08/21/20 SAZKA in spotlight for appointment of UK advisor The Czech operator has hit media headlines in the UK over its appointment of the consultancy Flint Global.
08/06/20 US: lottery risks becoming obsolete without online sales The Covid-19 pandemic has shown lottery operators the desperate need for regulatory changes to allow online ticket sales.
08/05/20 Lottoland’s B2B division invests in G Games Alot Solutions has made a “significant equity investment” in the iGaming content developer G Games.
07/20/20 UK MPs: increase minimum age for National Lottery MPs are calling for the minimum age for National Lottery products to be raised to 18 to avoid a “betting addiction epidemic”.
07/09/20 New Dutch lottery framework for early 2021 The Netherlands is seeking to protect its existing lottery ahead of the opening of a regulated online gambling market next July.
07/07/20 Arkansas Lottery closes claim centre due to Covid-19 The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery closed its claim centre until further notice after evidence of Covid-19 transmission at the site.
07/02/20 Kentucky Lottery reports strong sales in May Kentucky Lottery’s board of directors has revealed figures showing strong sales in May.
07/02/20 Illinois Lottery reopens claim centers The Illinois Lottery has published guidelines that must be followed by players who prefer to collect prizes at claim centers.
06/24/20 Camelot to get six-month National Lottery extension The tender process to select the next operator for the UK National Lottery has been delayed due to Covid-19.
06/19/20 FDJ hit by €200m drop in revenue The French gaming operator, La Française des Jeux, said a drop of almost 60 per cent in stakes was directly due to the impact of Covid-19.
06/15/20 Wisconsin introduces two lottery draws per day Wisconsin Lottery is now holding draws twice a day for its most popular games in line with other states’ lotteries.
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).
