Szerencsejáték Rt. is the largest
gambling service provider in Hungary. It has an exclusive right to sell number
draw games, sports bets and prize draw tickets in the whole territory of the
country and, through its investments, it also has interests in four Hungarian
casinos. The lottery company operates an online sales technology covering the
entire country and extensive retail network. The majority of products are
available by phone, on the Internet and via SMS, too. At present, the lottery
company operates six number draw games (five-number draw lottery, six-number
draw lottery, Scandinavian Lotto, Joker, Keno and Luxor), three types of sports
bets (Toto Pools, Tippmix and Goal Toto) and a collection of 15-20 prize draw
tickets. Two thirds of the Hungarian adult population are regular customers of
the Company, involving approximately five million players. The Company has a
more than 50% market share in the Hungarian gambling market. At the moment, the
staff consists of approximately 1,200 employees, of whom 700 work in its own
commercial network, but the number of related resellers is also high. As a
result of dynamic development of the Company, the gambling revenues per one
resident are the highest among the lottery companies of Middle-Eastern European
Countries having joined the European Union in May 2004.
Szerencsejáték Rt. has increased its turnover by some 70 % in the
past two years.
State Lottery Company Stops Accepting Bank
Cards BUDAPEST, Hungary (March 3, 2010) -
Szerencsejáték Rt. (The national Lottery of Hungary) stopped
accepting payment with bank cards at its shops on March
1.......................Subscribers
State Lottery To Raise
Prices From February BUDAPEST, Hungary (January 6, 2010) --
Szerencsejáték Rt., Hungary's state lottery company, told MTI on
Wednesday that is raising prices from February..................Subscribers
Szerencsejáték Sees Revenue of More than HUF150
Billion in 2009 BUDAPEST, Hungary (December 14, 2009)
- State lottery company Szerencsejáték expects to close
2009 with pre-tax profit of HUF5 billion - HUF6 billion on revenue of more than
HUF150 billion, over the respective targets of HUF2.4 billion and HUF140
billion.............Subscribers
Proposed Legislation
Would Tax Poker in Hungary HUNGARY, EU (October 6, 2009)
-To date poker in Hungary is untaxed, despite it being considered a form of
gambling, but that may soon change. An upcoming law is planned that would tax
poker winnings via regulating online and live poker in the
country.......................Subscribers
The Hungarian Keno Show
Celebrates its 13th Birthday With New Smartplay Drawing Machine
BUDAPEST, Hungary (June 16, 2009) - Szerencsejáték Zrt., the
national Lottery of Hungary, will renew the TV show of the Keno game. This game
started 13 years ago and the present TV-show has been on screen since
2002...........................Subscribers
Hungarian National Lottery Ad Spend Grew 19% in 2008, TNS
Says HUNGARY (February 11, 2009) -- Hungary's advertising
market expanded 8.6% to almost HUF 599bn in 2008. Among the biggest spenders
was state lottery company Szerencsejatek Rt. which
spent...................Subscribers
Government Teams Up With State-Owned National Lottery Company
To Crackdown On Hungary's Black Market BUDAPEST, Hungary
(December 29, 2008) - In its latest move to whiten Hungary's huge black
economy, the government has teamed up with Szerencsejáték Rt.,
the state-owned national lottery company, to give shoppers the chance to win
cash prizes if they demand a receipt for goods and
services..................Subscribers
Hungary to Launch "Receipt Lottery" Next
Month HUNGARY (December 18, 2008) -- The Hungarian
Government will launch a "receipt lottery" early next year in which
consumers who participate will have a chance to win Ft 1 million (4,000)
for helping crack down on the widespread evasion of value-added
taxes...............Subscribers
Play
Poker With Us! Szerencsejáték Zrt
Launches World Poker Tour Instant Ticket BUDAPEST, Hungary
(November 25, 2008) -- For the first time outside North-America, the licensed
game World Poker Tour (WPT®) Poker instant ticket is on sale in Hungary.
The new ticket of the Szerencsejáték Zrt is sold for 300 HUF
(1.12) and there are 3 scratch areas with total 10 chances to
win...............Subscribers
Government Offers Million Forint Reward for Receipt
Lottery BUDAPEST, Hungary (October 16, 2008) -- A new,
voter-friendly scheme has been put forward to encourage Hungarians to demand
receipts from notoriously tax-dodging service providers...............Subscribers
New
Ownership Program Council Propose Companies to be Included in
Scheme HUNGARY (April 24, 2008) -- New Ownership Program
Council (NOPC) President Tamás Mészáros said on Thursday,
that the body had proposed to Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány, that
state-owned companies, such as lottery company Szerencsejáték, be
included in the governments New Ownership Program................Subscribers
Hungary's PM Says
Szerencsejatek Could be Listed BUDAPEST, Hungary (February
27, 2008) - Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said this morning that
Szerencsejatek Rt, the National Lottery of Hungary, could be among the
state-owned companies to be listed at the Budapest Stock
Exchange...........Subscribers
Liberals Support Lottery
Privatization in 2008 BUDAPEST, Hungary (January 9, 2008)
-- - The liberal junior governing SZDSZ party will focus on policies
inducing economic growth in 2008................Subscribers
State Lottery Company
Expects Tax Changes To Boost 2008 Revenue BUDAPEST, Hungary
(December 28, 2007) - State lottery company Szerencsejáték Rt.
expects 2008 revenue to rise because of tax changes, after two years of
stagnating.............Subscribers
Heti Fix +TV: New TV
Draw Scratch Ticket in Hungary BUDAPEST, Hungary (October
26, 2007) -- Szerencsejáték PLC. issued the first Hungarian TV
draw instant in 1995 and it is followed by another five during the
years..........Read the full story at: Vol.41
No.6
State Lottery Company
Szerencsejatek to Raise Game Prices BUDAPEST, Hungary
(October 8, 2007) - State-owned lottery company Szerencsejáték
Zrt on Monday announced it will raise the price of six of its games by close to
15pc from November.............Subscribers
Scratch Game Fever
Still Hot in Hungary! BUDAPEST, Hungary (July 18, 2007) --
Szerencsejáték Zrt. launches its new instant in July and we do
not take the responsibility of its impact to the market............Subscribers
Lottery Company to
Remain Wholly State Owned BUDAPEST, Hungary (June 26, 2007)
- Hungary's Parliament on Monday approved legislation which will create a
single body to oversee almost all of the state's assets. MPs approved the law
during the last session before the summer recess........Subscribers
MPs Oppose Privatization
of Hungary's National Lottery Company HUNGARY (June 21,
2007) -- National Lottery company Szerencsejáték Zrt will
reportedly be left in state ownership as a new state property management law is
expected to be approved by the parliament next week..........Subscribers
Szerencsejatek Zrt
Revenue Surpasses 05 Results by Ft 10 Billion HUNGARY
(June 11, 2007) -- State-owned gambling monopoly Szerencsejatek Zrt had
revenues of Ft 141 billion last year, surpassing the 2005 results by Ft 10
billion, CEO Gabor Szekely highlighted
at the conference of the European State Lottery and
Toto Association (European Lotteries), held in Budapest
recently.........Subscribers
Golden Eggs Arrived to
Hungary BUDAPEST, Hungary (May 21, 2007) -- The Golden Egg
instant ticket is available from the end of May, you can win easily 3 million
forints (HUF)..........Subscribers
New Law Opens
Opportunities for Lottery Privatization in Hungary
BUDAPEST, Hungary (May 17, 2007) -- The new trustee law passed by the
government yesterday will provide the opportunity for partially or completely
privatizing several large state-owned companies...........Subscribers
State Lottery Company To
Expand Online BUDAPEST, Hungary (April 20, 2007) -- State
lottery company Szerencsejáték has announced a public tender for
the purchase of IT equipment (see below) to be used to expand online gambling
services...........Subscribers
Possible BSE Listing for State Lottery
BUDAPEST, Hungary (January 16, 2007) -- A Budapest Business
Journal reports Budapest Stock Exchange CEO, Árpád Pál, as
saying possible new listings in the first half of 2007 include state lottery
organizer Szerencsejáték Rt.

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