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Louisiana Upgrading Its Flagship State Lottery Game
Louisiana is upgrading its flagship state lottery game. The Louisiana Lottery said it will begin offering starting jackpots of 500-thousa...
Hoosier Lottery celebrates 30 years
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — As The Hoosier Lottery marks its 30th year in operation, the executive director points to the funds they give b...
Kansas Star Casino reopens Saturday with big changes
MULVANE, Kan. (KSNW) – It’s your lucky weekend. State-owned casinos can officially reopen. KSN got a behind the scenes look at how the Ka...
Socially distant gambling debuts at Florida casino with glass barriers, temperature checks
Gamblers got good news in Florida on Thursday as one casino in the state reopened following the coronavirus closure.
The Seminole Hard R...
Sweden regulator sees no online gambling surge during pandemic
Sweden’s online gambling activity hasn’t increased during the pandemic, undercutting the principal argument used to justify the governmen...
DraftKings Wants Early Deal In Illinois Sports Betting Process
It has been a long time coming for Illinois to get sports betting legalized and, unfortunately, COVID-19 put a damper on the opening mont...
Minnesota judge: Electronic pulltabs don't violate tribal gambling monopoly
The state's tribes argued that the single button on e-pulltabs made them similar to slot machines.
Electronic pulltabs, the source of p...
Rebecca Paul Hargrove, President & CEO, Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation
Rebecca Paul Hargrove
President & CEO, Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation
President, World Lottery Association (WLA)
Founder ...
Louisiana sports betting bill near final legislative passage
BATON ROUGE, La. —
A bid to help legalize sports betting in Louisiana is steps from final legislative passage, though the wagering still...
IGT Introduces Cashless Gaming in Sweden with IGTPay™ Technology
IGT's dedicated payments team supplies cutting-edge solution for retail payments, in preparation for the post-COVID-19 era
LONDON, May...
Maine residents now permitted to bet remotely on horse racing
Harness racing in Maine remains on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that is no longer going to prevent fans from placing bets o...
Michigan Gaming Control Board Pulling Out All Online Stops For Sports Betting, iGaming
Michigan Gaming Control Board Pulling Out All Online Stops For Sports Betting, iGaming
The Michigan Gaming Control Board looks to be lea...
'Dreamt of this moment': Reopening day is here for six casinos around the Coachella Valley
Six casinos in or near the Coachella Valley are opening their doors Friday to guests who are ready to gamble on slot machines and card ga...
Scientific Games Hires New Chief Financial Officer
Scientific Games Hires New Chief Financial Officer Michael Eklund will become CFO on June 1, 2020; current CFO Michael Quartieri will...
Camelot Thanks National Lottery Players In New Ad Campaign
Camelot Group has unveiled a new TV advertisement campaign that aims to thank National Lottery players for helping local and regional e...
Hoosier Lottery honoring Hoosier Heroes
INDIANAPOLIS (WNDU) - Since 1989, the Hoosier Lottery has given back $6 billion dollars to causes including police and firefighter pensio...
Lynne Roiter, President & Chief Executive Officer, Loto-Québec
Lynne Roiter, President & Chief Executive Officer, Loto-Québec
We never expected to one day be faced with closing our casinos and ga...
OPAP: Jan Karas will assume responsibilities of Acting CEO
Regulatory announcements
CEO Succession
Following the prior announcement regarding the departure of CEO and Board of Directors member, ...
Lawmakers need to protect our lottery & shut down illegal ‘skills’ games
Imagine if every lottery ticket was a guaranteed winner.
For decades that has been the case for older Pennsylvanians, because the Pennsy...
RIP Jim Hosker who always hit the jackpot with People
BY STEVE KRAUSE May 21, 2020
Jim Hosker could read people. And because he could read people, he became successful in everything he d...
EquiLottery Games and NASCAR Partner On New Lottery Draw Game
EquiLottery Games Partners with NASCAR
NASCAR Racing Riches Will Provide New Live Racing Lottery Gameplay.
Pioneering lo...
IN MEMORIAM: Jim Hosker
Personal Tribute to Jim Hosker from Ray Bates
Jim Hosker was my mentor and good friend.
When I joined the lottery family in 1987 I, lik...
Sales up for some Ohio Lottery games during coronavirus crisis
CLEVELAND, Ohio - While the Ohio Lottery’s popular Keno game often played in bars has taken a big hit during the coronavirus crisis, many...
The Mississippi Lottery Corporation announces April transfer to state
The Mississippi Lottery Corporation on Monday completed its April transfer of $9,709,843.36 in net proceeds to the Lottery Proceeds Fund ...
IGT continues sports betting momentum in Colorado with omni-channel PlaySports deal
IGT continues sports betting momentum in Colorado with omni-channel PlaySports deal
LONDON, May 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- I...
Puerto Rico Government Picks Gaming Commission Adviser
SAN JUAN – The Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (Aaafaf by Spanish acronym) chose Gaming Laboratories Internati...
RFI - Missouri Lottery Request for Information
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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
MISSOURI LOTTERY COMMISSION
ISSUE DATE: May 13, 2020
Description
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International Game Technology PLC Reports First Quarter 2020 Results
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International Game Technology PLC Reports First Quarter 2020 Results
- Results affected by COV...
Record $1 Billion In Online/Mobile Sales For Scientific Games iLottery Partner Pennsylvania Lottery
Record $1 Billion In Online/Mobile Sales For Scientific Games iLottery Partner Pennsylvania Lottery
Online/mobile Lottery Sales in Pen...
Gregg Mineo, Director, Maine Lottery; Chair of MUSL Powerball Group
Gregg Mineo, Director, Maine Lottery; Chair of MUSL Powerball Group
How will the world be different when we come out of this crisis - an...