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Major lotteries, lottery companies and lottery news from around the world.

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.

Tax hike impacts OPAP bottom line

Adam Morgan

May 31, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Lottery, Taxation, Greece

Greek lottery and sportsbetting games operator OPAP has released its interim financial results for the first three months of 2016 showing a 26.3% drop year-on-year in net profit due in large part to increased t...

QR scanning codes to be added to UK National Lottery tickets

Sadonna Price

May 31, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Lottery, United Kingdom

Players of the National Lottery in the United Kingdom will soon be able to check their lottery numbers instantly via a mobile device once a new QR product being created by Camelot is complete. The operator of t...

A product of the times: Why we love online lotteries

Lars Jones

May 23, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Lottery, Online Gambling News

The iGaming market is constantly evolving as new betting options enter the fray and capture the attention of the masses and over the last three years the industry has welcomed online lotteries. Although lott...

Kentucky Horse Racing Commission gets the details on EquiLottery

Adam Morgan

May 20, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Technology, Lottery

At its first meeting since being reorganized last month, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission was treated to a detailed explanation of the new EquiLottery daily lottery draw game and told that the innovation wo...

Puerto Rico suspends VLT legalization plans

Adam Morgan

May 12, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Lottery, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Puerto Rico

In Puerto Rico, the Department Of Treasury has suspended plans to legalize up to 100,000 video lottery terminals (VLTs) until lawsuits brought by The Association Of Slot Machines Owners and The Puerto Rico Hote...

$429.6 million Powerball jackpot hit with one winning ticket

Sadonna Price

May 9, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Lottery, New Jersey

Millions of people across the United States play the Powerball lottery in the hopes of winning a major jackpot prize. Prizes are usually split between several individuals who manage to hit the winning lottery n...

Lottery messenger services urged to be pro-active in future evolution of industry

Sadonna Price

April 28, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Lottery, Conferences / Trade Shows

Led by the Platinum sponsor, LottoYard, the third Global Lottery Messenger Forum (GLMF), was a success, seeing 140 individuals from 22 different countries attending. Key individuals of the lottery messenger ind...

Chinese government planning relaunch of online lottery

Sadonna Price

April 17, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, China, Lottery

Online lottery operations in China stopped in March of last year due to evidence suggesting fraud among officials of the lottery administration centers across several provinces. Reports have now emerged that st...

New £35.1m record jackpot for UK Lotto winner

Lars Jones

April 7, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Lottery, The Players Lounge, United Kingdom

Camelot announced today that the biggest single prize in the UK Lotto game's history has been claimed for £35,133,888. Although not as large a total prize as the previous record set in January of £66m, only one...

Additional charges in lottery rigging conspiracy

Kim M

April 7, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Lottery, Conspiracy, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Iowa

After new evidence was uncovered of their plot to rig lottery jackpots, charges have been filed against the brother of a former lottery security director by authorities in Iowa. Felony charges of ongoing cri...

The world’s biggest lottery jackpot

Lars Jones

April 7, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, World Casino News, Lottery, The Players Lounge

Each year, somewhere in the world, we seem to hear of a record breaking lottery win that catapults the lucky recipient into his or her country’s top rich-list overnight. But which is the biggest of them all – a...

China online retailer Alibaba makes big gambling moves in lottery and poker

Lars Jones

March 8, 2016

China, Lottery, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fantasy eSports

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and affiliates are reported to be investing HK$2.39 billion ($308 million) to gain about 59% control of AGTech Holdings Ltd. in a return to the lottery market after exiting due to gov...

Alberta sees huge earnings in first six months of 2015-16 fiscal year

Sadonna Price

March 7, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Alberta, Economy/Finance, Lottery

Citizens in Alberta have been very eager to wager despite the recent economic downturn, with figures showing a huge amount spent by gamblers for the first six months of the 2015-16 fiscal year. The Alberta Gami...

Wild Card 2 lottery folds in four states

Kim M

February 25, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Lottery, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota

Due to dwindling sales, a lottery game administered by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) and played in some northern states for almost 20 years has come to an end. The lottery game has had dozens of...

London’s ICE Totally Gaming event spotlights the future of gaming – to record numbers of international industry attendees February 2-4

D. Graham

January 27, 2016

Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, World Casino News, Newest casino games, Gaming Industry News, Technology, Game manufacturers, Mobile gaming, European Casino News, Lottery, Conferences / Trade Shows, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Licensing, United Kingdom

It is the do-not-miss industry event: 2016’s ICE Totally Gaming – the show that has evolved to become the annual launch pad for gaming innovation. Not only will hundreds of new products be introduced to the gam...

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Tax hike impacts OPAP bottom line

QR scanning codes to be added to UK National Lottery tickets

A product of the times: Why we love online lotteries

Kentucky Horse Racing Commission gets the details on EquiLottery

Puerto Rico suspends VLT legalization plans

$429.6 million Powerball jackpot hit with one winning ticket

Lottery messenger services urged to be pro-active in future evolution of industry

Chinese government planning relaunch of online lottery

New £35.1m record jackpot for UK Lotto winner

Additional charges in lottery rigging conspiracy

The world’s biggest lottery jackpot

China online retailer Alibaba makes big gambling moves in lottery and poker

Alberta sees huge earnings in first six months of 2015-16 fiscal year

Wild Card 2 lottery folds in four states

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