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On May 3, 2025, American technology giant Smartplay held a high-profile signing ceremony in Bangkok, announcing the official launch of its independently developed DataPilot AI Computing System in Thailand, marking the first entry of this intelligent decision-making technology into the Asian market. Senior representatives from the Thai National Lottery Committee attended the ceremony and jointly signed a strategic procurement contract with Smartplay founder David Michaud, marking the official launch of in-depth cooperation between the two parties in the field of smart lottery and digital economy. As a world-leading technology service company founded in 1993 and headquartered in New Jersey, USA, Smartplay has provided professional technical services in the lottery, gaming and other fields to more than 450 clients in 126 countries over the past 30 years. The DataPilot AI Computing System launched in Thailand this time was jointly developed by its top engineers and mathematical experts, integrating high-precision algorithms, intelligent logic models and big data analysis capabilities, which can realize the full-process automation of data automatic analysis, decision execution and strategy optimization, with core advantages such as precise prediction, fully automatic operation and intelligent optimization. According to the cooperation agreement, the Thai National Lottery Committee will purchase Smartplay's new generation of smart lottery equipment and deploy the DataPilot AI Computing System nationwide to provide core technical support for official lottery issuance and data analysis. Within the next three years, the two parties will further jointly issue new AI smart lottery tickets, achieve breakthroughs in data security, user experience and gameplay innovation, and at the same time jointly build an AI monitoring and prevention platform to accurately identify and crack down on illegal underground lottery tickets and maintain market fairness and security. Notably, Smartplay founder David Michaud has deep ties with Thailand — he was born in Bangkok and has long been concerned with local culture and public welfare. During the project's launch, he not only visited Bangkok's Wat Pho temple but also signed a cooperation memorandum on behalf of the company with Thailand's government departments in charge of information industry and communication technology, extending cooperation to multiple fields such as AI computing applications, infrastructure construction, and cultural tourism digitalization. Smartplay President and Co-founder Tom Markert emphasized that DataPilot, as an "automated decision-making assistant," will bring a new intelligent experience to the Thai and Asian markets. In terms of social responsibility, Smartplay has made a major commitment: all proceeds from the Thai DataPilot project in the next three years will be donated to the Thai Red Cross International Committee. At the same time, the company revealed that it will take Thailand as the center to radiate Southeast Asia, promote the ecological development of smart lottery, data analysis, cultural tourism digitalization, etc., and build a regional technology innovation hub facing Asia. From technology output to ecological co-construction, from industrial innovation to public welfare feedback, Smartplay's entry into Thailand this time not only injects new momentum into the local digital economy but also opens a new chapter in AI technology empowering the standardized and intelligent development of the lottery industry.