Europe

Sugal & Damani Group, India’s largest lottery operator, has announced it has entered the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC)’s competition to become the operator of the fourth licence to run the UK National Lottery by completing its response to the Gambling Commission’s Selection Questionnaire. The...

The Zeal Group has raised its guidance for the fiscal year 2020 again after reaching the full-year guidance for new registered customers. The forecast had was raised in July 2020, after the first nine months of the year, according to preliminary calculations. Supported by...

Groupe Française des Jeux (FDJ) has announced an increase in lottery wagers and online lottery sales and upgraded its full-year 2020 corporate forecasts as a result. In its Q3 2020 trading update (period ending 30 September), FDJ revealed a 1% increase in group lottery...

The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) has welcomed Cyprus Sports Organisation (CSO) as its first Sport Associate Member since the launch of its updated statutes.  As the highest sport authority in the country, CSO is a semi-governmental non-profit organization established in 1969. Its main...

France’s national lottery operator Française des Jeux (FDJ) has confirmed that it has concluded its six-month marketing review by appointing Publicis Media as its new lead advertising agency. FDJ confirmed that from 1 January 2021, its multi-million euro advertising account will be handled by ‘Publicis 13’, a dedicated...

Inspired Entertainment Inc has announced that its Virtual Sports offer will become the first Virtuals product authorized in Turkey on behalf of the Turkish National Lottery. The firm has signed a contract with Sisal Sans, a Turkish joint venture between Sisal SPA and Şans...

Camelot Group is helping Qdos Entertainment, the UK’s biggest pantomime producer, battle the effects of the coronavirus by purchasing seats at the London Palladium this pantomime season that will remain unused to comply with social distancing protocol. The National Lottery will buy seats at...

State-run lottery operator ONCE has been revealed as the 11th biggest single spender on Spanish advertisements in 2019, according to the sixth edition of the ‘Advertising Observatory in Spain 2020’. The edition, which is promoted by the Spanish Association of Advertisers (AEA), recorded that...

Chinese online sports lottery service provider 500.com has completed an internal investigation into alleged illegal money transfers in connection with reported allegations against certain former consultants by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.  King & Wood Mallesons, the firm engaged by 500.com’s Special Investigation...

Scientific Games Corporation has secured a new five-year contract with Lithuania National Lottery operator Olifėja to provide lottery instant games. The contract may be extended by the Lottery for two additional years.  The firm began creating and producing games for Olifėja in 2010, developing...