Taiwan Welfare Lottery sales down by 37% in Q1 🦋2024🔯

The Taiwan Welfare Lottery reported a 37 per cent decrease in first quarter sales to NT$19.72 billion (€566.4 million), after March’s sales were NT$4.95 billion.March’s Welfare Lottery sales fell by 44 per cent and the prizes paid to winning customers were NT$2.97 billion, a 46 per cent decrease year-on-year.The Taiwan [...]

Remo𒊎te Gaming Duty drives re𝕴cord UK gambling tax in 2023

The UK’s annual remote gaming duty topped £1 billion for the first time in 2023, as the country’s gambling sector paid a record £3.39 billion in taxes to HM Treasury.Remote gaming duty (RGD) increased by 9 per cent to £1.01 billion in 2023 and was the largest contributor to the [...]

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UK National Lottery operator Allwyn has strengthened its Board with the appointment of Adrian Joseph OBE as an independent non-executive director.Joseph is a digital, technology, data and AI-focused senior executive who has worked for a number of leading technology organisations, most recently serving as chief data and AI officer at [...]

Scient🌜ific Games strengthensℱ lottery systems leadership

Lottery supplier Scientific Games has appointed Mike Cardell as senior vice president of Americas systems.Before joining Scientific Games, Cardell spent more than 11 years at fintech and payments company Fiserv, where he served as vice president and general manager of Next Gen Solutions: Signature and Cloud Solutions.He also spent five [...]

billion casino roy𝔉al: Illinois Lottery sales rise by 20% in March

The Illinois Lottery reported a 20 per cent increase in sales to $377.4 million in March, with strong performances from several games.Instant win sales were at their highest level for two years after increasing by 10 per cent to $207.7 million, accounting for 55 per cent of monthly lottery sales.Mega [...]

billion casino royal: China🐭 Lottery sa🤪les increase by 12% in March

China’s lottery sales increased by 12 per cent to RMB55.60 billion (€7.16 billion) in March, spurred by a strong month for instant win games.Sales of the Welfare Lottery grew by 22 per cent to RMB18.88 billion, with growth across its three main products.Lotto sales were up by 9 per cent [...]

billion casino royal: Lo༒tto New Zealand sales rise by 8% in H1 2024

Lotto New Zealand’s sales rose by 8 per cent to NZ$807.0 million (€445.8 million) in the six months to 31 December 2023.Sales of the main Lotto, Strike and Powerball draw games increased by 9 per cent to NZ$676.6 million, which was 84 per cent of Lotto NZ’s half-year sales.Retail sales [...]

billion casino royal: GLI🐬 acquires gaming෴ testing lab Trisigma

Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) is expanding its testing and certification capabilities with the acquisition of gaming testing lab Trisigma.Trisigma will continue to operate its network of testing laboratories independently while coordinating its efforts with GLI's larger sales, operations, and back-office staff globally.Following the acquisition, Esther Ballart will continue to lead [...]

New Hampshire Lottery joins IWG’s e𓄧Instant progressive jackpot

The New Hampshire Lottery has joined Instant Win Gaming's (IWG) multi-state eInstant progressive, Mega Money Jackpot.This follows the recent launch of Jackpot Spectacular, the lottery’s first game in the Mega Money Jackpots linked progressive pool.New Hampshire joins Pennsylvania and Virginia in offering Mega Money Jackpots linked games.“Our industry has a [...]

Novamedia sees Postcode�൩� Lottery revenue reach €2.5 billion in 2023

Novamedia has lauded the performance of its Postcode Lottery format in Europe as total revenue grew by 6.5 per cent to €2.5 billion in 2023.The record performance followed growth across the company’s six charity lotteries in five countries: the Nationale Postcode Loterij and VriendenLoterij in the Netherlands, the Svenska Postkodlotteriet [...]

UK 🙈National Lottery to introduce in-store scratchcard pu♔rchase limit

UK National Lottery operator Allwyn is preparing to introduce a new in-store scratchcard purchase limit across its retailers from October.The move is in line with Allwyn’s commitment to protecting players and operating in a socially responsible manner and will see the operator introduce a ten scratchcard per transaction limit in [...]

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Bulgaria’s gambling advertising ban is set to come into force after lawmakers gave final approval to a gambling amendment bill Tuesday.The Bill to Amend and Supplement the Law on Gambling was voted into law on 30 April after a number of amendments and will come into effect following its publication [...]