28 PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL • JULY/AUGUST 2022 Game Programming Programming every game—the data that determines where all the prizes are—takes a global team of industry veterans and experts, including game developers, auditors, mathematicians, security experts, and managers. Most team members have 15+ years of experience, and operations run 24/7 in the U.S., UK, Canada, and Chile to ensure support at all times. The global team routinely delivers 10-15 accurate, highly secure, quality games per day. The programming process has positioned Scientific Games as the leading instant game provider in the world. The process is ISO 27001 certified to meet an international set of standards that require documented policies and procedures for 133 separate security controls, and it is controlled by proprietary Scientific Games automation systems that ensure all required procedures are followed. From the first ticket to the last, the company’s systems produce games that are confidential and display a unified integration of the prize structure and game parameters. No one knows where the winning tickets are until a game is purchased and scratched to reveal the prizes. Scientific Games uses complex, highly secure processes and technologies that ensure the integrity of the game. This is proven millions of times every day as players play instant games all around the world. 1. Game Software Development Programmers create game development software to the lottery’s game specifications. The software then creates all play symbols, numbers, letters, and barcodes unique to each individual ticket. Next, independent audit programmers develop audit software that verifies every ticket number, every validation number, every play symbol, and every barcode—the individual ticket’s game data—fully respects the rules in the game’s ‘working papers’. This includes verification of the game’s play mechanics, symbol set and positioning, prize structure, rules, and parameters. As a final step, a separate team of Scientific Games internal and external auditors test and give final approval of the game’s software by reviewing reports, inspecting ticket images, testing ticket data, and using any other evidence necessary to prove adherence to all game data requirements in the working papers. 2. Game Data Production Custom applications and security systems control the production of the game’s live data. Automated applications transfer the final, approved version of the game software to the production system, and a separate suite of applications initiates and monitors the game’s data production from beginning to end. The systems work together so that the data is secure and 100% confidential. No person can view, copy, edit, delete, transfer or in any way manipulate the game data file. Only authorized personnel can initiate the game production data creation cycle. Only the approved software can create the game data. All game data is fully encrypted as it is created. Game data is securely transferred to the press imaging systems. Production reports are securely stored.
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