State lottery left out of Bulgaria’s full gambling ad ban draft
Bulgaria’s national lottery and the Bulgarian Sports Totalizator have been left out of a proposal to ban all gambling ads in the country.The cabinet...
New UK Powerball to be made off limits for betting firms
The British government is mulling over whether to ban betting companies from offering wagers on the outcome of the new Powerball draw now that...
Ukraine publishes official monitoring mechanisms for domestic lotteries
Ukraine’s gambling office PlayCity has published the official compliance criteria for lotteries operating on domestic soil.Order 99 enforces a unified official form as part...
Meloni ponders scratch tender for Italy’s Budget 2027
Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has tabled a potential tender for the nation’s scratch-card and instant-win games concession as part of the...
German Bundesland rolls out biggest lotto revamp
LOTTO Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has initiated a state-wide modernisation of its retail terminals across the Bundesland.The rollout represents the biggest digitisation project in the state lottery’s...
€29bn contribution from Europe’s lotteries underpin sector’s importance
Celebrating the International Day of Democracy, seven organisations converged in Brussels for a roundtable discussion on the contribution national lotteries make to civil society...
OpenBet steps up lottery ambitions with tech firm takeover
OpenBet has moved to aggressively expand its platform services and dedicated systems for the global lottery sector following its acquisition of OmniLogic.Announced this morning,...
Lotto BV maintains exclusive Dutch status
Three exclusive licences have been handed over to Lotto B.V. by the Dutch Gambling Commission (KSA), each with a five-year deadline.Lotto B.V., which in...
Lithuania rejects Greens’ gambling & lotto tax hike
The Ministry of Finance of Lithuania has refused to review a proposal to raise taxes on gambling licences and lottery income.A new tax proposal...
Portugal returns Lotto draws to the Misericórdia building
Portugal will return to hosting the weekly draw of its Loteria Classica at the Sala de Extrações of the Misericórdia de Lisboa.The announcement was...