Porn-u-Like, UKGC May Pay £200m To Settle National Lottery Legal Dispute
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) may pay up to £200 million (US$255.59m) to former porn king Richard Desmond to settle an ongoing…
Karel Komárek
It Could’ve Been You! UK Lotto Hits 30
As it celebrates its 30th birthday today, the UK Lotto, arguably hitherto the most successful national lottery in the world, faces a…
Biting The Hand That’s Fed It, Labour Plans £3bn Raid On Gambling Industry
You can almost imagine a Blair-Starmer double act, co-opting a favourite catchphrase and delivering in unison: “And not a lot of people…
Playing Russian Roulette, Allwyn Rolls Over UK Lottery
At the end of this month, some two-years after first facing accusations of being a business lackey of Vladimir Putin, the billionaire…
From Russia With Love: UK Lottery Operator Allwyn Borrowed Millions From Kremlin Banks
So all those rumours about the UK National Lottery’s then-wannabe operator, Allwyn, having a Russia financial connection were right all along, it’s…
Not With A Bang But A Whisper, Allwyn Takes Over UK Lottery Hoping Everyone’s A Winner
With a fanfare of anonymity afforded a jackpot winner who doesn’t want the publicity, Allwyn today formally took control of the UK…
Fight To Run UK Lotto Ain’t Over Until The ex-Porn King Sings
Czech mate. Anyone who thinks that the long running chess game over the fate of the UK Lottery has finally been settled…
Allwyn That Ends Well, New UK Lotto Runner Hits The Q2 Jackpot
New UK Lotto Runner Allwyn has hit the jackpot with a year-on-year plus-100 percent increase in revenue to €2.05 billion (£1.75bn) in…
Pulling All Its Levers, Allwyn Adds €335m Accordion Loan To Its Playbook
Allwyn, soon-to-be operators of the UK’s National Lottery, is back on the financial merry-go-round, leveraging its capture of the crown jewels of…
Allwyn International On The Bounce, Given Blank-Check To Rule The World
Despite the fierce world economic headwinds, and their recent failure to launch on the New York Stock Exchange, Allwyn Entertainment, the soon-to-be…