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...
Scientific Games reprises Willy Wonka Golden Ticket game
Scientific Games Corporation has announced the return of its record-breaking Willy Wonka Golden Ticket game, this time featuring the Everlasting Million Second Chance Promotion...
Lotería de Río Negro’s President resigns
Luis Ayestarán has resigned from his office as the President of the Lotería de Río Negro after five years, explaining in a letter sent...
SA President Ramaphosa gives go-ahead to National Lotteries Commission probe
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a proclamation authorising the country’s Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe alleged corruption and maladministration involving the...
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...
Intralot extends sponsorship agreement with Brazil’s América Futebol Clube
Intralot Brasil has extended its agreement with Brazilian football team América Futebol Clube. According to the Brasileirão Série B team, the gambling and lottery...
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...
Tipos sees online player base increase significantly during the pandemic
Tipos, Slovakia’s national lottery company, has revealed that a significant proportion of its lottery and sports betting customers migrated from brick and mortar to...
ALEA takes a new step against illegal gambling in Argentina
The Argentine State Lottery Association (ALEA) has reached a new partnership with local e-commerce technology giant MercadoLibre to avoid transactions involving unlicensed gaming and...