06/09/20 Svenska Spel CEO calls for shadow lottery ban Patrik Hofbauer has called for the government to ban shadow lottery betting.
06/03/20 National Lottery reports record sales Camelot Group has reported a 9.7% increase in annual revenue from the National Lottery to £7.9billion.
05/26/20 Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp offered $500m loan State government offers to support lottery organisation during the Covid-19 pandemic.
05/25/20 Danske Spil lottery growth offsets iGaming decline Following a record year in 2019, total revenue for the first quarter of 2020 reached DKK 1.23billion (€164.8million).
05/18/20 Scientific Games wins German lottery deal Scientific Games has gained another lottery contract in Germany with existing partner LOTTO Thüringen.
05/07/20 Norsk Tipping donates €20m to sports teams and charities Norsk Tipping will deliver €20 million to sports and charities as part of its Grasrotandele initiative.
04/28/20 Italy lottery sales restart post-lockdown Some lottery sales have restarted as Italy eases lockdown measures and sets a date for betting shops to reopen.
04/24/20 Maryland could lose $250m in casino tax revenue Coronavirus closures could see state lose hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenues from casinos and the lottery.
04/22/20 Anti-gambling group wants lottery ban during pandemic Stop Predatory Gambling (SPG) wants 45 states in the country to ban lottery betting for the next 30 days.
04/21/20 FDJ cuts shareholder dividend by 30% French lottery operator sees group revenues fall during the first quarter of the year due to Coronavirus.
04/09/20 Lottery vendors in Costa Rica receive subsidy 1,600 vendors have received a $342,000 subsidy aimed at keeping the country’s lottery sector afloat during the Covid-19 pandemic.
03/31/20 Costa Rica approves lottery subsidy Government steps in to assist lottery vendors amid the on-going Coronavirus crisis.
03/30/20 California lottery closes office after employee tests positive for Coronavirus Lottery’s eight other offices will remain closed to the public but open to workers.
03/30/20 Belgium National Lottery makes drastic changes as sales fall Operator reacts to 30% drop in ticket sales due to Coronavirus by introducing new measures such as increasing prize claim periods.
