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New Customer Acquisition

Michigan Lottery aimed to accelerate acquisition of new players while increasing long-term player value. The lottery program partnered with Ovative to drive efficient new customer acquisition through integrated media planning and innovative measurement solutions.

26k

New customers acquired

  • PAID MEDIA
  • CREATIVE PRODUCTION
  • EMRGE MODERN MMM+
APPROACH

Driving growth with digital-to-retail measurement

Ovative developed a strategic paid media mix, monthly testing plan, and enhanced creative assets to drive iLottery player acquisition and retail sales. Using its Modern MMM+, Ovative delivered the lottery industry’s first digitaltoretail measurement solution, enabling hands-on media optimizations.

IMPACT

Advanced measurement unlocked customer growth

Ovative’s innovative measurement solution enabled Michigan Lottery to acquire a considerable number of new customers.

26k

New customers acquired

20:1

Incremental retail sales ROAS driven

100%

independent and privately owned

$1B+

media managed across our client portfolio

515

curious, bold, resilient, bright team members

515

curious, bold, resilient, bright change-makers

84.5%

team retention rate

223

average annual hours of live development content provided through Elevate, Ovative’s development program

$500K

in annual in-kind services for Ovative’s social impact partners

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$25M+

In six months, Ovative experts designed and launched a retail media network for a Fortune 500 company within a highly regulated industry, with the future profit opportunity estimated at $25M+.