IZI pledges to raise Maltese National Lottery payouts amid ‘rampant’ illegal gaming
IZI Group PLC will increase the Lotto payout ratios of the Maltese National Lottery in an attempt to “curb the rampant illegal gaming linked...
Thailand PM defends raid as Bluedragon Lottery court order sought
Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand, has defended the government’s recent crackdown on alleged overpriced lottery ticket vendors, denying accusations that they were politically...
Carolyn Harris condemns gambling industry reaction amid imminent reforms
Gambling reformist Carolyn Harris has labelled the reaction of UK gambling leaders to proposed changes in the industry as “simply not good enough”.Speaking at...
Alabama lottery bill ‘running out of time’ as deadline draws nearer
Plans to push through a lottery bill vote in Alabama are likely to be delayed as further obstacles emerged this week. As reported by the...
Swedish Ombudsman loses appeal to investigate Svenska Spel/TV4 partnership
Konsumentombudsmannen (KO), Sweden’s Consumer Ombudsman, has lost an appeal to scrutinise a contract between Svenska Spel and TV4 AB regarding their existing arrangement to...
Kentucky Lottery ‘proud’ of ‘strong’ FY2022 sales amid regulation challenges
The Kentucky Lottery has announced its sales and net income for the 2022 fiscal year are higher than during the same period last year.Sales...
Nigeria government pledges to ‘transform’ lottery as operators face licence revocations
The federal government of Nigeria is clamping down on errant lottery operators, threatening to revoke the licence of those that do not pay all...
Gambling Minister accused of ‘bluster’ as Allwyn-National Lottery concerns circle
Further questions have been raised in Parliament regarding the UK Gambling Commission’s (UKGC) decision to name Allwyn as the ‘preferred applicant’ for the fourth...
Costa Rica shelves lottery prizes tax project
The Legal Affairs Committee of the Congress of Costa Rica has unanimously decided to shelve the bill that aimed at imposing a tax on...
Camelot fined £3.15m for mobile app failures
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has imposed a fine of £3.15m on the National Lottery operator Camelot as a result of ‘failures linked to...