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Gaming Intelligence Hot 50

NetEnt and Red Tiger partner with the Gaming Intelligence Hot 50

NetEnt and Red Tiger have teamed up with Gaming Intelligence to support the annual celebration of excellence that is the Hot 50.

The title sponsors will be backed up by Playtech, which has chosen to sponsor the leadership category. Check out the full list of categories here.

NetEnt Group chief operating officer [...]

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Tabcorp

Tabcorp sells Jumbo Interactive stake for AUD$98m

Sydney-listed betting and gaming operator Tabcorp Holdings has sold its 11.6 per cent stake in online lottery provider Jumbo Interactive for a profit of AUD$69m.

Pursuant to an underwritten block trade agreement with UBS, Tabcorp has sold 7,234,178 shares in Jumbo at a price of $13.52 per share, equivalent to gross [...]

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Mary Harville appointed Kentucky Lottery CEO

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has appointed Mary Harville as the Kentucky Lottery Corporation’s new president and CEO.

Harville becomes the sixth CEO of the Kentucky Lottery, replacing Tom Delacenserie who retired in March after three years at the helm.

She has been with the lottery since 2004, serving as senior vice president, [...]

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Scientific Games continues Turkey rollout with instant game launch

New York-listed Scientific Games has launched a new instant ticket retail and digital gaming system for the Turkish National Lottery.

As part of the National Lottery program which began a year ago, Scientific Games has provided an advanced instant ticket gaming system, 10,000 WAVE retailer terminals, as well as its Open [...]

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IWG

IWG targets North American expansion with Alchemy3 partnership

Online instant win games supplier IWG has signed a brand licensing agreement with Georgia-based lottery marketing services provider Alchemy3.

The agreement will see the companies develop omnichannel licensed games for the North American lottery market, combining IWG’s eInstant mechanics with Alchemy3’s wide range of popular brands to create games that bridge [...]

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Romanian Lottery secures approval to launch online

Romanian national lottery operator Loterie Romana is set to offer its lottery games online for the first time after securing regulatory approval.

The Romanian Digitization Authority (ADR) has approved the launch of an online lottery platform for Loterie Romana via loto.ro, which will initially allow for the online sale of traditional [...]

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Loto-Quebec

Loto-Québec full year iGaming revenue grows to $135.9m

Canadian provincial lottery operator Loto-Québec has reported a 3 per cent fall in total revenue to CAD$2.74bn for its 2019/20 financial year, despite strong growth from its iGaming business.

The COVID-19 pandemic had a minimal impact on results for the financial year ended 31 March, although lottery revenue fell by 3 [...]

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Scientific Games secures new instant game deal with Nederlandse Loterij

New York-listed Scientific Games has been awarded a new four-year contract to provide instant games to Dutch national lottery operator Nederlandse Loterij.

The contract is part of the Scientific Games Enhanced Partnership (SGEP), a performance-driven management program used by more than 20 lotteries globally, and by the Dutch lottery since 2011, [...]

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Oregon

Oregon Lottery sports betting turnover surpasses $25m in August

The Oregon Lottery has generated turnover of $25.8m from its SBTech-powered Scoreboard online sports betting operation in August.

Turnover was 84 per cent higher than the previous month, with basketball representing more than half of the total with turnover of $14.0m.

The next most popular sport was baseball with wagers of $4.4m, [...]

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Scientific Games

Scientific Games confirms 34.9% stake sale to institutional investors

New York-listed Scientific Games has confirmed that a number of long-term institutional investors have reached an agreement to acquire a 34.9 per cent stake in Scientific Games from MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated.

As previously reported by Gaming Intelligence, the institutional investors include gaming industry investor Caledonia, with the 34.9 per cent [...]

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Scientific Games

Ron Perelman set to dispose of stake in Scientific Games

Ron Perelman, the chairman and principal shareholder of Scientific Games, is said to have lined up a deal to sell his 39 per cent stake in the business to Australian investment firm Caledonia.

Caledonia is said to have agreed a price of $25 per share for the stake in the global [...]

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Scientific Games pilots new instant ticket vending machines in Germany

New York-listed lottery and gaming supplier Scientific Games has rolled out its self-service instant ticket vending technology in Germany for the first time with the Sachsenlotto in Saxony.

The supplier is piloting its PlayCentral HD vending machines at a selection of locations across the German state, including malls, various sized retailers [...]

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