Global Draw Gets William Hill Contract

Scientific Games has announced that their subsidiary The Global Draw, Ltd. has entered into contract with William Hill. The company was awarded a four year contract to supply the gaming terminals to their betting shops. This is quite a coup for the company.

The contract comes hot on the heels of the recent changes in British gaming laws that were passed late last year. It allows betting shops to have up to four of Category B2 or B3 gaming machines. The machines that Global Draw will be bringing in will be multi-game server based slots terminals.

The contract calls for a minimum of 548 betting shops, and more than 2,000 slots terminals. The betting company has more than 8,000 gaming machines already, and more than 2,250 shops. Global Draw has upgraded their gaming machines to slots terminals that can hold either the B2 or B3 games. The trial for these games will be on a limited number of machines, but will give the casino an idea as to whether or not their players enjoy them.

All of the slots machines should be fully installed by the end of the first quarter of this year. As they are widely considered to be the best as well as the largest betting shop operator in the UK, getting this contract is incredibly lucrative for Global Draw.

William Hill says that they have been “impressed” with Global Draw for some time now, and have been very taken by the new terminals. They say that the trial period that they have had with this company has gone smoothly and cleanly and they like that. It gives them confidence in the relationship with the company that they will continue to work together.

 

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