Tag Archives: Lotteries
Spain – Novomatic Lottery Solutions signs contract with Catalonian Lottery
Novomatic Lottery Solutions (NLS) has been selected as successful bidder in a public competition for a six-year contract by the Catalonian Lottery (Loteria de Catalunya). The contract provides full lottery facility management services for the autonomous region of Catalunya in Spain for both online and instant lottery products and services. The contract will commence on…
Norway – Norsk Tipping signs up Scientific for instant lottery
Scientific Games has signed a new contract with Norsk Tipping, the National Lottery of Norway, to provide instant games and related marketing services. Awarded through a competitive procurement process, the three-year contract began January 29, 2015 and may be extended by the Lottery for an additional term. Scientific Games currently supplies Norsk Tipping with gaming…
Germany – Novomatic Lottery Solutions enhances German-speaking regions
Novomatic Lottery Solutions has strengthened its activities in the German-speaking regions with newly appointed Country Manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Andreas Kohlmann being responsible for business development and business implementation in this area. Mr. Kohlmann has gained extensive industry experience in the German-speaking market place during his career at Wincor Nixdorf and Adesso AG….
Greece – Intralot’s Business day attracts 100 students
Intralot organised a Business Day at the company’s Innovation Centre in Athens on May 11 2015, attracting about 100 University students and graduates to an incursion into the business and research underpinnings of the gaming sector. During Intralot Business Day the participants had the opportunity to get acquainted with the company’s international expansion and global…
Canada – GLI names Thomas Bierbach as Senior Manager of Professional Services
GLI has named respected lottery risk management and security expert Thomas Bierbach as Senior Manager of its Professional Services division. Mr. Bierbach is a highly experienced Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and brings more than 20 years of international technology and management experience to GLI. He is an accredited…
Colombia – Major shakeup in Colombian gaming sector imminent
A plan to take lotteries out of the control of local governments and place a number of new games under the control of the Colombian Gaming Control Board (Coljuegos) could lead to major changes in the Colombian gaming sector. New plans now being discussed would affect online gaming, sports betting and some lotteries. However local…
Canada – Ontario Lottery and Gaming launches PlayOLG.ca
Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) has now officially launched its new Internet gaming site, PlayOLG.ca, driven by GTECH interactive technology, content and services. OLG’s Internet gaming site offers interactive casino games including slots and table games such as Blackjack, Baccarat, single-player Poker, and Roulette, as well as the sale of lottery tickets. As OLG’s Primary…
Argentina – Almost $2m gambled a week in Neuquén Province
According to data provided by Neuquén’s Provincial Institute of Gaming (IJAN), casinos in the province of Neuquén now generate more money than all of the lottery agencies combined taking 60 per cent of the $17m pesos (U.S$2m) generated weekly by gambling. Data collected by the institute found that combined, locals gamble around $894m pesos a…
Ireland – Intralot wins contract for Irish lottery
Intralot has won the contract for the National Lottery of Ireland with Premier Lotteries Ireland, the new operator of the National Lottery for the next 20 years having won a competitive tender process with a bid of €405m. Intralot Ireland, a subsidiary of the Intralot Group has been selected as the technology partner of PLI,…
