Updates

It has been officially confirmed that the suspension that prevented the Gambling Commission from formally awarding the fourth National Lottery licence to Allwyn Entertainment Ltd has been lifted.

Everyone at KKCG and Allwyn Entertainment remains horrified by Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. It is a senseless act of aggression that must be condemned in the strongest possible terms, and we are doing all we can to support the brave Ukrainians impacted by the barbarism of Vladimir Putin’s regime.

In the next few weeks, the regulator of the National Lottery, the Gambling Commission, will decide who will be the future operator for the National Lottery.

Allwyn (UK) is pleased to confirm its plan to appoint Justin King as Chair to lead its lottery operations upon successful conclusion of the Fourth National Lottery Licence Competition.

Allwyn Entertainment, the new group-wide brand for SAZKA Entertainment AG, a leading multinational lottery operator, today announced another significant step in its evolution to a global lottery-led entertainment platform: Allwyn’s intention to become a publicly-listed company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in partnership with NYSE-listed Cohn Robbins Holdings Corp.

Half of millennials and Generation Z care more about increased digital technology in high street shops than prices, new research from Vodafone and Allwyn, an operator of lotteries in numerous countries across Europe and an applicant for the fourth national lottery license, has shown.

UK businesses lost out on almost £412 million during the pandemic because their websites are inaccessible to disabled people, according to new research released by Purple, which brings disabled people and businesses together to improve the customer experience of disabled people.

Allwyn has signed the Mindful Business Charter, joining a wide range of businesses and professional service firms around the world in a collective commitment to address the avoidable stresses in our working practices, to promote healthier and more effective ways of working. The Charter, originally launched by Barclays and law firms Pinsent Masons and Addleshaw Goddard in October 2018, brings organisations and their service providers together to reach a shared agenda for mental health and wellbeing.

Allwyn has joined a number of UK businesses, universities and public sector organisations to signup to the Levelling Up Goals and play its part in efforts to create a level playing field for equal opportunities across the UK. 

National charity Made By Sport have partnered with Allwyn, a leading lottery operator applying to run the National Lottery under the 4th National Lottery Licence, to launch a new campaign #PoweringGoodTogether, to raise awareness and funding for grassroots sports clubs and organisations across the UK.

Allwyn today has pledged to become a net zero carbon company by 2030 or sooner, and with it hopes of becoming the world’s first net zero lottery company. The firm, which is an applicant for the fourth UK National Lottery licence, is aligning itself with the UN Race to Zero and has signed the Planet Mark Zero Carbon Commitment to pledge to achieve net zero.

David Craven, industry veteran, has been appointed by Allwyn as its CEO, joining Sir Keith Mills and the company at a pivotal juncture, with its application for the Fourth National Lottery Licence nearing culmination.