The Netherlands State Lottery (Staatsloterij) and charitable lottery De Lotto are investigating a possible merger to allow the combined entity to better compete in the regulated Dutch online gaming market.
A spokesman for the Staatsloterij explained that with the planned re-regulation of the Dutch online gaming market in January 2015, it was taking steps to ensure it could effectively compete in the liberalised market.
“The Dutch State Lottery is examining with the Lotto, among other things, possibilities [...]