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The foundation exploitation Dutch state lottery (SENS)
has been set up in 1992, and organises the current state lottery. Moreover SENS
have been entitled other organise lotteries.
In 1726, the preamble of the
state lottery became, the Generaliteitsloterij set up. Lotteries were in that
time a method much by sub-national authorities used for the financial resources
what on at vijzelen. In that year it was decided all these different add
lotteries in a collective lottery. A question was written out for ideas for
this lottery. The proposal of Adolf Huske became, has been calculated, as a
winner designated. Its idea was rewarded with 500 guilders. In 1848, the name
was changed of the Generaliteitsloterij in Dutch state lottery. In the Dutch
information centre for Kansspelen (NIK) in The Hague much of the history of the
state lottery have been documented.
The current state lottery is the
largest lottery of the Netherlands, with a total turnover of 737.6 million Euro
in 2006. Beside the monthly state lottery the foundation organises also a
weekly lottery under the name Dayzers. Once per year SENS organise the new
year's eve lottery. Finally the SENS sell access cards for football games,
concerts, actions and other events by means of Ticketbox. On 24 January 2007 it
has been announced that by July 1,2008 the ticketingactiviteiten are struck.
The Dutch state lottery has approximately 140 employees in service. The
company turned in 2006 482.3 million Euro to price money and carried out 138.8
million Euro finished to the ministry of finances. The common profit of the
state lottery , amounted to Dayzersand Ticketbox hereafter 9.0 million
Euro.
 The Dutch National Lottery Donates 1.4
Million Euros to UNHCR
NETHERLANDS (February 8, 2010) --
Stichting Exploitatie Nederlandse Staatsloterij (SENS), the Dutch National
Lottery, has given 1.4 million euros to the UN agency for refugees to support
programs implemented around the world this year......................Subscribers
Advertising Code
Committee Rules Lottery Adverts Were Misleading
NETHERLANDS
(August 14, 2009) -- Advertisements for Stichting Exploitatie Nederlandse
Staatsloterij, the Dutch National Lottery (SENS), drawn earlier this week
guaranteeing a record jackpot of €27.5m were misleading, the advertising
code committee has ruled......................Subscribers
State Lottery Director
Gets Extra Security
NETHERLANDS (August 19, 2009) -- The
head of the state lottery Staatsloterij and its offices in the Hague have been
given extra security following a series of threats..............Subscribers
Lottery Steps Up
Security Due To Threats
NETHERLANDS (August 19, 2009) --The
Dutch national lottery is taking extra security measures to protect its
office................Subscribers
New State Lottery Boss
Must Be Paid Less Than The Current Incumbent
The
NETHERLANDS (August 13, 2009) -- Finance Minister Wouter Bos has said he
wants future directors of the State Lottery, Stichting Exploitatie Nederlandse
Staatsloterij (SENS), to earn much less than the current
incumbent................Subscribers
Dutch National Lottery
Creates 26 Millionaires
NETHERLANDS (April 29, 2009) -- A
total of 26 people won at least €1m playing the Dutch National Lottery
(SENS) last year..................Subscribers
National Lottery Agrees to Damages
Settlement
THE NETHERLANDS (April 17, 2008) -- The Dutch
National Lottery (Stichting Exploitatie Nederlandse Staatsloterij (SENS)) is to
pay the Post Code Lottery
(Postcodeloterij) €100,000 Euro in a damages settlement for spying on
its competitor, local media source ‘Expatica’ reported
today..............Subscribers
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