Integration with services of the Dutch State Lottery

Buying a scratch card or having a win paid out from one of the games of chance from the Dutch Staatsloterij (NLO) without doing this at their specific terminal? It is possible! Since October 2022, the services of the NLO are also available through Anchr's Retail Cloud Suite solution. The NLO terminal is linked to our Point of Sale package. This further expands Anchr's features of its checkout software and gives retailers an extra asset to provide consumers with added convenience while shopping.

Connecting NLO Terminal and Anchr's Retail Cloud Suite

Dutch Lottery (NLO) is the name behind the well-known games of chance: Staatsloterij, Lotto, Eurojackpot, Miljoenenspel, Lucky Day, Scratch Cards, TOTO Shop, TOTO Casino, and TOTO Sport. To offer the services of the NLO in-store, a special terminal has been developed. Through this terminal, tickets can be sold to customers, as well as redeemed for the winnings.  

Thanks to the connection with Retail Cloud Suite, the store employee automatically sees the information from this terminal on the Retail Cloud Suite cash register screen. Within the cash register, it is possible to sell tickets, but also to take them in for the payout of prize money. There is no longer any manual action needed to re-enter information from the terminal, which prevents errors.

Consumers and retailers reap the benefits

The integration is very modern and secure and uses the central API of NLO. The terminal sends information to that central API, and Retail Cloud Suite retrieves the information via a JSON REST service. For security reasons, the physical connection is HTTPS, and authentication and authorization occur based on an API access token. 

Why should retailers choose this connection? According to Willem Bless, Product Owner at Anchr for Retail Cloud Suite, it is more than clear: ‘Generating more traffic to the store is a topic that many retailers are facing. Our connection with the terminal of the Dutch Staatsloterij can attract more customers. Moreover, it offers excellent cross-sell opportunities, as Willem Bless states. ‘Consumers often take one or more extra products with them when they are in the store’. For consumers themselves, it also provides more convenience and saves time.

Premiere for Relay shops

The retail formula Relay, which is part of Lagardère Travel Retail, is the first retailer to make use of the connection. It linked its cash register software, the Retail Cloud Suite, to the NLO terminal. In this way, they can expand their existing assortment of travel essentials, magazines, and stationery.

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