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Online casino mogul gets into lotteries as profits surge

Primrose Riordan
Primrose RiordanSenior Reporter
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Virtual Gaming Worlds, the online casino founded by billionaire Laurence Escalante, is expanding into lotteries after posting a 30 per cent jump in profits powered by a lucrative sweepstakes business in the United States.

The company, which pioneered the use of a regulatory loophole to offer casino-like games with cash prizes in US states where gambling is otherwise banned, is one of a small number of Australian firms making outsize profits from online betting overseas.

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Primrose Riordan covers private companies and family offices from the AFR's Sydney newsroom. Primrose was previously a correspondent for the Financial Times and covered foreign affairs and politics in Canberra. Primrose has won multiple awards for her journalism including from The National Press Club, SABEW in the US and Press Gazette in the UK. Message Primrose on Signal: https://tinyurl.com/PrimroseSignal Connect with Primrose on Facebook and Twitter. Email Primrose at primrose.riordan@afr.com

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