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NeoGames strengthens board with appointment of Lisbeth McNabb

New York-listed lottery solutions provider NeoGames has expanded its board of directors with the addition of Lisbeth McNabb as a non-executive director.

McNabb brings a wealth of experience to the board, having served in a number of leadership roles over the past 15 years with the likes of Match.com, The Linux [...]

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First Circuit Court of Appeals rejects DOJ appeal of Wire Act ruling

US lotteries and gaming operators are celebrating the decision of the First Circuit Court of Appeals, which on Wednesday upheld the 2019 ruling by the US District Court of New Hampshire regarding the applicability of the Wire Act to online gaming and lottery sales.

The New Hampshire court issued a ruling [...]

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New Mexico lawmakers introduce sports betting and gaming legislation

New Mexico state representatives Phelps Anderson and Ray Lara have introduced a bill to legalise and regulate sports betting and gaming via the New Mexico Lottery.

The New Mexico Lottery Educational Assistance Act would allocate the proceeds of sports betting and gaming to provide tuition assistance to resident undergraduates at New [...]

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IWG rolls out e-Instant games portfolio with DC Lottery

Lottery supplier IWG has rolled out its online instant win games with the DC Lottery.

The games are delivered via IWG's locally deployed Remote Game Server, which has been integrated with the lottery’s Intralot-powered platform.

The DC Lottery becomes the seventh US lottery to launch IWG’s online e-Instant games.

“These are exciting times [...]

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Sazka

Brent Hoberman CBE joins SAZKA Group advisory board

Lottery operator SAZKA Group has announced the addition of digital tech entrepreneur Brent Hoberman CBE to its advisory board.

Hoberman joins Justin King CBE as the second addition to the advisory board, providing support to Sir Keith Mills and the wider team as part of the company’s bid to secure the [...]

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Georgia Representatives introduce online sports betting legislation

Lawmakers in Georgia have introduced legislation to regulate online sports betting in the state.

Introduced Thursday, HB86 would amend Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia, and provides for the regulation of online sports betting under the oversight of the Georgia Lottery Corporation.

Under the bill, the state [...]

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Sazka Group

SAZKA brings in Justin King CBE to aid UK National Lottery bid

Lottery operator SAZKA Group has brought in experienced retail executive and former Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King CBE to provide counsel as the company bids to operate the UK National Lottery.

King will be the inaugural appointment to an advisory board that will work closely with bid chair Sir Keith Mills and [...]

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Scientific Games

Loto-Québec extends Scientific Games’ instant games deal

New York-listed Scientific Games has secured an extension to its long-running instant games deal with Canada’s Loto-Québec.

Scientific Games has been supplying the provincial lottery operator for fifty years and has designed and manufactured around 4,500 instant games for Loto-Québec, including unique products such as Ultime, La Poule aux Oeufs d’Or, [...]

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IGT

IGT awarded Iowa Lottery instant game extension

New York-listed International Game Technology (IGT) has signed a one-year contract extension to continue providing instant ticket games and related services to the Iowa Lottery.

The new deal has been agreed through subsidiary IGT Global Solutions Corporation and runs through 31 December 2021, while also allowing the lottery to exercise three [...]

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Connecticut General Assembly to consider iGaming, iLottery and sports betting

Connecticut lawmakers have responded to Governor Ned Lamont’s call to regulate sports betting and iGaming with the introduction of a brief bill to amend the state’s general statutes.

The proposal was introduced Wednesday by 17 Connecticut senators and representatives from both sides of the political divide and referred to the Joint [...]

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Realistic Games to provide game portfolio to Lottoland

Realistic Games has entered into an agreement to provide its portfolio of slot, table and instant win games to online betting operator Lottoland.

The deal will see games from Realistic’s portfolio, including the Game Changer series and collection of Electrocoin remakes, made available to Lottoland players in the UK, Germany and [...]

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Finland

Finland proposes mandatory identification for all gambling

The government of Finland is proposing to eliminate anonymous gambling with the introduction of mandatory identity verification for all players.

The proposal forms part of the government’s overhaul of the Lotteries Act and is meant to increase consumer protection and strengthen the gambling monopoly of state-owned operator Veikkaus.

Mandatory player identification will [...]

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