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Scientific Games hails record iLottery performance for Pennsylvania Lottery

New York-listed supplier Scientific Games has lauded the performance of Pennsylvania Lottery’s online iLottery platform, which is on course to generate $1bn in sales annually.

The supplier believes that the state’s iLottery offering is the most commercially successful online and mobile platform in North America to date, with total sales for [...]

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IGT

IGT slips to Q1 loss as COVID-19 write-downs impact results

New York-listed supplier International Game Technology (IGT) has reported an 18 per cent fall in revenue to $940.2m for the first quarter of 2020, as results were affected by COVID-19 related lockdowns in March.

The company said that the global closure of casinos and gaming halls and widespread mobility restrictions significantly [...]

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Zeal Network sees profit slide as first quarter revenue drops 48%

Frankfurt-listed online lottery provider Zeal Network has reported a 48 per cent drop in revenue to €19m for the first quarter of 2020.

The company said that the revenue decline was due to expected revenue dis-synergies in connection with its recent business model change. This meant that the comparable period’s results [...]

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IWG

IWG secures e-Instant games deal with New Hampshire Lottery

IWG has secured its latest deal in the United States to launch its portfolio of online instant win games with the New Hampshire Lottery.

Following a competitive RFP process, the state lottery will become the latest to launch IWG's portfolio of e-Instant games via the nhlottery.com site, including upcoming new releases [...]

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Scientific Games

Scientific Games wins LOTTO Thüringen instant games deal in Germany

New York-listed supplier Scientific Games has been awarded a new three-year contract to continue providing instant lottery games to German state lottery operator LOTTO Thüringen.

Scientific Games won the competitive procurement process based on its products and services, including digital instant games (also known as eInstants), which the lottery plans to [...]

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Rhode Island Lottery

Rhode Island Lottery goes live with online keno and instant games

Lottery players in Rhode Island can now play keno and instant games online from anywhere in the state.

Players can set up an account at the lottery’s website or through the mobile app and play a range of instant games priced from $1 to $20, as well keno, with prize wins [...]

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Spanish lottery set to resume next week

Spanish national lottery operator Loterías y Apuestas del Estado (SELAE) plans to resume operations next week as the country begins easing its lockdown restrictions.

Following a meeting between SELAE, provincial lottery administrator Anapal and retail gaming association Fenamix, a plan has been developed to allow the resumption of sales in Phase [...]

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China lottery sales fall by nearly two-thirds in first quarter of 2020

China’s lottery market has reported a 70 per cent drop in lottery sales to RMB10.51bn (€1.26bn) in March, as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to limit sales.

Lottery sales improved significantly compared to the previous month after retailers began to reopen under new restrictions, having been closed for most [...]

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BCLC

Lightning Box launches first titles with Canada’s BCLC

Sydney-based slots developer Lightning Box has launched its first online slot games with Canada’s British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC).

Lightning Box’s most popular slot Silver Lion has gone live with the Canadian provincial lottery operator’s PlayNow.com site after the supplier was granted license approval by the province’s Gaming Policy and Enforcement [...]

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National Lottery

UK National Lottery licence competition delayed as field narrows

The first phase of the selection process for the next licence to operate the UK National Lottery has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The competitive bidding process for the fourth UK National Lottery licence was provisionally scheduled to begin on 7 May with the release of a Selection Questionnaire [...]

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OPAP

OPAP resumes retail operations in Greece

Greek gaming operator OPAP is re-opening its network of retail venues as the country eases its lockdown restrictions.

With its retail venues closed since 14 March following the COVID-19 outbreak, the operator began to reopen its 3,750 retail stores this week, with street vendors also resuming sales of Hellenic Lotteries’ products.

To [...]

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Scientific Games

Venue closures cause revenue at Scientific Games to fall by 13% in Q1

New York-listed lottery and gaming supplier Scientific Games has reported a 13 per cent fall in first quarter revenue as the COVID-19 pandemic caused the temporary closure of casino operations in jurisdictions globally.

Total revenue in the first quarter of 2020 amounted to $725m, down from $837m a year ago, with [...]

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