ZEAL to launch in Norway, the Netherlands

ZEAL Network is to go live in Norway and the Netherlands through its Lottovate Limited and Lottovate Nederland subsidiaries, respectively.

Lottovate will launch in Norway in partnership with the UNICEF charity and will operate under a charity lottery licence, granted by the country’s regulatory body.

The licence will run for nine years, with Lottovate to act as a full service provider for UNICEF Norway and offer a high frequency win game, which is played online and designed to be mobile-first.

A significant portion of the proceeds of the lottery will go to good causes.

Meanwhile, ZEAL said that Lottovate’s licence is effectively the first new lottery operator licence to be awarded by the Dutch state since 1989.

The licence, which is also the full operator licence for ZEAL, will allow Lottovate to run a nationwide charity lottery for five years.

Lottovate plans to introduce a mobile-first, social lottery for Dutch consumers by the third quarter of this year.

Helmut Becker, chief executive of ZEAL, said: “We are extremely pleased to be launching innovative lottery products in Norway and the Netherlands.

“The collaboration with UNICEF in Norway has proven to be a successful one and we are happy to offer our customers a unique online lottery experience.

“In the Netherlands, the decision of the Dutch regulator to approve the Lottovate licence is a powerful validation of the quality of our offering and our long-standing expertise in the field of online lotteries.

“It also underlines the excellent progress we are making with Lottovate.”

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