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Italy’s Lotto award: price, politics and a regulator’s appetite for continuity
ADM has signed the 2025 to 2034 Lotto concession with LottoItalia, the long-standing consortium now led by Brightstar Lottery. The group will pay €2.23 billion in licence fees, commit to a multi-year programme of infrastructure and security upgrades, and maintain the operational backbone of a product that generates critical fiscal revenue for Italy. The tender attracted competing interest from groups including Flutter and Sisal, yet the award ultimately followed a familiar lo


Luxembourg weighs a state-run online gambling monopoly
Luxembourg is preparing a bill that would centralise online gambling and gaming machines under a state-controlled model. The National Lottery would lead the offer, and the authorised land-based casino could receive an online licence once geoblocking and player-protection systems are proven. The government frames the move as a response to rising harm indicators, and as a way to shut down grey devices in cafés. This runs against Europe’s multi-licensing drift, so the proposal w


Norsk Rikstoto’s spending-limit bug: 836 customers, NOK 4m in bets slipped past controls
Norsk Rikstoto has disclosed a programming error that let 836 customers place bets above their self-set spending limits across...
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