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State lottery is told its online advertisements break the law

A German federal state’s own lottery has been told by a court that it can no longer advertise its products via the internet. The verdict cites the German State Treaty on Gambling which prohibits advertising of gambling over the Internet and television.
The advertisement in question appeared on the website of Toto-Lotto Niedersachsen, the monopoly state-lottery [...]

SAZKA checks out online casino market with play-for-fun pilot

The Czech Republic’s oldest and biggest lottery operator is launching a play-for-fun online casino ahead of proposed law changes it hopes will legalise and regulate wider internet gaming.
New legislation is expected to be placed before the Czech parliament before the end of 2008. With this in mind SAZKA has recently been heavily promoting its online [...]

Intralot’s winning tender for Turkish sports betting favourite caps €164.2m first-half profit

Intralot S.A has won a new contract to operate Turkey’s national sports betting game Iddaa, the latest deal in a string of successful international tenders.
Inteltek, a venture company jointly owned with Turkcell, made an offer to take 1.4% of revenue under a revenue share deal for the next 10 years, beating offers from a consortium [...]