FDJ recovers from pandemic woes in ‘very good’ 2021
The ‘acceleration of digital’ operations has helped Groupe FDJ outperform its pre-pandemic financial metrics during 2021 with online lottery operations hiking by 55% in...
Lucy Buckley: Allwyn’s Changemakers driving lottery innovation
The global lottery sector is undergoing rapid change, one which is being driven by digital innovation and a radical shift in consumer behaviour, writes...
GLMS processes 1400 suspicious match alerts in ‘pandemic-ridden’ 2021
The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) was alerted to 1402 suspicious matches throughout 2021, catalysed by the increasing challenges proposed by the pandemic.Publishing its...
Jackpocket: Steep lottery jackpots lead to increased digital play in Q4
Jackpocket data has revealed that increasing jackpots in Powerball draws and Mega Millions games has resulted in an uptick in digital lottery play in...
Allwyn set to appoint Justin King upon potential National Lottery licence success
Allwyn UK has announced its intention to appoint Justin King as its lottery operations lead, should it be successful in its bid for the...
Jari Vähänen: Responsibility – a competitive edge?
In November 2020, I wrote a column stating that lotteries must be even more responsible operators. Since that writing, the role of responsible operations...
Allwyn Entertainment hails ‘next chapter’ with a $9.3bn NYSE listing
Allwyn Entertainment has announced its intentions to become publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange in a transaction worth around $9.3bn.Partnering with Cohn...
NeoGames makes ‘transformational’ €410m offer for Aspire Global
NeoGames has submitted an offer worth SEK 111 per share to the shareholders of the Swedish gaming firm Aspire Global plc, which has been...
IGT focuses on success in Poland with lottery operator Totalizator Sportowy
IGT reflects on the ongoing progress it has achieved in the Polish lottery sector thanks to a solid working partnership with Totalizator Sportowy and...
Will Finland’s new Lottery Act reduce gambling problems?
I start 2022 by writing about the situation of my home country's Finnish gambling system. Less than a year ago, I wrote about the...