46 PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL • JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2024 PULSE of the Industry These news stories comprise a very small fraction of the gaming and lottery news stories posted every day to PublicGaming.com. Too, these stories are the highly edited short versions. You can visit our news website PublicGaming.com and access all of its departments for free, including search to read the full version of the articles. Sign up for our free e-newsletter by sending your e-mail address to sjason@publicgaming.com. WORLD NEWS RFP: Tender Totalizator Sportowy Updating the IT security monitoring system EL (European Lotteries Association) published Comprehensive Report on the European Lottery Sector. Read it at European-Lotteries.org. Incoming National Lottery operator, Allwyn UK, appoints Steve Parkinson to be the new Brand and Marketing Director for the UK National Lottery. Finnish gambling operator Veikkaus becomes the first game company in the world that requires identification in all digital and physical channel games. The identification is based on the Lotteries Act aimed at preventing gaming disadvantages, facilitating age limit monitoring and building a safer gaming environment. Identification also makes it possible to effectively identify risky gambling based on data and intervene. Identification is a familiar procedure for lottery players and is expected to go well with lottery sales as well as connect with their audience and promote their products and services. The 2024 edition of the EL/WLA Marketing Seminar, February 5-6 in London explores the fundamentals of digital marketing, its significance in today’s lottery world, and the key strategies that drive its success. Aldernay Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) and Malta Gaming Authority Renew Memorandum of Understanding to support the expansion of cross-border online gambling Online iLottery drives German lottery sales to Euro 8.2 Billion Other lotteries have bigger individual top prizes but Spain's 'El Gordo' Christmas lottery, held each year on Dec. 22, is ranked as the world's richest for the total prize money involved. Facebook's Meta fined for breaches of Italian gambling ads ban Meta has been fined 5.85 million euros ($6.45 million) in connection with profiles and accounts on Facebook and Instagram, as well as sponsored content which promoted either betting or games with cash prizes, communications watchdog AGCOM said in a statement on Friday. Earlier this month, AGCOM announced fines for Alphabet Inc’s YouTube and Amazon’s Twitch for breaching the ban. YouTube and Twitch were fined 2.25 million euros and 900,000 euros respectively. Spain: Organización Nacional de Ciegos Espanoles (O.N.C.E) Christmas Extra Distributes More Than 35 Million Euros in Major Prizes Taiwan Welfare Lottery Sales Grow by 16% to NT$8.4 billion (€248 million) in November Gaming Laboratories International (GLI®) Receives A2LA ISO/ ISE 17025:2017 Accreditation for its Noida, India, and Moncton, Canada, Laboratories These accreditations are the latest achievements in a years-long push by GLI across its test labs around the world in an ongoing effort to ensure that its testing labs are compliant with the most current ISO requirements. Gaming Laboratories International (GLI®) Named Approved Data Standards Auditing Body by the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) Sports data providers wishing to be audited for the IBIA Data Standards and its kitemark will now be able to utilize GLI’s unparalleled expertise and global network of testing locations, streamlining the product auditing process and ensuring seamless compliance with IBIA standards. Gaming Laboratories International (GLI®) Names Richard Howarth Chief Business Officer for APAC Region
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