Government Introduces Radical Changes to Income Tax System
ANKARA, Turkey (August 2, 2010) -- A law amending the Income Tax Law and bringing about dramatic changes in some relevant decrees, known by the public as.............Subscribers

Milli Piyango Preparing to Invest in New Lotteries and Technological Innovations
ANKARA, turkey (July 26, 2010) - Turkey’s National Lottery company, Milli Piyango, which is expected to go public soon, is preparing to invest in new lotteries and technological innovations..........Subscribers

Turkey Decides To ‘Definitely’ Privatize State Lottery This Year
INSTANBUL, Turkey (May 1, 2010) - Turkey will “definitely” launch a tender this year to privatize Milli Piyango, the Turkish National Lottery Administration...............Subscribers

Milli Piyango Created Over 200 Millionaires During Last Five Years
ANKARA, Turkey (April 23, 2010) – Reports lottery and other games of chance run by Milli Piyango, the Turkish National Lottery Administration, have produced 234 millionaires in the last five years..................Subscribers

Over the Last Five Years Players Have Failed to Collect TL144 Million in Prizes from the National Lottery
STANBUL, Turkey (April 12, 2010) -- National Lottery General Manager Recep Biçer announced on Sunday that nearly TL 41 million in lottery prizes that were not claimed by winners in 2009 have been transferred to the national lottery’s fund.................Subscribers

Milli Piyango More Popular At The End Of The Year
ISTANBUL, Turkey (December 28, 2009) -- Milli Piyango, the Turkish National Lottery,  becomes more popular at the end of the year. Draws are on every ninth, 19th and 29th day of the month....................Subscribers

National Lottery Helps Make Millionaires
ANKARA, Turkey (December 27, 2009) - Milli Piyango, Turkish National Lottery Administration, has helped 231 people become millionaires within the past six years. Of those, 38 became millionaires via lotteries they purchased for New Years...................Subscribers

Government to Lose Millions if Lottery Privatization Postponed
ANKARA, Turkey August 4, 2009) -- The state may soon be burdened with spending at least $100 million to replace its obsolete lottery machines if it postpones the privatization of the National Lottery, Milli Piyango (MP) any longer....................Subscribers

Competition Authority Gives Go-Ahead to Lottery Tender
Turkey(July 21, 2009) – The Competition Authority decided yesterday that a privatization tender of the national lottery, Milli Piyango (MP), could proceed and noted it will monitor the tender process further. The authority said there was no problem with the winning company constituting a monopoly in the Turkish lottery sector...............Subscribers

Turkey Planning To Renew National Lottery Tender This Year
ANKARA, Turkey (May 8 2009) -- Turkey plans a new sale tender for its national lottery this year, its privatisation body said on Friday, a day after a chaotic sell-off was scrapped because bidders failed to meet the minimum price....................Subscribers

Turkey Scraps National Lottery Tender, OPAP Irate
ANKARA, Turkey (May 7, 2009) - Turkey scrapped a tender for the sale of its national lottery after two bidders, including Europe's largest betting firm, OPAP, failed to meet the $1.622 billion minimum price, the privatization board is reported to have said......................Subscribers

Lottery Privatization Talks Set For Thursday
ANKARA, Turkey (May 6, 2009) - Final talks on the privatisation of Turkey's National Lottery will be held on Thursday, the state Privatisation Administration said on Wednesday, after OPAP and Turkcell submitted bids last month...................Subscribers

Turkcell Unit to Bid in Turkish Lottery Tender
TURKEY (March 30, 2009) -- Turkish mobile operator's Sans Oyunlari Yatirim subsidiary will bid for Turkey's lottery licence alone or in consortium...................Subscribers

Turkey's Biggest Lottery Prize Expected to Reach TL55 Million This Week 
ANKARA, Turkey (March 10, 2009) --   Turkey's biggest ever lottery prize is expected to reach 55 million TL (30 million USD) this week................Subscribers

Turkey Says All Lottery Sale Bidders Fit For Tender
ANKARA, Turkey (February 19, 2009) - Turkey's Privatization Administration said on Thursday five companies and consortia which had applied for pre-qualifications met the criteria to join tender for selling the national lottery company.

Lottomatica and Dogan Group Sign Joint-Venture Agreement for the “Milli Piyango” Lottery Tender in Turkey
ROME (Italy) - PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (February 16, 2009) – A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Dogan Sirketler Grubu Holding A.S., registered in Istanbul Stock Exchange (Turkey), and Lottomatica S.p.A., registered in Italy, establishing a 50-50% joint venture for jointly participating in the Turkish National Lottery, (“Milli Piyango”), tender......................Subscribers

Turkey Receives Five Bids for Lottery Pre-Qualification
ANKARA, Turkey (February 16, 2009) - Turkey's Privatization Administration (OIB) said on Monday it received five bids in the pre-qualification stage of a tender for the privatization of national lottery company Milli Piyango. The following are the firms bidding for Milli Piyango in the pre-qualification stage:.........................Subscribers

OPAP Confident on Turkish Tender
ATHENS, Greece (January 24, 2009) - Europe's biggest lottery OPAP is confident it will take part in the final stage of a tender selling Turkish lottery Milli Piyango, its chief executive was quoted on Saturday as saying...............Subscribers

Turkey Slows Asset Sales as Market Conditions Worsen, Lottery Privatization Could be Further Delayed
TURKEY (January 22, 2009) -- According to unconfirmed reports the National Lottery privatization may be delayed further.................Subscribers

Turkey to Extend Lottery Sale Tender Deadline
ANKARA, Turkey (January 2, 2009) - Turkey will extend the bidding deadline in a sale tender for its national lottery by a little more than one month from February 27, Privatisation Administration Chairman Metin Kilci told Reuters on Friday..................Subscribers

Ticket Sales of Milli Piyango’s Special New Year's Eve Lottery Drawing Not Affected by Economic Worries
ISTANBUL, Turkey (December 14, 2008) – Milli Piyango runs a special lottery drawing every December 31 for New Year's, and this year, the tantalizing idea of "entering the new year with YTL 25 million" is attracting more than a few Turks to ticket sales booths in Istanbul and across the country...................Subscribers

Seven Companies Express Non-Binding Interest in National Lottery Tender - Sources
TURKEY (November 28, 2008) -- Seven Turkish and international companies have expressed a non-binding interest for Turkey's national Lottery, Milli Piyango, a Greek News Service said sources close to the tender revealed....................Subscribers

Alarko May Bid For Lottery
ANKARA, Turkey (November 19, 2008) - Alarko Holding, a Turkish builder and power generator, said it may bid with two partners for a 10- year license to run the national lottery................Subscribers

Alarko Forms Consortium to Bid for Turkish Lottery
ISTANBUL, Turkey (November 18, 2008) - Turkey's Alarko said in a statement to the Istanbul Stock Exchange on Tuesday...............Subscribers

Turkey Kicks Off Lottery Privatization Process - Update
TURKEY (November 5, 2008) -- The Privatization Administration Board will ask companies or consortia interested in the privatization of the National Lottery Administration to apply for pre-qualification by January 15, 2009. The total assets of participant companies/consortia should be at least...............Subscribers

Competition Authority Gives Go-Ahead To Lottery Tender
ISTANBUL, Turkey (October 28, 2008) -- The Competition Authority decided yesterday that a privatization tender of the national lottery, Milli Piyango (MP), could proceed and noted it will monitor the tender process further..................Subscribers

Competition Board OKs National Lottery Privatization
ATHENS, Greece (October 24, 2008) -- Turkey's Privatization Committee (OIB) gave late yesterday the green light for a ten (10) year concession of the national lottery company, Milli Piyango.............Subscribers

Milli Piyango Tender to be Held in the Next Few Days- Official; Oversight to be Stepped Up After Tender Awarded
ISTANBUL, Turkey (October 16, 2008) -- Monitoring of the Turkish national lottery, Milli Piyango, will be stepped up following its privatization in order to guard against addictive lottery games and underage gambling, the head of Turkey's Privatization Administration (ÖIB) said yesterday. The tender for the privatization of Milli Piyango is set to be launched.............Subscribers

Turkey Seeks Lottery Privatization Permit -Sources
ANKARA, Turkey (October 9, 2008) - Turkey's Privatization Administration (OIB) has applied to the anti-trust board for preliminary permission to begin the sale of national lottery Milli Piyango, government sources told Reuters on Thursday...............Subscribers

Government to Launch National Lottery Privatization in January 09- Sources
TURKEY (October 6, 2008) -- Turkey's government has reportedly decided to receive bids for the National Lottery (Milli Piyango) privatization after New Year holidays, due to the high demand from international bidders.................Subscribers

Turkish Conglomerate Still 'in Search Of Foreign Partner' For National Lottery Bid
TURKEY (September 3, 2008) -- Turkish conglomerate Alarko Holding said it is still seeking a foreing partner to jointly bid for the tender for Turkey's national Lottery Milli Piyango. In a filing to the Stock Exchange the company responded to media reports that Alarko Holding would bid together with Greece OPAP and Turkish Dogus Group..............Subscribers

OPAP, to Partner Turkish Business Groups To Bid For Milli Piyango Lottery -CEO
ATHENS, Greece (August 31, 2008) - Europe’s biggest betting firm OPAP plans to bid for Turkey’s national lottery Milli Piyango in a joint venture with Turkish business groups, its chief executive said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday.................Subscribers

OPAP to Bid in Turkish Lottery Tender, more Confident on Monopoly Franchise
ATHENS. Greece (August 28, 2008) - Greek lottery operator OPAP SA said that it will be joining a consortium to bid for the Turkish Milli Biyango sports betting lottery tender because it needs to internationalise and cannot sustain its national champion position past 2020 when its local monopoly franchise expires.................Subscribers

Lottery Sale in Two Weeks
ISTANBUL, Turkey (August 21, 2008) --Turkey will launch a tender to sell operating rights for the national lottery Milli Piyango in the next week or two weeks, said Metin Kilci, the head of the government asset sales agency Privatization Administration, or ÖYK, yesterday...............Subscribers

Government to Approve Lottery Sale This Week
ANKARA, Turkey (July 23, 2008) -- Parliament may this week approve legislation to allow the sale of the national lottery.................Subscribers

Privatization of Turkey's National Lottery to Begin Next Month
ANKARA, Turkey (July 21, 2008) -- The privatization process for Turkey's state-owned National Lottery (Milli Piyango) is expected to begin in August. The process will officially start after enactment of the bill on financial control....................Subscribers

Privatization Processes for the Turkish National Lottery - Update
TURKEY (June 30, 2008) -- The privatization processes for the Turkish national lottery (Milli Piyango) is expected to begin in July, the head of the Privatization Administration (OIB), President Metin Kilci, in an interview said the OIB was waiting for..................Subscribers

Turkish Government Favours Revenue Sharing Method for Milli Piyango- Sources
TURKEY (June 13, 2008) -- The Turkish Government favours a revenue sharing method for the concession to operate the national lottery company Milli Piyango. Under this scheme, Milli Piyango’s licence will be granted for a period of...............Subscribers

State-Owned National Lottery Update -- Preparatory Efforts Have Been Almost Completed in the Privatization Process
TURKEY (June 9, 2008) -- The method of giving a ten-year license will be used in the privatization of the Turkey's state-owned National Lottery (Milli Piyango) in line with "sharing of revenues,"..................Subscriptions

Greek Gaming Giants Eye Turkey's Milli Piyango
ATHENS, Greece (May 27, 2008) - OPAP could submit a bid for Turkey's national lottery Milli Piyango its chief executive said on Tuesday...............Subscribers

Yet Another Delay For Turkish National Lottery Privatization
Article By: Rob van der Gaast, Gambling Analyst & Publicist, Email:
ISTANBUL, Turkey (May 12, 2008) -- For many years the Turkish privatization of the National Lottery, the Milli Piyango, has been on the role to be privatized. In the beginning of 2008 the Turkish Government proudly announced that the privatization would commence in May 2008. Some weeks later, though, a State Minister said that the privatization would begin the forthcoming month of June....................Subscribers

National Lottery Privatization Process to Begin in Q2
ANTALYA, Turkey (April 20, 2008) -- Privatization process of Turkey`s national lottery will begin in the second quarter of this year, Turkish privatization authority officials said on Thursday...............Subscribers

Lottery Sales Increase Ahead of Privatization
ANKARA, Turkey (April 14, 2008) -- Sales of the state-owned National Lottery, Milli Piyango, have increased 12.6 percent in 2007 compared to the previous year................Subscribers

Gaming Giants Prepare to do Battle for Turkish Lottery
ATHENS, Greece (April 1, 2008) – Greek news source quoting what it said was reliable sources from Turkey reported, many local and foreign companies are interested in state-owned lottery company Milli Piyango, among them the Greek gaming operators.................Subscribers

National Lottery Privatization May Be Delayed To June
ANKARA, Turkey (March 31, 2008) -- The launch of the privatization process for Turkish national lottery Milli Piyango, a process long seen as stagnant due to early elections and a subsequent presidential vote last year..............Subscribers

Turkey May Extend Inteltek License For One Year
TURKEY (February 21, 2008) -- Turkey may allow Turkish-Greek joint venture Inteltek to keep its sports betting license for another year while the gaming authority prepares to hold a tender.............Subscribers

Giants to Compete Over Milli Piyango Privatization
ANKARA, Turkey (February 19, 2008) -- The government will step up the privatization process -- a process long seen as stagnated due to early elections and the subsequent presidential vote -- with the anticipated privatization of Milli Piyango (the national lottery)................Subscribers

Preparations Start For Privatization Of National Lottery
ANKARA, Turkey (February 13, 2008) -- Preparations have started for privatization of Milli Piyango, the National Lottery, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported on Monday quoting unnamed sources............Subscribers

Turkish Privatization in a Hurry
Article By: Rob van der Gaast, Gambling Analyst & Publicist, Email: robvan@gamblinganalysts.eu
ISTANBUL, Turkey (February 6, 2008) -- The Turkish Government finally has set its National Lottery, Milli Piyango, in the display window for the (pre-) privatization. The Government has reconfirmed that Ernst & Young, and for the technical gambling facets, QLot Consulting, will assist the Turkish Privatization Authority (IPA) to realize this great ambition.................Subscribers

Government to Give Green Light for National Lottery Privatisation (Sources)
TURKEY (January 18, 2008) – Greek News sources quoted sources (unnamed) close to the matter as saying the Turkish Government could give the green light for the privatisation of the Turkish National Lottery............Subscribers

National Lottery Ticket Sales Are About To Break a Record, 77% Already Sold
TURKEY (December 20, 2007) -- Almost eighty percent of Milli Piyango, Turkish National Lottery Administration, Tickets have been sold. Eighty- eight percent of the jackpot has recordedly gone to quarter tickets...............Subscribers

Finance Minister Orders Withdrawal of Controversial Scratch Tickets
ANKARA, Turkey (November 24, 2007) -- The Finance Ministry announced on Friday that scratchies, issued by the State Lottery agency that featured a map of Turkey, will no longer be sold............Subscribers

Head of Lottery Shot Dead Over Job Transfer
ANKARA, Turkey (November 17, 2007) -- The head of the Turkish state lottery was shot dead in his office by a former lottery employee on Friday...............Subscribers

Government on Target to Complete Studies Into Selling Licenses for Conducting Games Of Chance
TURKEY (October 31, 2007) -- After earning a large amount of capital from privatization deals, especially in the last four years, Turkey is reportedly keeping up its pace with plans to sell state properties and enterprises in the coming term..............Subscribers

Turkish Government Tables Bill To Overcome Lottery Veto
ANKARA, Turkey (January 24, 2007) - The Turkish government has submitted a bill to parliament to overcome a court veto and allow a government agency to contract sports betting to private companies.........................Subscribers