30 PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL • MARCH/APRIL 2023 A LEAP FORWARD IN INSTANT TICKET SECURITY IGT’s NextGen technology is a breakthrough that takes security further than previously possible — by harnessing the blockchain to create unalterable instants game-creation and audit files. Ensuring game integrity has always been core to the lottery industry. And for instant tickets, which represented about two-thirds of total retail U.S. lottery sales in 2022, security is critical not only for programming games and preventing unauthorized game reconstructions, but also for enabling authorized game reconstructions when required — for example, to validate damaged physical tickets that are presented as prize winners. In all of these instances, lotteries can now benefit from a new, state-of-the art patented system for secure predetermined instants game generation, developed by IGT. This proprietary system, known as NextGen, harnesses modern digital-security technology to improve on the legacy security processes that have been commonly used throughout the industry for the past two decades. Among its advantages, IGT’s NextGen platform maintains an unalterable forensic blockchain of an instant game to help prevent the possibility of security breaches. A blockchain is associated with each instant game’s unique database and protects not only the entire game development process but also the reconstruction process.
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