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Lottomatica S.p.A.
Address: Viale del Campo Boario, 56/D IT-00153 Roma, Italy
Internet: http://www.gruppolottomatica.it/eng/aboutus/index.htm
E-mail Address: g.pelle@lottomatica.it
Phone: +39 06 518 999 952
Fax: +39 06 51894205
Population: 57.6 million
President & CEO: Marco Sala
Year Lottery Founded: 1990
Sales 2006 €10.6 Billion Euro
# Employees: 1.062
On-line Vendor: GTECH
Instant Ticket Vendor: N/A
Games Offered:

Other Activities:
Lotto, sports games, betting ,scratch-games, automated services for citizens, for businesses and ticketing services.
Beneficiaries: Public company
Jurisdiction: Italy


Background Info

Lottomatica represents one of the largest lottery operator worldwide and market leader in the Italian gaming industry. Since 1993, the company runs the exclusive concession for the single major on-line lottery in the world, the Italian “Lotto”. Sole concessionaire also for Instant and Traditional lotteries since 2004, Lottomatica is pursuing a successful growth strategy through diversification into other national games (Sports pools, Gaming machines), providing all related technical services. Leveraging its distribution footprint and transaction processing competence, Lottomatica also offers automated payment services.
The company, owned by De Agostini group, distributes its games and services through one of the most extensive real-time, on-line network in Europe with approximately 80,000 terminals in over 50,000 points of sales.


Lottomatica News 2012
January 17, 2012 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs Long-Term Contract Extension with Grupo Empresarial En Linea S.A. ("gelsa") in Colombia to Continue Providing Online Lottery Technology and Commercial Services
January 5, 2012 Maltco to Compete with Lottomatica for Ten Year Malta Lotteries Concession

Lottomatica News 2011
December 13, 2011 Banks Spoil the Party, Only One Expression of Interest Expected for State Lotteries
December 12, 2011 A Surprising Alliance in State Lotteries Tender
December 9, 2011 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation To Introduce Gemini™ Instant-Ticket Vending Machines To New Vending Machine Customer Swisslos Interkantonale Landeslotterie
December 5, 2011 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary Spielo International to Provide Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission with Its Distributed Game Management Value-Added Module
November 10, 2011 Lottomatica Group S.p.A Announce Publication of Third Quarter 2011 Report
November 9, 2011 Lottomatica Clarifies Content Of The Executive Decrees In Bill 138
November 3, 2011 Lottomatica Group Announce Results for the Third-Quarter and Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2011
Sept 26, 2011 Alberto Fornaro Joins Lottomatica Group S.P.A. As Chief Financial Officer
Sept 22, 2011 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs Two-Year Online Lottery Contract Extension with Milli Piyango in Turkey
August 16, 2011 Lottomatica Could Gain From Government Budget Move
August 16, 2011 Potential Impact of Italy’s Financial Measures Negative for VLT Sector
August 16, 2011 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs Three-Year Online Contract Extension With The Missouri Lottery
August 10, 2011 Lottomatica Group’s Half-Year Report And Board Meeting Minutes Available
August 8, 2011 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Latin America Corporation Signs Contract Extension with National Lotteries Control Board of Trinidad and Tobago
July 28, 2011 Lottomatica Group Announces Results For The Second-Quarter And Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2011
July 15, 2011 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary Spielo Marks First Anniversary of Italian VLT Market Launch
July 15, 2011 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary Spielo To Provide Alberta Gaming And Liquor Commission (Aglc) With Spielo's Intelligen™ Vlt Central System
June 27, 2011 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs New Five-Year Private Operator Contract with Etesa En Liquidacion in Colombia
June 20, 2011 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs Five-Year Contract Extension with the Georgia Lottery to Continue Providing Lottery Technology and New Lottery Products and Services Commencing September 2013
June 16, 2011 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary Spielo To Provide 5,500 PRODIGI VU® VLTs To Société des Loteries Vidéo du Québec
June 8, 3011 Betting Companies Participate in European Lotteries Conference in Helsinki, Finland
June 8, 2011 Marco Sala Elected as a Member of the European Lotteries’ Executive Committee
June 7, 2011 Bally Technologies Has Commitments to Supply More Than 5,000 Gaming Devices for Italy’s New VLT Program
May 27, 2011 Lottomatica Group Announce Organizational Change
May 19, 2011 Assignment of Treasury Shares to Shareholders
May 16, 2011 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs Contract With La Française Des Jeux To Provide Gemini™ Compact Instant Ticket Vending Machines And Related Services
April 29,  2011 Marco Sala Re-Appointed as Managing Director and CEO of Lottomatica Group
April 27, 2011 Lottomatica Group Announce Strong 2011 First-Quarter Results
April 19, 2011 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Global Services Corporation Signs Contract Extension With Customer In Slovak Republic
April 18, 2011 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs 10-Year Contract Extension With Supreme Ventures In Jamaica
April 13, 2011 Lottomatica Group Gathers Key European and National Stakeholders to Discuss Best Practices of Responsible Gaming and Regulatory Perspectives in the EU
April 4, 2011 Shareholders’ Meeting of April 28 and 29, 2011
March 10, 2011 Italy’s Gaming Market Tops €60 Billion, Helped by the Introduction of VLTs
March 10, 2011 Gambling In Italy Seen Up 20 Pct in 2011
March 10, 2011 Lottomatica Group Announce Solid 2010 Operational Performance
March 3, 2011 Arrigo Bodda Is Named Senior Vice President Of Human Resources And Organizational Development For Lottomatica Group S.p.A.
March 2, 2011 Lottomatica Leads Italy’s Online Sports Betting Market in February
Feb. 24, 2011 Nevada Gaming Commission Approves Spielo’s Prodigi Vu® Cabinet and Sensys Ep™ Platform
February 7, 2011 Lottomatica Group Announce 2010 Preliminary Operating Results and 2011–2013 Guidance
February 2, 2011 Italian Sports Betting Market Turnover Hits €427 Million in January (+0.2%)
January 28, 2011 2011 Yearly Calendar of Company Financial Events
February 1, 2011 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs New Eight-Year Lottery Technology And Services Contract With Loterie Nationale In Luxembourg
January 31, 2011 GTECH Corporation Receives Internationally-Recognized ISO 14001:2004 Certification For Its Environmental Management System
January 25, 2011 Sazka May Get Funding Help From Lottomatica, Mlada Fronta Says
January 25, 2011 Lottomatica to Expand Spielo VLTs on Betterslot Circuit In Italy
January 19, 2011 Lottomatica Group Announces That Northstar Lottery Group, Led By GTECH Corporation, Has Signed a 10-Year Private Management Agreement with the Illinois Lottery
January 11, 2011 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation To Implement New Online Lottery In Madagascar


Lottomatica News 2010
Dec 22, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary, GTECH Corporation, Signs 10-Year Contract To Provide Israel’s Mifal Hapayis With New Lottery System, Terminals, And Support Services
Dec 20, 2010 Lottomatica Group Announce the Signing of Agreement for New Five-Year Term Loan Facility and Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facilities
Dec 19, 2010 Lottomatica Close to Secure Refinancing
Dec 15, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs New Long-Term Comprehensive Lottery Operator Contract with the Texas Lottery
Dec 14, 2010 Closing of the Italian Scratch & Win Transaction
Nov 29, 2010 Lottomatica Sees Cost of Borrowing Rise
Nov 27, 2010 Lottomatica Group Announce the Placement of €500 Million 7-Year Senior Guaranteed Notes
Nov 24, 2010 Lottomatica Hires Four Banks for EUR500m Bond
Nov 22, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Named Apparemt Successful Proposer By The Texas Lottery Commission For New Long-Term Online/Instant s Systems Lottery Contract
Nov 16, 2010 Lottomatica Group’s Senior Unsecured Ratings Are Confirmed By Moody’s Investor Service And Standard & Poor’s
Nov 16, 2010 Lottomatica Hires Banks for Senior, Hybrid Bond Sale, Shares Drop on Scratchcard Sell-Off
Nov 14, 2010 Lottomatica Group Announces Results For The Three And Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2010, And Approves Refinancing Plan
Nov 12, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Receives Two-Year Contract Extension To Continue Providing Lottery Products And Services To Pronosticos Para La Asistencia Publica In Mexico Through September 2014
Nov 4, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs 10-Year Contract With Shenzhen Welfare Lottery Center To Provide New Central System, Terminals, And Ongoing Support Services
Nov 3, 2010 Lottomatica Group names Walter Bugno CEO of Gaming Division
Oct29, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Signs Contract With La Francaise Des Jeux To Provide New Lottery System Solution And Ongoing Services
Oct 24, 2010 Lottomatica Group Financial Events Calendar 2010 - Changes
Oct 12, 2010 Lottomatica - Greatly Reduced Slot Machine Penalty
Oct 12, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs Four-Year Contract Extension With The Florida Lottery To Continue Providing Online Lottery Products And Services Through March 2015
Oct 5, 2010 Lottomatica and Snai Cash-in on Skill Games During September
Sept 20, 2010 Lottomatica Launches Bingo Club on I -Phone
Sept 20, 2010 Illinois and Quebec Contracts Wet Lottomatica’s Appetite for Further Opportunities
Sept 18, 2010 Italian Gaming Revenues Exceeds  €40 billion Euros Between January and August 2010
Sept 18, 2010 Lottomatica Wants to Win More U.S. Lottery Deals, CEO
Sept 16, 2010 Lottomatica Rises on Illinois Win
Sept 16, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary Spielo Awarded Contracts To Provide New Central System and VLTs in Québec
Sept 16, 2010 Lottomatica Group Announced That A Consortium Led By GTECH Corporation Has Been Selected As The Private Manager Of The Illinois Lottery
Sept 2, 2010 Online Bingo and Skill Games Post a Good Result in August
Sept 2, 2010 Lottomatica and Microgame Accounted For More Than 51% of Italy’s Total Online Betting Market in August
Sept 3, 2010 Italy’s Gambling Industry Could Be Poised For Consolidation
August 31, 2010 Italian Gaming Market in July Grew by 6.2 % Year-on-Year
August 13, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs Agreement With Societe De La Loterie De La Suisse Romande For The Replacement Of Existing Electronic Instants Lottery System
August 12, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiaries GTECH Corporation And GTECH Printing Corporation (GPC) Awarded New Online/Instant System Lottery Contract By The Nebraska Lottery
August 11, 2010 Lottomatica Group's Half-Year Report Published
August 4, 2010 GTECH Presents Annual Social Report
August 4, 2010 GTECH Offers Lottery Proposal for the Cayman Islands
August 2, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary Gtech Printing Corporation Selected As Lotterywest’s Primary Instant Ticket Printing Vendor
August 2, 2010 Lotterywest Appoints GTECH Printing Corporation as Primary Instant Ticket Supplier
July 26, 2010 Lottomatica Group Announce Results For The Second-Quarter And Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2010
July 27, 2010 Lottomatica H1 Profits Predicted to Fall; Sports Bets Improving
July 22, 2010 The De Agostini S.p.A. Shareholders’ Meeting Approves the 2009 Financial Statements
July 9, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs Seven-Year Online Lottery Contract With Totalizator Sportowy In Poland
July 8, 2010 Italy’s Second-Tier Football Division is to be Rebranded Following Sponsorship Agreement with Online Betting Company
July 8, 2010 Lottomatica 2009 Social Report Presented Along With Initiatives Regarding Responsible Gaming Program
July 8, 2010 Skill Games Register Good Results for June
June 21, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs Five-Year Online Contract Extension With The California Lottery
June 17, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary Spielo Signs Agreement With American Gaming & Electronics To Distribute Video Gaming Terminals In Illinois
June 16, 2010 Lottomatica Will Provide Government Services on Its Network
June 10, 2010 Italy’s Delay of Online Cash and Casino Games to Have Very Limited Impact on Lottomatica and Snai
June 1, 2010 Consorzio Lotterie Nazionali Awarded Temporary Management of “Scratch & Win”
May 10, 2010 Neurosoft: Successful installation of BOLT 2 at Lottomatica
May 10, 2010 Lottomatica Group Announces 2010 First-Quarter Results
May 10, 2010 Lottomatica Only Bidder For Italy’s Scratchcard Tender
April 30, 2010 Lottomatica Group S.p.A. Makes FTSE4GOOD Index Series
April 30, 2010 Lottomatica Exercises Its Rights in Italy
April 30, 2010 Shareholders' Meeting of Lottomatica SpA Group Approved Budget for the Year Ended December 31, 2009
April 29, 2010 Alliances in Sight with Sisal Post to Challenge for Italy’s Scratch & Win Contract
April 19, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Foreign Holdings Corporation Signs Multi-Year Contracts With Concesionaria De Entretenimientos Y Turismo To Supply And Operate Intelligen™ Central System And Lease A Minimum Of 500 Electronic Gaming Machines In Argentina
April 16, 2010 Lottomatica Group subsidiary GTECH Corporation named apparent successful bidder by the Kentucky Lottery to provide new technology and ongoing services under a seven-year contract, following competitive procurement
April 15, 2010 Lottomatica’s Group Gaming Solutions Division Presented Complete End-To-End Solutions at ENADA Spring 2010
April 12, 2010 Lottomatica Betting Gets Go Ahead to Acquire Antitrust Business Unit
April 12, 2010 Scratch Online: Lottomatica Launches "The same mystery," It Can Win You Up To €100,000 Euros
April 7, 2010 Lottomatica Seen Facing Competition For Scratch Card Tender
April 1, 2010 Lottomatica Favourite in Reopened Scratchcard Tender
March 10, 2010 Lottomatica Surges After Administrative Court’s Scratchcard Ruling
March 10, 2010 Italian State Council Ruling on Gratta & Vinci
March 4, 2010 Lottomatica Up After Strong Dividend
March 4, 2010 Lottomatica Group Announce Strong 2009 Operational Performance
March 3, 2010 Lottomatica Group Announce Strong 2009 Operational Performance
February 13. 2010 CONSOB Authorizes the Publication of the Italian Listing Prospectus
February 9. 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Signs Five-Year Contract Extension With Sazka In The Czech Republic To Provide Products And Services Through 2022
February 5, 2010 Lottomatica’s New Game Modality Matched with Lotto, is Coming; with Multiplying 3 You Can Win Up To €100.000
February 1, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Printing Corporation Selected As New Mexico’s Primary Instant-Ticket Printing Vendor
January 20, 2010 Lottomatica Up on Positive News Flow
January 21, 2010 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation To Provide Washington’s Lottery With New Self-Service Vending Machines, Additional Instant-Ticket Vending Devices, And Multimedia Technology
January 20, 2010 Lottomatica’s New Instant Ticket ‘Turista Per Sempre’ Offer Players an Income of €6,000 per Month for 20 years


Lottomatica News 2009
December 18, 2009 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs Three-Year Contract Extension To Provide 2,250 Additional Lottery Terminals And Software Services For Instituto Provincial De Loterias Y Casinos In Argentina
December 17, 2009 Lottomatica “Outperform” Recommendation
December 15, 2009 Lottomatica Group Subsidiary GTECH Corporation To Provide Canada’s Atlantic Lottery Corporation With 3,000 Imagine™ Terminals And Multimedia Technology, Following Competitive Procurement
November 30, 2009 Italy’s Top Court to Rule on Scratchcards Mid January – AAMS
November 25, 2009 Lottomatica Group Announce the Placement of €750 Million 7-year Senior Unsecured Notes Offering
November 24, 2009 Share Capital Increase Servicing the Mandatory Exchangeable Bond Fully Subscribed
November 20, 2009 Italian Court Cancels Scratch Card Tender
November 11, 2009 Lottomatica Group Announces Results For The Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2009
November 11, 2009 Lottomatica to Issue Bond, Results Meet Forecasts
November 9, 2009 Mediobanca Acquires Additional 1.88% Stake in Lottomatica
November 5, 2009 Lottomatica Documentation Available To The Public
November 4, 2009 Lottomatica Up After Equita Upgrade
October 27, 2009 Exchange Price of Lottomatica Convertible Bond Set At EUR17.74
October 26, 2009 Lottomatica Up After Spain Contract Win
October 20, 2009 Lottomatica Group Proposes a Share Capital Increase Up to €350 Million to Support a Mandatory Exchangeable Bond
October 19, 2009 Lottomatica Shares Suspended, Capital Hike Seen
October 14, 2009 Italy Court Rejects Scratchcard Suspension
October 12, 2009 Lottomatica Sole Bidder in Italian Scratchcard Tender
September 28, 2009 Moody's Comments on Ratings for Scientific Games and Lottomatica in Connection With the RFP Process for the Italian Lottery
September 15, 2009 Italy Scratch Tender Mixed Blessing for Lottomatica
August 21, 2009 Lottomatica’s GTECH Subsidiary Signs Four-Year Contract Extension With The North Carolina Education Lottery To Continue Providing Online And Instant Lottery Products And Services Through March 2017
August 14, 2009 Lottomatica Up On Put Option News
August 13, 2009 Lottomatica Group’s Half-Year Report Published
August 13, 2009 GameAccount and Lottomatica Announce Italian Skill Game Deal
July 30, 2009 Lottomatica To Bid For Scratch Game; H1 Profit Up
July 30, 2009 Lottomatica Group Announces Sustained Growth For The Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2009
July 28, 2009 Antitrust Watchdog Probes Lottery Firm as Italians Catch Lotto Fever From Record Jackpot
July 27, 2009 Lottomatica H1 Dominated By Scratch Contest
July 2, 2009 Shareholders’ Meeting - Amendment of the Company Name and Share-Based Compensation Plans
June 29, 2009 Lottomatica Shares Downgraded to ‘Underperform’ at Cheuvreux
June 25, 2009 Lottomatica Mulls Bond Issue -Banking Source
June 26 2009 Italy Approves New Tender for Scratch Cards – Agipro
June 19, 2009 Lottomatica Becomes First Italian Operator to Obtain Certification of Compliance to International Responsible Gaming Standards
June 10, 2009 Lottomatica Shareholders’ Meeting Scheduled for July 2
June 9, 2009 Italy Has Not Decided On Scratch Card Renewal - AAMS - EU Says It Will Be Closely Monitoring the Renewal Process
June 9,2009 Broker Upgrades Lottomatica to ‘NEUTRAL’ on Lower Risk
June 8, 2009 Italy Court Favours Lottomatica Concession Renewal
June 3, 2009 Lottomatica S.p.A London Gaming Conference Presentation
May 27, 2009 Lottomatica Group Company Presentation–10th Italian Conference, Milan
May 25, 2009 Lottomatica Wants to Focus on Internal Growth While Keeping an Eye on Acquisitions
April 28, 2009 Lottomatica Announce Positive 2009 First-Quarter Results
April 28, 2009 Marco Sala Appointed Lottomatica Group CEO
April 28, 2009 Lottomatica Interest in Camelot Depends on Price
April 23, 2009 Italy May Use Lotteries to Raise Quake Funds; Lottomatica Gains
April 15, 2009 Lottomatica’s 2008 Corporate Governance Report
April 9, 2009 Lottomatica Announce the Termination of the Joint Venture Agreement with Dogan Group for the Lottery Tender in Turkey
April 9, 2009 Two Companies Pull Out of Lottery Tender
Mar. 24, 2009 Lottomatica’s GTECH Subsidiary Chosen as Preferred Bidder by the New York Lottery for New Online/Instant System Lottery Contract
Mar. 17, 2009 Italy Jan-Feb Overall Gambling Up 9.5 pct
Mar. 5, 2009 Lottomatica Announces Strong 2008 Full-Year Results
Jan. 3, 2009 Chief Executive Sees the Current Economic Climate as an Opportunity for Lottomatica


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