The Virginia Lottery has begun selling tickets for its most popular lottery games online through a partnership with NeoPollard Interactive (NPi).
The new iLottery platform went live Wednesday with games including Mega Millions, Powerball and Cash4Life, as well as a range of instant win games. Popular daily draw games such as [...]
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery has extended its strategic partnership with Camelot Lottery Solutions for a further two years.
The agreement will see Camelot Lottery Solutions, the B2B arm of UK national lottery operator Camelot, continue to provide consultancy services to help maximize net proceeds for scholarships in Arkansas, with a greater [...]
Denmark’s state-owned gaming operator Danske Spil has named Nikolas Lyhne-Knudsen as its next chief executive.
Lyhne-Knudsen will assume the role on 1 October, replacing Susanne Mørch Koch, who has been in the role since April 2017. Koch announced her intention to step down in March to become the new CEO of [...]
The government of Norway has opened a public consultation on proposed changes to the country’s gambling legislation.
The proposal would see Norway’s three existing gambling laws - the Lottery Act, the Gambling Act and the Totalizator Act - combined into one piece of legislation under the authority of the ministry of [...]
Malta-based games supplier Pragmatic Play has paid out a £1m prize through its Wolf Gold-themed online instant win game.
The lucky UK player from Blackpool won the maximum £1m prize on SkillOnNet’s PlayOJO brand playing Wolf Gold Scratchcard, which launched in 2018 and is based on the supplier’s popular video slot [...]
The Kentucky Lottery Corporation says it is on track to meet budgeted lottery sales forecasts for the year after a strong performance from scratch-off tickets and iLottery games in May.
Total lottery sales in May were 32 per cent ahead of budget at $132.1m, led by higher scratch-off ticket sales, which [...]
Sports Information Services (SIS) has taken over full ownership of UK-based lottery and virtual sports supplier 49’s from current owners GVC Holdings and William Hill.
The acquisition bolsters the SIS product portfolio with 49’s live draws offering, which includes the Irish Lotto Bet, World Lotto and Rapido, as well as virtual [...]
The chairman of the SPD party in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt is calling for the state’s withdrawal from the Oddset sports betting programme operated by German lotteries.
Saxony-Anhalt SPD chairman Andreas Schmidt issued the call Friday following the release of a report into irregularities in the Oddset programme, which saw [...]
The UK’s Public Accounts Committee has criticised the government for failing to proactively fund gambling related research that could help to design an effective regulatory response to gambling harms.
The Committee stated in a report released Sunday (June 28) that despite repeated references to the need for evidence based policy-making, the [...]
Sydney-listed lottery provider Jumbo Interactive has signed a new reseller agreement with Tabcorp Holdings.
The revised agreement allows the resale of Tabcorp lottery products online by Jumbo in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Northern Territory for the next ten years up until July 2030.
“The next [...]
European lottery and gaming operator SAZKA Group has completed its acquisition of a 17.19 per cent stake in Casinos Austria from Novomatic.
The transaction follows an agreement with Novomatic in December and increases SAZKA Group’s shareholding in the Austrian casino and lottery operator to 55.48 per cent.
In connection with the transaction, [...]
Lottoland’s B2B arm ALOT Solutions has bolstered its senior team with the appointment of Abigail Wahnon as head of legal and compliance.
Wahnon brings with her over 10 years of corporate legal experience, joining ALOT Solutions from Gibraltar-based gaming supplier Nektan, where she held the position of chief legal officer. Prior [...]