The latest survey into gambling participation in Sweden shows a minor rise in real-money gambling in 2020, marking the first growth in eight years.
The annual survey by Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen and research firm Novus shows that 66 per cent of respondents gambled in the past year, an increase of [...]
Athens-listed gaming and lottery supplier Intralot has announced the return of founder and chairman Sokratis Kokkalis to the role of group chief executive officer.
Kokkalis takes over as CEO of Intralot from Christos Dimitriadis, who now moves to a new role focused on the company’s opportunities in the United States.
Dimitriadis served [...]
The Nebraska Lottery has awarded a seven-year contract to supplier International Game Technology (IGT) following a competitive procurement process.
The new contract extends a relationship which dates back to 1994 and will see IGT upgrade the lottery’s draw-based central system, provide new draw-based lottery terminals, and deliver its complete instant game [...]
New York-listed lottery and gaming supplier Scientific Games will provide the Massachusetts Lottery with instant games, second chance promotions and digital engagement programs under a new five-year contract.
The new contract extends the company’s long-term relationship with the Massachusetts Lottery, which launched its first instant game from Scientific Games in 1974 [...]
Sydney-listed online lottery provider Jumbo Interactive has signed a definitive agreement with Western Australia's state government-owned lottery operator Lotterywest.
Following the signing of a binding term sheet at the end of September, Jumbo subsidiary TMS Global Services has now completed the signing of a ten-year contract to provide its online platform [...]
Vienna-based lottery provider Next Generation Lotteries (NGL) has won a tender to supply eInstant games to Norwegian state-owned operator Norsk Tipping.
The deal sees NGL, which acquired Novomatic Lottery Solutions last year, continue to supply Norsk Tipping’s Flax and Yezz brands with instant win games, as well as new content from [...]
Hong Kong-listed lottery provider AGTech Holdings has reported a 10 per cent fall in revenue to HK$106.1m (€11.5m) for the first nine months of 2020, of which more than a third was generated from virtual sports lottery games that will soon be withdrawn in China.
Revenue from lottery hardware sales fell [...]
New York-listed supplier Scientific Games has re-launched its record-breaking Willy Wonka Golden Ticket linked instant game, this time featuring a new second chance promotion which gives players the chance to win $1m a year for life.
The first Willy Wonka Golden Ticket game released in 2017 broke all records, amassing double [...]
Czech investor and Sazka Group owner Karel Komárek has agreed a €500m deal to give Apollo Global Management a stake in the European lottery and gaming operator.
Apollo will invest €500m in a newly established subsidiary of Komárek’s KKCG Group, which will in turn be the 100 per cent owner of [...]
New York-listed lottery and gaming supplier Scientific Games has reported an 18 per cent fall in revenue to $698m in the third quarter of 2020, as its core land-based gaming segment continued to be negatively impacted by COVID-19 restrictions.
Revenue improved by 29 per cent compared to the previous quarter, boosted [...]
Athens-listed supplier Intralot has launched a new online lottery platform for Malta’s national lottery operator Maltco Lotteries.
Through an integration with Intralot’s LotosXi platform, Maltco can now offer its players online access to popular lottery games such as SUPER 5, LOTTO, Quaterno+, SUPERSTAR and Quick KENO.
“Our design principles focus on the [...]
Canadian provincial lottery operator Loto-Québec has recorded a 51 per cent fall in revenue to CAD$687.4m for the first half period ended 28 September, as significant growth online failed to offset the impact of COVID-19 on retail sales.
The pandemic led to the suspension of nearly all of the lottery’s business [...]