Sports bettors in New Hampshire placed $46.5m in wagers in November through the state lottery and its exclusive sports betting partner DraftKings.
Total wagers fell 1 per cent compared to the previous month’s record $47.1m, with mobile contributing the bulk of the total with wagers of $38.9m. This was down 3 [...]
Rhode Island’s two licensed sports betting operators booked record monthly wagers of $35.1m in November.
Sports wagers were up 1 per cent compared to the previous month’s $34.7m total, with wagers from Twin River climbing 3 per cent month-on-month to $14.5m, offsetting a 7 per cent decline in Tiverton Casino wagers [...]
China’s lottery market dipped in November as total sales fell by 5 per cent year-on-year to RMB36.04bn (€4.54bn).
Having recorded an 11.5 per cent increase in sales in October, total lottery sales declined in November as Sports Lottery sales fell by 0.2 per cent to RMB21.03bn and Welfare Lottery sales decreased [...]
Canada’s Atlantic Lottery Corp. (ALC) has seen a 500 per cent increase in digital sales during its fiscal year ending March 31, driven by the addition of new digital games and the migration to online play as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
ALC serves the four Atlantic Canadian provinces of [...]
Toronto-listed lottery provider Pollard Banknote has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vienna-based lottery supplier Next Generation Lotteries (NGL) for €36m.
Pollard Banknote will pay an initial €32m to acquire NGL, with a further €4m becoming payable if the company achieves certain gross margin targets in 2021.
The purchase price will [...]
Online instant win games specialist IWG has rolled outs its progressive jackpot enabled e-Instant games with the New Hampshire Lottery.
The launch gives players across the state access to Jungle Tumble Jackpots, the first game to feature IWG’s progressive jackpot technology.
The game features three in-game jackpots - a mini jackpot that [...]
Sydney-listed online lottery provider Jumbo Interactive has signed its first B2B partnership in the United Kingdom through a deal with the St Helena Hospice.
The six-year software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreement will see Jumbo provide its online lottery platform to the UK charity, which currently generates around £5m in sales each year.
“We’re excited [...]
New York-listed supplier Scientific Games has rolled out its new Symphony lottery gaming systems technology in Germany with Lotto Baden-Württemberg.
The new gaming system is now powering Lotto Baden-Württemberg and its network of more than 3,000 licensed retailers in Stuttgart in southwest Germany, and currently supports lottery products including Lotto 6aus49, [...]
Toronto-listed lottery provider Pollard Banknote and its subcontractor NeoGames have signed a four-year extension to continue providing iLottery solutions to the Michigan Lottery.
The extended agreement runs through to July 2026 and will see Pollard Banknote and NeoGames continue to provide platform technology, interactive eInstant and draw-based games, and a broad [...]
Athens-listed lottery and gaming operator OPAP has confirmed Jan Karas as its permanent chief executive, effective from January.
Karas took over as interim CEO in June following the departure of Damian Cope after four years in charge, and had previously served as OPAP's chief commercial officer.
“On behalf of the board of [...]
iGaming operator and platform supplier SkillOnNet has signed an exclusive product licensing partnership to coincide with the start of ITV’s new series of the hit TV show The Masked Singer.
The deal with UK licence holder Bandicoot TV, part of the Argonon group, will see SkillOnNet launch a new UK-facing gaming [...]
We are thrilled to reveal the seventh category of The Gaming Intelligence Hot 50 2021 – lottery.
You need to look no further than this group of executives to get a glimpse into 21st century lottery operations. They are passionate about their industry and the good causes that benefit from it, [...]