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In 1887 Tattersall's became the official Tasmanian lottery when the Government invited George Adams (Founder of Tattersalls) to run a lottery, with the properties of a failed bank as prizes.
Today Tattersall's is the Victorian Government's third biggest source of revenue.
Tattersall's Gaming Pty Ltd holds a license to own and operate gaming machines in Victoria, and holds a license to monitor gaming machines in Queensland
Tattersall's was the first operator in the world to offer lottery by phone.

State Gambling Regulator Prosecuting Marketing Company Offering Betting on Computer Terminals in Pubs
SYDNEY, Australia (August 27, 2010) - Tatts Group would expand its wagering operations into every Australian state if governments failed to stop a marketing company from offering betting on computer terminals in pubs................Subscribers

Tatts Profit Slides, Sees FY 2011 Upswing
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (August 26, 2010) -- Australian gaming and wagering company Tatts Group reported a 57 percent drop in annual net profit on Thursday due to one-off restructuring costs...Subscribers

And Then There Were Three; Three Left in the Hunt for Wagering Licence
VICTORIA, Australia (July 30, 2010) -- British betting giant Ladbrokes is still in the race for Victoria's wagering licence from 2012 after being named as one of three companies shortlisted by the state government......Subscribers

Report Criticizes Betting License Process
VICTORIA, Australia (July 30, 2010) – A leading Melbourne newspaper has reported the state government's handling of its lucrative new wagering and betting license has been criticized in a report that found Gaming Minister Tony Robinson wrongly allowed a company to lodge a late license application.............Subscribers

Difficult Times For Tatts Group
SYDNEY, Australia (June 29, 2010) - Tatts Group shares have lost yet more ground after the company announced a $140 million write-down on its UK gaming machine investment, Talarius, after the Cameron government raised the UK's value-added tax in an emergency budgetary measure.............Subscribers

Tattersall’s Cuts Value of UK Gaming Machine Business By $140m
MELBOURNE, Victoria (June 29, 2010) – Lottery and Gaming firm Tatts Group Ltd has reduced the book value of its investment in United Kingdom gaming machine business Talarius by $140 million, following an emergency budget from the new UK government.......Subscribers

INTRALOT Australia is Not Going Anywhere
VICTORIA, Australia (June 24, 2010) – As reported today that Department of Justice documents show $270,000 has been spent on the state Lotteries Project for commercial and legal advice..................Subscribers

Pressure to End Gaming Duopoly
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (June 24, 2010) – News sources reported today that state governments are facing renewed pressure to scrap their exclusive retail wagering licences held by Tatts and Tabcorp....................Subscribers

Book Your WLA 2010 Trade Show or Sponsorship Package Online Now!
Tatts Lotteries’ Golden Casket and the World Lottery Association (WLA) announce that trade show and sponsorship bookings for the WLA 2010 Convention and Trade Show are now available online....................Subscribers

PVS to Run Gambling Operations for Venues After 2012
Tatts Staff Set Up Firm Ahead of Integrity Monitor Decision
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (June 2, 2010) -- Senior staff at Tatts Group have set up their own business aiming to recover a slice of the Victorian poker machine market the gambling giant will lose from 2012, and offer pubs and clubs a device that would sidestep the state's new ban on automatic teller machines....................Subscribers

Lotteries Bidder in Compensation Demand
A bidder for NSW Lotteries Has Demanded Compensation Over Its Failed Bid
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (June 2, 2010) -- Andrew Clennell writing in The Daily Telegraph this morning reported a Bidder for NSW Lotteries, INTRALOT, has demanded compensation for the $5 million spent on its bid and may sue the State Government......................Subscribers

WLA 2010 Advertising Awards Now Open For Submissions
May 26, 2010
Tatts Lotteries’ Golden Casket and the World Lottery Association (WLA) announce that the WLA 2010 Advertising Awards are now open!............................Subscribers

Tatts Group CEO Expresses Little Sympathy for NSW Lotteries Bidding Losers
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (April 7, 2010) – Gaming machine operator Tatts Group Ltd’s (ASX:TTS) CEO Dick McIlwain has little sympathy for his rivals who lost out on the NSW Lotteries contract.........................Subscribers

Disputed Lotteries Deal Could Head to Court
SYDNEY, Australia (April 2, 2010) – A leading Sydney newspaper reported today that rival bidders to Tatts Group are considering taking action in the Supreme Court in an attempt to overturn the sale of NSW Lotteries after receiving legal advice that the $850 million sale is illegal...................Subscribers

Tatts Says NSW Lotteries to Lift EBITDA
SYDNEY, Australia (April 1, 2010) - Gaming and wagering company Tatts Group Ltd (Tatts) has said that the acquisition of the New South Wales Lotteries (NSWL) is expected to add $120 million to its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation by 2014......................Subscribers

Tatts Completes Purchase of NSW Lotteries
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (April 1, 2010) -- Reports today that gaming, wagering and lotteries operator Tatts Group says it has completed the acquisition of NSW Lotteries from the NSW government as controversy surrounds the deal which is now subject to review by the NSW Auditor General............................ Subscribers

NSW Lotteries Sale Sparks Investigation; State's Auditor-General to Investigate Allegations of Impropriety in the Wake of Revelations
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (March 30, 2010) – A leading Sydney newspaper reported today that industry sources have confirmed that Tatts Group won the right to buy NSW Lotteries from the state government despite its bid price being only the third highest.......................Subscribers

Premier Defends Probity of Lottery Sale, Denies that the Successful Bidder for NSW Lotteries Was Given Preferential Treatment
NSW Lottery Sale Draws More Criticism; Lotteries Sale Hid $200m Bonanza
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (March 29, 2010) – The state government is under fire over the probity of the sale of NSW Lotteries after it emerged that the winning bid from Tatts Group won the rights to a potential $200 million in unclaimed prizes which other bidders were told were unavailable....................Subscribers

CFO Disappointed at Market Response to Gaming Group’s Lotteries Purchase
(March 26, 2010) -- Tatts Group chief financial officer Ray Gunston has told a news reporter that he was disappointed by the “uneducated” market response to the gaming group’s NSW Lotteries purchase – an $850 million acquisition criticised this month as being overpriced...................Subscribers

Tatts May Be Interested in Tabcorp’s Wagering Unit
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (March 14, 2010) -- News Service reported over the weekend that Tatts Group Ltd., Australia’s third-largest gambling company, said it would be interested in the wagering unit of Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.......................Subscribers

Tatts Pushing To Increase Revenues From Its Lotteries Business
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (March 13, 2010) -News reports Tatts Group (TTS.AU) Chief Executive Dick Mcllwain Sunday said the company has no plans to push into casinos or hotels but said it will be pushing to increase revenues from its lotteries business.......................Subscribers

G+T Plays Winning Hand in Transfer of NSW Lotteries
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (March 8, 2010) -- Tatts Group may be the winning bidder for the transfer of NSW Lotteries from the NSW Government but it is law-firms Gilbert + Tobin who won the role of principal legal adviser to the State and the chance to be a part of a complex and novel transaction involving new legislation to facilitate the transfer to the private sector.........................Subscribers

Preparations for the WLA 2010 Convention and Trade Show Are Well Underway
BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia (March 9, 2010) -- The WLA 2010 Convention and Trade Show will take place from October 31 through November 5, 2010 in Brisbane, Australia. Preparations are moving full speed ahead for what promises to be a world-class event..................Subscribers

Lotto and Scratch Off Tickets Tipped For Supermarkets
SYDNEY, Australia (March 3, 2010) - Lotto tickets and scratch Tickets could soon be on sale in supermarkets due to the $850 million sell off of NSW Lotteries to the Tatts Group..........................Subscribers

NSW Lotteries Sale
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (March 2, 2010) -- The sale of NSW Lotteries has been announced – which will deliver the people of NSW total proceeds of more than $1 billion...............Subscribers

Tatts Buys NSW Lotteries
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (March 2, 2010) -- NSW Government announced today that Tatts Group is the successful bidder for NSW Lotteries for $850M...................Subscribers

Tatts First Half Inches Higher, Posts $145m HY Profit, Expects Better Second Half
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (February 25, 2010) -- Tatts Group Ltd's first half net profit inched higher as gaming and lotteries grew and the lotteries, poker machines and wagering firm expects a better second half...................Subscribers

Can Australia's Leading Gaming Companies Really Justify A Premium To Their Global Counterparts?
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (February 15, 2010) -- According to local media reports Dick McIlwain will sign-off tomorrow on Tatts Group's binding final bid for NSW Lotteries......................Subscribers

Tatts and Tabcorp to Go Head-to-Head in NSW Lotteries Auction; Experienced Lottery Operator Tatts Regarded as the Front-Runner
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (January 27, 2010) -- A 40-year licence to operate NSW Lotteries is up for grabs, and final bids are due early next month. According to local industry sources Tatts Group is regarded as the auction front-runner....................Subscribers

Merrill Lynch Tips Tatts Amid Bids for NSW Lotteries
Michael Bennet writing for The Australian
SURRY HILLS, Sydney (January 19, 2010) - Michael Bennet writing for The Australian commented today that Merrill Lynch has poured cold water over theories Tabcorp - and possibly Canada's Ontario Teachers pension funds - could snag NSW Lotteries and put rival Tatts as the clear favourite for the asset.........................Subscribers

Conclusion of TOTE Sale Process; No Takers! Tote Tasmania Sale Fails
HOBART, Tasmania (December 3, 2009) - -The Treasurer, Michael Aird, today announced the conclusion of the sale process for TOTE Tasmania..................Subscribers

Tatts Sells SA Gaming Interests
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (November 2, 2009) – Lotteries and gaming giant Tatts Group Ltd says it has entered into a deal to sell all its interest in South African gaming operations to a local company for.......................Subscribers

Tatts Expects Growth to Slow
Tatts Lotteries, including Golden Casket, has delivered an eight per cent increase in net revenue so far this year
BRISBANE, Qld,. Australia (October 30, 2009) – Lotteries and gaming firm Tatts Group Ltd says it expects flatter growth in future but is confident about expansion opportunities,.................Subscribers

Counter Real Estate Dispute Blamed for Shortfall in Scratchcard Forecast Estimate
MELBOURNE, Victoria (October 26, 20090 – According to a leading Melbourne newspaper the Victorian Government has been accused of attempting to disguise a shortfall in the forecast estimate for Instant Lottery games in FY08-09..........................Subscribers

Tatts Annual Report to Shareholders
Announced by: TTS
Announced on: 28/09/2009
The earnings from Tatts' portfolio of networked gambling businesses have again proven to be reliable and robust. Our licences provide the underlying business stability, while our core business strengths, strong balance sheet and conviction of our people positions the business to optimise our future.................Subscribers

Tattersal's Confident
PERTH, Western Australia (September 24, 2009) - Tatts Group's confidence that it will emerge the winner of the NSW Lotteries sales process does not appear misplaced once the numbers have been crunched...................Subscribers

TOTE Sale Doubts Mount
HOBART, Tasmania (September 10, 2009) -- Deutsche Bank has valued TOTE Tasmania at just $90 million, fuelling speculation its sale may be abandoned....................Subscribers

Bets Off As Tote Sale Stalls
HOBART, Tasmania (September 5, 2009) – Local media reports suggest hopes of a financial windfall from the sale of TOTE Tasmania are fading as buyers pull out of the race for the betting agency..................Subscribers

Tatts Group Eyeing Acquisition Opportunities
VICTORIA, Australia (August 28, 2009) – According to a report in a leading Melbourne newspaper Tatts Group is eyeing acquisition opportunities in Australia and overseas after confirming yesterday that it would be a likely bidder for the NSW Government's lotteries business.......................Subscribers

Tatts Posts Profit, But Says Growth Rates May Slow
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (August 27, 2009) -- Tatts Group says customers are changing spending patterns, and growth rates may slow as unemployment rises.....................Subscribers

TOTE Tasmania Sale Process
MELBOURNE, Victoria (August 18, 2009) - Further to Tatts Group’s announcement on 27 July 2009 regarding the TOTE Tasmania sale process, Tatts Group today announced that it has decided not to lodge a final and binding bid for TOTE Tasmania.
SOURCE: Tatts Group Press Release.

INTRALOT Accuses Tatts Group of Anti-Competitive Behaviour Takes Matter to Federal Court
Article By: Michael Bachelard
MELBOURNE, Victoria (August 4, 2009) - The fight between Victoria’s two lotteries operators will spill into the Federal Court next week as newcomer INTRALOT accuses its giant competitor, Tatts Group, of anti-competitive behaviour..................Subscribers

Tatts Group TOTE Tasmania Sale Process Announcement
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (July 27, 2009) -- The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) is to make public enquiries into Tatts Group’s ongoing participation in the sale by the Tasmanian Government of TOTE Tasmania..................Subscribers

TOTE Tasmania Wagering Business Could Attract Offshore Bidders
MELBOURNE, Victoria (July 27, 2009)  - The Australian state of Tasmania's TOTE Tasmania wagering business, has attracted interest from Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (TAH.AX), Tatts Group (TTS.AX) and offshore players, a source close to the sale said on Monday................Subscribers

Victorian Government Puts Tote Tasmania on Notice
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (July 5, 2009) -- The Brumby Labor Government is considering revoking a tax exemption granted to TOTE Tasmania in order to protect Victorian racing industry revenue, Deputy Premier and Minister for Racing Rob Hulls said today...................Subscribers

Tattersall's Performing Strongly
SYDNEY, Australia (July 1, 2009) - The recent Oz Lotto draw saw that for every $1 ticket invested players had exposure to close to a dollar's worth of prize pool. According to JPMorgan's analysts, this compares with the normal average return of 56c per ticket, with 44c passed onto Tattersal’s and the State Government......................Subscribers

Lottery and Gaming Operator Puts Its Money on Riverbed to Accelerate Applications and Cut IT Costs
Gaming and Lottery Operator Selects Riverbed Steelhead Appliances to Accelerate Applications and Cut IT Costs; Project Achieves ROI in Just 6 Months
SAN FRANCISCO, California, USA (June 15, 2009) - Riverbed Technology, the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that wagering, gaming and lottery operator Tatts Group has selected and deployed Riverbed® Steelhead® appliances at three locations in Australia......................Subscribers

Landmark Gaming Industry Restructure Goes Ahead
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (June 5, 2009) -- The Brumby Labor Government’s historic restructure of the Victorian gaming industry is on track, with legislation establishing the new venue-operator model for gaming venues passing the Upper House last night....................Subscribers

Commission Authorizes Collective Bargaining by Lottery Agents
CANBERRA, ACT, Australia (June 3, 2009) -- The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has granted an authorisation allowing Victorian lottery agents to collectively negotiate the terms and conditions of their contracts with the two companies licensed to operate lotteries in Victoria, Tattersall's and INTRALOT....................Subscribers

ACCC Considers Collective Bargaining By Victorian Lottery Agents In The Public Interest
CANBERRA, ACT, Australia (May 7, 2009) -- The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission proposes to allow Victorian lottery agents to collectively negotiate the terms and conditions of their contracts with the two companies licensed to operate lotteries in Victoria, Tattersall's and INTRALOT....................Subscribers

Legislative Council Approves Sale of Betting Agency TOTE Tasmania
HOBART, Tasmania (April 29, 2009) – According to local media reports the Legislative Council last night approved the contentious sale of betting agency TOTE Tasmania...............Subscribers

Lottery / Gaming Firm Extends Chief Executive and Managing Director’s Contract
VICTORIA, Australia (March 27, 2009) -- Chief Executive and Managing Director Tatts Group Chairman Harry Boon announced today that the Board has reached an agreement to extend current Chief Executive Dick McIlwain’s contract for a further three years, to take effect from October 12, 2009.................Subscribers

Lottery Race
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (March 16, 2009) – Australian gaming companies Tatts and Tabcorp are reportedly now scrambling to make up lost income in an arena of precious few gaming assets up for grabs. Tabcorp is plotting a bid for a state lottery license in New South Wales, while Rival Tatts has already said it would also be interested in the license................Subscribers

Tatts Group Report First-Half Profit Rose 8.8% - Eyeing Acquisition Opportunities Including NSW Lotteries
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (February 26, 2009) -- Net income rose to $144.7 million, or 11.4 cents a share, in the six months ended December from $133 million, or 10.5 cents, a year earlier, Melbourne-based Tatts Group said in a statement..................Subscribers

Tattslotto Opens In The ‘Gold Town’
FIJI (December 4, 2008) -- People of Tavua will no longer have to travel all the way to Ba to try their luck on winning a Fiji Tattslotto lottery...................Subscribers

Lottery Agents Threaten To Sue Over 7-11 Franchise Agreement
VICTORIA, Australia (November 25, 2008) -- Lottery agents could take legal action against Tattersall's after the company announced yesterday (see below) that 7-11 stores would soon be licensed to sell lottery tickets................Subscribers

Gaming Machine Business Facing Slowdown in 2H
VICTORIA, Australia (November 20, 2008) -- Speaking at its annual meeting in Melbourne, Tatts Group chief executive Dick McIlwain said its gaming [poker] machine business had seen flat revenues in the first half of this financial year and the next half could see a slowdown across the business...............Subscribers

Tatts Lottery Revenue Has Been Dented By Competition From Rival Operator
VICTORIA, Australia (November 20, 2008) -- Gaming giant Tatts Group says its lottery revenue has been dented by competition from rival Greek company INTRALOT...............Subscribers

Tatts Predicts Lift in Earnings for Half; Eyes NSW Lotteries and Keno License
VICTORIA, Australia (November 19, 2008) -- Lottery and gaming firm Tatts Group expects a lift in earnings for the first half of this financial year and flagged growth opportunities outside the gambling realm...............Subscribers

Is Tatts Group About To Win The NSW Lottery?
FN Arena News, AUSTRALIA (November 12 2008) -- For some time shares in Tatts Group ((TTS) have struggled as the market wonders how the company will replace earnings to be lost in future years from the changes to poker machine licence arrangements in Victoria. Finally, there appears to be an opportunity on offer.....................Subscribers

Government Calls For Interest In Wagering And Betting Licence
MELBOURNE, Vic., Australia (November 5, 2008) -- The State Government is calling for Registrations of Interest (ROI) for a Wagering and Betting Licence, as part of the restructure of the Victorian gambling industry....................Subscribers

Tatts Group to Bid for New South Wales Lottery, Review Says
VICTORIA, Australia (November 3, 2008) -- Tatts Group Ltd., Australia's biggest lottery operator, will bid for the New South Wales state lottery business should it be sold said Chief Executive Officer Dick McIlwain..................Subscribers

Keno on Call to 2500 Venues With Quick-Draw Lotteries
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (October 7, 2008) -- Keno will be available to 2500 clubs and pubs in an overhaul of quick-draw lotteries...............Subscribers

Tatts Group Eyeing Acquisitions, Shows Interest in NSW Lotteries
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (October 3, 2008) - Australian gaming group Tatts Group Ltd has room on its balance sheet for acquisitions, with the lottery in New South Wales, Australia's top state by population, top of its wish list, the company said on Friday..............Subscribers

Tatts Lotteries To Launch New Mid-Week Lotto
VICTORIA, Australia (September 3, 2008) -- Tatts Lotteries today announced that it has received approval from the Victorian Government to launch a new mid-week lotto game..............Subscribers

Tatts Gets Lucky With Lotteries, But Profit Below Expectations
MELBOURNE, Australia (August 28, 2008) – Returns from Tatts' gaming business have slowed in the past six months as households suffer the squeeze and it overcomes new competition in the industry. Despite an 11 per cent increase in the full-year profit of.............Subscribers

Gaming Giants Could Consider Tie-Up
VICTORIA, Australia (July 13, 2008) -- Tatts Group Ltd's CEO Dick McIlwain has reportedly acknowledged the potential benefits of merging some of his company’s gaming empire with rival Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.....................Subscribers

New Tattersall’s Agreement to 2013
MILTON, Qld., Australia (July 9, 2008) -- Leading Australian IT and e-commerce company Manaccom Corporation Limited (ASX:MNL) is pleased to announce that a new reseller agreement has been signed with Tattersall’s extending the relationship to June 30, 2013.....................Subscribers

Lottery Turf War Starts in Ernest
VICTORIA, Australia (July 7, 2008) – According to local media reports consumers have been hit with the full fury of INTRALOT's advertising campaign in recent weeks, as the "Luck Factory" tries to win them over....................Subscribers

Tattersall’s Lotteries Look Forward To A New Era
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (June 29, 2008) -- With the new public lottery licence period announced by the Victorian Government starting on 1 July 2008, Tattersall’s Lotteries has confirmed its commitment to...................Subscribers

Mid-Week Lotto Draw in Limbo
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Aus. (June 28, 2008) -- Wednesday night lotto draws could be suspended for months, resulting in millions of dollars of lost revenue for taxpayers, because of the State Government's approval of a second lotteries operator from Tuesday...............Subscribers

Lottery, Gaming Company to Seek Redress Following License Write-Off
SYDNEY, NSW, Aus. (June 24, 2008) -- Tatts Group has put priority on aggressively pursuing compensation from the Victorian Government after having to write off the value of gambling licences in its accounts because.................Subscribers

Proposal for Gaming Machine License Extension Could be Defeated
VICTORIA, Australia (June 22, 2008) – Lottery and gaming giant Tattersall's could get a five-month extension on its gaming [poker] machine licence in 2012, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, under laws set to be introduced in State Parliament this week. But.................Subscribers

Tattersalls Claims ‘Quick Pick’
VICTORIA, Australia (June 23, 2008) – According to Mark Fletcher who owns a software company and a newsagency in Australia, Tattersalls has claimed that it owns the term ‘Quick Pick’ meaning that INTRALOT has had to.................Subscribers

Gaming Group Writes Off Intangible Assets
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Aus. (June 23, 2008) -- Gaming and wagering company Tatts Group Ltd will write off the carrying value of intangible assets - gaming licences and brands - in the current fiscal year, following changes to gambling licensing arrangements in Victoria.................Subscribers

Mediacom Wins Tatts Account
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (June 20, 2008) -- Mediacom has beaten off five rival media agencies to retain the consolidated account of Victorian gaming operator Tatts Group, which it has valued at $20m in billings.................Subscribers

Lottery Counter Turf-War - Update
VICTORIA, Australia (June 23, 2008) – On June 18, Mark wrote -- "Tattersalls withdrew all remaining instant scratch ticket stock in Victorian on Monday, leaving 40% of the counter space allocated in.................Subscribers

Changes in the State's Lottery Structure Impacts Retailers
MELBOURNE and HOBART, Australia (June 16, 2008) -- Changes in Victoria’s lottery structure are set to inconvenience newsagents and lottery outlets across both Victoria and Tasmania. In Tasmania the problem is causing a little more frustration, some of Tasmania’s 83 Tattslotto agents say.................Subscribers

INTRALOT Launches Lottery Games
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (June 11, 2008) -- Global gambling giant INTRALOT today launched several new over-the-counter lottery games in Victoria, including taking over the sale of instant lottery tickets from Tattersall's. INTRALOT Australia managing director Dr. John Katakis announced four new games.................Subscribers

The Good and Bad of Lottery Change
MELBOURNE, Victoria (June 8, 2008) – INTRALOT installed its lottery equipment in the Frankston newsagency late last week, and since this newsagency does not currently sell Tattersalls products it is not engaged in a real-estate dispute, unlike another newsagent who wrote................Subscriptions

Tatts Group Announce Successful Debt Refinancing
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (June 5, 2008) -- Tatts Group today entered into a syndicated multi-currency debt facility agreement with a syndicate of six banks to refinance existing debt and provide some future funding flexibility..................Subscribers

Tatts Group May Quit Victoria's Gaming Industry, Review Says
VICTORIA, Australia (May 23, 2008) -- Tatts Group Ltd., Australia's second- largest betting shop owner, said it may quit the industry in Victoria when new licensing laws begin in 2012.............Subscribers

Gaming Giants Tabcorp and Tattersall's to Retain Powerful Presence in Gaming Machine Industry Post 2012
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (May 17, 2008) – The door has been left open for Tabcorp and Tattersall's to retain a powerful presence in the gaming [poker] machine industry with both companies able to bid for machines, after a major gaming overhaul announced last month............Subscribers

Lottery Operator Prepares to Exit Games, Empties Prize Pools
VICTORIA, Australia (May 11, 2008) -- Lottery players are set for windfalls in coming weeks as Tattersall's shuts down some of its popular games....................Subscribers

Select Committee on Gaming Licensing Tables Its Final Report; Says Government Withheld Documents on Lottery Licenses
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (May 8, 2008) -- A Victorian Upper House committee report has made an open finding on allegations of impropriety surrounding lottery licences...............Subscribers

Tatts Group in Market for $1bn Loan
VICTORIA, Australia (April 24, 2008) -- Gaming company Tatts Group is in the market for a $1 billion loan arranged by Commonwealth Bank, nabCapital , RBS Australia and Westpac...............Subscribers

Tatts Mulling Buyback Plans: Report
VICTORIA, Australia (April 17, 2008) -- Tatts Group is considering a possible share buyback to recoup some of its losses after the Victorian Government scrapped the state's duopoly.............Subscribers

Press Release: Government Announce New Structure For Gaming In Victoria Beyond 2012
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (April 10, 2008) -- The Premier, John Brumby, today announced approved hotels and clubs would bid directly for gaming machine entitlements under the new structure for Victoria’s gambling industry beyond 2012......................Read the full story at: Vol.43 No.3

Compensation Bid Appears Doomed
VICTORIA, Australia (April 14, 2008) -- A 13-year-old letter appears to have doomed plans by gambling giants Tabcorp and Tatts Group to sue the Victorian Government for $1.2 billion in compensation over the loss of their duopoly grip on the state's poker machine licences..............Subscribers

Premier Vows to Fight Any Compensation Claims Over Gaming Licenses
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (April 12, 2008) – Victorian Premier John Brumby says he will fight gaming operators Tabcorp and Tattersall's in court if they launch legal action over the stripping of their duopoly licences................Subscribers

Gaming Firms in Freefall After Gaming Sector Shake-Up
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (April 12, 2008) – Gaming giant’s Tabcorp and Tattersalls' saw their share prices disseminated on the stock market yesterday, dropping more than 20 per cent and wiping $3 billion from their market value after the duo returned to trading following the loss of their monopoly control over Victorian gaming [slot] machines.....................Subscribers

Victorian Gaming, Wagering and Keno Licences post 2012
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (April 10, 2008) -- The Victorian Government’s announcement today on the future structure of the Victorian Gaming, Wagering and Keno licences post 2012 will mean the end of the Tatts Pokies gaming machine operations as they presently exist..............Subscribers

Australia High Court Rules In Favor of Online Gambling
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (March 28, 2008) – According to local industry sources a High Court ruling yesterday allowing the Tasmanian betting exchange Betfair to offer internet and phone betting across the nation could have significant implications for the value of wagering licences held by gambling giants Tabcorp and Tattersalls................Subscribers

Government Announce New Problem Gambling Measures, Move to Halve Gaming Machine Bets
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (March 26, 2008) – The Victorian Government yesterday announced a move to halve gaming [poker] machine bets from $10 to $5...............Subscribers

Profit on the Line as Gaming Giants Await Decision on State's Poker Machine Licences
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (March 15, 2008) – Both Tattersall’s and Tabcorp are waiting nervously as the Victorian Government prepares to unveil within days the structure of the gaming and wagering industries in the state beyond 2012..................Subscribers

Special Purpose Lottery Would Require Legislation Change
HOBART, Tasmania (March 13, 2008) -- The Tasmanian Government is yet to contact lottery operator Tattersalls about a proposal to help preserve the State's heritage buildings...................Subscribers

Non-Profit Clubs vie for Share of State’s Billion Dollar Gaming Machine Market
MELBOURNE, Vic., Australia (March 7, 2008) -- Football clubs have formed a gaming alliance that threatens to end the gaming [poker] machine duopoly held by Tabcorp and Tattersall's. ................Subscribers

Parliamentary Inquiry Hears Government Bypasses Advisory Council to Expand Gambling
VICTORIA, Australia (March 4, 2008) -- Members of the high-level ministerial advisory body were not consulted over new betting initiatives..............Subscribers

Lottery/Gaming Group’s H1 Profit Up 24%
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (February 28, 2008) -- Australian gaming company Tatts Group (TTS.AX), formerly known as Tattersall's, said on Thursday its net profit rose 24 percent, boosted by an acquisition...................Subscribers

Premier Plays Down Vendor’s Forecasts
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (February 28, 2008) -- Premier John Brumby has rejected lottery vendor INTRALOT's forecasts of reaping more than $4 billion from Victorians through lotteries and scratchie sales................Subscribers

Tattersall's Lose Tipping Competition, Tipstar Terminated
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (February 25, 2008) -- The Victorian Opposition has criticised the State Government over the closure of the Tipstar football tipping competition, according to an report..............Subscribers

Lottery License Debacle Costs Taxpayers $1.7 Million
VICTORIA, Australia (February 8, 2008) – According to a local media report the cost of the State Government's bungled lottery licence tender process is in the vicinity of $1.7 million............Subscribers

Lottery Firm Buys Out Slot Gaming Chain Partner
LONDON, UK (February 4, 2008) -- Australian lottery operator Tattersall's has taken complete control of high street gaming centre group Talarius, after buying out its co-owner Macquarie in a deal worth approximately GBP50million...............Subscribers

New Fee Structure Gives Lotto Agents Pay Rise
VICTORIA, Australia (January 15, 2008) – According to a leading Melbourne newspaper  a Tattersall's spokesman revealed ticket prices for several games had risen between 5c and 10c from yesterday under a new fee structure..............Subscribers

Tattslotto Outlets Lose Lottery Machines
VICTORIA, Australia (January 13, 2008) – Lotteries and gaming giant Tattersalls - which runs Tattslotto, among other lotteries, has removed a number of its machines from small newsagencies..............Subscribers

ASX Announcement -- Tatts Group Completes Acquisition of Remaining 50% of European Gaming
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (January 4, 2008) -- Tatts Group advises that yesterday it completed the acquisition, announced on 20 December 2007, of Macquarie Group Limited’s 50% share of the European Gaming Group...............Subscribers

ASX Announcement -- Tatts Group to Acquire Remaining 50% of European Gaming
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (December 20, 2007) -- Tatts Group advises that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Macquarie Group Limited’s 50% share of the European Gaming Group.........Read the full story at: Vol.42 No.1

Gaming Inquiry Probity Claims
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (December 20, 2007) -- Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation chief Peter Cohen has alleged Mr. Duncan Fischer, former Tattersall’s CEO, was not granted a gambling industry probity clearance until October 1997..............Subscribers

Tattersall’s Expands European Gaming Interest
VICTORIA, Australia (December 20, 2007) -- Tatts Group, formerly known as Tattersall's, has acquired the remaining 50 per cent stake in European Gaming from Macquarie Group for an undisclosed sum.............Subscribers

$275m Lost Lotto Prizes
VICTORIA, Australia (December 15, 2007) -- A staggering $274.6 million in unclaimed Tattslotto, Oz Lotto and Powerball prizes is sitting in State Government coffers...................Subscribers

Tattersall's Push for More Gaming Machines
VICTORIA, Australia (December 12, 2007) -- In a submission to a government issues paper on future gaming machine licences, Tattersall's urged the government to reconsider its 27,500 machine cap to accommodate growth after 2012............Subscribers

Shareholders Support Tattersall's Limited Name Change
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (November 30, 2007) -- Tattersall's shareholders today voted in favour of a name change from Tattersall's Limited to Tatts Group Limited. Shareholders at this year's Annual General Meeting.........Subscribers

Gaming Machine Cut Will Hit Profits, Company Says FY08 Results Can't Match FY07
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (November 30, 2007) -- The following is an extract from the Chief Executive's Addresses presented at the Tattersall's Limited 2007 Annual General Meeting on Friday November 30, 2007.........Subscribers

Chairman's and Chief Executive's Presentations at Tattersall's Limited's 2007 AGM
After a protracted process, the Victorian Government recently announced that Tattersall’s has been successful in securing the important 10 year category 1 Lottery Licence which entitles Tattersall’s to continue to operate the major lottery bloc games in Victoria for the next 10 years, at a cost of...........Subscribers

Government Must Keep Promise on Lotto Agents
Author:  Michael O'Brien MLA
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (November 22, 2007) -- The Minister for Gaming must keep his promise that Tattersall's agents will be able to sell INTRALOT products with the introduction of the new lotteries player from 1 July 2008..............Subscribers

Company Launches Live Implementation of Lottery Ticketing Program
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (November 28, 2007) -- Bill Express (http://www.billexpress.com.au/) has launched the live implementation of Tattersall's lottery ticketing program..................Subscribers

Victorian Public Lottery Licences Tabled In Parliament and New Agency Commissions Announced
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (November 22, 2007) - -The Minister for Gaming, Tony Robinson, has today tabled in the Victorian Parliament the licence documents for the conduct of Victorian public lotteries for the next 10 years commencing on July 1 2008....................Subscribers

Minister Releases Details of New Lottery Licenses

MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (November 22, 2007) -- The Victorian Gaming Minister, Tony Robinson, has released details concerning the state’s new lottery licence(s). The documents were tabled in State Parliament yesterday.....................Subscribers

Government’s Refusal to Hand-Over Secret Lottery Papers Could Spark a Constitutional Crisis
VICTORIA, Australia (November 19, 2007) – State Treasurer John Lenders is expected to be suspended from State Parliament this week in an unprecedented show of strength by the Opposition-dominated upper house.........Subscribers

Lottery License Split Leads to Turf War
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (November 16, 2007) – A Melbourne newspaper claimed today that Tattersall’s has warned its suburban sales outlets not to sell INTRALOT products..........Subscribers

New Legislation To Address Problem Gambling
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (October 30, 2007) -- Proposed new gambling legislation that will limit the amount of money accessible at clubs and pubs and force venues to provide self-exclusion programs was introduced in Parliament today by Minister for Gaming...........Subscribers

Lawmakers Heading for a Constitutional Showdown Over Lottery Papers
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (October 29, 2007) – The Victorian Government is headed for a constitutional showdown with the upper house over its refusal to release secret documents in connection with the tender process..................Subscribers

Former Head of Tattersall's Lottery Licence Bid Team Appears Before Parliamentary Gaming Licence Inquiry
MELBOURNE, Victoria (October 25, 2007) -- Adrian Nelson, the former head of Tattersall's lottery licence bid team, told the Upper House select committee yesterday that controversial lobbyist David White played a "minimal" role in the tender process...............Subscribers

Supermarkets and Servos to Sell Scratchies
VICTORIA, Australia (October 12, 2007) – According to local media reports under the new ten year lottery license(s) announced by Victorian Premier John Brumby yesterday, Tattersall’s and INTRALOT will be free to expand....................Subscribers

Press Release -Victoria's Public Lottery Licence Announcement
VICTORIA, Australia (October 11, 2007) -- A 54-year monopoly of Victoria’s public lottery licence is set to come to an end with today’s announcement by the Brumby Government of its lottery licence arrangements...................Read the full story at: Vol.41 No.4

Legal Advice Challenges Government's Right to Keep Lottery Documents Secret
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (October 11, 2007) -- The Victorian Government's fight to keep secret documents showing what went wrong in the bungled lotteries licence review has been dealt a blow with legal advice ..............Subscribers

Tattersall’s Receives the Major Victorian Lotteries Licence
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (October 11, 2007) --Tattersall’s was today advised by the Victorian Government that it had been awarded the major licence for the operation of the State’s public lotteries through to 2018.................Read the full story at: Vol.41 No.3

Government Ends Lottery Monopoly; Tattersall’s and INTRALOT Win Gaming Licences in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (October 11, 2007) --Tattersall's 54-year stranglehold on the lucrative Victorian lottery licence is set to end, the Victorian Premier Mr. Brumby told Parliament today.......................Subscribers

Government Denies Talks on Gaming Licences for Supermarkets, Denies Gaming Deal
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (September 20, 2007) -- The Victorian Opposition has criticised a reported decision by the Government to allow supermarkets and petrol stations to sell lottery tickets......................Subscribers

Controversial Lobbyist Shredded Lottery Notes
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (September 18, 2007) – Members of the parliamentary inquiry into the probity of gaming licensing in Victoria head an amazing revelation from the controversial lobbyist David White.........................Subscribers

Former Premier Refuses to Front Gaming Inquiry
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (September 13, 2007) -- Former Victorian State premier Steve Bracks will not appear before the Parliamentary inquiry into the state's gaming licences, according to local media reports.......................Subscribers

Tattersalls to Consolidate Gaming Platforms
VICTORIA, Australia (September 5, 2007) -- Lotteries and gaming giant Tattersalls Limited has decided to dump four Linux operating systems in favour of a Microsoft counterpart across its Maxgaming business.......................Subscribers

Select Committee on Gaming Licensing Release Proof Transcripts for Evidence Taken Thursday August 30
VICTORIA, Australia (August 31, 2007) – The seven Member all-party select committee to inquire into the probity of gaming licensing in Victoria and other related matters heard evidence from three more witnesses..............Subscribers

Lottery Operator Suffers Biggest One-Day Fall
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (August 31, 2007) -- Investor disappointment with lottery and gaming operator Tattersall’s first full-year results sent the share price plummeting over 10 per cent. This was its biggest one-day fall ever..............Subscribers

Tattersall's Books 124% Jump in Profit
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (August 30, 2007) --Tattersall’s report 2007 Full-Year Results Highlights. Strong performance on key financial measures:............Subscribers

Sensational Allegations Prompt Calls for Former Premier to Appear Before Gaming Inquiry
VICTORIA, Australia (August 30, 2007) – The seven Member all-party select committee to inquire into the probity of gaming licensing in Victoria and other related matters heard evidence from two former Tattersall's Trustees..............Subscribers

Tattersall’s Executives Admit Bonus Plan for Former Government Minister
VICTORIA, Australia (August 29, 2007) – The seven Member all-party select committee to inquire into the probity of gaming licensing in Victoria and other related matters heard evidence from four senior executives of Tattersall’s..............Subscribers

Committee Investigating the Government's Handling of Key Gaming Machine and Lottery Licence Tenders Scheduled to Hear Further Evidence Tomorrow
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (August 27, 2007) -- Former Tattersall’s trustees Peter Kerr and Ray Hornsby will give evidence on Wednesday to a parliamentary committee investigating the Government's handling of key gaming [poker] machine and lottery licence tenders...........Subscribers

Government to Foot Gaming Licence Bill
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (August 17, 2007) – Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation chairman Ian Dunn has told Parliament's gaming inquiry that the investigation into the probity of companies bidding for the next Victorian lotteries licence............Subscribers

Select Committee on Gaming Licensing Releases Transcripts of Evidence Taken at Public Hearings
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (August 14, 2007) -- Proof version transcripts of evidence taken at Public Hearings are avaliable below...........Subscribers

Select Committee on Gaming Licensing Announce Details for Future Hearings
MELBOURNE, Vic., Australia (August 6, 2007) -- Initial Public Hearings are taking place with respect to parts 1a and 1b of the Committee's Terms of Reference..........Subscribers

Inquiry Into the Probity of Gaming Licensing Gets Underway
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (August 4, 2007) – The seven member all-party select committee to inquire into the probity of gaming licensing in Victoria and other related matters met for the first time.............Subscribers

Tattersall’s Completes Acquisition Of Golden Casket Lottery Corporation
SYDNEY, Australia (June 29, 2007) -- Tattersall’s Limited announced on April 16, 2007 that it had agreed to acquire all the shares in Golden Casket Lottery Corporation Limited (Golden Casket), the exclusive lottery operator in Queensland, subject to satisfaction of various conditions..........Read the full story at: Vol.40 No.5

Select Committee on Gaming Licensing Tables Its First Interim Report and Provides Details of First Round of Public Hearings
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (July 17, 2007) -- The Select Committee on Gaming Licensing has tabled Public Hearings.......Subscribers

Premier Defends Gaming Review Delay
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (May 31, 2007) – The Victorian Premier has defended the time it has taken for a panel to start reviewing gaming licence tenders..........Subscribers

Public Denied Information on Gaming Licences
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (May 20, 2007) -- The executive commissioner of the Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation has reportedly said he will not release information about a review into the state's new multibillion-dollar lotteries and gaming licences.........Subscribers

Greater Help For Problem Gamblers In Victoria
VICTORIA, Australia (May 23, 2007) -- People who feel they have a gambling problem and wish to exclude themselves from gaming areas in hotels and clubs will have increased access to support and treatment under a new $240,000 pilot program..........Subscribers

Premier Under Fire Over Talks with Gaming Machine Operator
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (May 10, 2007) -- The Victorian Opposition claims leaked documents from a State Government meeting with lottery and gaming machine operator  Tattersalls reveals that the Premier discussed extending Tattersalls' licence........Subscribers

Submissions to Lotteries, Gaming Inquiry Made Public
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (April 24, 2007) – Lotteries and gaming giant Tattersall's is reported to have said in its submission to the Upper House gaming inquiry that the current gaming [poker] machine gambling framework in Victoria...........Subscribers

Tattersall’s Expands Lottery Operations With Golden Casket
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (April 16, 2007) - Tattersall’s Limited today announced that it had agreed to acquire all the shares in Golden Casket Lottery Corporation, the exclusive lottery operator in Queensland.............Read the full story at: Vol.39 No.4

Tattersall's UK Prospects Looking Good
AUSTRALIA (March 30, 2007) -- The prospects of lotteries and gaming group Tattersall's in the UK have broadened, thanks to a forthcoming shake-out of the "adult gaming centres" market......Subscribers

Minister Will Reportedly Defy Gaming Inquiry by Refusing to Hand Over Documents
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (March 19, 2007) -- The State Government will refuse to hand over documents to the upper house inquiry into Victoria's lotteries and gaming machines licenses, flouting a new parliamentary motion that allows seizure of such documents.......Subscribers

Who's Who of Political and Gambling Industry Heavyweights to be Subpoenaed to Give Evidence Before Gaming Inquiry
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (March 14, 2007) -- Members of the Upper House gambling inquiry yesterday voted to issue subpoenas from next week to a who's who of state political figures and gambling industry heavyweights............Subscribers

Gaming Regulator to Revisit Probity Issues
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (March 9, 2007) – The State Government has reportedly ordered the Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation (VCGR) to re-submit its assessments of rival lottery licence tenderers Tattersall's and INTRALOT.............Subscribers

Chair of Gambling Licences Review Panel Announced
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (March 7, 2007) -- Minister for Gaming, Daniel Andrews today announced the Bracks Government will appoint Ron Merkel QC, former Judge of the Federal Court to Chair the Gambling Licences Review Panel.........Subscribers

Gaming Inquiry To Examine Tender Process Surrounding Lotteries Licence First
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (March 2, 2007) -- The tender process surrounding Victoria's next lotteries licence will be the first area of investigation for the recently convened parliamentary gaming inquiry.........Subscribers

Parliamentary Inquiry Into the Government's Handling of Gambling Licences to Subpoena Tattersall’s Executives MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (February 27, 2007) -- Microphones were reportedly fitted in Tattersall’s St Kilda Rd headquarters to tape key meetings..........Subscribers

Government Announces Independent Panel to Review Gambling Licences
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (February 26, 2007) -- New laws to reinforce the integrity, scrutiny and transparency of the review of the lotteries and gambling licences will be introduced into Parliament tomorrow.......Subscribers

Tattersall's Chief Critical of Lottery Licence Probe
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (February 23, 2007) -- Tattersall's CEO Dick McIlwain has reportedly branded the Legislative Council inquiry into lottery and gaming [poker] machine licences a "preposterous" waste of taxpayers' money.........Subscribers

Tattersall's Profit Soars 54%
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (February 22, 2007) – Gaming and lotteries giant Tattersall's Limited reported a 53.6 per cent lift in first half profit, following its acquisition of Queensland wagering company Unitab........Subscribers

Tattersall's Trustees Could Be Called To Lotteries / Gaming License Inquiry
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (February 19, 2007) – According to " news sources" an unnamed source claims that four Tattersall's trustees, were prepared to attend the Legislative Council inquiry .......Subscribers

Government to Push Ahead with Its Lottery Tender Schedule Despite Parliamentary Inquiry
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (February 19, 2007) – According to a local media report the state government intends to proceed with awarding a new state lotteries licence this year despite its tender process being the subject of a parliamentary inquiry........Subscribers

Upper House Forces Inquiry Into Government's Handling Of Gaming Machine And Lottery Licence Reviews
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (February 9, 2007) – As Lottery Insider reported last week, the Victorian Liberals have joined forces with the minor parties in the Upper House to force an inquiry into the Government's handling of the gaming [poker] machine and lottery licence review(s).........Subscribers

Senate Inquiry Will Examine State Lottery, Gaming Licensing Process
VICTORIA, Australia (February 9, 2007) -- The Victorian Liberal Party has reportedly successfully lobbied for a Legislative Council inquiry into gaming licensing in the state...........Subscribers