Digitain said it has been confirmed as an associate member of European Lotteries, following provisional membership in February 2025. The organisation’s General Assembly confirmed the membership on 17 September 2025.
The membership gives Digitain a formal place in a European lottery organisation whose members include national lottery operators.
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European Lotteries has called for a coherent regulatory framework that applies existing rules to emerging prediction market products, following a webinar on 14 October with almost 300 registrants. ADM director of controls Luca Turchi took part alongside experts from France and the US. The association set out four principles, including classifying products by their actual characteristics and risks and preserving national gambling competences.
European Lotteries has called for a coherent regulatory framework that would apply existing rules to emerging prediction market products and prevent regulatory gaps, the association said. The position was set out in a September position paper and discussed at a webinar the association organised on 14 October, which drew almost 300 registrants from Europe and other countries, according to the association.
European Lotteries has called for prediction markets to be assessed according to their product features and risks, rather than their labels or underlying technology, the organisation said. Secretary-general Piet Van Baeveghem said comparable risks should receive comparable safeguards; the group favours national-level analysis before a European strategy is developed.
Digitain and SB Software have entered a partnership to deliver Digitain’s remote gaming server technology through SB Software’s platform. The companies said the arrangement will give SB Software’s operator network access to Digitain’s gaming portfolio and support distribution in regulated markets, including Poland and Cyprus.
European Lotteries said its members began work in Milan on a new certification framework linked to updated responsible-gambling standards. About 80 representatives from 46 member lotteries took part in the discussion during the first day of the EL/WLA Sustainability & Responsible Gaming Seminar 2026, which runs from 16 to 18 September.
European Lotteries said European lotteries returned €29.4bn to society in 2024 through funding for sport, culture, heritage, social initiatives and local organisations. The figure was discussed at a Brussels roundtable on national lotteries’ contribution to civil society and European democracy.