# Vendor dependency isn’t a partnership | Lottery Innovation Summit

When every change needs a change order, the lottery doesn’t own its future. Dependency is a bottleneck. Challenge formats force working demos under real constraints.

Canonical: https://lotteryinnovationsummit.com/insights/vendor-dependency-neq-partnership/
Published: 2026-09-29
Author: Lottery Innovation Summit (organization)

## Summary

- Dependency ≠ partnership
- Roadmap lock-in vs ownership
- Suppliers: field a team against a live lottery problem

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