PROVIDENCE — Providence-based gaming technology company International Game Technology’s Aurora product-development team won a silver Stevie Award in the American Business Awards in New York City. The award for the core lottery system was in the Excellence in Application Modernization category, IGT announced in a press release.
Leading the team of over 200 engineers is Robert Beauparlant, IGT’s vice president of product development, lottery and core platforms. “This award further validates IGT’s leadership in the global lottery and gaming market, where government-sponsored gaming is at the intersection of gaming, politics and social responsibility,” said Beauparlant, thanking the team and division chief technology officer Matt Whalen. “It also provides affirmation of our Aurora product strategy in helping to modernize the clients we serve.”
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Among the reasons Aurora was chosen, according to IGT: that it is an advanced end-to-end lottery solution, cost effective, and can be used on any browser or interface.
Michael Gallagher, founder of the Stevie Awards honoring businesses, said that more than 3,700 nominations were submitted this year. “The competition was intense.”
Susan Shalhoub is a PBN contributing writer.
