He said that the re-establishment of the EC Expert Group on Online Gambling” was needed to allow regulators to exchange information and defend each individual market against the threat from unlicensed operators. 

Shares of DraftKings slide after noted short-selling activist Hindenburg Research published a lengthy report. The report alleges the gaming company’s SBTech unit operates in jurisdictions where sports betting is illegal, and may have connections to money laundering and organized crime.

The newly elected members of the EL Executive Committee are (in alphabetical order):  Robert CHVÁTAL, Sazka a.s. (CZ), Olgierd CIEŚLIK, Totalizator Sportowy Sp. z.o.o. (PL), Romana DERNOVŠEK, Loterija Slovenije, d.d. (SI), Jannie HAEK, Loterie Nationale Loterij (BE), Hansjörg HÖLTKEMEIER / Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin DKLB (DE), Jesús HUERTA ALMENDRO, Sociedad Estatal de Loterías y Apuestas del Estado (SELAE) (ES), Jean-Luc MONER-BANET, Loterie Romande (CH), Mario MUSA, Hrvatska Lutrija (HR), Stéphane PALLEZ, La Française des Jeux (FDJ) (FR), Francesco PAROLA, IGT Lottery (IT) and Olli SAREKOSKI, Veikkaus Oy (FI).

Announcing the results, Camelot CEO Nigel Railton said: “In what has been an extraordinarily challenging year, The National Lottery has demonstrated incredible resilience and flexibility to achieve this record performance. These results are a culmination of all of the work we’ve done over the last few years in the areas of brand, games, retail and digital. This, together with our years of experience and longstanding commitment to being a world leader in healthy play, have helped us ensure this vital boon for society when it’s been needed most. And it’s these strengths that mean that we will continue to deliver for the benefit of everyone.