AGTech reported a 3.5% increase in third quarter revenue to HKD$70.3m, but fair value changes related to the supplier’s 2014 purchase of lottery hardware supplier Score Value offset lower operating costs, leading to a drop in profit for the period.

The Gambling Research Centre (Forschungsstelle Glücksspiel) at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart has issued a series of recommendations to update German gambling laws, including imposing taxes on unlicensed operators, and legalising, but strictly controlling, online casino games.

The latest figures from French gambling regulator L’Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL) have shown the growth of horse race betting and poker has continued into the third quarter, with total revenue up 27.7% year-on-year.

UK National Lottery operator Camelot has announced ticket sales of £3.92bn for the first six months of its financial year, a 13.5% increase from 2018.

The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has cancelled Sports Fantech’s B2C gaming licence with immediate effect after ruling that the operator breached the country’s Gaming Act.

International Game Technology (IGT) has reported a marginal decline in revenue to $1.15bn for the third quarter of 2016, 0.3% below last year’s figure, but profit increased more than four-fold, as foreign exchange gains more than offset higher operating costs.