Lottery supplier Scientific Games has appointed Mike Cardell as senior vice president of Americas systems.
Before joining Scientific Games, Cardell spent more than 11 years at fintech and payments company Fiserv, where he served as vice president and general manager of Next Gen Solutions: Signature and Cloud Solutions.
He also spent five [...]
The Illinois Lottery reported a 20 per cent increase in sales to $377.4 million in March, with strong performances from several games.
Instant win sales were at their highest level for two years after increasing by 10 per cent to $207.7 million, accounting for 55 per cent of monthly lottery sales.
Mega [...]
China’s lottery sales increased by 12 per cent to RMB55.60 billion (€7.16 billion) in March, spurred by a strong month for instant win games.
Sales of the Welfare Lottery grew by 22 per cent to RMB18.88 billion, with growth across its three main products.
Lotto sales were up by 9 per cent [...]
Lotto New Zealand’s sales rose by 8 per cent to NZ$807.0 million (€445.8 million) in the six months to 31 December 2023.
Sales of the main Lotto, Strike and Powerball draw games increased by 9 per cent to NZ$676.6 million, which was 84 per cent of Lotto NZ’s half-year sales.
Retail sales [...]
Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) is expanding its testing and certification capabilities with the acquisition of gaming testing lab Trisigma.
Trisigma will continue to operate its network of testing laboratories independently while coordinating its efforts with GLI's larger sales, operations, and back-office staff globally.
Following the acquisition, Esther Ballart will continue to lead [...]
The New Hampshire Lottery has joined Instant Win Gaming's (IWG) multi-state eInstant progressive, Mega Money Jackpot.
This follows the recent launch of Jackpot Spectacular, the lottery’s first game in the Mega Money Jackpots linked progressive pool.
New Hampshire joins Pennsylvania and Virginia in offering Mega Money Jackpots linked games.
“Our industry has a [...]
Novamedia has lauded the performance of its Postcode Lottery format in Europe as total revenue grew by 6.5 per cent to €2.5 billion in 2023.
The record performance followed growth across the company’s six charity lotteries in five countries: the Nationale Postcode Loterij and VriendenLoterij in the Netherlands, the Svenska Postkodlotteriet [...]
UK National Lottery operator Allwyn is preparing to introduce a new in-store scratchcard purchase limit across its retailers from October.
The move is in line with Allwyn’s commitment to protecting players and operating in a socially responsible manner and will see the operator introduce a ten scratchcard per transaction limit in [...]
Bulgaria’s gambling advertising ban is set to come into force after lawmakers gave final approval to a gambling amendment bill Tuesday.
The Bill to Amend and Supplement the Law on Gambling was voted into law on 30 April after a number of amendments and will come into effect following its publication [...]
Slovenia’s national lottery operator Loterija Slovenije is set to enhance its scratch game offering through a new contract with Scientific Games.
The exclusive five-year contract follows a period of strong growth for the lottery, where instant game sales have increased by 26 per cent in the past four years.
“The move to [...]
The central Asian state of Uzbekistan is ending its prohibition of online gambling and introducing a licensing regime in 2025.
Under a decree signed last week by President Shavkat Mirziyoyevmove, Uzbekistan will introduce a regulated market for online lotteries and games of chance on 1 January 2025.
The move is said to [...]
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has issued an Opinion which upholds the right of member states to differentiate between various forms of gambling when applying Value Added Tax (VAT).
The ECJ Opinion is in response to a request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of First Instance in Liège, [...]