The World Lottery Association (WLA) has cited “strong performances” from the Asia Pacific and Latin American regions as the main reason for an increase in full-year global lottery sales during the 12 month through to December 31, 2013. The association said that global lottery sales were up 4.9% in 2013, which follows on from full-year growth of 7.7% in the previous year. The Latin American market proved to be the most successful market with an aggregate year-on-year increase in sales of 21.4%. Argentina’s Lotería Nacional Sociedad del Estado was the main driver behind this growth after it experienced a 31.4%…

Sports betting products and services provider Metric Gaming has signed a licensing agreement for its SuperLive sports betting platform with Latin American online gaming firm Ocho Gaming. Under the agreement, Metric will provide its SuperLive HTML5 mobile-optimised products to Ocho Gaming to support the roll out of its online gaming platform in Latin and South America. The products will initially cover the Liga MX and Primera Division football tournaments in Mexico and Peru, respectively. Additional regions, including several emerging markets in Africa, will also be served by the two companies as the business relationship expands. “SuperLive delivers a product that…