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Scientific Games announced that it has signed 10-year instant ticket and cooperative services deal with Loteria Nacional de Beneficencia of Panama following a competitive procurement process. The new contract provides for design of instant lottery...
Monday, May 20, 2013
National Lottery ticket sales hit a record high of £6.9bn for the last year operator Camelot has announced representing a year-on-year increase of 2.4pc. Camelot said it had increased its online sales to almost £1.2m last year, and...
Friday, May 17, 2013
After months of speculation, Gruppo Lottomatica SpA confirmed that it has purchased a minority holding in Emma Delta, the firm that earlier this month won competitive tender for a 33pc stake in the OPAP Greek gambling monopoly. The announcement was...
Monday, May 13, 2013
UK chancellor George Osborne is facing accusations of levying a 'stealth tax' on National Lottery players after analysts predicted a £1bn windfall for the Treasury over the next two years from doubling the price of a Lotto ticket, to...
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Lottery operator Gtech became the first big international gaming company to confirm it will place a bid for the 20-year Irish lottery licence, and indicated that it was exploring the possibility of mounting a joint bid with the current operator, An...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The Irish National Lottery reported a 3.5pc drop in sales, to €735.1m for 2012, in what it described as a 'challenging retail environment'. The combined sales of Lotto related games in 2012 were €339.7m, compared to €379.1m in...
Friday, May 3, 2013
Spielo G2 has signed a four-year extension to continue supplying Sweden’s state-owned lottery and gaming operator Svenska Spel with its Video Lottery gaming solutions. The agreement, which is the result of a competitive procurement process,...
Thursday, May 2, 2013
The UK HM Revenue & Customs department is seeking permission to appeal a VAT refund owed to Sportech that could be worth more than £80m to the gaming firm. The Walton-based gaming group said it had been informed by the tax authority that...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Lottomatica Group subsidiary GTECH Corporation signed a three-year contract extension with the Virginia Lottery to continue providing an online/instants central system, self-service lottery products, multimedia messaging display units, as well as...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The Greek government said it was seeking a higher offer for the sale of a 33pc stake in its OPAP gaming monopoly after Greek-Czech investment fund Emma Delta, tabled an offer of €622m. Officials cited by the Reuters news agency said that the...
Thursday, April 25, 2013
