Michigan confirms new Lottery Commissioner as incumbent runs for Secretary of State
Joe Froehlich, a long-time executive with the Michigan Lottery, has been appointed Acting Commissioner of the state lottery following the resignation of the incumbent...
DCMS announces new code of conduct for prize draw providers
The UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has introduced a new set of player safety standards for prize draws.Since prize draws are...
Norsk Tipping audit sees major recommendations for change
Accountancy firm KPMG has published two reports about technical errors which took place at Norsk Tipping, one of Norway’s two state owned lottery firms,...
Brazil: Federal justice suspends all municipal lotteries
In Brazil, the legislative conflict between the federal government and state municipalities on gambling licences and concessions has reached a fevered crisis point.Yesterday, the...
Quartet of Brazil lotteries set up industry interest group
A group of Brazilian state lotteries has created a trade body to represent the industry’s interests during a time of regulatory change.The Association of...
Do the UK gambling tax changes have any bearing on lotteries?
The UK government has gone through with a widely anticipated overhaul of gambling taxes, and while lotteries are unaffected by HM Treasury's plans there...
Norsk Tipping fined £2m over Super Draw failures
Lottstift, the Norwegian gambling authority, has upheld its NOK 25m (£2m) penalty issued to state-owned gambling operator Norsk Tipping.The regulator first announced that it...
Turkey’s Milli Piyango lottery joins Erdoğan campaign against illegal gambling
The National Lottery Office of Turkey has thrown its full weight behind President Erdoğan’s campaign against illegal gambling in the country.Erdoğan has been embarking...
Window for Rwanda lottery operator licence applications to end this week
The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) is calling for new applicants to run the country’s National Lottery, a few weeks after suspending the licence of...
South Africa NLC Chair contenders narrowed down to six names
South Africa is moving closer to appointing a new Chair of the National Lottery Council (NLC), a crucial position for the country’s wider gaming...