Community service has always been a core value for McHugh. The Boston-area son of Irish immigrants found his off-the-beaten-path way to the industry after a service-focused start as a volunteer leader for community youth programs in college, coaching high school track and field, and then working in law enforcement. By luck, Pat met a former director of the Massachusetts Lottery who encouraged him to take an entry-level job with a lottery tech provider. It would be a turning point in his life. Logging around-the-clock hours traveling the globe, Pat learned everything he could about lottery systems and operations in project management, leading teams on some of the industry’s largest lottery start-ups and conversions. He joined Scientific Games in 2004 and following a series of promotions over the years – including running the company’s U.S., then global, systems business – Pat was named Lottery Group CEO in 2018. Throughout his career, his core focus has remained on the industry’s beneficiary funding mission and leading high-performing teams to achieve together. Under his leadership team, Scientific Games successfully navigated challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and emerged stronger. In 2022, following the most financially successful year in its history, the Scientific Games Lottery Group was sold to Brookfield Business Partners, one of the world’s most successful investment companies. Pat and his team led the company through the process, steering the ship for the now independent and 100% lottery-focused Scientific Games. After standing up a new organization with all the right people, parts and pieces needed to keep the company and its customers running smoothly, he’s leading change and evolving culture for Scientific Games’ more than 3,000 employees worldwide while achieving record revenues for the company with major wins globally across all retail and digital business lines. Two years into the company’s transition, Pat continues to drive growth and help sustain the global lottery industry, through innovation and customer service excellence. Pat McHugh epitomizes the commitment to innovation, integrity and performance that makes Scientific Games a leader in helping lotteries maximize good-cause funding for their beneficiaries.
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