INTRALOT has been offering customized and
fully integrated solutions that are highly efficient and absolutely
secure for over 20 years.
INTRALOT has become an influential leader in the lottery sector,
with more than 5,500 employees and a presence in more than 65
countries on 6 continents. INTRALOT USA has 14 contracts in 12
jurisdictions in the United States and has launched the last 2 start-ups
in the US (Arkansas and Wyoming).
INTRALOT is the first international vendor in the gaming sector
that has been certified according to the World Lottery Association
(WLA) Security Control Standard in 2008. Moreover, the Company
has been certified with the ISO 27001:2013 for its Information Secu-
rity Management System (ISMS), originally certified in 2007.
INTRALOT is also the first international vendor in the gaming
sector to achieve ISO 20000 certification on Information Technology
Service Management and the first international vendor to receive the
Gaming Standards Association (GSA) Point to Point SOAP/HTTPS
Transport and Security Specification as well as one of the two com-
panies that have been certified internationally according to the GSA
Game to System (G2S) Message Protocol standard, both of them for
its VLT Monitoring system, iGEM.
All INTRALOT certifications are being governed by the COBIT 5
framework that the company introduced in order to ensure a holistic
approach that covers its business processes end-to-end and in align-
ment with its business strategy. INTRALOT has also been certified
according to ISO 9001 since 2002.
INTRALOT’s games library includes more than 600 types of
games and variations. INTRALOT ‘s customers take advantage of the
most robust, efficient and versatile Unified Gaming Platform in the
industry that seamlessly combines retail, mobile and home users, con-
necting innovative gaming verticals and offering an unparalleled busi-
ness support to the organization for optimal customer experience.
The company is a member of all major international gaming
associations and plays an active role in the international gaming
community; contributing decisively to the future development of
the industry.
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Linq3
Linq3’s secure payments platform transforms ex-
isting unmanned POS devices into highly inter-
active access points for sale of lottery products.
By leveraging existing hardware, securing transactional data and com-
munications, lotteries have a unique opportunity to think outside the
traditional sales terminals. The Linq3 solution works in partnership
with existing lottery networks, allowing lotteries to efficiently reach a
greater market, intersecting and interacting with players in a new way.
In collaboration with state lotteries, their operators, and the na-
tions leading fuel pump and payment kiosk manufacturers, ATM
providers, and the payment card industry, Linq3 has developed the
secure protocol for lottery transactions on fuel pumps, ATM’s, taxis
and other innovative unmanned points of sale. Linq3 enables lotter-
ies to achieve sales growth at a low cost through new sales channels
that reaches new players and occasional players. The Linq3 solution
promotes a new level of interactivity for the player and lottery. A
dedicated web interface, 24/7 call center support, auto redemption
of low tier prizes, and detailed state reporting and security compli-
ance and responsible play features are just some of the benefits to the
Linq3 platform. Optimized performance is achieved through state
of the art processing and data security. It’s secure, it’s scalable, and
it’s ready to change the distributional landscape for lottery products.
Linq3 recognizes that security and integrity is of upmost impor-
tance to lotteries. Linq3 utilizes a state of the art multi-tiered security
protocol that ensures transaction data is not compromised. Included
in the system is a check and balance that employs internal and exter-
nal (third party) redundancy and verification.
Linq3’s technology consists of three fundamental features se-
curity, reliability and availability, and performance and scalability.
Linq3’s data centers are housed in SSAE 16/SOC 1-compliant facili-
ties, which provide a high level of physical security, including onsite
guards, multiple forms of verification for access, and visual monitor-
ing. All data center equipment is secured within locked cabinets un-
der recorded video surveillance. Connectivity is provided over multi-
ple carriers to ensure availability if one carrier should have an outage.
The primary requirement for processing credit and debit transactions
is PCI compliance. Linq3’s PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data
Security Standard) Tier 1 Status is the highest level attainable in the
Payment Industry. Linq3 combines the key goals of the PCI Data Se-
curity Standard and its own internal standards to establishing physical
security, network security, and system software security ensuring end-
to-end integrity of lottery transactions.
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