Over the Last Five Years
Players Have Failed to Collect TL144 Million in Prizes from the National
Lottery
STANBUL, Turkey (April 12, 2010) -- National
Lottery General Manager Recep Biçer announced on Sunday that nearly TL
41 million in lottery prizes that were not claimed by winners in 2009 have been
transferred to the national lottery’s fund.................Subscribers
Milli Piyango More
Popular At The End Of The Year
ISTANBUL, Turkey (December
28, 2009) -- Milli
Piyango, the Turkish National Lottery, becomes more popular at the
end of the year. Draws are on every ninth, 19th and 29th day of the
month....................Subscribers
National Lottery Helps
Make Millionaires
ANKARA, Turkey (December 27, 2009) -
Milli Piyango, Turkish National Lottery Administration, has helped 231 people
become millionaires within the past six years. Of those, 38 became millionaires
via lotteries they purchased for New Years...................Subscribers
Government to Lose
Millions if Lottery Privatization Postponed
ANKARA, Turkey
August 4, 2009) -- The state may soon be burdened with spending at least $100
million to replace its obsolete lottery machines if it postpones the
privatization of the National Lottery, Milli Piyango (MP) any
longer....................Subscribers
Competition Authority
Gives Go-Ahead to Lottery Tender
Turkey(July 21, 2009)
– The Competition Authority decided yesterday that a privatization tender
of the national lottery, Milli Piyango (MP), could proceed and noted it will
monitor the tender process further. The authority said there was no problem
with the winning company constituting a monopoly in the Turkish lottery
sector...............Subscribers
Turkey Planning To Renew
National Lottery Tender This Year
ANKARA, Turkey (May 8
2009) -- Turkey plans a new sale tender for its national lottery this year, its
privatisation body said on Friday, a day after a chaotic sell-off was scrapped
because bidders failed to meet the minimum price....................Subscribers
Turkey Scraps National
Lottery Tender, OPAP Irate
ANKARA, Turkey (May 7, 2009) -
Turkey scrapped a tender for the sale of its national lottery after two
bidders, including Europe's largest betting firm, OPAP, failed to meet the $1.622 billion minimum
price, the privatization board is reported to have
said......................Subscribers
Lottery Privatization
Talks Set For Thursday
ANKARA, Turkey (May 6, 2009) - Final
talks on the privatisation of Turkey's National Lottery will be held on
Thursday, the state Privatisation Administration said on Wednesday, after
OPAP and Turkcell submitted bids last
month...................Subscribers
Turkcell Unit to Bid in Turkish Lottery
Tender
TURKEY (March 30, 2009) -- Turkish mobile operator's
Sans Oyunlari Yatirim subsidiary will bid for Turkey's lottery licence alone or
in consortium...................Subscribers
Turkey's Biggest Lottery Prize Expected to Reach TL55 Million
This Week
ANKARA, Turkey (March 10, 2009)
-- Turkey's biggest ever lottery prize is expected to reach 55
million TL (30 million USD) this week................Subscribers
Turkey Says All Lottery Sale Bidders Fit For
Tender
ANKARA, Turkey (February 19, 2009) - Turkey's
Privatization Administration said on Thursday five companies and consortia
which had applied for pre-qualifications met the criteria to join tender for
selling the national lottery company.
Lottomatica and Dogan Group Sign Joint-Venture Agreement for
the “Milli Piyango” Lottery Tender in Turkey
ROME
(Italy) - PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (February 16, 2009) – A Memorandum of
Understanding has been signed between Dogan Sirketler Grubu Holding A.S.,
registered in Istanbul Stock Exchange (Turkey), and
Lottomatica S.p.A., registered in
Italy, establishing a 50-50% joint venture for jointly participating in the
Turkish National Lottery, (“Milli Piyango”),
tender......................Subscribers
Turkey Receives Five Bids for Lottery
Pre-Qualification
ANKARA, Turkey (February 16, 2009) -
Turkey's Privatization Administration (OIB) said on Monday it received five
bids in the pre-qualification stage of a tender for the privatization of
national lottery company Milli
Piyango. The following are the firms bidding for Milli Piyango in the
pre-qualification stage:.........................Subscribers
OPAP
Confident on Turkish Tender
ATHENS, Greece (January 24,
2009) - Europe's biggest lottery OPAP is
confident it will take part in the final stage of a tender selling Turkish
lottery Milli Piyango, its chief executive was quoted on Saturday as
saying...............Subscribers
Turkey Slows Asset Sales as Market Conditions Worsen, Lottery
Privatization Could be Further Delayed
TURKEY (January 22,
2009) -- According to unconfirmed reports the National Lottery privatization
may be delayed further.................Subscribers
Turkey to Extend Lottery Sale Tender
Deadline
ANKARA, Turkey (January 2, 2009) - Turkey will
extend the bidding deadline in a sale tender for its national lottery by a
little more than one month from February 27, Privatisation Administration
Chairman Metin Kilci told Reuters on Friday..................Subscribers
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