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Scientific Games Advances Innovation, Expands WAVE Terminal Family to Power Faster, Smarter Lottery Retail
Scientific Games expands its flagship line of clerk-operated WAVE terminals with three new models designed to help lotteries and retailers meet the demands of today’s fast-moving retail environment and rising consumer expectations for speed and convenience. Engineered to address the needs of modern retail, the company’s new WAVE Ultra, WAVE Optim, and WAVE Contour build on two decades of lottery technology leadership to deliver smooth, dependable transactions, greater transaction visibility, faster service, and more engaging player interactions at the check-out counter.
As retail continues to shift toward frictionless, outcome-driven experiences, speed and convenience have become critical. Research cited by PYMNTS.com highlights growing demand for seamless transactions from discovery to fulfillment, while Marketsource’s What Retail Consumers Really Want report, citing Forbes data, notes 50% of all retail customers won’t wait more than three minutes in a store. In lottery retail, where queue time directly impacts sales, efficient checkout experiences are more important than ever.
“Every second at the counter matters. Retailers need technology that reduces friction, speeds up transactions and keeps players engaged. By expanding our WAVE terminal family, we’re helping lotteries deliver faster service, improve operational efficiency and create a better overall retail experience,” said Joe Fulton, VP of Retail Products at Scientific Games.
With more than 230,000 units shipped globally, WAVE terminals are recognized across the lottery industry for their ergonomic design, flexible footprints and powerful, reliable performance. The expanded WAVE family delivers capabilities tailored to a range of retail environments and modernization strategies:
• WAVE Ultra – delivers the highest volume of precise playslip processing in the smallest footprint for a full-function lottery terminal, powered by an industry-leading mechanical document scanner. Accelerates clerk workflow and shortens wait times for players—creating a noticeably faster, more seamless purchase moment.
• WAVE Optim – takes a future-focused, simplified approach, removing the traditional document scanner to support moving toward paperless play and reduced mechanical components. The streamlined design has fewer moving parts to manage, and benefits players with a smooth, digital-first interaction that mirrors their expectations in modern retail.
• WAVE Contour – offers camera-based document scanning and a 300-degree scan field. This expanded scan visibility gives players a clearer view of every ticket they present, enhancing transparency, reinforcing confidence in each transaction, and strengthening security at the counter.
Market momentum for Scientific Games’ WAVE retail terminals continues to grow. In the past 18 months, four North American lotteries—the Minnesota Lottery, Ohio Lottery, New Mexico Lottery, and Loto-Québec—have selected WAVE solutions from the family of clerk-operated terminals. Most recently, WAVE terminals launched as part of major technology upgrades for the New Mexico Lottery, North Dakota Lottery, Lotto New Zealand, and The National Lottery in the UK with partner Allwyn UK.
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At the Annual General Meeting of AB Trav och Galopp (ATG) on Thursday, May 7, 2026, Richard Woodbridge, CEO of Scandinavian Heritage AB, was elected as a new independent member of ATG’s board. He succeeds Mårten Forste, who left the board at the end of 2025.
“We welcome Richard to ATG’s board. His solid experience from the gaming market will add significant value to the board’s work,” said Peter Norman, chairman of ATG.
“I am pleased and grateful for the trust in me to take a seat on ATG’s board. ATG is a very strong company and brand with an important role in both gaming and horse racing, and I look forward to future collaboration with the rest of the board,” said Richard Woodbridge.
The Nomination Committee’s proposal for re-election of other board members was approved by the meeting.
ATG’s board thus consists of:
• Peter Norman (Chairman, independent)
• Boris Lennerhov (Vice Chairman, trotting representative)
• Katarina G. Bonde (Board member, independent)
• Marie Osberg (Board member, independent)
• Richard Woodbridge (Board member, independent)
• Marie Thelander Dellhag (Board member, trotting representative)
• Anders Lilius (Board member, galloping representative)
Employee representatives on the board:
• Björn Haglund (Board member, employee representative)
• Camilla Hasselström (Board member, employee representative)
• Alternates: Gustav Enström and Leo Wilson, both employee representatives.
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ReferOn has completed a management buyout, with former General Manager Alex Bukin acquiring the iGaming affiliate management platform and taking over as Chief Executive Officer.
Bukin said the deal is intended to support longer-term product and market plans: “This is an important moment for ReferOn and the beginning of a new chapter for the business. The management buyout provides us with the long-term focus required to continually advance the platform. We remain committed to product development, strengthening our offerings for partners, and supporting ReferOn’s continued growth across key markets.”
ReferOn reported that in its first 12 months post-launch it recorded 35.7 million clicks, 2.4 million registrations, 18,000 affiliates, and 136,000 active trackers. The company also said it was named “Best Affiliate Platform” in 2025 and 2026 by industry stakeholders.
The company said the ownership change will not affect day-to-day operations and that existing support and partnerships will continue. It also pointed to recent product updates including Refie, described as a built-in interface layer, alongside features such as dynamic reporting, Company Grouping, Sub-Affiliation, Independent Deal Calculation (IDC), two-factor authentication (2FA), and mobile optimization.
As part of the transition, ReferOn said its leadership team remains in place, with Vlad Bondarenko moving from Head of Product to Chief Product Officer and David Harris moving from Operations Lead to Chief Operations Officer.
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ELA Games said its slot title Joker Winpot has been shortlisted for “Game of the Year” at the 2026 SBC Awards Americas, with winners set to be revealed on June 10, 2026 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The company described Joker Winpot as a consistent performer in its portfolio, combining a dark, character-driven theme with a 1×1 grid format.
ELA Games said the title’s core differentiator is its proprietary Winpot mechanic, a progression-based feature built around player choice. As rewards build inside the Winpot, players can either cash out or keep spinning in pursuit of higher payouts.
The 2026 SBC Awards Americas ceremony will take place at the Broward County Convention Center. Organizers expect around 600 industry professionals, with the awards running alongside SBC Summit Americas from June 9–11.
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