Announcements

As a historic partner of sport and a strong defender of sport integrity, EL welcomes the UNESCO Charter adopted yesterday which rightly stresses the benefits of physical activity, the role of sport as a tool for social change and empowerment and the integrity of sport.

At a debate on sports funding hosted by EL at the European Week of Sport today, participants highlighted the importance of grassroots sports to the European economy and society, and spoke of the need for co-ordination between the diverse funding models for grassroots sport in Europe to ensure a sustainable future. The European Week of Sport was created with the aim of promoting sport and physical activity across Europe.

The ISC takes place on December 7-8, 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland. WLA and EL will play a significant role in The Sports Integrity Conference and also have speakers and representatives in other conferences. In total there will be 18 sports conferences over 2 days and 3000 delegates. A combined delegation of WLA/EL members will be about 200 persons, indicating the significance of the WLA, EL and ISC cooperation.

At their General Assembly, the national lotteries united under the umbrella of The European Lotteries have elected their new Executive Committee for the 2015-2017 period. The Executive Committee has held its first meeting to commence the work to plan the future on the basis of the association’s newly adopted "OSLO RESOLUTION".

EL is proud to announce the signature of an agreement with the EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Tibor Navracsics, in support of the European Week of Sport. The signing ceremony took place in Brussels, Belgium on 2 June 2015. 

After years of development, the World Lottery Association (WLA) and the European Lotteries (EL) are proud to announce that the Global Lottery Monitoring System for sports betting (GLMS) went live today. Powered by Sportradar, the GLMS will provide member lotteries with extensive monitoring of the various betting markets offered by government-authorized lotteries and for-profit-only bookmakers. The GLMS will utilize Sportradar's unrivaled technology to provide member lotteries with alerts, and a platform for users to communicate effectively about potentially suspicious matches.