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Totalizator Sportowy
(Polish State Lottery)
Address: Totalizator Sportowy Spólka z o.o. ul. Targowa 25 PL-03-728 Warsaw.
Postal/Postboks Address: As above.
Internet: http://www.lotto.pl
E-mail Address: www.centrala@totalizator.com.pl
Phone: +48 22 818 71 09
Fax: +48 22 818 51 83
Population: 38 million
President:
Board Member:
Board Member:
Miroslaw Roguski
Slawomir Rogowski
Franciszek Zalewski
Year Lottery Founded: N/A
Sales FY 2001: 2.3B
Number of Employees: N/A
On-line Vendor: GTECH- To Assist Lottery In Future Growth Plans Through New System Technology, Products, And Ongoing Services Through November 2018
Internet Gaming System: N/A
Instant Ticket Vendor: Oberthur Gaming Technologies (OGT)
ITVMs: N/A
Games Offered:
Duzy Lotek (6/49 lotto), Express Lottery, Zaklady Specjalne (5/45), Multi lotek (10/20/80 Keno game) and Twoj Szczesliwy Numerek (Your Lucky Number).
Beneficiaries: N/A
Jurisdiction: Poland (north-central Europe)


News 2010

Lottery President Looks to the Future for Games Offered Over the Internet
WARSAW, Poland (July 12, 2010) – According to local media reports Totalizator Sportowy (TS) President Slawomir Dudzinski is looking to the future when he drafted the recent lottery tender specifications, which was awarded last week to a GTECH, ........Subscribers

Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs Seven-Year Online Lottery Contract With Totalizator Sportowy In Poland
GTECH To Assist Lottery In Future Growth Plans Through New System Technology, Products, And Ongoing Services Through November 2018
ROME, Italy and PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, USA (July 12, 2010) - Lottomatica Group S.p.A. announced that a consortium of GTECH companies was chosen by Totalizator Sportowy Sp. z o.o., a government-owned lottery organization in Warsaw........Subscribers

Sports Lottery Launches ‘Loteriada’ Second Chance Promotion
WARSAW, Poland (July 6, 2010) -- Linea Recta Poland is the organizer of the Sports Lottery Second Chance Promotion Called "Loteriada." ..............Subscribers

Game Changes Produce Unwelcome Results
WARSAW, Poland (July 6, 2010) -- Puls Biznesu reports unofficial information indicates that Totalizator Sportowy (TS), the Polish State Lottery, in the first half of 2010 saw players spend 1.3 billion zł, nearly 300 million zł less than in the first half of 2009.......................Subscribers

GTECH Consortium Wins Polish Lottery Contract
WARSAW, Poland (July 5, 2010) -- According to local media reports a representative of Totalizator Sportowy (TS), the Polish State Lottery, said the new operator of lotteries Sports Lottery is a consortium of companies from Warsaw, Data Trans i Gtech Corporation.................Subscribers

Sports Lottery Unveils Its New State of the Art TV Studio
WARSAW, Poland (June 29, 2010) -- Totalizator Sportowy will for the first time in its history have an independent studio, which will broadcast the Lotto draws.......Subscribers

Ministry Indicates Decision on the Totalizator Sportowy Lottery Contract Due Soon
WARSAW, Poland (June 30, 2010) – Local media source reported today that Totalizator Sportowy and the Treasury have completed their evaluation of the bids for the new gaming system operator........................Subscribers

The official Launch of Sports Lottery’s Collaboration with Formula 1 Driver Robert Kubica
POLAND (June 17, 2010) -- Opening of 17 inst. in the capital mall Blue City art in this part of Europe's karting is a great excuse for the official inauguration of cooperation between the Totalizator Sportowy, the Polish State Lottery.................Subscribers

Totalizator Sportowy to Pay Record Dividend to Treasury
WARSAW, Poland (June 19, 2010) – Totalizator Sportowy, the Polish State Lottery, will reportedly pay the Treasury a record dividend of around 150 million..........Subscribers

Lottery Tender / Contract Negotiations to be Transparent; Supervised by the Treasury and Independent Law Firm
WARSAW, Poland (June 16, 2010) -- One of the country's largest tenders in recent years will come to an end later this month........................Subscribers

Three Bidders Remain in Negotiations for Totalizator Sportowy Lottery Contract
POLAND (June 11, 2010) – Local news service reports that a few days ago Totalizator Sportowy (TS) started negotiations with three companies that wish to operate its lottery system in the years from 2011 to 1921.....................Subscribers

Four Bidders Compete for Polish Lottery Contract
WARSAW, Poland (May 14, 2010) -- Today marked the deadline for submission of tenders for the supply of software to conduct a lottery by Totalizator Sportowy, the Polish State Lottery.....................Subscribers

Lottery Sponsors Kubica in F1
WARSAW, Poland (May 9, 2010) -- An Internet portal reported that Poland’s Totalizator Sportowy is the new sponsor of Robert Kubica. The website said the Lotto logo appeared on the side of the Polish driver's helmet during the Spanish Grand Prix....................Subscribers

Volcano Ash Causes Lottery Tender Deadline to be Extended
WARSAW, Poland (May 7, 2010) – Reports that due to the volcanic dust from Iceland’s Eyjafjoel volcanic eruption, Totalizator Sportowy has extended for over a week the time limit for submissions for its lottery tender..........................Subscribers

Gambling Scandal Hits State Lottery Profits
WARSAW, Poland (April 9, 2010) – A Polish news service reports the alleged links between politicians and the gambling industry, plus a long, freezing, winter has meant Poles turning away in droves from the state lottery in Poland. ...................Subscribers

Totalizator Sportowy Issues Tender to Select a New Operator for Lotteries and Supporting Systems
WARSAW, Poland (April 1, 2010)) – According to local media reports the Treasury announced that Totalizator Sportowy (TS) on Thursday launched a tender to select a new operator of lotteries and the supporting systems. Tenders must be submitted on May 5............Subscribers

Totalizator Sportowy Poised to Announce A Tender for the Supply of Software to Conduct the Lottery
Gaming contract for at least five hundred million zlotys
Article By: Aneta Stabryła, Peter Nisztor
WARSAW, Poland (March 31, 2010) -- Totalizator Sportowy this week will announce a tender for the supply of software to conduct the lottery. The winner can count on at least 100 million per year z. Representatives of the Sports Lottery grant it will be the biggest order the industry in this part of Europe in the coming years........................Subscribers

Totalizator Sportowy Ads Illegal?
Extracted new company, to circumvent Records Act Games?
WARSAW, Poland (March 22, 2010) -- Not only sports clubs sponsored by betting companies have trouble with the new gambling law. The problem is also one for the state lottery monopoly. Under the new law, Totalizator Sportowy (TS) cannot advertise.......................Subscribers

State Lottery Wants to Build a Racetrack, Water Park
WARSAW, Poland (February 2, 2010) – According to local media source Totalizator Sportowy, the Polish State Lottery, wants to build a racetrack that includes two hotels, a shopping center, a sports hall to hold 15 thousand. spectators, a water park and entertainment center........................Subscribers

Totalizator Sportowy Draws on Polish Television SA From January 1
WARSAW, Poland (January 2, 2010) -- Polish Television SA won the tender for the right to broadcast Totalizator Sportowy’s ((Polish State Lottery) sweepstakes games. Since January 1, 2010, the studio will be issued for Lotto TVP Info as a separate broadcast television....................Subscribers

News 2009

Lotto Refreshes Its Formula
WARSAW, Poland (November 17, 2009) – A Spectacular show instead of the usual load of old rubbish. Winning three times a week and a great gala once a month. These are ideas for Sports Totalizator’s revolution of the most popular Polish lottery.....................Subscribers

Totalizator Sportowy Announce Dusy Lotek Changes to Lotto! – Higher Prizes and More Dreams Fulfilled!
WARSAW, Poland (October 8, 2009) - Dusy Lotek changes to Lotto!  Even though the game has the same easy rules as its antecede it gives the opportunity to win higher prizes....................Subscribers

Polish Sports Minister Resigns After Gambling Lobby Scandal
WARSAW, Poland (October 5, 2009) – According to a local news service Polish Sports Minister Miroslaw Drzewiecki resigned on Monday after allegations that he lobbied on behalf of gambling companies to block a law calling for more taxes from the gambling industry....................Subscribers

Polish Politicians Reportedly Lobbied For Gambling Companies
WARSAW, Poland (October 1, 2009) - Poland's sports minister and the head of the ruling Civic Platform party lobbied on behalf of gambling companies to block a change in law that would have required gambling companies to pay 469 million zloty (US$162 million) in additional taxes.....................Subscribers

Wojciech Szpil Becomes New Member of The Board of Totalizator Sportowy Responsible for Sales and Marketing
WARSAW, Poland (September 24, 2009) - Wojciech Szpil officially became a Member of the Board of Totalizator. The Supervisory Council of our company appointed him to the post on August 26, 2009. He is responsible for sales and marketing of Totalizator Sportowy........................Subscribers

News 2008

Large Jackpots Propel Poland’s National Lottery to Record Turnover
WARSAW, Poland (December 4, 2008) -- The Polish National Lottery, Totalizator Sportowy (TS), earned 3.3 billion zlotys in 2008, which is some 20 percent more than in 2007..................Subscribers

Record Jackpot Created in Poland’s ‘Duzy Lotek’ Lottery
WARSAW, Poland (November 24, 2008) -- Earlier in the month gambling fever spread through Poland, when the Duzy Lotek lottery offered its biggest ever prize - zł.40 million. Although there was no single winner to focus on - the jackpot was divided between six tickets – media reports showcased the amount of excitement the record sum created among Poles...............Subscribers

Totolizator Sportowy Tests New Machine
POLAND (November 4, 2008) -- Totolizator Sportowy, the company that runs the lottery, is trying out a new machine today............Subscribers

Gambling Grows To Unexpected Levels in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (September 22, 2008) –This year, the Poles will have spent PLN 17bn (EUR 5.2bn) on gambling, over twice as much as in 2006 and more than all Las Vegas casinos earn annually..................Subscribers

Four Players Hit Poland's Highest National Lottery Jackpot
POLAND (July 30, 2008) -- Four winners will share between them Tuesday’s record high National Lottery jackpot of 38 million zloty (US$18.5 million). The lucky numbers were.................Subscribers

GTECH Introduces Five-Minute Keno with Totalizator Sportowy in Poland
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (July 3, 2008) – Lottomatica S.p.A.'s wholly-owned subsidiary, GTECH Global Services Corporation, announced that it has introduced a five-minute keno game in Poland with its customer, Totalizator Sportowy Sp. zo. o...............Subscribers

Finance Ministry Prepares Gambling Revolution
WARSAW, Poland (May 16, 2008) -- The Finance Ministry is preparing a draft amendment to the bill on games of chance............Subscribers

National Lottery Goes to the Races
WARSAW, Poland (May 16, 2008) -- National lottery Totalizator Sportowy (TS) has leased the devastated Sluzewiec horse raceway in Warsaw from the Polish Horse Race Club (PKWK) for 30 years........................Subscribers

National Lottery Loses Market Share Despite Revenue Growth
POLAND (January 9, 2008) -- According to local sources in 2007 the revenue of Totalizator Sportowy (TS), Poland’s National Lottery, settled at............Subscribers

Treasury on the Lookout for Supervisory Board Members
POLAND (January 7, 2008) -- Monday saw a score of selection processes for supervisory boards at state-controlled companies launched by the Treasury Ministry..........Subscribers

News 2007

Treasury to Advertise for Supervisory Lottery Board Members
POLAND (December 27, 2007) -- According to earlier announcements the Treasury Ministry (MSP) began the selection process for supervisory board members of state-owned companies.........Subscribers

State Lottery Company Likely to Get New Chairman
POLAND (November 29, 2007) – According to news sources (PNB) the Totalizator Sportowy (TS) is more than likely to soon get a new Chairman.........Subscribers

Totalizator Sportowy State-Owned Lottery Raises Stakes
POLAND (November 18, 2007) -- Totalizator Sportowy, Poland’s National Lottery, is reported to have ambitious plans........Subscribers

National Lottery is Biggest Contributor to the State Budget
POLAND (August 2, 2007) -- In 2006, the total contribution made to the state budget by gambling companies amounted to ZL1.7bn, which constituted a new..........Subscribers

State Lottery Company Declared a Strategic Firm
POLAND (July 23, 2007) – According to a Treasury Ministry ordinance regarding strategic firms, the Ministry intends to retain control over 62 companies, either by way of keeping the majority shareholdings or so-called "golden shares," ..............Subscribers

State Controlled Lottery Operator Is Likely To Become A Gambling Monopolist
POLAND (June 2007) – According to polish press reports state controlled lottery operator Totalizator Sportowy (TS) is likely to become a gambling monopolist thanks to a Finance Ministry's plan to allow gaming [slot] machines in various locations............Subscribers

State Lottery Company Sees Turnover Fall; Sales Down 12 Percent on Previous Year
POLAND (June 14, 2007) -- According to Puls Biznesu's (PB) information, Totalizator Sportowy Spólka’s, the Polish State Lottery, sales hardly exceeded ZL200m in May, down 12 percent on the previous year..........Subscribers

Controversy Mounts Over Lottery’s Input To Gambling Bill
POLAND (April 10, 2007) -- Controversy has recently mounted surrounding the work on the amendment to the gambling bill........Subscribers

Poland’s Online Gambling Market is Growing Fast
WARSAW, Poland (March 2, 2007) -- Poland's online gambling market is growing fast, with an estimated 200,000 players having bet around zł.100 million in 2006.
There are around 20 Polish-language gambling sites.
Currently online betting is prohibited by law; however, regulations are soon to be changed in a way that will allow only state-controlled Totalizator Sportowy to offer these services in Poland.

Totalizator Sportowy Certain of Governmental Patronage
POLAND (February 26, 2007) -- Jacek Kalida, chief executive at Totalizator Sportowy (TS), is planning to spend as much as EUR200m on the launch of brand new gambling games: video lotteries. His plan, however, requires governmental support.........Subscribers

INTRALOT Prepares to Enter Poland’s VLT Market
ATHENS, Greece (February 20, 2007) - INTRALOT is preparing a tender for video lottery terminals (VLTs) in Poland through Polish lottery operator Totalizator Sportowy (TS), according to UK site InterGame........Subscribers

National Lottery Plans to Invest €200 Million in Video-Lottery
POLAND (January 18, 2007) -- Totalizator Sportowy (TS), Poland’s State Lottery, has reportedly lost significant market share in the past year........Subscribers

Government Would Like Internet Users To Gamble Only Through Totalizator Sportowy
POLAND (January 15, 2007) -- Onet Group is entering e-gambling. It registered a company in Malta. Meanwhile the government would like Internet users to gamble only through Totalizator Sportowy (TS) national lottery..........Subscribers

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