Athens-listed supplier Intralot has launched a new online lottery platform for Malta’s national lottery operator Maltco Lotteries.
Through an integration with Intralot’s LotosXi platform, Maltco can now offer its players online access to popular lottery games such as SUPER 5, LOTTO, Quaterno+, SUPERSTAR and Quick KENO.
“Our design principles focus on the [...]
Canadian provincial lottery operator Loto-Québec has recorded a 51 per cent fall in revenue to CAD$687.4m for the first half period ended 28 September, as significant growth online failed to offset the impact of COVID-19 on retail sales.
The pandemic led to the suspension of nearly all of the lottery’s business [...]
New York-listed supplier International Game Technology (IGT) has won a new long-term contract with Polish national lottery operator Totalizator Sportowy following a competitive procurement process.
The new seven-year facilities management contract begins on 1 December 2021 and includes the option to extend for an additional three years.
The contract includes the provision [...]
European lottery operator SAZKA Group has brought in Sir Keith Mills to lead its bid to operate the UK National Lottery.
Sir Mills is a British entrepreneur who founded the Air Miles and Nectar customer loyalty programmes and played a pivotal role in London’s successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic [...]
Retail closures related to the Covid-19 pandemic have contributed to an 8 per cent fall in total betting and gaming duty receipts in the United Kingdom.
The latest figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) include duties on Bingo, Gaming, General Betting, Lottery, Pool Betting and Remote Gaming in the six-month [...]
Toronto-listed lottery provider Pollard Banknote has been awarded a new five-year instant games contract by the Massachusetts State Lottery.
Following a competitive procurement process, Pollard Banknote was chosen to continue providing the lottery with instant products and related services until October 2025, with an option for two one-year extensions.
“We are pleased [...]
New York-listed supplier International Game Technology (IGT) has agreed a multi-year extension to continue as the VLT central systems provider for Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC).
As part of the contract extension, subsidiary IGT Canada Solutions will upgrade WCLC's video lottery system to the latest version of its INTELLIGEN systems software [...]
China’s lottery market has declined by 27 per cent to RMB230.68bn (€29.5bn) in the first nine months of 2020, with sales negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic during the first half of the year.
After seeing an improvement in sales during July and August, total lottery sales fell by 1.5 per [...]
Italy’s financial law enforcement agency Guardia di Finanza has seized €27m in assets from 12 individuals suspected of tampering with IGT’s systems to gain access to high value winning lottery scratchcards.
The 12 individuals stand accused of aggravated fraud, unauthorised access to IT systems, receiving stolen goods and money-laundering.
The investigation led [...]
Athens-listed gaming and lottery supplier Intralot has introduced a new type of lottery draw game with partner Camelot Illinois, the private manager of the Illinois Lottery.
The new Fast Play games are the first of their kind to be sold in Illinois, giving players a chance to win prizes at the [...]
New York-listed supplier Scientific Games has secured a new ten-year contract to provide its lottery central gaming system and instant game management services to the Oklahoma Lottery.
Scientific Games will provide the lottery with its Enhanced Partnership (SGEP) program, which provides game category management of Oklahoma Scratchers, as well as a [...]
Online gaming and iLottery supplier NeoGames is aiming to go public through an IPO on New York’s Nasdaq stock exchange.
NeoGames has completed its filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, seeking to raise up to $90m through an initial public offering on Nasdaq.
NeoGames was founded in 2005 and spun [...]