Kentucky Lottery President and CEO Tom Delacenserie Set to Retire
Kentucky Lottery President and CEO Tom Delacenserie announced his retirement effective March 6. Delacenserie, who turns 72 years old this year, assumed the top job in May 2017. Sales from FY17 through FY19 rose from [...]
EL publishes 2018 Report on the Lottery Sector in Europe
In 2018 the Members of the European Lotteries Association provided an overview of how they work and demonstrated the importance of State Lotteries for society. This year’s 13th report is the most detailed regarding both [...]
IGT Expands Powerbucks Footprint to Ontario with Wheel of Fortune Slots
IGT announced the expansion of its Powerbucks® footprint in Canada with the online launch of the millionaire-making, wide area progressive game with Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG). Players in Ontario can now win a [...]
IGT Signs Agreement with the DC Lottery to Deliver Instant Ticket Games and Services
IGT Global Solutions Corporation (hereinafter “IGT”), signed a one-year contract with the District of Columbia’s Office of Lottery and Gaming (DC Lottery) to provide instant ticket games and related services through December 1, 2020. The [...]
Arkansas Lottery Brings Back Popular Bundle Promo
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery has brought back its popular 5-Buck Bundle in January. When players purchase a $3 Powerball ticket with Power Play and a $2 Mega Millions ticket, they will receive a free $1 [...]
Large Traffic Flow Overwhelms OLG App After Huge Draw
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) app was overwhelmed when a large number of people checked to see if they won a $70 million grand prize. Many people couldn't see if they had won [...]
Louisiana Lottery Working To Draw In Younger Players
The Louisiana Lottery Corp. is trying to be more attractive to millennial players, an underrepresented demographic who spends under the $600 annual national per capital average on lottery. In an effort to improve the buying [...]
New Scientific Games Technology To Power Germany’s Lotto Baden-Wurttemberg
Scientific Games has finalized a new five-year technology agreement with lottery partner Lotto Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart in southwest Germany. The Company will launch its advanced, new SYMPHONY gaming systems technology, migrating the gaming system it [...]
NH Lottery Players Wager More Than $3.44 Million in NH’s First Week of Sports Betting
Mobile and online sports betting has been met with enthusiasm in the Granite State as New Hampshire Lottery players have wagered more than $3.44 million since the New Hampshire Lottery and DraftKings, Inc. launched sports [...]
New Hampshire Launches Sports Betting
New Hampshire launched sports betting operations in the first week of 2020. Governor Chris Sununu was the first to bet from his phone in a Manchester bar. DraftKings was selected through a competitive bidding process, [...]