Association News

Costa Rica, November 8, 2019, GLMS President, Ludovico Calvi, acted as a speaker at the 17th CIBELAE Congress, which took place from November 6–8, 2019 in San Jose, Costa Rica. Addressing the Latin American Lottery Community, Ludovico Calvi presented the mission and vision of GLMS and urged Latin American Lotteries to join the GLMS, showing their commitment to the safeguard of sport ethics, fully in line with their core lottery values.

Lausanne, October 3, 2019, GLMS President acted as a speaker on October 2 at the Brazilian Sports Integrity Summit. Organised by the International Governance and Risk Institute (GovRisk), this landmark Summit created a platform to foster the cooperation between the public and the private sectors with the focus on finding innovative solutions to collectively protect the future of Brazilian sport from competition manipulations and corruption.

Strasbourg, October 2, 2019 – GLMS management team attended on October 1 the Hearing of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

Lausanne/Basel/Brussels, September 2, 2019 – The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS), the World Lottery Association (WLA) and The European Lotteries Association (EL) urge more countries around the world to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Sports Competition Manipulations (Macolin Convention) as soon as possible. As a vital step in the fight against corruption in sport, now is the time for global action. The global lottery community welcomes the entry into force of this ground-breaking Convention on September 1, 2019.