Hong Kong-listed lottery provider AGTech Holdings has reported a 10 per cent fall in revenue to HK$106.1m (€11.5m) for the first nine months of 2020, of which more than a third was generated from virtual sports lottery games that will soon be withdrawn in China.
Revenue from lottery hardware sales fell [...]
New York-listed supplier Scientific Games has re-launched its record-breaking Willy Wonka Golden Ticket linked instant game, this time featuring a new second chance promotion which gives players the chance to win $1m a year for life.
The first Willy Wonka Golden Ticket game released in 2017 broke all records, amassing double [...]
Czech investor and Sazka Group owner Karel Komárek has agreed a €500m deal to give Apollo Global Management a stake in the European lottery and gaming operator.
Apollo will invest €500m in a newly established subsidiary of Komárek’s KKCG Group, which will in turn be the 100 per cent owner of [...]
New York-listed lottery and gaming supplier Scientific Games has reported an 18 per cent fall in revenue to $698m in the third quarter of 2020, as its core land-based gaming segment continued to be negatively impacted by COVID-19 restrictions.
Revenue improved by 29 per cent compared to the previous quarter, boosted [...]
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 [...]