KKCG is a Swiss investment company headquartered in Lucerne that was founded in Prague by Czech entrepreneur Karel Komárek.

It holds investments in companies in 36 countries in four industry sectors: lottery and gaming, energy, information technology, and real estate.

[4] One of his subsequent investments was into the energy company Moravské naftové doly (Moravian Oil Mines), based in his hometown, Hodonín.

[20][21] Oliver Gill of The Daily Telegraph called the licence the "UK's biggest public sector contract" and expected the total revenue generated from ticket sales to be somewhere between GBP 80–100 billion.

[21] The National Lottery's previous operator, Camelot Group, who had held the rights from 1994, pursued legal action against the Gambling Commission's decision.

[20] At the end of 2022, it was announced that Allywn had taken over Camelot Group from the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, thus becoming the operator of the National Lottery when the transaction was completed in February 2023.

[25] In early 2022, Allwyn announced a merger with the special-purpose acquisition company Cohn Robbins Holdings, in order to be publicly listed at the New York Stock Exchange.

[27] In 2014, KKCG initiated the investment fund Springtide Ventures, which supports IT-startups from Czechia and Israel, who are active in information security.

[30] In the same year, it was announced that Aricoma had purchased majority shares in the Czech software companies Cleverlance Enterprise Solutions (75%) and AEC (50%).