Lottery operator modernizing legacy systems with cloud infrastructure and procurement automation
Brightstar Italia operates Italy's state-licensed lottery system across 6,000+ staff, now executing a parallel modernization: migrating supplier workflows onto Ariba (SAP's procurement platform) while simultaneously rebuilding observability and CI/CD pipelines around Kubernetes and Dynatrace. The stack shift from on-premises Oracle/WebLogic toward AWS + containerization, combined with heavy hiring in engineering and security roles, signals an infrastructure-first response to compliance and performance pain points that plague legacy gaming platforms.
Brightstar Italia is the concessionaire operator of Italy's Lotto and instant-ticket games (Gratta e Vinci), serving as a reference point in the global lottery sector with over 40 years of operational history. The company manages gaming experiences across a large installed base of players and retail distribution. Core infrastructure spans SAP for ERP, Oracle for database workloads, and legacy WebLogic application servers, now transitioning toward cloud-native deployments on AWS and Kubernetes. Current operational focus is split between supplier ecosystem modernization (Ariba rollout, training, migration) and internal platform modernization (data analytics tooling, monitoring, CI/CD optimization) to address performance bottlenecks and tighten IT security and compliance posture.
Core systems: SAP ERP, SAP HANA, Oracle Database, Oracle WebLogic. Cloud/infrastructure: AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Linux/RHEL. Observability: Dynatrace. DevOps: GitHub, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Flux. Security: Kerberos, LDAP. Adopting: SAP Ariba for procurement.
Primary projects: Ariba platform implementation and supplier migration/enablement; iLottery platform development; data analytics tooling; production performance monitoring; CI/CD optimization for Kubernetes; integrating Dynatrace for observability.
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