Brightstar Extends Washington Lottery Deal Through 2036
Brightstar Lottery has signed a seven-year contract extension with Washington’s Lottery that will keep the supplier as the state lottery’s primary technology provider through 30 June 2036.
Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation, a subsidiary of the London-based lottery supplier, will upgrade the lottery’s central gaming system and deploy more than 6,000 terminals, vending machines and related retail devices across Washington state. Brightstar announced the agreement on 13 July 2026. The company has supplied Washington’s Lottery with lottery technology since 1996.
Under the agreement, Brightstar will install 2,200 GameTouch28 self-service vending machines and 100 compact GameTouch20 machines.
The rollout also covers 3,700 Retailer Pro S2 terminals, alongside ticket checkers and digital marketing displays for retail customers. Washington’s Lottery will also move to Brightstar’s newest commercially available central gaming system.
The GameTouch28 machines include 28 instant-ticket bins and a 42-inch touchscreen. The smaller GameTouch20 units offer a similar self-service format for retailers with less available floor space.
Brian Bennett, Director of Washington’s Lottery, said Brightstar had supported the lottery’s retail and player services for 30 years, with self-service and cashless products among the additions during that period. Bennett said the lottery expects to continue the partnership through deployment of Brightstar’s newest technology “over the next ten years.”
Brightstar described the agreement as a seven-year extension, while both the 2036 expiry date and Bennett’s statement point to a ten-year operational period from the announcement. The company did not explain the difference, which may reflect time left under the current contract before the extension starts.
By contrast, Scott Gunn, Brightstar’s Chief Operating Officer for North America Lottery, framed the deal around growth and public funding: the new equipment and system would support retail sales and help fund the lottery’s contributions to education and other state programmes. The companies did not disclose the contract value or provide a timetable for the equipment rollout.
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For Brightstar, the extension protects a mature US state-lottery account until 2036 and secures a large replacement cycle across terminals, vending machines and central-system infrastructure. Washington retailers, meanwhile, will see the main operational change in the shift toward more self-service capacity, which can reduce pressure on staffed checkout points and increase ticket availability. The missing detail is the rollout schedule: suppliers that pursue state contracts will want to see how quickly Brightstar can deploy more than 6,000 devices without disruption to retail operations.
