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Intralot promotes Christos Dimitriadis to group CEO role

Athens-listed gaming and lottery supplier Intralot has named Christos Dimitriadis as its new chief executive with immediate effect.

Dimitriadis has been with Intralot for more than 12 years and succeeds Intralot founder Sokratis Kokkalis, who will continue as executive chairman of the company.

Kokkalis assumed the chief executive’s duties last March following [...]

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OLG

Canada’s Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation loses CEO

Canada’s Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has begun the process to find a new president and chief executive after confirming that Stephen Rigby will be stepping down later this year.

Rigby has led the provincial lottery operator for the past five years and will work with the company to ensure a smooth [...]

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Sazka Group

SAZKA set to increase stake in Casinos Austria to over 50%

European lottery and gaming operator SAZKA Group is set to become the largest shareholder in Casinos Austria following an agreement with Austrian state holding company Österreichische Beteiligungs AG (ÖBAG).

SAZKA and ÖBAG said Friday that they have agreed to jointly control Casinos Austria, with ÖBAG waiving its pre-emption rights on 78 per cent [...]

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Swedish gambling market buoyed by sports betting and online casino in 2019

Sweden’s regulated gambling market generated total net gaming revenue of SEK24.79m (€2.34bn) in its first year since the re-regulation of the market, with licensed operators enjoying their strongest quarter to date during Q4.

Based on preliminary data from the Swedish Tax Agency, revenue in Q4 rose by 12 per cent to quarter-on-quarter to SEK6.65bn, [...]

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Svenska Spel

Svenska Spel launches scratchcards with Swedish retail chain Elon

Swedish state-owned gaming operator Svenska Spel has rolled out its Triss scratchcard games with the country’s leading home appliance retail chain Elon.

The launch marks the first time that Svenska Spel has partnered with a retail chain that offers consumer goods, with Elon’s store on Sveavägen in Stockholm the first to roll out the scratchcards. [...]

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Online drives Latvia gambling market growth in 2019

Licensed gambling operators in Latvia grew their combined gross gaming revenue by 10.5 per cent to €324.3m in 2019, buoyed by strong growth online.

Total gross gaming revenue (GGR) at the country’s 15 licensed private operators and state-owned Latvijas Loto rose by 10.5 per cent to €307.1m, with other gaming activity [...]

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IGT

IGT posts marginal drop in revenue to $4.79bn

New York-listed International Game Technology (IGT) has reported a 1 per cent fall in revenue to US$4.79bn for 2019, although revenue climbed 2 per cent in constant currency.

Revenue from IGT's North America Gaming & Interactive division increased by 7 per cent to $1.07bn for the year, as 15 per cent [...]

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Danske Spil

Record profit for Danske Spil in 2019 despite revenue decline

Denmark’s state-owned gaming operator Danske Spil has posted a record net profit of DKK1,904m (€257.8m) for 2019, despite seeing revenue decline during the year.

Total gross gaming revenue was down 1.5 per cent to DKK4,997m,(€668.6m), with results negatively impacted by the introduction of new mandatory deposit limits last July, which led [...]

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Swedish impairment charges hit 500.com’s bottom line in 2019

New York-listed lottery and gaming operator 500.com has reported a 69 per cent drop in net revenue to RMB39.7m (€5.1m) for 2019, with 2020 off to a poor start as Swedish operations remain suspended.

Revenue for the final quarter of the year fell by 68 per cent year-on-year to RMB8.6m, with [...]

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ALOT Solutions establishes new division for retail lottery sector

Lottoland’s B2B arm ALOT Solutions is looking to expand into the retail lottery sector through its new ALOT Systems division.

Headed up by Gary Cheung, the division has been established to provide digital retail lottery systems, games and terminals to licensed lottery operators.

“I’m proud that we can make this announcement,” [...]

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Scientific Games

Scientific Games upgrades instant ticket lottery system in Italy

New York-listed supplier Scientific Games has rolled out a new instant ticket system for Lotterie Nazionali, the consortium which operates the Italian instant ticket Scratch & Win concession.

Expanding on a partnership that has seen Scientific Games supply Lotterie Nazionali and its predecessor Consorzio Lotterie Nazionali with instant ticket system technology since 2004, [...]

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Fast Track

Lottomart selects Fast Track for CRM solutions

Malta-based iGaming software provider Fast Track has signed a deal to provide its customer relationship management (CRM) solution to Gibraltar-based lottery betting operator Lottomart.

Fast Track will provide Lottomart with its real-time player engagement platform, allowing the operator to centralise all aspects of player communication and rewards.

“We are a technology-led company with ambitious plans for [...]

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