Worldwide lottery sales increased by just 0.5 per cent for the first quarter of 2013, following declines by participating lotteries in Europe and Africa, as well as a slowdown in growth in North America and the Asia Pacific region, according to the latest figures released by the World Lottery Association (WLA).
The WLA, the umbrella organisation for state lottery and gaming operators, said that Q1 painted a “complicated picture” for world lottery markets, with sales in [...]