Tag Archives: Camelot
UK – Allwyn set to finalise Camelot acquisition in early 2023
Allwyn has agreed to acquire Camelot from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board. Upon completion of the acquisition, the current operator of the National Lottery will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Allwyn. The acquisition is anticipated to close in Q1 2023 subject to regulatory approvals, including from the Gambling Commission. The terms of the transaction…
UK – High Court removes barrier to Allwyn integration as UK lottery operator
The UK Gambling Commission has announced that the High Court has lifted a suspension automatically triggered by Camelot, the current operator of the UK’s National Lottery, in its attempt to stop Allwyn Entertainment being integrated behind the scenes as the new National Lottery operator. On March 15, the Gambling Commission announced Allwyn Entertainment, the new…
UK – National Lottery operator to pay £3.15m fine
The Gambling Commission has imposed a financial penalty on Camelot UK Limited for failures linked to its mobile lottery app. All £3.15m of the fine will be paid by the current National Lottery operator to good causes following a Commission investigation into three failures which negatively impacted consumers. The first failure related to the National…
UK – Digital lottery helps Camelot to record financial year
National Lottery sales in the UK have broken the £8bn barrier for the first time, despite the ongoing pandemic impact with Camelot reporting record National Lottery sales of £8,373.9m for the 2020/21 financial year (1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021), an increase of £468.8m. Total National Lottery sales for the year surpassed £8bn for…
UK – Camelot supports minimum age increase for National Lottery
Camelot has signalled its support for an increase to the minimum age for playing the National Lottery to 18 years of age, with October 2021 mooted as a target for the law change by the Government. “We’ve said all along that we would fully support any decision made by the government to raise the minimum…
US – Intralot and Camelot Illinois deploy fast play games for the Illinois Lottery
Intralot and its partner Camelot Illinois have delivered Fast Play, a brand-new type of game, into the Illinois Lottery. Intralot provides state-of-the-art technology to Camelot Illinois, the private manager of the Illinois Lottery. Dr. Chris Dimitriadis, Intralot Group CEO, said: “The growing demand for advanced entertainment has led Lotteries to expand their portfolio with faster,…
US – Twin River and Camelot to challenge IGT as lottery provider in Rhode Island
Twin River Management Group (TRMG) is partnering with Camelot Lottery Solutions (Camelot) to launch an alternative bid to IGT Global Solutions for the lottery in the US state of Rhode Island. IGT’s contract extension was agreed upon under a “non-competitive” arrangement. Twin River and Camelot have submitted a proposal to the offices of the Governor,…
UK – British government looks to close lottery loophole
The British government is looking to close a betting loophole which allows online operators such as Lottoland to offer cheaper bets on the EuroMillions draw. Some operators are currently running websites offering UK players bets on the EuroMillions in other countries, such as Spain. The government says this stems the flow of lottery money to…
Brazil – Online Pop-u-Lotto set out vision to save the sector from lottery disenchantment
Dan Engel, co-founder of the Pop-u-Lotto online lottery brand, which is scheduled to launch in Brazil in Q1 2016, has accused some of the world’s most famous lotteries of risking player alienation and lottery fatigue through the creation of games which make winning into nothing more than a pipe dream. Reserving his ire for the…
