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Due to retailers possibly using a lottery game to their own benefit, Connecticut lottery officials have decided to suspend the 5 Card Cash game for investigations. Officials of the lottery stated late last week...
With the announcement by Illinois lottery officials that payouts over $600 would be delayed due to the state budget impasse, the lottery ticket sales began to plummet. Ticket sales dropped to the lowest point f...
Lotteries in the US states of Iowa and Arizona, plus Loto Quebec in Canada have created new agreements with gaming products and service provider Scientific Games (SG).
Loto Quebec will be receiving online re...
Georgia’s Armstrong State University in Savannah was the location of a nearly seven-hour meeting on Monday between state legislatures who met to hear arguments both for and against casino proposals in the south...
The casino and lottery industries could be slowly being threatened by Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS), according to a new poll conducted by Leger, The Research Intelligence Group, pdf.
The online survey that was ...
The Wyoming Lottery Corporation can move forward to stop a Cheyenne man’s criticism of its problem gambling oversights. District Judge Thomas Campbell's ruling last week was in response to Edward Atchison's req...
A tentative agreement was reached on Friday between unionized workers at a casino and two Ontario racetracks and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), according to a statement issued on Sunday.
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Friday the governor’s office announced that an agreement to end Northstar Lottery Group’s contract with the state of Illinois had been reached.
Jason Barclay, counsel to Governor Bruce Rauner, has disclosed ...
Seventeen Chinese nationals were arrested by Thailand police on Tuesday for the illegal operation of an online lottery.
All of the 17 arrested, including 14 men and 3 women, were in Thailand on tourist visas...
Playtech Plc, a developer and provider of online and offline gaming software and content, announced a revenue increase of €286 million ($321.4 million) up by 33 percent for the first half of 2015 to June 30 com...
The state of Illinois is in the midst of a financial crisis and the government has been operating without a budget since the fiscal year ended on June 30th. Millions of dollars in lottery payouts have ceased wh...
Kentucky could be the next state to allow casino gaming if a proposed constitutional amendment is approved by voters.
According to Dem. Greg Stumbo, the state’s Speaker of the House, "The time has come for v...
The Department of Justice’s 2011 revision of the scope of the Wire Act of 1961 is under scrutiny by Judicial Watch, who has filed a federal lawsuit seeking documents pertaining to the ruling.
The lawsuit fil...
Juniper Research, an international investments analyst firm focused in the mobile and digital tech sectors, and headquartered in the UK, has released research forecasting more than 1 in 10 adults worldwide will...
The Michigan Economic Development Corp (MEDC) recently confirmed that it has not received a $7 million payment from the Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (Gun Lake Tribe) which was due in Jun...