Scientific Games and FDJ United Continue Nearly 30-Year Scratchcard Partnership
Scientific Games and FDJ United, one of the world’s top-performing lotteries, are continuing their longtime scratchcard games partnership. In an announcement made on 1 October 2026, Scientific Games confirmed it will serve as the primary scratchcard partner to France’s national lottery, extending a relationship the company describes as nearly 30 years old.
The renewal matters because scratchcards are not a side product for FDJ United. They are the operator’s largest portfolio segment, with more than 27 million players, which makes the choice of supplier a core operational decision rather than a routine procurement one.
Scientific Games confirmed as FDJ United’s primary scratchcard partner
Scientific Games will serve as the primary scratchcard partner to France’s national lottery, continuing a relationship that has run for close to three decades. The company frames the partnership as built on trust and a shared commitment to environmental sustainability, and FDJ United’s leadership has echoed that continuity in renewing the agreement.
Stéphane Pallez, Chair & CEO, FDJ United
“We are confident in renewing our long-standing partnership with Scientific Games. With more than 27 million players, our scratchcard games represent the largest segment in FDJ United’s portfolio. Operating sustainably and responsibly guides everything we do. Scientific Games is aligned to help us achieve our goals and stay true to the historic values of FDJ United by supplying games that are produced using 100% paper from forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.”
FDJ United’s instant games to be produced at the UK excellence centre
The practical side of the renewal is production. FDJ United’s games will be produced at the Scientific Games European Center of Game Production Excellence in the UK. According to the release, a key requirement for FDJ United is scratchcard supply that ensures speed-to-market and flexibility, which places the UK facility at the centre of how the partnership delivers day to day.
FDJ United’s scale gives that requirement context. The company is described as the second-largest lottery in Europe by total sales, surpassed only by Italy, and one of the world’s top 15 performing lotteries, citing La Fleur’s 2026 World Lottery Almanac.
Scientific Games values the longstanding relationship with FDJ United
Scientific Games framed the renewal as a continuation of a relationship built across decades, with its international leadership pointing to quality and environmental standards as the basis for continuing to serve the operator.
Matthias Müller, Senior VP, International for Scientific Games
“Scientific Games is proud of the strong, successful relationship that we’ve forged with FDJ United across the decades. We strive to continue delivering high-quality, environmentally friendly products to surpass the expectations of one of the world’s top-performing lotteries.”
FSC-certified paper underpins responsible lottery production
Sustainability runs through the announcement as a shared priority. The games are produced using 100% paper from FSC-certified forests, and Scientific Games points to ISO certification for environmental management, early World Lottery Association certification as a Responsible Gaming Supplier, its Healthy Play programme, and multiple Communitas Awards for environmental practices. For an operator that says responsible operation guides its decisions, a supplier aligned on both environmental and responsible-gaming standards is a natural fit.
Scientific Games’ scale in the global instant games market
The announcement sets the partnership against Scientific Games’ wider position in the sector. The company states its products generate more than 70% of global instant scratch game retail sales, describing itself as the world’s largest lottery games creator, producer and services provider, and the primary provider to nine of the Top 10 performing instant game lotteries in the world. That scale is part of what FDJ United is renewing into.
What the renewal means for the European lottery supply market
One of Europe’s largest lotteries has chosen continuity for its biggest product segment, backed by localised UK production and a shared sustainability standard. In a supply market where reliability is hard-won, that continuity is a meaningful signal for the wider European instant games sector, reinforcing the value top-performing lotteries place on stable, long-term supplier relationships.
Source: Scientific Games
