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Allwyn schedules National Lottery technology upgrade for 2–4 August

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Allwyn plans to upgrade the UK National Lottery’s gaming and retail systems between 2 and 4 August, with services due to go offline from 11pm on Saturday until late Monday morning. The work includes more than 30 new systems; Allwyn said final testing and retailer preparations remained before the date received final approval. Around 8,000 retailers are due to switch to Scientific Games’ Wave terminals when services resume.

Operators and retailers must prepare for a service interruption and changes to lottery terminal systems.

End-of-day close Allwyn (ALWN), EUR, to 8 September 2025
Story date10 June 20258 September 2025

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Allwyn Athens: ALWN

Quarter ended 30 June 2026

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EUR 1.25bn
Operating income
EUR 141.0m

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