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, [...]
Scientific Games has agreed a new deal to continue providing instant scratch games to Polish National Lottery operator Totalizator Sportowy.
The extension follows a strong performance from the sales of scratch games in Poland in the past three years, which has grown 39 per cent, making Totalizator Sportowy one of the [...]
Sydney-listed Aristocrat Leisure has completed its acquisition of NeoGames after satisfying all conditions and requirements for closing.
First announced in May 2023, the acquisition was overwhelmingly supported by NeoGames shareholders at a second shareholder meeting this week, with the required majority voting in favour of all proposals relating to the acquisition.
Following [...]
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation will replace its retail sports betting offering with a new digital system next month.
BCLC’s retail sports betting brand, Sports Action, will shut down on May 26, ending the use of paper betting slips in the Canadian province as the lottery rolls out a new digital [...]
Germany's gambling tax revenue dropped by 2 per cent to €651.2 million in the first quarter of 2024, with only the country’s lottery tax showing growth.
Lottery tax was up by 3 per cent to €475.9 million in Q1 2024 and accounted for 73 per cent of quarterly tax revenue in [...]
Svenska Spel has posted a 1 per cent drop in net gaming revenue (NGR) to SEK1.96 billion for the first quarter of 2024, with results negatively impacted by the closure of two of its land-based casinos in February.
The state-owned gaming operator said that the first quarter period was marked by [...]