The origin of EssNet goes back to 1936 with the
invention of the world’s first mechanical validator for sports betting
coupons at Swedish Hugin Kassaregister.
In 1958, the Company developed the
world’s first complete lottery system, so called off-line systems
including validators and computer-controlled readers/sorters. In the ’60s
and ’70s, more than 50 systems, including 200,000 validators, were
installed worldwide. In 1982, the lottery division at Hugin was acquired by the
Esselte Group, and named Esselte Security Systems.
In 1988, the EssNet name
was established when the ownership of Esselte Security Systems was acquired by
Dutch Modalfa. In 1993, Lotterie-Treuhandgesellschaft mbH Hessen, Germany, was
the first lottery to install EssNet’s on-line system.
Between 1993 and
1996, several new EssNet on-line systems were installed, mainly in Europe. In
2000, the business of EssNet was acquired by a consortium of Scandinavian
companies and investors from the IT, gaming, banking and communications
industries. This started a new era for EssNet. The Company was reorganised and
new, successful strategies helped EssNet become one of today’s leading
suppliers of lottery and gaming products.
In 2003, the joint ventures
EssNet Interactive AB, TattsNet Ltd and OE Netgame AB were established
 Boss Media receives SEK 22.5 Million
in Supplemental Purchase Payment for Shares in EssNet
Interactive
SWEDEN (May 5, 2006) -- In conjunction with the
business in the former partly owned Essnet Interactive AB being divided between
the owners, Boss Media and EssNet AB agreed, among other points, on a
supplemental purchase payment for Boss Media's shares in EssNet
Interactive.............................Subscribers
EssNet Interactive Signs
New IVT Agreement with PAF- the Largest Gaming Operator in the Baltic
Sea
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (April 12, 2006) -- EssNet
Interactive and Ålands Penningautomatförening (PAF)
have signed a new IVT Pilot Agreement................................Subscribers
EssNet Focuses on the
Rapidly Growing Interactive Gaming Market
STOCKHOLM,
Sweden (January 20, 2006) -- EssNet AB today announced that it has signed an
agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of its traditional online
lottery division to Scientific Games
Corporation for MSEK 460 in cash. Following this, EssNet will focus
strongly on further developing its subsidiary EssNet Interactive’s
position in the fast developing interactive gaming
market..........................Read the full
story at: Vol.34 No.4
Scientific Games to
Acquire EssNet AB Online Lottery Assets for $60 Million
NEW
YORK, USA (January 20, 2006) -- Scientific Games Corporation (SGMS)has signed
an agreement to acquire substantially all of the online lottery assets of the
Swedish firm EssNet AB for 460 MSEK or
approximately.............................Read
the full story at: Vol.34 No.4
Szerencsejáték and EssNet Implement a New Putto
Rapid Draw Game
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (December 21, 2005) --
EssNet today announced that the Company has supplied the rapid draw game Putto
to Szerencsejáték, a state-owned company that administers and
operates national lottery games in
Hungary.................................Read the
full story at: Vol.33 No.13
EssNet and Comset
Services Introduce SMS for the Hero Card in Pakistan
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (November 15, 2005) -- EssNet today announced that the
company will expand the ELOS system that was supplied to Comset Services
International earlier this year to also include an SMS solution to enable the
participation in the ‘Hero Card’ draw via mobile
phones................................Read the
full story at: Vol.33 No.8
EssNet and Boss Media to
Develop Own Offerings in VLT Market
SWEDEN (July 18, 2005)
-- The partnership regarding the development and sale of VLT systems to lottery
operators via the jointly owned company EssNet Interactive AB is being
terminated. ................................Read
the full story at: Vol.32 No.4
EssNet and Comset
Services Partner on Hero Card Project in Pakistan
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (June 29, 2005) -- EssNet today announced that the
company has supplied an ELOS system to Comset Services International, for the
online sale and administration of the ‘Hero Card’, a pick 6
out of 49 collector’s scheme in
Pakistan..................................Read
the full story at: Vol.32 No.1
EssNet Signs Contract to
Supply E6 Terminals to Lotto-Toto Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (May 4, 2005) -- EssNet today announced that the Company
has signed a contract to provide new lottery terminals and related services to
Lotto-Toto GmbH Sachsen-Anhalt in Germany...............................Read the full story at: Vol.31 No.6
EssNet to Deliver
Internet Solution to Queensland's Golden Casket Lottery Corp.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (April 1, 2005) -- EssNet today announced that the
company has finalised a new contract with Golden Casket Lottery Corporation
Limited in Queensland, Australia.............................Read the full story at: Vol.31 No.2
EssNet Receives IBM
Solution Provider Excellence Award
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (March
1, 2005) -- EssNet today announced that the company has received the
‘Solution Provider Excellence
Award.'...............................Read
the full story at: Vol.30 No.10
EssNet Names Sten
Nygaard-Andersen Senior Vice President, Technology and
Operations
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (February 17, 2005) -- EssNet
AB announced that Sten Nygaard-Andersen (47) has joined the Company as Senior
VP, Technology and Operations...............................Read the full story at: Vol.30 No.8
EssNet to Deliver E6
Terminals to Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz
STOCKHOLM, Sweden
(February 9, 2005) -- EssNet today announced that the company has finalised a
contract under the cooperation agreement signed in 2004 with Lotto
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Under the terms of the contract, EssNet
will......................Read the full story at:
Vol.30 No.7
EssNet Interactive
System Now in Live Operation at Casino PAF on the Åland
Islands
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (February 8, 2005) --
Ålands Penningautomatförening (PAF) has started commercial operation
with new Interactive Video Terminals (IVTs) from EssNet Interactive
AB.............................Read the full
story at: Vol. 30 No.7
EssNet Signs Contracts
to Deliver New Terminals, a Ticketing System and an On-line Instant Scratch
Ticket Module to Hungary
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (January 31,
2005) -- EssNet today announced that the company has signed three new contracts
with Szerencsejáték Rt, the
national lottery in Hungary. Under the terms of the contracts, EssNet
will................................Read the full
story at: Vol.30 No.6
EssNet Donates Money to
Asia's Tsunami Victims
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (January 4, 2005)
-- Deeply touched by the colossal devastation caused by the earthquake and
tsunami in Asia, EssNet employees have started a collection to help the victims
of the tragedy........................Read the
full story at: Vol.30 No.2
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