German online lottery provider ZEAL Network has reported a 24 per cent increase in revenue €36.1 million for the first quarter of 2024, with growing contributions from its new iGaming offering.
Total billings from lotteries were 22 per cent higher at €246.3 million in the first quarter, with the company acquiring [...]
International Game Technology (IGT) has signed a new five-year contract with Canada’s Atlantic Lottery Corporation to provide its advanced remote game server and digital instant games.
IGT will implement high-performing features and new games for players in Atlantic Canada, and deploy its advanced cloud-based remote game server (RGS) and at least [...]
The Taiwan Welfare Lottery reported a 37 per cent decrease in first quarter sales to NT$19.72 billion (€566.4 million), after March’s sales were NT$4.95 billion.
March’s Welfare Lottery sales fell by 44 per cent and the prizes paid to winning customers were NT$2.97 billion, a 46 per cent decrease year-on-year.
The Taiwan [...]
The UK’s annual remote gaming duty topped £1 billion for the first time in 2023, as the country’s gambling sector paid a record £3.39 billion in taxes to HM Treasury.
Remote gaming duty (RGD) increased by 9 per cent to £1.01 billion in 2023 and was the largest contributor to the [...]
UK National Lottery operator Allwyn has strengthened its Board with the appointment of Adrian Joseph OBE as an independent non-executive director.
Joseph is a digital, technology, data and AI-focused senior executive who has worked for a number of leading technology organisations, most recently serving as chief data and AI officer at [...]
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 [...]