Lottery ticket manufacturer awarded five-year contract for game tickets

The 22-station TRESU press at Pollard Banknote’s Ypsilanti, Michigan manufacturing plant (CNW Group/Pollard Banknote Limited)

WINNIPEG — Pollard Banknote Limited announces that it has been awarded a primary contract from the Michigan Lottery to provide instant game tickets. This marks the extension of a long-standing partnership between Pollard Banknote and the Michigan Lottery. Under this most recent agreement, Pollard Banknote will provide approximately 90% of the Lottery’s instant tickets per contract year. The initial contract term is five years, with the option to renew in one-year increments for up to five additional years. In addition to instant game tickets, the Lottery also awarded Pollard Banknote a contract to supply validation pull-tab tickets.

From fiscal year 2013 to FY 2023, Pollard Banknote printed approximately 90% of the Lottery’s instant games.

Pollard Banknote has collaborated with the Michigan Lottery to curate a portfolio of games. Pollard Banknote has worked closely with the Lottery to optimize its $20 price point to offer a diverse selection of games, including a variety of unique print innovations and enticing prize structures, to appeal to a broad spectrum of players. As a result, the Lottery’s $20 price point has grown 385% from FY 2013 to FY 2023. Pollard Banknote has also been involved in the strategic development of the Lottery’s core game category, including Cashword and Wild Time, leading to a 106% increase in Cashword sales and a 204% increase in Wild Time sales from FY 2013 to FY 2023.

The partnership between Pollard Banknote and the Lottery is further solidified by the company’s operations in Michigan. With an established and robust footprint in the state, including a full instant ticket manufacturing facility in Ypsilanti and nearly 350 Michigan based employees, Pollard Banknote plays an active role in creating job opportunities, generating tax revenue, and supporting other local businesses, which contributes to positive economic growth. In fact, according to a recent economic report by East Lansing-based Anderson Economic Group, in 2022 alone, Pollard Banknote created 475 jobs in the state and spent more than $92.6 million USD operating and investing in its Michigan facilities, generating a total of $51.7 million USD in economic activity.

At its manufacturing plant in Ypsilanti, Pollard Banknote produced approximately seven billion ESS instant tickets for lotteries around the globe in 2023, including the majority of the Michigan Lottery’s tickets.

“We are honored to be selected as the primary supplier of instant game tickets to the Michigan Lottery,” said Doug Pollard, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Pollard Banknote. “We deeply value the relationship we have built with both the Michigan Lottery and the communities in which we operate within the state. As a testament to our successful collaboration and efforts to deliver outstanding games and innovative retail solutions into the Michigan market, we take pride in having contributed to four-fold sales growth since the start of our partnership almost 30 years ago. We look forward to continued success and growth in the years to come.”