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
Totalizators 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
Large
Jackpots Propel Polands 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 Polands 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 Tuesdays 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), Polands 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
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, Polands 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 Spólkas, the Polish State Lottery, sales
hardly exceeded ZL200m in May, down 12 percent on the previous
year..........Subscribers
Controversy Mounts Over
Lotterys Input To Gambling Bill POLAND (April 10,
2007) -- Controversy has recently mounted surrounding the work on the amendment
to the gambling bill........Subscribers
Polands 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 Polands 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), Polands 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
Court Battle Over
National Lottery WARSAW, Poland (October 24, 2006) -- The
Treasury Ministry won one of the first skirmishes over the way that the
Totalizator Sportowy (TS) national lottery authorities are
selected.........Subscribers
Confusion Still Reigns
at Lottery Company, Court May Install an Overseer to Management
Board POLAND (October 11, 2006) -- Following reported
allegations about irregularities in the Totalizator Sportowy (TS) national
lottery management board selection process, the Prosecutor's Office has
reportedly now launched an investigation into the matter.......Subscribers
State Lottery Company
Plans to Introduce New Games Distributed via the Internet or
Mobiles POLAND (October 8, 2006) -- In 1992, when the
Gambling Act was introduced, the Totalizator Sportowy (TS) national lottery
controlled nearly 100 percent of the market. Right now TS's market share is
estimated at 47 percent............................Subscribers
New Head of Totalizator
Sportowy Appointed POLAND (September 21, 2006) -- After
three consecutive attempts, the supervisory board of Totalizator Sportowy (TS)
has reportedly managed to choose a new head of the national lottery.......Subscribers
Lotterys Strategy to Expand Into Sports Betting
Revealed WARSAW, Poland (September 8, 2006)
Totalizator Sportowy's strategy, drawn up a few months ago, reveals that the
company has held talks with GTECH........Subscribers
Lottery Reportedly Considers Entering Sports Betting Segment of
the Gambling Market WARSAW, Poland (September 6, 2006) --
Totalizator Sportowy (TS) is reportedly considering branching off into the
ZL5.6 billion Sports Betting or bookmaking segment of the gambling
market........Subscribers
State Lottery Operating
Under Extreme Difficulties Without Chairman or Supervisory
Board POLAND (August 20, 2006) -- The state-owned lottery
company Totalizator Sportowy (TS) reportedly generated ZL1.2 billion in sales
by the end of July 2006............Subscribers
State Lottery Fails to
Reach Revenue Estimates POLAND (August 16, 2006) --
According to estimates arrived at five years ago by Deloitte & Touche
consulting, revenues of state lottery Totalizator Sportowy (TS) were to amount
to around .......Subscribers
State Lottery Pulls the
Plug on..... WARSAW, Poland (July 6, 2006) -- The
Totalizator Sportowy (TS) state lottery has reportedly decided to cut off
funding for the.........Subscribers
Lottery Considers Price
Increase to Offset Sales Decline WARSAW, Poland (May 5,
2006) -- The management of Totalizator Sportowy (TS), the domestic lottery
operator, announced plans to increase the prices of .......Subscribers
Changes at Lottery Fail
to End Chaos POLAND (April 28, 2006) -- The supervisory
board of the Totalizator Sportowy (TS) National Lottery has still not managed
to choose a new CEO .......Subscribers
Totalizator Sportowy
Notes Sales Decrease WARSAW, Poland (April 26, 2006)
Totalizator Sportowy (TS), the state-owned enterprise, and the monopoly for
lottery games, has had no CEO for three months. Its sales have reportedly
............Subscribers
Chaos in State Lottery
Means Losses for Budget POLAND (April 26, 2006) The
Totalizator Sportowy (TS) state lottery reportedly injects more than ZL1
billion annually into the state budget. However, in 2006, things may be
different ...........Subscribers
Court Objects to
Replacing Chairman at Lottery Company WARSAW, Poland
(February 28, 2006) -- The competition for the post of chairman of Totalizator
Sportowy (TS) state-owned lottery company has been .............Subscribers

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