Sazka’s Sir Keith Mills applies pressure to Camelot over National Lottery Licence bid
Sir Keith Mills, Sazka Group’s Bid Chair of the UK team for the Fourth National Lottery Licence Competition, has applied pressure to current National...
Dutch KSA and Facebook team up to combat illegal lotteries
The Dutch regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has upped its commitment to tackling illegal lotteries after entering into a new agreement with Facebook.Through the partnership,...
Ukrainian Gambling and Lottery Commission appoints four new members
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has successfully completed the second round of the competitive selection process to appoint four new members of the Ukrainian Gambling...
WLA issues Tipos a Certificate of Compliance with the Certificate of Conformance SCS
The World Lottery Association (WLA) has issued Tipos, Slovakia’s national lottery company, a Certificate of Compliance with the Certificate of Conformance Security Control Standard...
Spanish bank to allow clients to pay and collect SELAE prizes through QR codes
Spanish bank Bankia has launched a functionality in its mobile app that will allow people to make payments and collect bets marketed by SELAE...
Svenska Spel raises over SEK 45m for Sweden’s youth sport
Svenska Spel has declared it will have raised over SEK 45m for Sweden’s youth sport through its youth initiative, Gräsroten, once the latest payment...
Sazka Group receives €500m funding from Apollo Global
Karel Komárek’s KKCG Group (KKCG) and Czech-based lottery group Sazka Group a.s. (Sazka) have announced that funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management,...
Age, access and value: areas of key concern for the UK National Lottery
When the first UK National Lottery licence was awarded to Camelot in 1994, few would have envisaged how it has grown into the gaming...
Conservative MP Richard Holden wants UK National Lottery age limit raised to 18
Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Durham Richard Holden has argued that the age in which UK National Lottery games can be...
Svenska Spel extends partnership with Riksidrottsförbundet through new deal
Swedish lottery operator Svenska Spel has extended its long-standing cooperation with Riksidrottsförbundet, the Sweden Sports Federation, through a new agreement.The lottery and the national...