Alaska Mulls Lottery Bills

For decades, Alaska’s mighty petroleum industry kept the state’s finances fat and happy. Declining prices have created a budgetary crisis. Stepping in to address the problem are two proposals...

Published February 24, 2020

North Dakota Lottery Posts 12 Percent Increase

The North Dakota Lottery had sales of $35.3 million for the 2019 fiscal year, a 12 percent increase over fiscal 2018, previously the second highest year in the lottery's...

Published February 17, 2020

Scientific Games to Launch James Bond Lottery Titles

Scientific Games has made deals with a total of 22 U.S. and international lotteries to launch its new portfolio of James Bond 007-themed lottery games.

Published February 17, 2020

Bulgarian Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Private Lotteries

Bulgarian legislator Valeri Simenov (l.), of the National Front for Salvation Party, has introduced an amendment to the country’s 2012 Gambling Act that would ban private lotteries and leave...

Published February 10, 2020

Massachusetts Lottery Sales on the Rise

The Massachusetts Lottery’s fear that the casinos authorized for the Bay State would bleed money away lottery sales has turned out to be unfounded. In fact the lottery...

Published February 10, 2020

Alabama Legislator Proposes State Lottery

Alabama state Rep. Steve Clouse (l.) will introduce a bill establishing a state lottery to benefit education. Last year a measure directing lottery proceeds to the General Fund passed...

Published February 10, 2020

Aussie Company Wants to Run U.K. Lottery

Australian company Tabcorp Holdings expects to prepare a bid for the 2023 National Lottery contract. Tabcorp joins two other confirmed suitors for the contract. Tabcorp’s interest comes amid charges...

Published February 3, 2020

Czech Lottery Owner to EU: Gambling Tax Is Unfair

Czech lottery Sazka Group AS, owned by businessman Karel Komarek (l.), is asking the European Commission to investigate a new tax on lotteries that allegedly unfairly grants a state...

Published February 3, 2020

Alabama Lawmaker Will Introduce Lottery Bill

Legislation allowing a state lottery to fund education will be introduced by Alabama state Rep. Steve Clouse (l.) in the session starting February 4. Alabama is one of just...

Published February 3, 2020

Nigeria Bans Unauthorized Foreign Lotteries

The Nigerian National Lottery Regulatory Commission has banned the all unlicensed, unregulated foreign lottery games after a number of players were unable to claim their winnings.

Published January 27, 2020

Is Pot to Blame for Illinois Lottery Slide?

Illinois Lottery revenues dropped $64 million in 2019, down 18 percent from 2018. More gambling choices and legal marijuana are competing for residents’ discretionary income, some say. “Do people...

Published January 27, 2020

German Lottery Posts Downturn

Germany lottery association Deutscher Lotto-und Totoblock (DLTB) reported a slight decline in revenues for 2019. Customers wagered €7.3 billion (US$8.1 billion) across Germany’s 16 state lotteries, for a 1.2...

Published January 13, 2020

NCPG Discourages Child Participation in Lottery

The National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) has launched its annual holiday campaign to discourage minors from playing the lottery. The campaign emphasizes that studies have shown that early...

Published December 16, 2019

IGT Secures 10-Year Extension with Barbados Lottery

IGT has signed a 10-year extension of its contract with the Barbados Lottery, under which it provides private management services to four lottery licensees.

Published December 16, 2019

Scientific Games Signs California, Massachusetts Lottery Extensions

Scientific Games has signed a three-year extension of its contract with the California State Lottery, and an all-new contract with the Massachusetts Lottery.

Published December 16, 2019

PA to Investigate Lottery Fraud Prevention

Eugene DePasquale (l.), auditor general of Pennsylvania, is planning a performance audit of the state’s lottery, focusing on repeat winners, and on safeguards against fraud.

Published December 16, 2019

Multi-State Lottery Offers $1.5M Settlement

The Multi-State Lottery Association will pay an Iowa man $1.5 million regarding his claim that a $9 million jackpot he won in 2011 would have been larger if the...

Published December 16, 2019

Mississippi Lottery Sells $9 Million in First Days

Mississippi Lottery Corporation President Tom Shaheen said the lottery sold $8,932,200 million in tickets in the first six days following its November 25 debut. About $3.8 million went toward...

Published December 16, 2019

Slovakian Lottery Chiefs Arrested for Money Laundering

Ján Barczi (l.) and Miloš Prelec, chairman and IT director of Slovakia’s state-owned lottery operator Tipos SK, are under investigation on charges of money laundering.

Published December 9, 2019

Indian State Gets Ready for Lotteries

Lawmakers in the Indian state of Meghalaya last week approved a set of rules that will govern a new lottery. Meghalaya is planning to re-launch the state lottery that...

Published December 9, 2019