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National Lottery Website Sets New Record
UNITED KINGDOM (November 23, 2006)
-- The National Lottery website at
www.national-lottery.co.uk
experienced record rates of sales as the EuroMillions jackpot reached £123
million on Friday (17 November).
In the final hour sales through the
website hit an unprecedented £500,000 per hour – an average of
£140 per second.
And the mega jackpot also resulted
in a massive 28,013 new registrations in a single day, up by 25 per cent on the
previous Friday when a £103m jackpot had been up for grabs.
Friday’s interactive sales were
56 per cent higher than the sales peak at the time of the biggest EuroMillions
jackpot of £125m in February this year. Sales peaked at £319,000 an
hour on that occasion.
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This latest interactive record was
also 50 per cent bigger than the second-ever Lotto Triple Rollover on 14
October (£331,000 an hour) and 19 per cent above the previous week’s
EuroMillions peak (£417,000 an hour).
The National Lottery website’s
systems architecture has been dramatically expanded over the past 12 months, to
ensure it is able to handle an increasing amount of transactions.
Neil Kellar, Camelot IT Director,
said: “Play through our interactive channels is increasing all the time,
but big jackpots always bring a big surge in use of the website.
“We’ve increased
the capacity of the website several times – notably at the beginning of
the year when another EuroMillions Rollover hit £125m – and I’m
very pleased with how well the site is standing up to record-breaking levels of
users.
“We planned very
carefully for the surge in sales we knew would come on Friday, putting a
mechanism in place so that we could carefully control the flow of players into
the site and ensure that the levels of service and player experience were the
highest possible.
“As a result we
received half the number of phone inquiries we had at the time of that
£125m jackpot – despite our interactive player base having
dramatically expanded since then – and afterwards 85 players contacted us
to compliment us on the quality of our service.”
The 11 week EuroMillions Rollover
series climaxed on Friday with the National Lottery’s first ever
“roll down”. Because the game rules did not allow a 12th
rollover and no one won the jackpot, the £123m was shared by
ticket-holders on the next prize tier. Twenty ticket-holders won, with seven of
them in the UK scooping £6.75m each. 5,939,215 prizes were won in total
and the roll series raised more than £47m for Good Causes in the UK.
The National Lottery website was
launched in 2003 and was quickly joined by other interactive channels on Sky
Active and mobile phones via the Play by Text service.
Well over 1.5m players are now
registered with the lottery’s interactive services, and sales have risen
every year since launch. In 2005/6 interactive sales rose by more than
£127.3m – or 145.5 per cent – to £214.8m.
Camelot’s central systems – which
support all lottery sales across both interactive and traditional retail
channels – have been tested at well over half a million lottery ticket
transactions per minute, without showing any observable reduction in ticket
processing and printing time.
Camelot was the first organisation
in the UK to achieve GamCare accreditation for its internet site and its Sky
Active and Play By Text services. The Children’s Charity NCH found the
National Lottery website to be one of only two which stopped a young person
from illegally registering of 32 tested.
SOURCE: Camelot.
INTRALOT Announces Its Nine Months 2006 Results; Net Profit Jumps
59.6% to €82m
ATHENS, Greece (November 21, 2006)
-- INTRALOT SA today announces its
financial results for the nine-month period ending September 30th 2006,
prepared in accordance with IFRS.
INTRALOT achieved to sustain a high
growth rate both in its revenues and profits, as follows:
- Consolidated Revenues for
the period reached €572.8m, posting a 71.7% increase compared to 9M05.
- EBITDA (Earnings Before
Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization) increased by 57.1% to
€185.6m, compared to the same period last year (€118,1m in 9M05).
- Earnings Before Taxes
(EBT) recorded an increase of 48.4% y-o-y by reaching €172.5m compared
to €116.3m in 9M05.
- Earnings after Taxes and
after minorities (EAT-am) increased by 59.6% y-o-y to €82.0m from
€51.4m in 9M05.
- Total International
Revenues for the INTRALOT Group amounted to €420.5m, or 73.4% of total
Group sales, compared with €249.7m in 9M05.
- International operations
contributed a total of €119.1m or 69% to group EBT vs. €61.6m in
9Μ05.
Concerning the parent
company, revenues increased to €169.2m in 9M06, 123.6% higher
year-on-year (9M05: €75.6m). EBITDA increased by 130.0%
year-on-year to 89.1m (9M05: €38.7m). Earnings Before Taxes (EBT)
reached €89.1m in 9M06, posting a 73.1% y-o-y increase, while Earnings
After Taxes (EAT) reached €61.2m in 9M06, posting a 75.7% y-o-y
increase (€ 34.8 m. in 9M05).
Commenting on the above results
INTRALOT’s CEO, Mr. Constantinos Antonopoulos, stated: “We
are very pleased with our 9Μ06 period results. The latest drifts in
INTRALOT’s business course are decisive for its future
advancement.
“First of all, due to this
performance we declared an interim dividend of €0.30 per share, 30% higher
than last year’s interim dividend.
“In new projects’ point
of view, we signed a major contract for the operation, management and system
supply in South Africa, and reached an agreement with OPAP to provide the
infrastructure and know-how necessary to manage the risk of the Stihima
game. “On the other hand, the much awaited liberalization of gaming
markets in Europe has started, as Italy recently tendered new fixed-odds
betting and horse racing licenses. “INTRALOT participated in this tender
the results of which will be known soon. “Moreover, the list of lottery
privatization projects has increased with the addition of US states, which
would mean the opening of a potential large market.
“These developments along
with the sound financial status of INTRALOT as reflected in the 9M06 results,
are expected to continue driving our growth in the future in order to deliver
value to all our clients, shareholders, collaborators and employees who trust
us.”
About INTRALOT (www.intralot.com)
INTRALOT, a public
company listed on the ASE, is a leading supplier of integrated gaming and
transaction processing systems, innovative game content and value added
services to state-licensed gaming organizations worldwide. Its broad portfolio
of products & services, its know-how of Lottery, Betting & Video
Lottery operations, its experience in sports games and its leading-edge
technology give INTRALOT a competitive advantage which contributes directly to
customers’ efficiency, profitability and growth. INTRALOT’s footprint
straddles five continents with 37 subsidiaries, 8 business offices, over 3,600
people and revenues of € 523 million for 2005 and €700(Ε) for
2006.
For more information please CONTACT:
Ms Evi Ioannidou, Communications Director, Phone: +30-210-6156000 – Fax:
+30-210 6106800, email: ioannidou@intralot.com
Oklahoma Lottery Introduces Famed Rockwell Holiday Instant Game;
Lottery Industry Welcomes Back Nostalgic Instant
Tickets
ALPHARETTA, Georgia, USA (November
17, 2006) – Oklahoma Lottery players
are celebrating one of America's most beloved artists this holiday season with
a new "Holiday Traditions" instant ticket featuring artwork by the famed
Norman Rockwell and his Saturday Evening Post illustrations.
MDI
Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Scientific Games Corporation, can offer
lotteries the rights to Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post and Country
Gentlemen illustrations under an agreement with the Curtis Publishing
Company.
MDI's parent company Scientific
Games held the rights to this brand from 1999 to 2001. Several clients
requested that MDI acquire the property to re-introduce it to the lottery
industry and Oklahoma is the first state Lottery to do so. "Holiday
Traditions" is a $1 instant ticket with a $500 top prize.
The game features a series of four
tickets with a different Rockwell scene on each ticket. To date, the game's
activation rate is higher than the state's other holiday games.
"The people of Oklahoma are proud
of their diverse culture, genuine warmth and friendliness which is the heart of
Norman Rockwell's inspiration and artwork," said Steve Saferin, MDI
President. "Nostalgia is an important Lottery game category. We think this
is the perfect game for Oklahomans this holiday season and know it will perform
well."
Norman Rockwell was born in New York
in 1894 and at an early age decided he wanted to be an artist. He studied at
Chase Art School, the National Academy of Design and the Arts Students League.
It was then when his drawings were published in Boy's Life Magazine. In 1916,
his ambition was reached when the editor of the Saturday Evening Post accepted
two cover paintings and commissioned three more. That was the start of his 45
year relationship with the magazine resulting in 317 cover paintings.
Source: MDI
Entertainment.
CONTACT: Jeff Schweig, Phone: 678-297-5212.
Acting Revenue Secretary Completes Commitment, Returning to
Lottery
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, USA
(November 22, 2006) -- Gov. Joe Manchin announced today that upon completing
his promised tenure of service as leader of the Department of Revenue, Acting
Secretary John Musgrave is returning
full-time to his original responsibilities as Director of the
West Virginia Lottery Commission.
Secretary Musgrave has served as
State Lottery Director since 1997, and was appointed Acting Secretary of
Revenue in 2003. Although the appointment as Acting Secretary was to be
temporary, Musgrave has served with distinction for more than three years as
Acting Revenue Secretary, State Budget Director and State Lottery Director.
Under his oversight, the state has
experienced dramatic growth in lottery revenues and two of the largest overall
revenue years in state history. “John Musgrave is to be commended
for his service to the people of West Virginia, and I look forward to
continuing to work with him in this capacity as State Lottery
Director,” the governor said. Fresh upon the successful
completion of the 2006 Report of the Tax Modernization Project establishing a
foundation for restructuring of the tax system with changes adopted during the
recent Special Session of the West Virginia Legislature, Secretary Musgrave
indicated his desire to return to the Lottery Commission on a full-time basis
to ensure that it continues to be managed effectively in the coming
years. “I am extremely proud of the many recent accomplishments
of the Department of Revenue,” Musgrave said. “Governor
Manchin has on a daily basis attempted to improve the lives of all West
Virginians, and I have been a proud member of the Governor’s Cabinet. I
believe, however, that the time is now for me to focus on my responsibilities
as Lottery Director.”
Upon Secretary Musgrave’s
recommendation, Governor Manchin has named Rob Alsop, Department of Revenue
General Counsel, as Revenue Secretary, effective Dec. 1. Alsop played an
important role in the transition of the West Virginia Workers’
Compensation System to privatization and the development of the Tax
Modernization Project. He previously served as Deputy General Counsel to Gov.
Joe Manchin III. A Webster Springs native, Alsop is a graduate of West
Virginia University and West Virginia University College of Law, where he was
Editor-in-Chief of the West Virginia Law Review. He previously served as a law
clerk to the Honorable Robert Bruce King of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Fourth Circuit.
SOURCE: West Virginia Lottery media
release.
Georgia Lottery Announces First Ever Millionaire
Raffle
Best Chance Ever to Win $1
MILLION!
ATLANTA, Georgia, USA (November 20,
2006) -- There's an exciting new game coming to Georgia, giving Georgia Lottery
players their best chance ever to win $1 million. Millionaire Raffle is a
limited-time game from the Georgia Lottery
with four $1 million prizes.
Millionaire Raffle tickets went on
sale on Sunday, November 19, 2006. A total of 500,000 tickets will be printed
and sold in numeric order until they are sold out. With the best odds ever of
winning $1 million from the Georgia Lottery, Millionaire Raffle tickets are a
hot ticket this holiday season and make great holiday gifts.
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"As we ring in the New Year with
our Millionaire Raffle drawing, all Georgians can celebrate the profits that
Millionaire Raffle will generate for the HOPE Scholarship and Pre-K
programs," said Georgia Lottery Corporation President and CEO
Margaret DeFrancisco.
A computerized drawing on December
31, 2006, will randomly select Millionaire Raffle winners. Four tickets will
win $1 million each, paid in a lump sum; five tickets will win $100,000 each;
and 500 tickets will win $1,000 each.
The odds of winning any prize in the
Millionaire Raffle game are 1 in 982. The odds of winning one of the four $1
million prizes are 1 in 125,000. The odds of winning one of the five $100,000
prizes are 1 in 100,000. The odds of winning one of the 500 $1,000 prizes are 1
in 1,000. Each Millionaire Raffle ticket costs $20.
Draw results for the $1 million and
$100,000 prize levels will be announced during the 6:59 p.m. CASH 3 Evening
drawing on December 31, 2006. Complete results of the 509 winning raffle
numbers will be available on the Georgia Lottery Web site and at Georgia
Lottery retailers.
For more information, please visit
the Media Center on the GLC Web site at: www.galottery.com.
SOURCE: Georgia Lottery.
CONTACT:
Georgia Lottery Corporation Media Relations Department, Voice: 404-215-5062,
Fax: 404-215-8983, Email: media@galottery.org
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. and Cantor Gaming Announce Content
License Agreement
Cantor To Offer Aristocrat
Game Content On Mobile Devices
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, USA (November 20,
2006) -- Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of technology-driven
products for the casino gaming industry, announced today that it has signed a
slot content licensing agreement with Cantor Gaming, an affiliate of the global
financial services company Cantor Fitzgerald. Under terms of the agreement,
Aristocrat’s game content will be offered via Cantor’s mobile gaming
system to wireless, handheld devices in casinos worldwide.
"We are excited to join efforts
with Cantor to deliver our proven games to casinos and their customers through
this new mobile medium,” said Kent Young, Global General Manager of
Marketing for Aristocrat. “Aristocrat's proven successful slot content
combined with Cantor's history and expertise in the gaming and financial arenas
with secure mobile transactions will offer a new and exciting player
experience."
“We are thrilled to partner
with Aristocrat on mobile gaming,” said Cantor Gaming Managing
Director, Joe Asher. “Their innovative content is extremely popular
with customers around the world and we are excited to be able to offer it in
this new distribution channel. Adding Aristocrat’s content to our system
further enhances our standing as the leader in mobile gaming, which promises to
provide exciting gaming opportunities to casino customers and incremental
revenue-growth opportunities for casino operators.”
About Mobile
Gaming
Mobile gaming allows the play of traditional casino-style
games such as blackjack, baccarat, poker, slots and proprietary games on
wireless, hand-held devices. Nevada, through Assembly Bill 471, is the first
state in the nation to authorize gaming on mobile devices in public areas of
casino resorts, including lobbies, lounges, restaurants and poolside.
About Aristocrat
Technologies, Inc.
Las Vegas-based Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
designs and markets gaming machines, casino management systems, and progressive
systems and is the Americas distributor of Interblock multi-station gaming
devices. Aristocrat Technologies is a subsidiary of global gaming company
Aristocrat Leisure Limited, which is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange
(ASX: ALL). For more information, please visit the Company’s website at
http://www.aristocratgaming.com.
About Cantor
Gaming
Cantor Gaming, an affiliate of the global financial services
company Cantor Fitzgerald, is the trade name of several Cantor entities,
including Cantor G&W (Nevada) L.P. Through its subsidiary, eSpeed, Inc.,
Cantor has unparalleled expertise in the real-time, reliable and secure
execution of financial transactions. Cantor Gaming was instrumental in the
passage of A.B. 471, signed into law by Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn in June
2005. That legislation paves the way for mobile gaming on the premises of
Nevada's casino resorts. Cantor Gaming was the first company licensed as a
manufacturer, distributor and operator of a mobile gaming system by the Nevada
Gaming Commission. Cantor provides a complete end-to-end mobile gaming
solution, including the wireless, mission-critical server-based gaming system,
full back-office infrastructure and an extensive portfolio of casino games. The
Las Vegas Sands organization has selected Cantor Gaming as its exclusive
provider of mobile gaming services at The Venetian and the under-construction
Palazzo on the Las Vegas Strip and in other jurisdictions where permitted by
law. For further information, visit www.cantorgaming.com
CONTACTS: Aristocrat Technologies,
Inc.: Investor Contact, Simon Kelly, Chief Financial Officer, Phone: +612
9413 6601. Media Contact, Kent Young, Global GM Marketing, Phone; (702)
270-1000. Cantor Gaming: Media Contact, Dan Shapiro, Phone: (212) 829-4933.
Henry Chan Gains Second Term of Office as Chairman of Asia Pacific
Lottery Association
APLA (November 15, 2006) –
Mr. Henry Chan, Executive Director,
Betting of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, was
re-elected Chairman of the Asia Pacific Lottery
Association (APLA) at its Annual General Meeting in Singapore yesterday
Mr. Chan said after the election,
"I am honoured to be re-elected APLA Chairman. I am grateful for the support
of the member organisations and I will continue to do my best to drive forward
the development of the lotteries business in the Asia Pacific region."
In the past two years of his first
term as APLA Chairman, Mr Chan has promoted business development among member
organisations and encouraged experience sharing. Efforts have been especially
focused on the developing countries, helping them acquire more knowledge of
different management and operational models for lotteries and providing them
with the latest information on technology. In this way they can enhance the
quality of their business and management know-how.
"As giving back a large part of
the lotteries income to the community is one of the criteria of joining APLA,
one of my main tasks in the coming term is to continue helping our member
organisations with their business development. Through their contributions to
the community and social projects in their countries, their people and
communities at large will benefit." Mr. Chan explained.
The membership base has been
expanded from 18 to 22 in the two years of Mr Chan's first term as Chairman. He
will continue to take leadership in unifying efforts of the member
organisations in the fight against illegal and unauthorised gambling, and in
promoting the message of responsible gambling. "I will strive for further
growth in membership from legalised lottery operators so as to strengthen the
development of the lottery business in the Asia Pacific region and advance the
collective interest of APLA members," Mr. Chan said.
More than 900 representatives of
World Lottery Association (WLA) member
organisations from over 70 countries participated in this year's
World Lottery Association Convention and
Trade Show held in Singapore between 12 and 17 November. As APLA is one of
the regional associations of WLA, Mr Henry Chan, as Chairman of APLA, updated
WLA on the association's positive expansion and growth opportunities in the
Asia-Pacific region in the past year.
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Brief Biography of Henry
Chan
Since joining The Hong Kong Jockey Club in 1974, Henry Chan
has taken leading roles in a number of major projects of the Club, including
the setting-up of Off-Course Betting Branches in 1974, the opening of Sha Tin
Racecourse in 1978, the automation of the Club's betting operations in the '80s
and introducing football betting in 2003.
In his current role as Executive
Director of Betting, Mr Chan heads the betting division responsible for the
development of the Club's three core products: horse race betting, football
betting and the Mark Six Lottery, which generated a total turnover of more than
US$12 billion in the 2005/06 season.
He was elected Vice Chairman of the
Asia Pacific Lottery Association at its founding in June 2000 and was appointed
to the New Media/Cross Border Committee of the World Lottery Association in
March 2001. Mr. Chan was elected Chairman of the Asia Pacific Lottery
Association in September 2004.
SOURCE: Asia Pacific Lottery
Association.
Lottery Issues Warning on 2010 World Cup Lottery Scam
SOUTH AFRICA (November 17, 2006) --
The National Lotteries Board and
Uthingo Management have issued a
warning to the public not to fall victim to the latest lottery scam called the
SA 2010 World Cup Lottery.
Emails are being sent to individuals
informing them that they have won large prizes in the so-called
“lottery” and they are requested to complete an online form with
their personal information.
Once the individuals have supplied
their personal details, they are asked to pay a small administration fee in
order to claim the big prize.
Sershan Naidoo, spokesman for the
National Lotteries Board, says there is no such “lottery” and
unsuspecting members of the public might find themselves a few hundred or
thousands of rand poorer if they respond to those emails.
“The only company registered
to operate the lottery in South Africa is Uthingo Management. There are
no random lottery draws and only players that have entered draws by purchasing
valid tickets at retailers stand a chance to win a prize.”
“Furthermore, winners will
never be charged a fee to access winnings.”
Payment of prizes will only
occur once a valid winning ticket is presented. The responsibility is
placed on the player to present the winning ticket at various designated
centres and prizes can only be paid to winners once their proof of identity is
verified. Uthingo does not forward prizes to any clearing institution nor does
it pay prizes into any escrow account whereby an amount of money granted to
somebody but held by a third party is only released after a condition has been
met.
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South African lottery legislation
does not permit (1) participation in the National Lottery via an agency who
collects commission or a fee for such a service; and/or (2) the issuing of free
tickets to players.
“We would like to
appeal to the public not to respond to unsolicited emails from organisations
claiming to act on behalf of the South African lottery operator or operators
abroad,” says Naidoo.
The
World Lottery Association's Security and
Risk Management Committee has drawn up a list of organisations known to
fraudulently operate from various countries all over the world. The list
can be viewed on the website, www.world-lotteries.org
SOURCE: Uthingo.
German Lotto Company Plays it Safe with MySQL
Cluster
Selects High-Availability Database for
Online Lottery & Sports Betting System
MUNICH, Germany (November 21, 2006)
-- MySQL AB, the developer of the world's most popular open source database,
today announced that Toto-Lotto Niedersachsen GmbH has
standardized on MySQL® for all its appropriate future IT needs. The German
lottery company based its selection on the success it has had using MySQL
Cluster to run its online business applications.
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Jörg Neue, Lotto
Niedersachsen's IT Director, summarizes the economic advantages: "By using
MySQL Cluster, we can perform a highly granular scaling of our databases, which
allows us to be flexible in adapting to business growth." Scalability and
high availability are distinct advantages for the registered customers and
lottery pools that can now play their lottery games online. Jörg Neue
especially applauds MySQL AB's professional consulting and support services
that made it possible to create a high-performance system in a very short
period of time.
"We provide customers with
fault-tolerant availability of 99.999 percent", says Mike Wiedemann, MySQL
AB's country sales director for Central Europe. He also explains the details of
the Toto-Lotto's MySQL Cluster implementation: The software is run within a
traditional architecture on the presentation, application and persistence level
on two SQL and four NDB nodes in a Linux environment. Although the database
currently holds 4 GB, the system is designed to comfortably scale to 14 GB and
1.600 queries per second.
Their MySQL Cluster system also
supports applications for filling out lottery tickets online, participating in
the TV lottery and purchasing various types of tickets. In addition, MySQL
Cluster is used for the pay-out distribution and numbers archive maintained by
the lottery association "Deutscher Lottoblock", which owns the information
portal that hosts the Lotto Niedersachsen site.
According to Lotto Niedersachsen,
their main reasons for the future expansion of its MySQL use are:
- An excellent price/performance
ratio,
- High speed,
- Easy scalability,
- Availability of high-quality
professional support,
- The MySQL skills that their
in-house administrators have developed.
About Toto-Lotto
Niedersachsen
Toto-Lotto Niedersachsen GmbH, also known as LOTTO
Niedersachsen, is the lottery company for the German state of Niedersachsen.
During 2005, Lotto Niedersachsen employed an average staff of 201. Lotto
Niedersachsen, however, does not just make for happy winners. A significant
share of its income is used to support sports, welfare, art, culture,
environmental protection and other public causes.For further information,
please visit us online at: https://www.lottospielen-nds.de
About MySQL
MySQL AB develops and
supports a family of high-performance, affordable database products. The
company's flagship offering is `MySQL Enterprise', a comprehensive set of
production-tested software, proactive monitoring tools, and premium support
services.
MySQL is the world's most popular open source database software,
with over 10 million active installations. Many of the world's largest and
fastest-growing organizations use MySQL to save time and money powering their
high-volume Web sites, business-critical systems and packaged software --
including industry leaders such as Yahoo!, Alcatel, The Associated Press,
Suzuki and NASA.
With headquarters in the United States and Sweden -- and
operations around the world -- MySQL AB supports both open source values and
corporate customers' needs in a profitable, sustainable business. For more
information about MySQL, please visit www.mysql.com.
NOTE: MySQL is a
registered trademark of MySQL AB in the United States and other countries.
Other product names may be trademarks of their respective companies.
SOURCE: MySQL AB distributed by
Linux PR (Submitted by Martha Jager of Sheeran/Jager Communication).
The Gambling Industry Is On The Search For New Growth Regions -With
An Anticipated Size Of €39 billion by 2010, Spain Is Expected To Be A Key
Future Market
New Report About The Spanish
Gambling Market Analyses One Of The Most Promising Online And Land-Based
Gambling Markets
LONDON/MUNICH (November 22, 2006) --
The consulting firm MECN’s new study “The Spanish Gambling Market
- Key region for future growth” analyses the Spanish gambling market
in detail. The expected growth drivers for the next years are above all the
retail betting sector and Internet gambling.
William Hill has already started its
expansion into Spain, Ladbrokes is currently working on a market entry
strategy, more and more Spanish soccer teams are sponsored by online gambling
companies, … - these are just a few of many clear signs that the gambling
industry is starting to focus on Spain for future growth.
After the recent legal conflicts in
traditional gambling markets, an obvious key strategic option is expansion into
less restrictive jurisdictions or into regions where an increased
liberalisation might be possible in the short term. Martin Oelbermann,
co-author of the study, explains: “In nearly all of our surveys
and interviews the operators mentione Spain as a particularly
attractive jurisdiction for future expansion.”
Why is Spain so
attractive?
The following are some of the
reasons why Spain is perceived as so attractive:
- Increasing liberalisation
- Many autonomous regions in Spain are working toward a liberalisation of
the market, and particularly the betting sector as well as interactive gambling
could benefit from that.
- William Hill and other big
players are already poised for expansion into Spain – Many international
companies, such as William Hill or Betbull/BWin, already have joint venture
agreements in place and are poised to take advantage of the market in
Spain.
- Growth potential,
especially for retail betting and interactive gambling - Overall, Spain’s
gambling market is expected to grow to Euro 39 billion by 2010. By 2010 the
retail betting market is expected to grow to ca. Euro 4.5 billion, which is
more than 750% larger than its current size (CAGR of 71%). The other growth
driver will be interactive gambling, which is expected to reach ca. Euro 4.2
billion by 2010, a growth of ca. 240% (CAGR of 36%) over the current
level.
- Lotto craziness -
Spain’s lottery market is one of the largest in the world and can boast
impressive per-capita sales.
The study can be obtained at:
http://www.spain-gambling.mecn.net
About MECN:
MECN is a network of
experts on issues concerning the media and entertainment industry. Together
they provide in-depth knowledge, analysis, and advice to global
clients.
CONTACT: Martin Oelbermann, Tel: +49 (0)89 3835 6785, e-mail:
pr@mecn.net
SOURCE: MECN GmbH.
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