Lottery

World Casino News covers online and land-based lottery happenings in nearly every country on earth. Read their plans here first when giants in the industry such as Lottomatica swallow up legendary casino game developers and equipment manufacturers like IGT - or watch the stock markets as European companies like William Hill try to block a company such as Scientific Games' acquisition of online M&A behemoth NYX.

From India to London and Rhode Island to Japan watch for new games, new partnerships, and new scandals as players in the $3 billion a year industry blur the lines between traditional business models, online sales, and casino gaming. You can also find the latest winning numbers and the worlds lottery games by visiting the World Casino Directory Lotto pages.

Veikkaus Introduces Mandatory Scratch Cards Identification Checks From 2024

Veikkaus, the Finnish exclusive gambling operator, announces the introduction of mandatory identification measure for scratch games. The identification of players purchasing the popular Ässä or Casino lottery s...

Szerencsejáték Privately Held Company Limited Enters Into An Alliance With EveryMatrix For OddsMatrix-Powered Sportsbook and Platform Services

Szerencsejáték Privately Held Company Limited (SZRT), Hungary's main lottery firm, has officially entered into an alliance with EveryMatrix, to utilize OddsMatrix-based sportsbook and platform services, which a...

La Française des Jeux Generates 1.875 Billion In Revenues From January to September 2023, Acquires ZEturf and PLI

France’s leading gaming operator and one of the industry leaders worldwide, La Française des Jeux (FDJ), announces its revenue figures for the period January - September 2023 inclusive. 3.9% Higher Revenue L...

Growing New York’s Mobile Betting Generates $727 Million in Tax Revenues in Fiscal Year 2022-2023

Online sports betting operations are rapidly growing in the state of New York to funnel a rising level of tax revenues and simultaneously record the increased number of problem gaming cases. As reported, online...

Sportradar Gets a Taiwanese Sports Lottery License as a Part of Consortium

Taiwan Sports Lottery has chosen Sportradar as the official technology and services solution provider.  Many global providers applied to the tender, and in the end, the authorities made a decision to grant a...

Australian Lottery Corporation Seeks Exemption From Potential Credit Card Ban

The Australian-based Lottery Corporation has requested an exemption from the potential credit cards ban, which is primarily aimed at stopping gamblers from gambling because of the "low harm nature" of lotteries...

SIS Extends Its Presence In African Regulated Market Through A Partnership With Aardvark Technologies

Sports Information Services, better known as SIS, a flagship provider of multi-channel 24/7 live betting services such as horse and greyhound racing, based in Milton Keynes, UK, has entered into a partnership w...

High-Risk Problem Gambling Down Slightly, Sports Wagering Rises In New Jersey, New Report Says

According to a report published September 28, high-stakes problem gambling in New Jersey decreased a little even as sports wagering increased. High-risk problem gambling is three times higher in New Jersey t...

Norway’s Lottery Regulator Supervises 9 Banks For Non-Legal Gambling Transactions

Lotteritilsynet, the Norwegian lottery authority, will keep the country's nine banks under supervision to make sure their obedience regarding the ban on "processing transactions" with operators that don't own l...

Veikkaus Changes Corporate Structure And Faces Capacity Reductions Due to Upcoming Legislation

As Finland moves along the path to open up for the online gambling market specifying January 2026 as the latest deadline to launch the respective licensing system, the country's commitment to end the monopoly g...

Ohio’s Sports Betting Handle Exceeds $4 Billion In 2023

Following the announcement that Ohio lawmakers officially passed a measure to legalize retail and online sports wagering in December 2021 and that both officially became legal on the first day of this year, the...

Lotto NZ builds on 30-year partnership; appoints Scientific Games new systems technology provider

In its continuing effort to appeal to a broad base of New Zealanders, the island country's national lottery, Lotto New Zealand (Lotto NZ), has selected Scientific Games as its new systems technology provider. T...
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Rush Street Interactive New Vendor for the Delaware Online Gaming Business

One of the most renowned online casino and sports betting companies in the U.S., Rush Street Interactive, Inc., will join the Delaware State Lottery and become its newest vendor for the online gaming business. ...
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High Court in the UK Dismisses IGT’s Legal Challenge Related to the UK National Lottery License

After the International Game Technology (IGT) accused the GB Gambling Commission of the failure related to issuing the fourth UK National Lottery license, the High Court decided to dismiss the case. The four...