LONDON, July 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- International Game Technology PLC (NYSE: IGT) announced that its subsidiary, IGT Global Solutions Corporation (with International Game Technology PLC, hereinafter "IGT"), signed a 9.5-year contract extension to provide a video gaming monitoring system upgrade for the Video Gaming Division of the Louisiana State Police's Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS&C) video gaming program. The contract extension commenced on June 30, 2018. The Louisiana DPS&C has been a valued IGT system customer since 2005.

"Over the past 13 years, we have established a strong working relationship and foundation with the Louisiana State Police," said Renato Ascoli, IGT CEO, North America. "With IGT's INTELLIGEN central system, the Louisiana State Police will be equipped with more advanced tools to ensure that they continue to properly manage their expansive video gaming network and provide their players with an optimal gaming experience."

Under the extension, IGT will upgrade the DPS&C's current central system to the INTELLIGEN™ central system that will monitor approximately 13,100 video gaming devices at more than 1,700 distributed locations in the state of Louisiana.

Built on more than 20 years of proven central system experience, INTELLIGEN's new, modern architecture offers stable, secure command and control capability and business intelligence features uniquely tailored to video gaming environments. It interoperates with a wide range of video gaming devices using multiple protocols, including the Game to System® (G2S®) open standard protocol, and has advanced communication abilities.