Riding on the wave of popularity of internet gambling, especially the rise of online bingo sites, the Spanish Lottery launched just over a month ago a new internet lottery and sports betting site. Created by Betware and the Spanish Sistemas Tecnicos de Loterias del Estado (STL), loteriasyapuestas.com has already proven to be a major success story, surprising even its greatest critics by the number of online players making use of its services.

The site offers a variety of popular internet horse racing games, as well as major European lottery games such as Euro Millions, La Primitiva and El Gordo.

Speaking about the move to the world of internet, the media director of STL, Alfonso Pedro Fernandez Garcia said: “Nowadays sales through this alternate channel are a must. The rapid growth of internet penetration that we’ve been witnessing in Spain makes it imperative to implement new sales channels in order to stay competitive.”