UTRECHT, 15 november 2007 – Openlot Systems B.V., een gaming softwarebedrijf uit Nederland, heeft een contract getekend met de Chinese Welfare Lottery in de noordelijke provincie Heilongjiang, voor het leveren van zijn gaming platform. De Chinese Welfare Lottery is één van de twee door de overheid gecontroleerde loterijen in China. Naast het ontwikkelen van loterijgames voor internet, mobiel en IVR, wordt Openlot ook verantwoordelijk voor het leveren van de hardware.
Openlot heeft zijn partner Hewlett-Packard gekozen voor het leveren van de infrastructuur en het aanpassen van de loterijtoepassingen aan de wensen van de Chinese markt. Het project is beheerd door HP Consulting & Integration in Nedeland, waar Openlot zijn hoofdkantoor heeft, en geïmplementeerd door de GDCC, HP Global Delivery China Center. Technische ondersteuning zal lokaal aangeboden worden door software engineers bij het GDCC Openlot. Openlot en HP verwachten dat ze samen zullen gaan werken op diverse andere software engineering projecten in China.
Bruno Michieli, CEO of Openlot Systems, is proud to have achieved a foothold in China (over 500 million mobile phones and 170 million Internet users), potentially the biggest gaming market worldwide: ‘We are thrilled to work with the China Welfare Lottery and we look forward to the vast business opportunities in this country. Working with HP means working with first class professionals in our field. The cooperation with the Lottery Center of Heilongjiang as well as HP China has been excellent so far”.
Eric Jansen, Client Principal within Communications, Media & Entertainment at HP Consulting & Integration Netherlands, says: “This project is an excellent example of how we are efficiently using our Global Delivery capabilities, which allows us to act quickly on local needs, China in this case”.
“HP’s knowledge and experience in the Communications, Media and Entertainment industry, has proven to be a valuable asset in securing the project, and more importantly, in making it work for the customer. This project has been a good example of how well we can cooperate cross-border”, says Zhai, Hua-Chun, HP GDCC Program Manager and responsible for the execution of the cooperation between Openlot and HP in China
About Openlot
Openlot has been engaged in developing, selling, supplying, installing and maintaining interactive lottery systems worldwide since 2000. Designed for high-performance and scalability, Openlot’s software enables lottery operators to deliver secure lottery games across a wide variety of customer access channels, such as the Internet, mobile and voice response system (IVR).
About China Welfare Lottery
The China Welfare Lottery is one of two state controlled lotteries, the other being the Sports Lottery. The Welfare lottery ticket sales represent 57.29 percent of the Chinese lottery market. Lottery ticket sales are one of the major sources for the country’s social welfare programs. The province of Helionyang is among the top 5 selling provinces.
For any inquiries please email to:
bmichieli@openlot.com or
bcohen@openlot.com for Openlot.
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