Michael Sweeney has been appointed executive director of the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission, where he will be tasked with engaging "next-generation" players and creating new revenue sources.
Faced with a worsening economic outlook, the Brazilian government is considering passing legislation to launch a public tender to award a concession to manage Lotex, a recently-approved range of instant win products, in a bid to boost state coffers.
Germany's largest state lottery, Nordrhein-Westphalia’s Westdeutsche Lotterie (WestLotto), has appointed NRW.Bank executive Christiane Jansen as its new chief executive, replacing outgoing CEO Theo Gossner.
Einfach Direkt Media (EDM), the company behind the German state lottery brokerage site Einfachlotto.de, has joined Germany’s Lottoverband (DLV), the industry body for private lottery operators and a major advocate for a liberal gambling market.
INTRALOT has signed a ten-year deal with Nigeria’s International Lottery and Gaming Limited (ILGL) to provide the operator with a range of lottery technology and related services.
US gaming and lottery supplier Scientific Games has signed a new multi-year contract to provide its instant games management services platform to the Brandenburg Lottery in Germany.
INTRALOT’s North American subsidiary has been named the official gaming vendor of the New Mexico State Lottery for a second time, supplying a full range of solutions and related services to power the lottery.
Texas-based lottery solutions provide Shoutz has launched Powercode, a new web and mobile promotion that provides players of the popular Powerball jackpot game with additional chances to win prizes through online sweepstakes and instant-win games.
Scientific Games Corporation has joined forces with Atlanta-based provider of prepaid and payment solutions InComm to launch lottery gift cards for retailers across North America.
London-listed Chinese lottery supplier DJI Holdings has welcomed last week’s announcement by China’s State Council, the first major policy change for China's lottery industry since online sales were suspended in March, that it will look to streamline the approval process for lottery operators.
Toronto-listed lottery supplier INNOVA Gaming Group has received approval from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) to expand the pilot of local progressive jackpot and multi-price features across all Charitable Gaming locations in the province.
US gaming and lottery supplier Scientific Games Corporation has revealed that two more of its lottery partners have moved into the mobile space, with the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery and Maryland Lottery and Gaming launching new apps for iOS and Android devices.