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INTRALOT’s Annual General Meeting 2020
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Business Innovation through Digital Technology, Advanced Service Delivery Model, Partnerships for…
NEOPOLLARD INTERACTIVE RECEIVES SECOND EGR NOMINATION FOR LOTTERY SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
NEOPOLLARD INTERACTIVE RECEIVES SECOND EGR NOMINATION FOR LOTTERY SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
LANSING, Michigan, June 1, 2020 /CNW/ – NeoPolla…
INTRALOT Announces the Launch of Digital Sports Betting in Washington, DC
INTRALOT and its U.S. subsidiary INTRALOT Inc., announce the launch of its Digital Sports Betting solution in Washington, DC and are deli…
Olli Sarekoski, Chief Executive Officer, Veikkaus, Finland
Olli Sarekoski, Chief Executive Officer, Veikkaus, Finland
How will the world be different when we come out of this crisis - and how will…
Matthew Strawn, Chief Executive Officer, Iowa Lottery
Matthew Strawn, Chief Executive Officer, Iowa Lottery
Going Beyond Proceeds to Communicate Your Values
Stay Home.
Those two simple word…
Gaming regulators hold workshop on reopening Nevada casinos amid virus
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Nevada gaming regulators held a workshop Tuesday morning to discuss how casino-resorts can reopen amid the coronavirus o…
Death of Stanley Ho, China's king of gambling, gives empire reins to daughter
About an hour after the death of Stanley Ho, the billionaire who built the Chinese territory of Macau into the world's biggest gambling hub…
Ohio House passes legislation to legalize sports gambling in the state
COLUMBUS — The House passed House Bill 282, which legalizes sports betting. The legislation now goes to the Senate.
The House Finance Com…
What Comes Next For Louisiana Sports Betting Push After Legislative Green Light
Louisiana voters likely will have a chance to decide if sports betting will be legalized in their parishes.
The Louisiana House of Represe…
Visa to halt payments services for online gambling sites in Germany
The third amendment of the State Treaty on Gambling states that online gambling in most of its forms in Germany is illegal, except for spor…
Missouri Gaming Commission to allow casinos to reopen Monday
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Missouri Gaming Commission Chairman Mike Leara says the state will allow its 13 floating casinos to r…
Kentucky Lottery sales remain steady
LOTTERY SALES REMAIN STEADY In today's meeting of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation's board of directors, it was announced that ticket sale…
SciPlay to Host Virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders
SciPlay to Host Virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders
LAS VEGAS, May 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SciPlay Corporation (NASDAQ: SC…
Scientific Games to Host Virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Scientific Games to Host Virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders
LAS VEGAS, May 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientific…
Massachusetts Lottery at risk of becoming obsolete, director says
The Massachusetts Lottery, one of the most vaunted in the nation over the years, faces "a significant threat of becoming somewhat obsolete"…
LAS VEGAS CEO OFFERING 1,000 FREE FLIGHTS TO THE CITY WITH “KEEP AMERICA FLYING” PROMOTION
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May 27, 2020
LAS VEGAS CEO OFFERING 1,000 FREE FLIGHTS TO THE CITY WITH “KEEP AMERICA FLYING” PROMOTION
Derek Stev…
Scientific Games unveils suite of innovative solutions to help operators reimagine today's casino floor
Scientific Games unveils suite of innovative solutions to help operators reimagine today's casino floor
Industry leader brings revolutio…
International Game Technology PLC Releases Notice of 2020 Annual General Meeting and 2019 Annual Report and Accounts
International Game Technology PLC Releases Notice of 2020 Annual General Meeting and 2019 Annual Report and Accounts
LONDON, May 25…
Oregonians can now play the lottery from home
Jackpocket, the first third-party app in the U.S. to provide a secure way to order official state lottery tickets, announced Wednesday, May…
Louisiana Upgrading Its Flagship State Lottery Game
Louisiana is upgrading its flagship state lottery game. The Louisiana Lottery said it will begin offering starting jackpots of 500-thousand…
Hoosier Lottery celebrates 30 years
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — As The Hoosier Lottery marks its 30th year in operation, the executive director points to the funds they give bac…
Kansas Star Casino reopens Saturday with big changes
MULVANE, Kan. (KSNW) – It’s your lucky weekend. State-owned casinos can officially reopen. KSN got a behind the scenes look at how the Kans…
Socially distant gambling debuts at Florida casino with glass barriers, temperature checks
Gamblers got good news in Florida on Thursday as one casino in the state reopened following the coronavirus closure.
The Seminole Hard Roc…
Sweden regulator sees no online gambling surge during pandemic
Sweden’s online gambling activity hasn’t increased during the pandemic, undercutting the principal argument used to justify the government’…
DraftKings Wants Early Deal In Illinois Sports Betting Process
It has been a long time coming for Illinois to get sports betting legalized and, unfortunately, COVID-19 put a damper on the opening month…
Minnesota judge: Electronic pulltabs don't violate tribal gambling monopoly
The state's tribes argued that the single button on e-pulltabs made them similar to slot machines.
Electronic pulltabs, the source of pub…
Rebecca Paul Hargrove, President & CEO, Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation
Rebecca Paul Hargrove
President & CEO, Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation
President, World Lottery Association (WLA)
Founder &a…
Louisiana sports betting bill near final legislative passage
BATON ROUGE, La. —
A bid to help legalize sports betting in Louisiana is steps from final legislative passage, though the wagering still w…
IGT Introduces Cashless Gaming in Sweden with IGTPay™ Technology
IGT's dedicated payments team supplies cutting-edge solution for retail payments, in preparation for the post-COVID-19 era
LONDON, May 2…
Maine residents now permitted to bet remotely on horse racing
Harness racing in Maine remains on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that is no longer going to prevent fans from placing bets on…
Michigan Gaming Control Board Pulling Out All Online Stops For Sports Betting, iGaming
Michigan Gaming Control Board Pulling Out All Online Stops For Sports Betting, iGaming
The Michigan Gaming Control Board looks to be leavi…
'Dreamt of this moment': Reopening day is here for six casinos around the Coachella Valley
Six casinos in or near the Coachella Valley are opening their doors Friday to guests who are ready to gamble on slot machines and card game…
Scientific Games Hires New Chief Financial Officer
Scientific Games Hires New Chief Financial Officer Michael Eklund will become CFO on June 1, 2020; current CFO Michael Quartieri will r…
Camelot Thanks National Lottery Players In New Ad Campaign
Camelot Group has unveiled a new TV advertisement campaign that aims to thank National Lottery players for helping local and regional eff…
Hoosier Lottery honoring Hoosier Heroes
INDIANAPOLIS (WNDU) - Since 1989, the Hoosier Lottery has given back $6 billion dollars to causes including police and firefighter pensions…
Lynne Roiter, President & Chief Executive Officer, Loto-Québec
Lynne Roiter, President & Chief Executive Officer, Loto-Québec
We never expected to one day be faced with closing our casinos and gami…
OPAP: Jan Karas will assume responsibilities of Acting CEO
Regulatory announcements
CEO Succession
Following the prior announcement regarding the departure of CEO and Board of Directors member, Da…
Lawmakers need to protect our lottery & shut down illegal ‘skills’ games
Imagine if every lottery ticket was a guaranteed winner.
For decades that has been the case for older Pennsylvanians, because the Pennsylv…
RIP Jim Hosker who always hit the jackpot with People
BY STEVE KRAUSE May 21, 2020
Jim Hosker could read people. And because he could read people, he became successful in everything he did…
EquiLottery Games and NASCAR Partner On New Lottery Draw Game
EquiLottery Games Partners with NASCAR
NASCAR Racing Riches Will Provide New Live Racing Lottery Gameplay.
Pioneering lott…
IN MEMORIAM: Jim Hosker
Personal Tribute to Jim Hosker from Ray Bates
Jim Hosker was my mentor and good friend.
When I joined the lottery family in 1987 I, like…
Sales up for some Ohio Lottery games during coronavirus crisis
CLEVELAND, Ohio - While the Ohio Lottery’s popular Keno game often played in bars has taken a big hit during the coronavirus crisis, many p…
The Mississippi Lottery Corporation announces April transfer to state
The Mississippi Lottery Corporation on Monday completed its April transfer of $9,709,843.36 in net proceeds to the Lottery Proceeds Fund in…
IGT continues sports betting momentum in Colorado with omni-channel PlaySports deal
IGT continues sports betting momentum in Colorado with omni-channel PlaySports deal
LONDON, May 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Int…
Puerto Rico Government Picks Gaming Commission Adviser
SAN JUAN – The Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (Aaafaf by Spanish acronym) chose Gaming Laboratories Internation…
RFI - Missouri Lottery Request for Information
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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
MISSOURI LOTTERY COMMISSION
ISSUE DATE: May 13, 2020
Description
Th…
International Game Technology PLC Reports First Quarter 2020 Results
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International Game Technology PLC Reports First Quarter 2020 Results
- Results affected by COVID…
Record $1 Billion In Online/Mobile Sales For Scientific Games iLottery Partner Pennsylvania Lottery
Record $1 Billion In Online/Mobile Sales For Scientific Games iLottery Partner Pennsylvania Lottery
Online/mobile Lottery Sales in Penns…
Gregg Mineo, Director, Maine Lottery; Chair of MUSL Powerball Group
Gregg Mineo, Director, Maine Lottery; Chair of MUSL Powerball Group
How will the world be different when we come out of this crisis - and…
Sue van der Merwe, Managing Director – Lotteries & Keno, Tabcorp
How will the world be different when we come out of this crisis - and how will the lottery industry, retailing, consumer shopping and recre…
Inspired Reports First Quarter 2020 Results
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NEW YORK, May 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
First Quarter Revenue Increased 55.4% Year-Over-Year, to $52.3 Mill…
Georgia Lottery lottery corporation soon will reopen its offices around the state by appointment only to distribute prizes to winners
ATLANTA —
The lottery posted its highest sales week of the year from April 26 through May 2, Brad Bohannon, the Georgia Lottery Corp.’s v…
Profits from Missouri Lottery ticket sales in April have been sent to the Lottery Proceeds Fund for public education
Missouri Lottery Generates $24.8 Million in Monthly Profits for Education
Profits from Missouri Lottery ticket sales in April have been se…
Delaware saw an increase in iGaming in April
Delaware's April iGaming report showed that revenue was $856,182, a 66% increase from March ($514,959) and more than triple the amount from…
Washington lottery sales probably due to COVID-19 entertainment doldrums
SEATTLE --
A lottery spokesperson tells us before the pandemic, lottery sales in Washington were around $15 million a week -- right now…
Withdrawal by Las Vegas Sands a major setback for Japan's casino efforts
OSAKA – The announcement last week by Las Vegas Sands Corp. that it was withdrawing from its quest to build an integrated casino resort is…
Casino layoffs account for more than 3,500 jobs lost in Baltimore area
A new notice filed with the state puts a number on the job losses at one of Maryland's biggest casinos since the coronavirus pandemic force…
Wisconsin's Oneida Casinos to reopen May 26: Here's what to expect
ONEIDA RESERVATION - The Oneida Nation will resume limited operations at three of its casino buildings on May 26, two months after shutting…
Oklahoma's Osage Casino opens to line of people, hits capacity within an hour and a half
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Osage Casino opened its doors at 10 a.m. on Friday, and by 11:30 it hit capacity, according to casino officials.
The…
L'Auberge Casino set to open its doors on Monday
BATON ROUGE - With Phase One of the reopening of the state beginning on Friday a lot of businesses are opening back up.
Even though busine…
Dutch Justice Minister orders online operators to wipe existing player databases
Dutch Justice Minister Sander Dekker has announced that operators will have to delete their existing customer databases when they receive a…
Leaders with the Saratoga County Racing Committee asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow racing at Belmont to take place without fans
They are asking so racing can take place at the Saratoga Race Course this summer.
The Saratoga County Racing and Gaming Commission is draf…
Ohio horse racing gets OK to resume May 22; racinos, casinos to remain closed
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Lt. Gov. Jon Husted announced Thursday that horse racing may resume without spectators across Ohio a week from Friday, on…
Preparing the palace: How an iconic Las Vegas casino plans to conquer Covid-19
Preparing the palace: How an iconic Las Vegas casino plans to conquer Covid-19
At the heart of a nearly vacant Las Vegas Strip, Caesar's i…
California tribal-owned casinos in San Diego County, Valley View and Sycuan casinos, plan to reopen next week
Valley View and Sycuan casinos plan to reopen next week
The tribal-owned casinos in San Diego County have been closed since March due to t…
Mississippi casinos to reopen before Memorial Day weekend
The Mississippi Gaming Commission said Thursday that casinos in the state can start reopening May 21 — more than two months after the commi…
Nevada Gaming Control Boards Says Casino Restaurants Can Open
LAS VEGAS, NV (KXNT) - Even though casinos still aren't allowed to reopen for gaming under the terms of Nevada's 'Roadmap To Recovery', the…
Hard Rock may reopen Florida casinos as coronavirus lockdowns ease
Hard Rock International may reopen some Florida casinos with new coronavirus safety measures as soon as the end of May as the U.S. graduall…
Casino del Sol is reopening next week with big changes in store
Casino del Sol is preparing to open its doors as early as next week, two months after the coronavirus forced the enterprise to temporarily…
Casinos in Oklahoma Start to Reopen
Some casinos in Oklahoma have started to reopen.
Thunderbird Casino in Norman is officially open for business, but with strict rules in pl…
Angel Of The Winds will be the first casino to reopen in Western Washington
Angel Of The Winds Casino is reopening Wednesday at 3 p.m., with new safety restrictions in place for all customers and employees. The Stil…
Arkansas' Oaklawn Park to Reopen Casino May 18
Oaklawn Park plans to reopen its casino on May 18, pursuant to an Arkansas Department of Health directive.
"We are glad the Governor has p…
William Hill, the UK-based gambling giant, looks to German football, table tennis and phased opening
The UK-based gambling giant has been hit hard by the coronavirus-related lockdown and mass cancellation of sports events as revenue dropped…
Missouri casinos set to open June 1
Missouri's 13 casinos reopening delayed through June 1
The Missouri Gaming Commission pushed the reopening date another two weeks on Wedne…
Online Poker Could be Available in West Virginia by Late June
Online Poker Could be Available in West Virginia by Late June
A top gaming official in West Virginia says that online poker could be up an…
Ukrainian Court Orders ISPs to Block 59 iGaming Sites
A Ukrainian court has ordered the internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to 59 online gambling websites, based on evidence provi…
UK Gambling Commission tells betting firms to check customers after one hour
Betting firms must check in with online gamblers after an hour to try to protect vulnerable people during the coronavirus pandemic, the Gam…
Sports betting, two years later
Two years ago today, the Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which had prevented states f…
Louisiana Proposal to put sports gambling on November ballot passes senate
BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana State Senate passed a proposition to put sports gambling on the November election ballot.
SB 130 was presented…
Best year in the history of Totalizator Sportowy! In 2019 Total revenues with subsidies amounted to almost PLN 11 billion!
Last year was the best in the history of Totalizator Sportowy in terms of sales over 64 years. Turnover in all areas of the company's opera…
Video lottery retailers begin to reopen in counties across Oregon
Oregon Lottery on Friday, May 15 began the process of restarting Video Lottery terminals in counties reopening under Governor Brown’s execu…
New Hampshire Lottery Set for e-Instant Expansion with IWG
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New Hampshire Lottery Set for e-Instant Expansion with IWG
Concord, NH – (May 14th 2020)…
International Game Technology PLC Announces Amendments To Revolving Credit Facilities And Term Loan
International Game Technology PLC Announces Amendments To Revolving Credit Facilities And Term Loan
LONDON, May 13, 2020 /PRNewswir…
International Game Technology PLC Announces Changes to Membership of Board Committees
International Game Technology PLC Announces Changes to Membership of Board Committees
LONDON, May 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- International…
International Game Technology PLC to Host First Quarter 2020 Results Conference Call on Monday, May 18, 2020
International Game Technology PLC to Host First Quarter 2020 Results Conference Call on Monday, May 18, 2020
LONDON, May 11, 2020 /…
Rhode Island Lottery Launches iLottery
For Immediate Release
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Rhode Island Lottery Launches iLottery
Players Can Play Keno a…
Dr. Heinz-Georg Sundermann, Managing Director, Lotto Hessen GmbH
Dr. Heinz-Georg Sundermann
Managing Director, Lotto Hessen GmbH
How will the world have changed for the lottery industry after the Cor…
Lower gas prices and the closing of casinos likely had a positive impact on Arkansas lottery sales; helps fund college scholarships
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The drop in gas prices and closure of Arkansas’ three casinos amid the coronavirus pandemic has fueled the Arkansas Sc…
Scientific Games' Strong Business In Germany Continues With New Instant Games Contract In Thuringia
Scientific Games' Strong Business In Germany Continues With New Instant Games Contract In Thuringia
Company's Retail and Digital Games W…
INTRALOT Congratulates Montana Lottery for the Launch of “Sports Bet Montana”
INTRALOT and its U.S. subsidiary INTRALOT Inc., are delighted to congratulate the Montana Lottery for the launch of “Sports Bet Montana”…
Kambi Group plc Summary of Resolutions AGM 2020
Kambi Group plc Summary of Resolutions AGM 2020
Kambi Group plc (Malta Registration Number C49768 of Registered Address at Level…
SciPlay Reports First Quarter 2020 Results
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Net Income Increases Over 125% to $31 Million Compared to Prior Year Period
AEBITDA…
INSPIRED’S VIRTUAL SPORTS TAKE THE MAIN STAGE “The Kentucky Derby: Triple Crown Showdown” A Success
INSPIRED’S VIRTUAL SPORTS TAKE THE MAIN STAGE
“The Kentucky Derby: Triple Crown Showdown” A Success
New York, May 12, 2020 – O…
Scientific Games Reports First Quarter 2020 Results
Webcast Q1 2020 Scientific Games Corporation Earnings Conference Call May 11, 2020 at 4:15 PM EDT
Q1 2020 Earnings Presentation
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INTRALOT Delivers eSports Betting in Peru
INTRALOT Delivers eSports Betting in Peru
May 11, 2020
INTRALOT Group has successfully enabled the launch of eSports betting for its pa…
David Barden, Chief Executive Officer, New Mexico Lottery
David Barden, Chief Executive Officer, New Mexico Lottery
How will the world be different when we come out of this crisis - and how wil…
Portugal Internet Gaming Revenue Up In First Quarter
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