Light & Wonder Tapped by Illinois Gaming Board

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Supplier Light & Wonder announced it has been awarded a new 10-year contract by the Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) to supply and fully operate its next-generation Connexus Central Communication System for the state’s video gaming market. The award comes after a public competitive bid process.

Under the new agreement, Light & Wonder will deploy its latest Connexus Central Communication System (CCS), delivering a modern, scalable platform designed to meet the IGB’s current and future regulatory needs. The solution offers robust enforcement capabilities to ensure the integrity of video gaming within the state, while incorporating state-of-the-art information security processes to protect system integrity and data security.

Light & Wonder has served as the central system provider and operator for the IGB since the market’s launch in 2012, supporting Illinois’ growth into one of the largest distributed G2S markets. The new platform will continue to provide regulatory and compliance oversight, and support G2S connectivity and ticket-in/ticket-out (TITO), while improving operational efficiency and enabling future capabilities such as responsible gaming, cashless gaming support, and API integration with the gaming board’s systems.