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Virginia Online Instant Lottery Wagers Now Exceed Retail Sales
Virginia is one of the more recent US states to have launched an iLottery, but its online sales already exceed the retail channel. The Virginia Lottery’s preliminary numbers for fiscal year 2024 indicate $5.52 billion in total sales for fiscal year 2024. Although it has not yet released its annual report, the Lottery Post reports that over $3 billion of that came through […]
Kansas to Launch Online Lottery in 2025 as Pollard Banknote Makes Its e-Instant Debut
Next year, Kansas will become the most recent state to launch a full-featured online lottery, including draw ticket sales and e-Instant games. The launch will also mark the US debut of Pollard Banknote’s new line of digital instant games. The North American debut coincidentally also came this week, with the games’ launch in the Canadian province […]
Massachusetts Online Lottery Begins Around Thanksgiving 2025, May Be Biggest US iLottery Per Capita
Sixteen months from now, Massachusetts online lottery players may be making iLottery ticket sales history. That’s because the Bay State, known for having the highest ticket sales per person among US lotteries, will begin selling online tickets around Thanksgiving 2025. The Lottery announced on July 29 that online lottery sales will launch after it finds […]
Massachusetts Online Lottery Just Needs Governor’s Signature to Become Reality
Massachusetts will soon have an online lottery if Gov. Maura Healey signs the latest version of the state budget, which includes authorization for ticket sales over the Internet. It seems almost inevitable that the Governor will do so, given that the idea of establishing a Massachusetts iLottery was her idea to begin with. The bill text doesn’t […]
Pennsylvania iLottery Offers an Easier Way to Play With EZ eInstants From IWG
Pennsylvania iLottery players looking for a simpler gameplay experience now have a new game category catering to that desire: EZ eInstants by Instant Win Gaming (IWG). The Keystone State is the first in the US to offer this line of IWG games featuring easy-to-understand mechanics and the chance to win a progressive jackpot. Players can […]
Connecticut Online Lottery Now Fully Live for Desktop and iOS Users
Connecticuters saw their iLottery launch on July 1, enabling them to buy draw game tickets over the Internet, seven days a week. It’s almost, but not quite around-the-clock service: the CT Lottery suspends the ability to buy tickets from 2 to 5 a.m. to encourage responsible play. Lottery players can access the CT iLottery through their desktop […]
Aristocrat Combines Anaxi & Neo Group to Form Unified Interactive Segment
Aristocrat Interactive announced its debut this week, combining Aristocrat’s in-house studio, Anaxi, with the recently acquired Neo Group Ltd. The new division includes five distinct segments covering all aspects of online gambling and digital systems for retail casino management. For most of its corporate history, Aristocrat has been best known as a retail slots manufacturer. Most […]
TheLotter Launches in New York—US Expansion Continues for Europe’s Original Lottery Courier
New York now has a fourth lottery courier offering a way to purchase draw tickets online: TheLotter. Headquartered in Malta, it has been in the business since 2002, a decade longer than any of its US-based rivals. However, its US presence is comparatively small, comprising only five states with the addition of Texas. All lottery couriers use a similar business model. […]
North Carolina Instant Lottery Hits Billion-Dollar Sales Milestone in Seven Months
Since the North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL) introduced online instants last November, North Carolinians have spent over $1 billion on digital scratch tickets. According to lottery officials, North Carolina hit the billion-dollar milestone in almost seven months—faster than any other US state with similar products, often known as eInstants. North Carolina’s digital scratch-off success is the […]
Email Problems Accompany Connecticut Online Lottery Launch
The CT Lottery has finally added internet sales to its capabilities, but the new products have come with additional technical difficulties. The Connecticut iLottery soft-launched on June 10 with an iOS app, but lottery representatives had to offer troubleshooting for online lottery players via email, SMS, and telephone. Meanwhile, Android users must wait until July […]