NZ Bill to raise Lotto age limit to 18 passes first reading
New Zealand’s Parliament has passed the first reading of the Regulatory Systems (Internal Affairs) Amendment Bill, which would raise the minimum age for buying...
Lotteries left out of former ex-PM Gordon Brown’s calls for gambling tax hike
Gordon Brown, a former UK Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, has called for taxes on the country’s hugely valuable gambling industry to...
Texas Lottery pays $46m settlement for withholding jackpot
A two-month lawsuit against the Texas Lottery Commission (TLC) has been settled in court for $46m.Kristen Moriarty, a Texas resident, filed the lawsuit against...
Northern Ireland lottery reforms face increasing scrutiny
Proposals to liberalise Northern Ireland’s lotteries market will harm the economy and the population, the Christian Institute (CI) has warned.The UK charity came out...
National Lottery gets a legal break as Desmond reportedly drops part of claim
Richard Desmond has reportedly dropped part of his legal challenge against the UK Gambling Commission’s (UKGC) decision to award the Fourth National Lottery licence...
Gambling Commission confirms enforcement action against Allwyn UK
Britain’s gambling regulator confirmed that it is undertaking enforcement action against the operator of the country’s National Lottery, Allwyn, barely two years into the...
UAE regulator grants licence to Pollard Banknote
Pollard Banknote has been granted a gaming-related vendor licence in the UAE by the Emirati gambling regulatory authority.Established in 2023, the General Commercial Gaming...
World Lottery Association calls for widespread courier regulation
The World Lottery Association (WLA) has weighed on the debate around lottery couriers in the US, and it's not looking entirely rosy for these...
Oregon Lottery eyes regulation of couriers including retailer restrictions
The Oregon Lottery has filed a proposal with the state government that will see a regulatory framework for couriers come into effect, having taken...
How Latin America’s lottery sector is embracing regionalisation
Latin America, as a whole, has spent centuries striving to preserve its cultures—languages, heritage, and social struggles that, little by little, risk fading away...