Lotteries in the United States

Publisher "Janet 45" marks 24 May with provocative video, reports bTV. In a video very similar to that of the National Lottery campaign against the limitation of the games of chance, the publisher Manol Peykov presents ... "the first book in the world that is a scratch card" - the "happy edition" of "Bulgarian Chronicles" with 20% lower price.

Moldova's Public Property Agency, APP, will no longer hold a monopoly on gambling and lotteries in the country, as the state announced plans to implement a public-private partnership project with two EU companies.

The first contract, relating to slot machines, has been won by Novo Gaming M Technologies GmbH, part of the Austria's Novomatic consortium operating.

The new right-wing "Democratic Bulgaria" unification offers limited advertising on gambling and the sale of lottery tickets. The formation has sent a draft of amendments to the Gambling Act to the President of the National Assembly and all parliamentary groups.

The 1,000 lucky taxpayers who were picked by lottery to receive 1,000 euros each for using plastic money in their transactions are certainly luckier than those receiving the so-called social dividend, a stipend arising from a part of the primary surplus intended for the poorest part of Greek society.

A Malaysian businessman from Pinang won the record-breaking jackpot in the history of the national lottery - 69.6 million ringgit (USD 16.6 million).

The man whose name is not mentioned said that he had played in the lottery for four years, always choosing the numbers of his car. This time he changed his numbers and chose a random combination, BTA reported.

Greece proposed on Friday that betting company OPAP should operate a total of 25,000 video lottery machines, down from the 35,000 machines the country's current legislation stipulates.

The Finance Ministry said on Friday it had tabled a bill which reduces the number of machines, aiming at a smaller exposure to gambling and a more effective supervision by the authorities.

OPAP, Europe's fourth-biggest betting firm, reported an 8.7 percent drop in first-quarter net profit on Monday, hurt by costs for the rollout of a new video lottery business.

OPAP said net profit came in at 39 million euros in the first three months of the year, down from 42.8 million euros in the same period a year ago.

Greece's OPAP, Europe's fourth-biggest betting firm, will conclude the roll-out of a new business of video lottery terminals (VLTs) next year, it said on Thursday.

Turkey has abandoned a move to seek bids for the privatization of its national lottery in March and will continue to work on the process for it and the country's horse races, Finance Minister Naci Ağbal told private broadcaster NTV on Jan. 9. 

Turkey will formally advertise a tender to privatize its national lottery on May 6 and plans to take an initial bid for the tender on Aug. 5, said the finance minister on May 4. 

The licenses for the National Lottery Directorate, dubbed Milli Piyango in Turkish, will last for 10 years, Finance Minister Naci A?bal said at a press conference in Ankara.