New York-listed lottery and gaming supplier Scientific Games has rolled out its self-service instant ticket vending technology in Germany for the first time with the Sachsenlotto in Saxony.
The supplier is piloting its PlayCentral HD vending machines at a selection of locations across the German state, including malls, various sized retailers [...]
European lottery operator SAZKA Group has reported a 28 per cent drop in gross gaming revenue (GGR) to €652m for the first half of 2020, as a result of the impact of COVID-19 on land-based sales.
Results were impacted by a 45 per cent decline in GGR to €247m during the [...]
Denmark’s state-owned gaming operator Danske Spil has posted an 8 per cent drop in gross gaming revenue (GGR) to DKK2.30bn (€309.1m) for the first half of 2020.
The company said the first half results were “satisfactory” despite the negative impact of COVID-19 on its subsidiaries.
Danske Licens Spil, which operates Oddset, Tips [...]
Athens-listed lottery and gaming operator OPAP has reported a 36 per cent fall in net gaming revenue to €335.2m for the first half of 2020, as results were impacted by COVID-19 related lockdowns and retail store closures.
Total amounts wagered declined by 34 per cent year-on-year to €1.41bn, with gross gaming [...]
Camelot Lottery Solutions (CLS) has launched a new Remote Gaming Server (RGS) to enable its e-Instant games portfolio to be made available to lotteries worldwide.
Built in-house and able to integrate with any iLottery platform, the RGS is a result of CLS launching e-Instant games with a number of European lotteries [...]
China’s lottery market recovered in July as total sales increased by 10 per cent year-on-year to RMB36.15bn (€4.48bn).
With lottery sales negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the first half of 2020, July marked a return to growth following a 3 per cent year-on-year decline in June.
Welfare Lottery sales climbed [...]
Hong Kong-listed AGTech Holdings has won tenders to supply sports lottery terminals in four Chinese provinces and one municipality.
The company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Beijing AGTech GOT Technology Co. secured winning bids in Tianjin, Hebei, Fujian, Sichuan, and Zhejiang.
The contract wins include traditional sales terminals for China’s sports lottery in Tianjin and [...]
Athens-listed Intralot has reported a 55 per cent fall in revenue to €168.2m for the first half of 2020, as second quarter results were significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Intralot’s systems handled €9.8bn of worldwide wagers during the six month period, an increase of 2 per cent versus a year [...]
In a strong start to its 2021 financial year, the Kentucky Lottery has seen total sales increase by 46 per cent in July as internet lottery sales soared.
Following a record performance in its 2020 financial year, total sales grew to $124.4m in July, with scratch-off sales climbing 52 per cent [...]
The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has reported a 12 per cent decline in total turnover to HK$218.75bn (€23.6bn) for its 2019/20 financial year ended 30 June.
Despite the impact of COVID-19 on global sports and racing, HKJC did not lose a single race during the pandemic after implementing stringent health [...]
Online lotto specialist Lottoland has stepped up its consumer protection efforts with the rollout of the Gambless app.
The Gambless app launched in the United Kingdom this week, offering players a number of resources to control their gambling activity, including diagnostic tests to flag risk factors and problem behaviour, as well [...]
Lottery and gaming operator Tenlot has teamed up with the National Olympic Committee of Kenya to launch a new Olympic-themed range of Lotto scratchcard games that will benefit the country’s athletes.
With the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games having been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the new scratchcard range will provide [...]