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Chinese online sports lottery service provider 500.com has completed the acquisition of bitcoin mining machines as part of the expansion of its cryptocurrency mining enterprise. The company noted that it acquired the machines from certain non-US persons in exchange for an aggregate of 11,882,860...

China's Welfare and Sports Lotteries brought in ¥35.75bn (circa $5.53bn) in total revenue in January 2021, an increase of 31.4% from the same period last year according to data from the Ministry of Finance. The Welfare Lottery ticket sales grew 18% year on year...

Demirören Holding, a Turkish conglomerate company, has taken over the management of Azerbaijan’s state-owned national lottery Azarlotereya for a period of 10 years. According to Sözcü newspaper, the agreement was signed at a ceremony on Saturday between Demirören Şans Oyunları Yatırımları AŞ and the...

Personalisation is a rising trend in the digital business. The first personalised services were built up already some 20 years ago, and a breakthrough was a matter of time. It took much more time than expected, but finally, personalisation did it. The importance of personalisation is here...

Jumbo Interactive Limited has announced its H1 FY2021 financial results for the period ended December 31 2020. The firm declared group revenue of A$40.9m in H1 FY21, up 9% from H1 FY20’s A$37.5m. EBITDA also increased by 3.7% to A$24.1m from the previous...

Jumbo Interactive Limited has announced the launch of a Managed Services business in Australia with the signing of agreements with two foundation partners - Paralympics Australia and St John Ambulance Australia (VIC) Inc. The operating segment, Managed Services, provides a complete lottery management service...

Australian lotteries and gaming operator Tabcorp has reported strong recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic despite a year-on-year revenue and statutory net profit decline in the first half of its financial year. The firm announced that its group revenue for the six...

Chinese online sports lottery services provider 500.com has continued its growth into the cryptocurrency world with the acquisition of Blockchain Alliance Technologies, the owner of BTC.com, which provides cryptocurrency mining pool services, cryptocurrency wallets and information about cryptocurrencies. Under the agreement, the firm will...

Market research company Ipsos has detailed the top five market research questions its lottery and gaming sector clients have been asking them for 2021.  Ipsos’ Vice President of Lottery & Gaming, Scott Morasch, recently conducted a webinar on the changing expectations and questions the company...

Chinese online sports lottery service provider 500.com has published unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2020. In the posting, the reported net revenues of RMB9m ($1.4m) for Q4 of 2020, a 4.7% increase from 2019’s Q4 of RMB8.6m and a 47.5%...