China’s state lottery sales dropped by 13 per cent to RMB36.30 billion (€4.66 billion) in February, caused by the timing of the Chinese New Year holiday.
The lotteries close during the Spring Festival and in 2024 this period fell entirely during the month of February.
Welfare Lottery sales were down by 7 [...]
ZEAL Ventures is leading a €1 million financing round for UK-based online prize draw platform DAYMADE.
Founded in 2019, DAYMADE offers players the chance to win holidays, unforgettable experiences and lifestyle prizes, while supporting the Eden Reforestation Projects with a tree planted with every purchase.
ZEAL has been an investor in DAYMADE [...]
Lottery and gaming supplier NeoGames has agreed a three-year contract extension with long-standing Czech lottery partner SAZKA, part of Allwyn.
The new agreement runs until the end of 2028 and enables SAZKA to continue to leverage NeoGames’ iLottery and iGaming solutions, including its NeoSphere platform and a diverse portfolio of interactive [...]
Athens-listed Intralot has reported a 7 per cent drop in group revenue to €364.0 million for 2023, as revenue for the final quarter of the year fell by 8 per cent.
Excluding the impact from the discontinuation of its Malta lottery operations, underlying revenue from continuing operations would have increased by [...]
Malta-headquartered Fast Track has agreed a new deal to provide its CRM solutions to Swedish lottery betting operator PolarLotto.
The agreement will see PolarLotto utilise Fast Track’s Singularity model, which uses AI and machine learning to deliver tailored content to elevate player engagement and retention strategies, as the operator expands online.
“We [...]
The gambling regulator of Slovakia has revealed that players in the country wagered €21.36 billion in 2023, earning the state €301 million in taxes and fees.
The country’s licensed operators paid out €20.4 billion in winnings during the year, resulting in gross gaming revenue of €1.32 billion.
According to the regulator, online [...]
Evolution has agreed a deal with Rush Street Interactive to enter the Delaware iGaming market in partnership with the Delaware Lottery and its three online casinos.
The Delaware Park Casino & Raceway and Harrington Raceway & Casino iGaming sites are accessible through the BetRivers multi-state app, while Bally’s Dover Casino Resort [...]
One lucky ticket-holder in New Jersey matched all six numbers of Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot to take home a $1.128 billion prize ($536.6 million cash), the fifth largest jackpot in the history of the game.
In 31 drawings since the Mega Millions jackpot was last won on December 8 with two [...]
Lottery operator Allwyn International has reported a 98 per cent increase in total consolidated revenue to a record €7.88 billion for 2023, with the final quarter of the year contributing €2.18 billion.
The record financial performance reflected strong results across all geographies, as well as contributions from the acquisitions of Camelot [...]
Lottoland Deutschland has been granted licence approval to launch its online lottery brokerage business in Germany.
The new licence enables Lottoland to distribute state-licensed lotteries in Germany online as a broker under its Lottoland-deutschland.de and Lottohelden-deutschland.de domains.
“We are delighted that our license application has finally been approved by the Joint Gaming [...]
Norway’s state-owned lottery operator Norsk Tipping has strengthened its senior management team with the appointments of Tina Rødahl and Vegar Strand as directors.
Rødahl has been named director of communications and public relations and will join Norsk Tipping on 1 May from consultancy firm Peer Group, which she founded in January [...]
Multi-national lottery operator Allwyn International has entered into a €500 million accordion facility with a syndicate of international banks.
The banks have committed to provide the company with a €500 million six-year term loan as an accordion facility under its existing senior facilities agreement.
Allwyn will use the proceeds to finance its [...]