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Denmark’s gambling regulator, Spillemyndigheden, 'The new agreement must strengthen efforts against gaming companies' marketing'
In a new agreement between the Consumer Ombudsman, the Gambling Authority and the Gambling Board, the authorities and the board will coordi…
The Virginia state lottery approved The Cordish Companies and Bruce Smith Enterprise’s Petersburg casino plans
The Virginia state lottery approved The Cordish Companies and Bruce Smith Enterprise’s Petersburg casino plans, moving the proposal to its…
Arjan van 't Veer, Secretary General at European Lotteries, A big thank you to everyone who attended the hashtag#ELIndustryDays2024!
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The Hong Kong Jockey Club partners with China Tourism Group to support youth exchange tour in the Mainland under the theme of New Quality Productive Forces
Jockey Club partners with China Tourism Group to support youth exchange tour in the Mainland under the theme of New Quality Productive Forc…
BCLC: 2024 New Horizons in Safer Gambling October 28 - October 30
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Monday, October 28
2024 New Horizons in Safer Gambling
Safer Play: The Competitive Advantage
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Arkansas Scholarship Lottery raises record $129.1M for college scholarships in fiscal year 2024
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery raised $129.1 million for college scholarships in fiscal year 2024 that ended June 30, which is the larges…
Oklahoma lottery's soaring revenue boosts education funding, eyes online expansion
The Oklahoma lottery is cashing in record high revenue, and that translates to record investments in education. For every dollar Oklahomans…
Flutter Would Thoroughly Dominate Michigan Online Gambling By Purchasing PENN
A potential Boyd Gaming and Flutter joint buyout of PENN Entertainment would have major ramifications in the Michigan gambling space accord…
Mass Lottery To Celebrate 6th Annual National Lottery Week July 14-20
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Lawsuit claims federal law exempts tribes from Colorado's 10% sports betting tax
Two tribes filed a lawsuit against Democrat Gov. Jared Polis and Christopher Schroder, director of the Colorado Division of Gaming, regardi…
Bally’s Secures Funding Commitment that Aggregates $2.07 Billion from Gaming and Leisure Properties
Bally’s Beginning Site Prep for Demolition for Fall 2026 Opening
New Bally’s Chicago Architectural Redesign to Complement Chicago Skyline…
IN MEMORIAM: Walter Szrek
East Greenwich, RI (July 10, 2024) — It is with deep sadness that Szrek2Solutions announces the passing of Walter Szrek, co-founder and for…
Scientific Games Wins 2024 Communitas Awards for Green Initiatives and Community Partnership
Scientific Games Wins 2024 Communitas Awards for Green Initiatives and Community Partnership
Company's New UK Facility and Montreal Urb…
IGT Highlights Environmental, Social and Governance Accomplishments with 2023 Sustainability Report
IGT Highlights Environmental, Social and Governance Accomplishments with 2023 Sustainability Report
Company exhibits leading sustainabilit…
JOB: Pollard Banknote Director, Marketing
We are looking for a strategic marketing professional with a proven track record in the lottery industry to join our Marketing team as Dire…
New York Sportsbooks Exceed $4 Billion In Total Revenue
New York became the first state to have its sportsbooks surpass $4 billion in revenue in the post-PASPA era Monday after the New York State…
IGT Boosts Instant Ticket Offering in Spain with Compelling New Games for ONCE
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Company signs five-year contract to resume supplying its instant ticket games to the region
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IWG and Pennsylvania Lottery Launch New eInstants Category: “EZ eInstants”
IWG and Pennsylvania Lottery Launch New eInstants Category: “EZ eInstants”
Range of games set to broaden appeal of Lottery’s iLottery prog…
IGT Inks Long-Term Contract with Colorado Lottery to Enhance Retailer and Player Solutions
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Company will deploy new lottery central system, upgrade all retailer equipment and launch a mobile convenien…
New Jersey fines DraftKings $100K for reporting inaccurate sports betting data to the state
In one of the most sternly worded rebukes they have ever issued, New Jersey gambling regulators have fined DraftKings $100,000 for reportin…
IGT PlayDigital Announces US iGaming Market Arrival of Award-Winning Prosperity Link Game
One of the gaming industry's most celebrated land-based multi-level progressive games is now available online in five US states
LONDON, Ju…
Multi-State Lottery Association Board and Product Group Officers Elected for Fiscal Year 2025
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July 2, 2024
Multi-State Lottery Association Board and Product Group Officers Elected for Fiscal Year 2025
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International Game Technology PLC to Host Second Quarter 2024 Results Conference Call on Tuesday, July 30, 2024
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LONDON, July 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- International Game Technology PLC ("IGT") (NYSE:IGT) will host a confer…
Leveraging the power of Brand Lottery
Lottery and other major consumer brand managers have long understood the value of collaboration to reinforce the value of the brands and co…
Scenes from the WLA/EL Marketing Seminar
The Marketing Seminar is an annual event attended by everyone interested in the European lottery sector. Held in London for the last twenty…
Scenes from the Lotteries in Europe Colloquium in Brussels
Lotteries in Europe -Colloquium April 18-19 Hosted by: The Belgian National Lottery and EL
A common cultural heritage; A particular fo…
Scenes from ICE Totally Gaming held in London
ICE Totally Gaming is by far the largest trade-show in the games of chance industry. It has been held annually the first week of February i…
Online-gambling giants conquer U.S. with tactics that are now prohibited in Britain
The two companies — FanDuel is owned by Irish company Flutter and BetMGM is jointly owned by British company Entain and MGM Resorts Interna…
Google To Allow Lottery Courier And Fantasy Sports Ads In Many States
Google has announced a new update to its advertising policies, allowing ads for lottery couriers and daily fantasy sports (DFS) in numerous…
An insider-betting scandal helped sweep the Labour Party to a landslide victory in the UK general election
An insider-betting scandal has helped sweep Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party to a landslide victory in the UK general election.
Sir Keir St…
The West Virginia Lottery sent a cease-and-desist letter to Bovada, an unregulated online casino and sportsbook based outside the US
The West Virginia Lottery, which oversees West Virginia online casinos and sports betting, has made it clear that Bovada, an unregulated on…
Maryland Casinos Generate $162.9 Million In Gaming Revenue During June 2024
BALTIMORE — Maryland’s six casinos combined to generate $162,914,432 in revenue from slot machines and table games during June 2024, a decr…
Gluecksspiel (GGL), the Federal Authority of German Gambling, will start its chairmanship under Reiner Moser on 1 July 2024
Gluecksspiel (GGL), the Federal Authority of German Gambling, will start its chairmanship under Reiner Moser on 1 July 2024.
Reiner Moser…
China's lottery sales fall 4.8 pct in May
BEIJING, June 28 (Xinhua) -- China's lottery ticket sales fell 4.8 percent year on year to 47.62 billion yuan (about 6.68 billion U.S. doll…
Veikkaus keeps lottery rights as Finland begins 2027 reforms
The Ministry of the Interior of Finland has submitted its draft proposal of a new Gambling Act to modernise Finnish gambling. This is in li…
World Lottery Association - WLA: Sports Betting Best Practices
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Preface
Preamble: The sports betting audience
Chapter 1: The offer
Chapter 2: Distribution…
European Lotteries - EL Innovation Awards 2024 - Open for submissions!
EL is pleased to announce the opening of the submission period of the EL Innovation Awards 2024, a celebration of the best lottery innovati…
The European Lotteries Annual Report 2023: A Year’s work on Positive Social Impact
EL Annual Report 2023
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The latest EL Annual Report highlights a year that stands as further evidence of the signif…
National Lottery of Charity of El Salvador (LNB) was founded July 7, 1870
The National Lottery of Charity of El Salvador (LNB) was founded in 1870 under the administration of the Rosales Hospital Charity Board. It…
Leading Lottery Expert Kurt D. Freedlund Joins Gaming Laboratories International (GLI®) as Senior Lottery Solutions Account Executive
LAKEWOOD, N.J. (July 1, 2024) – Globally known lottery expert Kurt D. Freedlund has joined the lottery team at Gaming Laboratories Internat…
UK Gambling Commission mandates quarterly reporting for operators starting July
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has implemented new quarterly reporting requirements for gambling operators, effective July 1, 2024. Fol…
AGEM Index sees 7.7% increase in June
The AGEM Index increased by 94.57 points to 1,330.19 in June 2024, a 7.7 percent increase from the prior month. Compared to one year ago, t…
Danish Gambling Authority to host third round training anti-money laundering (AML) and financing of terrorism case-based training event
The Danish Gambling Authority, Spillemyndigheden, has announced that it will be hosting a third anti-money laundering (AML) and financing o…
UK Betting and Gaming Council commits to collaboration with new Labour Government
The Labour Party's manifesto had previously highlighted a commitment to working with the industry to elevate standards of responsible gambl…
Penn Entertainment rallied 4.70% on Rumor of Flutter Joining Boyd in takeover bid
On a mixed day for gaming stocks, Penn Entertainment (NASDAQ: PENN) rallied 4.70% on a report that Flutter Entertainment (NYSE: FLUT) is co…
Spain: The 150th anniversary of the Port Authority of Malaga is the focus of the National Lottery ticket on July 11
Madrid, July 3, 2024 – The president of State Lotteries and Betting, Jesús Huerta, and the president of the Port Authority of Malaga, Carlo…
Netherlands appoints Teun Struycken as Gambling Minister
The Netherlands’ new conservative coalition government has confirmed the appointment of Teun Struycken as the new Minister responsible for…
Germany’s black market gambling operators recorded up to $648M GGR in 2023, says regulator
Germany’s gambling regulator, Gemeinsamen Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL), reported that illegal gambling revenue accounted for up to 4…
Flutter strengthens board with appointment of Disney's Christine McCarthy and media veteran Dob Bennett
Flutter Entertainment has announced the appointment of Christine M. McCarthy and Robert R. (“Dob”) Bennett to the Board of Directors, effec…
Brazil: Deputies include all types of gambling, sports betting and lotteries in the Selective Tax
Gambling in general, from sports betting to national lotteries, will be targeted by the so-called Selective Tax in Brazil, according to the…
Maximizing loyalty with CRM: Leveraging gamification and AI strategies
With the Ontario market established after over two years, the battle in the deeper grass is happening, with 50-plus licensed operators in t…
Coquille Indian Tribe has lashed out at efforts by other tribes to oppose its plans for a casino in the city of Medford, Ore
Oregon-based Coquille Indian Tribe has lashed out at efforts by other tribes to oppose its ambitions for a casino in the city of Medford, O…
European companies behind FanDuel and BetMGM are using features in America that they dropped in Britain after acknowledging them as risks to gamblers
Amid a U.S. boom in betting online, the European companies behind FanDuel and BetMGM are using features in America that they dropped in Bri…
National standards needed for sports betting ads, researchers say
Researchers are joining the call for national advertising standards to help dull the steep incline of gambling — especially in sports.
Af…
Florida Lottery debuts new Monopoly Secret Vault scratch-off games
Florida Lottery debuts new Monopoly Secret Vault scratch-off games
TALLAHASSEE - Florida Lottery scratch-off game players have a whole new…
IGT and Churchill Downs Incorporated Pioneer Historical Horse Racing ("HHR") in Malta with National Lottery plc
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Malta's National Lottery becomes first gaming operator outside the US to offer HHR solutions supporting inte…
National Indian Gaming Commission Announces Record FY2023 Revenue
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NIGC Announces Record $41.9 Billion…
Connecticut Lottery brings KENO and draw game action directly to players with iLottery
Revolutionizing Gameplay: CT Lottery Brings KENO and Draw Game Action Directly to Players with iLottery
The CT Lottery is pleased to…
Delaware Online Sports Betting Expansion Bill Dies As Session Ends
Delaware won’t expand past a single online sports betting operator this year.
The Delaware legislative session ended this weekend without…
Skill Games Remain Banned in Kentucky Following Judge’s Ruling
Skill games in Kentucky won’t be powered back on anytime soon after a county judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on the c…
New York iGaming Legalization Unlikely After Hochul Says Existing Budget Remains
Legalizing iGaming in New York seems less likely now that the governor released a statement saying she’ll find a way to make the existing b…
PGRI INTERVIEWS Ionut-Valeriu Andrei, General Manager and member of the board of the Loteria Română (Romanian Lottery)
Multi-Prong Approach to the Most Time-Efficient Implementation of an Online Selling Channel
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EL Industry Days 2024 – Promising Initial Findings on the Positive Impact of Lotteries
Below an article by the EL summarizing Industry days.
The impact of the members of the European Lotteries (EL) on society is likely to be…
Florida sports betting challenge turned down by U.S. Supreme Court
The court's decision keeps online sports betting in Florida in the hands of the state's Seminole Tribe.
In a major win for the Seminole Tr…
The U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a ruling allowing a tribal and state compacts to include statewide online gaming eases their path for adoption
The U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a ruling allowing a tribal and state compacts to include statewide online gaming won’t impact the…
Federal Court’s Ruling Strengthens ‘Public Domain’ Status Of Geolocation Technology For Online Gambling
If you take some time to look through the enormous catalog of patents the United States government has granted over the course of nearly tw…
OPAP: Concession Agreement and awarding of 15-year license for OPAP Cyprus
26/06/2024
Concession Agreement and awarding of 15-year license for OPAP Cyprus
OPAP S.A. (hereafter “OPAP”) announces that its…
Aristocrat Interactive Go-To-Market Structure and Business Leaders Confirmed
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Pro-Lite Wins Competitive RFP to Create Rhode Island Lottery’s New Jackpot Signs
Pro-Lite Wins Competitive RFP to Create Rhode Island Lottery’s New Jackpot Signs
Costa Mesa, California – Pro-Lite, a leading provider of…
New Responsible Gaming Task Force First Report Due to Murphy in March 2025
Last week, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 360 into law, creating the Responsible Gaming Task Force for retail a…
Virginia Lawmaker Calls Fantasy Sports ‘Compliance Nightmare,’ Eyes Legislative Changes in 2025
Virginia Lawmaker Calls Fantasy Sports ‘Compliance Nightmare,’ Eyes Legislative Changes in 2025
Virginia could become the next state to jo…
Michigan Gaming Control Board attempting to parse legal and illegal igaming market activity
Tensions Running High In Michigan As Regulators Attempt To Parse Legal And Illegal Market Activity
A new six-page, six-question attestati…
Massachusetts gaming officials consider stricter advertising regulations to address sports betting impact
State gaming officials in Massachusetts are evaluating new ways to address the impacts of advertising, particularly in the booming sports b…
PA Gaming Control Board Places 11 individuals on the Involuntary Interactive Exclusion List for iGaming Fraud
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (“Board”) on Wednesday approved recommendations by its Office of Enforcement Counsel…
Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, signs a bill creating a public records exemption for info about Florida gambling regulators
Florida Gaming Regulators Afforded Personal Confidentiality With DeSantis Signature
The Florida Gaming Control Commission (FGCC) members h…
Aristocrat Leisure Investor Day Jun 26, 2024
Aristocrat Leisure has set a target to generate at least US$1 billion in revenue by FY2029 from its newly established Aristocrat Interac…
Celebrating 50 years, the Illinois Lottery holds a rich history that can be traced all the way to Zeke Giorgi
Remembering Zeke Giorgi
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Celebrating 50 years, the Illinois Lottery holds a rich history that can be traced all the…
Iowa Lottery poised to set another sales record
The state will receive more than 101 million dollars in proceeds once the fiscal year is completed. “This represents a year-over-year proce…
Scientific Games and Fremantle Continue Successful Licensing Partnership with Iconic TV Game Show Brands
THE PRICE IS RIGHT, FAMILY FEUD and PRESS YOUR LUCK Lottery Games Add Irresistible Excitement to Lottery Retail and Digital Game Portfolios…
Lotteries and legal betting sites unite to report 254 illegal gambling platforms in Argentina
Lotteries and legal betting sites have launched a campaign and reported more than 250 illegal sites that allow minors to gamble. The Asocia…
Loterie Romande 2023 annual report
“Our mission is to offer a legal, secure and responsible gaming offering, the profits of which are entirely paid to the public utility. Thi…
EL Industry Days 2024 – Creating Positive Social Impact Together
Promising Initial Findings on the Positive Impact of Lotteries
The impact of the members of the European Lotteries association (EL) on…
Agility Drives Success of Poland’s Latest Omnichannel Launch
In Poland, where the national lottery’s mission is to sustainably generate returns to benefit sport and culture in the country, Totalizator…
Google announced its decision to pause its experiment aimed at expanding the number of real-money gaming (RMG) apps
Google on Friday announced its decision to pause its experiment aimed at expanding the number of real-money gaming (RMG) apps on its Play S…
Lottery drives Danske Spil’s first quarter revenue growth
The Danske Spil Group achieved a total BSI of DKK 1,244 million and a result after tax of DKK 510 million. DKK per 31 March 2024.
This is…
Scratchcards and ECJ jurisprudence debate on the agenda for EU gambling regulators
A plethora of European regulatory bodies recently held a joint discussion to explore various gambling issues spanning across the Old Contin…
Illinois Lottery Kicks Off its 50th Anniversary Celebration
“The Illinois Lottery started our journey back in July of 1974 and was the first state to air a drawing live on television,” said Harold Ma…
IGT Awarded Contract for Video Lottery Terminal Central Monitoring System by Ohio Lottery Commission Inbox IGT
"We look forward to providing IGT's leading VLT products and solutions to the Ohio Lottery Commission," said Nick Khin, IGT Chief Operating…
NeoGames™—now part of Aristocrat Interactive™—to provide complete iLottery solutions to the New Hampshire Lottery in multi-year, turnkey deal
Chris Shaban, Managing Director iLottery at NeoGames, said: “We are thrilled to be selected by the New Hampshire Lottery as its provider fo…
Public Gaming International Magazine May/June 2024
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California Lottery Won’t Pay Out On Courier-Bought Tickets
Meanwhile, the Lottery has written to its 23K ticket retailers warning them that selling tickets to lottery couriers could result in the te…
California Lottery Warns Against Digital Ticket-Ordering Companies; Tickets Ineligible to Win
CA Lottery Cautions Its 23,000+ Retail Partners: Don’t Sell to Digital Ticket-Ordering Companies
SACRAMENTO – The California Lottery is se…
New Mexico Lottery Legal Notice: RFP for Lottery Solutions - #24-002
The New Mexico Lottery Authority (NMLA) hereby provides notice of its intent to request proposals for Lottery Solutions. The RFP will be av…
Scientific Games: Revolutionizing Lottery with Science
An Inside look at the tools that power profits
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Moti Malul, CEO Neogames 'The Future of iLottery: Predictions for 2030
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Pennsylvania Skill Games Legality to Be Determined by State Supreme Court
The legality of so-called skill games in Pennsylvania will be determined by the state’s Supreme Court.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court anno…
Sharon Strong named Director of Arkansas Scholarship Lottery
Posted Date: 06/13/2024 Office: All DFA News:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 13, 2024
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Scott Hardin, DFA 501-352-9…