| INTRALOT Announces Its First Quarter 2008 Results;
Impressive Revenue Growth & International Expansion
ATHENS, Greece (May 29, 2007) --
INTRALOT S.A., the leading international
gaming company, today announces its financial results for the three-month
period ending March 31st 2008, prepared in accordance with IFRS.
Consolidated Revenues for the period reached €256.6m
posting an impressive increase of 42.7% compared to the results of 1Q07. EBITDA
(Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization) reached
€72.5m, with small decrease of 2.1% compared to the same period last year.
Earnings Before Taxes (EBT) recorded an increase of 1% y-o-y by reaching
€68.3m compared to €67.6m in 1Q07, while Earnings After Taxes and
after minorities (EAT-am) increased by 5.3% y-o-y to €35.9m from
€34.1m in 1Q07. Revenues for the parent company
were €28.0m in 1Q08, 30.7% lower than 1Q07. Earnings Before Taxes (EBT)
for the period stood at €17.1m, and Earnings After Taxes (EAT) reached
€11.9m.
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| Constantinos Antonopoulos |
Commenting on 1Q08 results
INTRALOT CEO, Mr. Constantinos
Antonopoulos, noted: “The first quarter of 2008 has been very
exciting for INTRALOT since the Group managed to win a series of major
international contracts such as a license to operate fixed-odds betting games
in the promising region of Madrid, a dual contract in the large gaming market
of the Netherlands and a significant announcement for being the preferred
bidder regarding the Ohio Lottery, one of the largest US lotteries, a few
months following the South Carolina Lottery contract. Moreover, the Company
acquired a video-lottery operator in Slovakia, a market with significant
potential, that will also act as the Group’s expansion arm in neighboring
countries.
In Q1 2008 consolidated
revenues grew by a robust 42.7% to 256.6m euro and net profits by 5.3%,
managing to absorb the increased start-up and business development costs of
setting up operations in countries such as Russia, Italy, Spain (Madrid), the
Netherlands, Victoria Australia, the US, where two contracts (New Mexico and
South Carolina) are in the implementation phase and, following the relevant
approvals, we expect Ohio to be soon added to them.”
“The Company will continuously pursue
opportunities, as they arise, in the international gaming sector that are
expected to bring value to our shareholders.” About INTRALOT (www.intralot.com) INTRALOT, a public listed company, is the leading supplier of
integrated gaming and transaction processing systems, innovative game content
and sports betting management, to state-licensed gaming organizations
worldwide. It’s broad portfolio of products & services, its know-how
of Lottery, Betting & Video Lottery operations and its leading-edge
technology, give INTRALOT a competitive advantage which contributes directly to
customers’ efficiency, profitability and growth. With presence in more
than 40 countries, with 4.200 people and revenues of €835.5 m. for 2007,
INTRALOT has established its presence on all 5 continents.
For more information please CONTACT: Ms Persa
Kartsoli, Head of Corporate Affairs, Phone: +30-210 6156000, Fax: +30-210
6106800, email: kartsoli@intralot.com -
Pollard
Banknote Awarded Two-Year Instant Ticket Contract Extension By Sweden’s
Svenska Spel, Extension valued at an estimated $9.2 million
(CDN) WINNIPEG, Canada (May 29,
2008) -- Pollard Banknote has been awarded
a two-year extension to its instant ticket printing and associated services
contract with Sweden’s national lottery, Svenska Spel. This prolongs the original
two-year pact signed in January 2006 - in which Pollard Banknote was named sole
supplier - until January 2010. The value of the extension is estimated to be
approximately $9.2 million (CDN).
Pollard Banknote has been
servicing Svenska Spel uninterrupted since 1993, providing game and ticket
design, ticket production and marketing support. Over the years, the firm has
worked with the Lottery to develop a number of innovative products, including
unique pouches, holographic tickets and patented environmentally friendly
Scratch FX™ tickets. “We’ve enjoyed
a very close partnership with Svenska Spel over the years,” said
Gordon Pollard, Co Chief Executive Officer, Pollard Banknote. “We look
forward to continuing to build on the relationship and contributing more to
development and innovation in the Lottery’s products and marketing
strategies.” Pollard Banknote continues to
provide the Lottery with new game ideas to strengthen instant ticket sales in
the highly competitive Swedish market. About
Pollard Banknote Limited Partnership Pollard
Banknote Limited Partnership (“Pollard Banknote”) is one of the
world’s leading full-service lottery vendors and is a major supplier to
North America’s charitable gaming industry. The firm manufactures instant
tickets and provides related programming, design, and marketing support. As
well, Pollard Banknote manufactures ticket vending machines, pull tab tickets
and bingo paper, and supplies lottery management services (including
warehousing and distribution). Established in 1907, the firm is owned by the
Pollard family and the Pollard Banknote Income Fund and currently serves more
than 45 lotteries worldwide, including some of the largest and most respected
lotteries in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Central and South
America. About Pollard Banknote Income Fund
Pollard Banknote Income Fund (TSX: PBL.UN) is an
unincorporated, open-end trust which owns 26.7% of Pollard Holdings Limited
Partnership, which in turn owns Pollard Banknote Limited Partnership. Statement by California Lottery Director Joan
Borucki Regarding the Integrity of California Lottery
For more information CONTACT: Gordon Pollard (gpollard@pbl.ca) or John Pollard (jpollard@pbl.ca) Co-Chief Executive Officers,
Pollard Banknote, Phone: (204) 474-2323,
www.pollardbanknote.com.
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| California Lottery Director Joan Borucki
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SACRAMENTO, California (May
20, 2008) -- The following statement was released by
California Lottery Director
Joan Borucki regarding the integrity
of the California Lottery. "Californian's can be
assured of the integrity of all California Lottery games. We demand the utmost
of our products and gaming systems and stand behind their reliability."
Additional Information:
Scientific Games is the primary vendor for
printing of Scratchers tickets. GTECH is the contractor for the California
Lottery's gaming system functions. Every California
Lottery vendor is subject to rigorous personal and financial background
investigation. By law, the California Lottery annually
engages an independent firm of certified public accountants to conduct an
annual audit of all accounts and transactions of the lottery. The audited
financial statements shall be presented to the Lottery Commission, Governor,
Controller, Treasurer, Attorney General, and Legislature.
By law, the California Lottery engages an independent firm
experienced in security procedures to conduct a comprehensive study and
evaluation of all aspects of security in the operation of the Lottery. This
study includes Lottery Game Retailer security, Lottery Contractors security,
security of manufacturing operations of Lottery Contractors, security against
ticket counterfeiting and alterations and other means of fraudulently winning,
security of drawings, computer security, data communications security, data
base security, security in distribution, security involving validation and
payment procedures, security aspects applicable to each particular Lottery
Game, and any other aspects of security applicable to the Lottery and its
operations.
The report containing the
overall evaluation is presented to the Lottery Commission, Governor,
Controller, Treasurer, Attorney General, and Legislature. These audits
are conducted every two years. The last audit was conducted in December
2006. By law, additional audit functions are executed
by the State Controller including quarterly and annual post-audits of all
accounts and transactions of the Commission and other special post-audits as
the State Controller deems necessary. By law, the
California Lottery employs a Deputy Director for Security, a sworn peace
officer who must have law enforcement experience, and shall have knowledge and
experience in computer security. Additional
independent auditing functions are also required of Scratchers ticket printing
vendors. A representative of the California Lottery's
division of sworn peace officers attends every print run of California Lottery
Scratchers tickets and engages in the final print check and quality assurance
programs. SOURCE: California Lottery.
International
Lottery & Totalizator Systems Signs Agreement to Provide Online Lottery
System and Terminals for Installation and Operation in
Mongolia
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VISTA, California, USA (May
22, 2008) - International Lottery &
Totalizator Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: ITSI) announced today that the Company
signed an agreement with Two Jo Company Ltd. to supply an
online lottery system and terminals for installation and operation in Mongolia.
Under terms of the agreement, ILTS will deliver a turnkey system, including
central system hardware and software, and terminals. In addition, ILTS will
provide a number of services, including installation, training and technical
support. The agreement is valued at approximately $1.43 million.
Commenting on this new agreement, ILTS President Jeff
Johnson said, "We are delighted to have Two Jo Company Ltd. as a new
customer and we look forward to providing them with a quality online system and
services and working with them to make this lottery a success."
About ILTS International
Lottery & Totalizator Systems, Inc. provides computerized wagering systems,
equipment and services to lottery and racing organizations worldwide. ILTS can
be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.ilts.com. SOURCE: ILTS. Company CONTACT: Jim Snow, 760-598-0219.
Szrek2Solutions Delivers Trusted Play+ with
Multiplayer Games to the Danish Lottery
Szrek2Solutions developed and delivered RNG and
RNG Audit for Multiplayer community games on Trusted Play+™ platform for
Danske Spil EAST GREENWICH, Rhode Island
(June 2008) -- Szrek2Solutions LLC announced that it has developed support for
Multiplayer community games on its Trusted Play+™ platform and delivered
the system to Danske Spil for the launch in
April. Players in Denmark can now participate in Multiplayer games offered over
the Danske Spil’s internet platform with the same level of security as
Instants and e-Bingo, utilizing the most secure and advanced random number
server available to the gaming industry.
Trusted Play+ system
provides secure RNG outcomes for the variety of Multiplayer games, ensuring
very high performance. Trusted Audit™ system, in a fully automated manner
proves mathematical integrity of the RNG process and certifies that there was
no fraud, including insider fraud. Audit also proofs and verifies game
information and offers internal control functions such as bet integrity
verification and winner selection verification that are provided directly to
the internal or external Auditor. In addition Trusted Monitor™ system
offers the Lottery and the Auditor ability to monitor all the processes and the
game / transaction data. Szrek2Solutions is proud to
work again with Danske Spil and to provide its state-of-the-art technology and
as high a quality of product as before, with Instant game development in 2005
and e-Bingo project in 2006. Now Instants, e-Bingo and Multiplayer games are
integrated on a single platform and fully automated. Trusted Play+™ offers a unique feature of audit of
random numbers based on RUN+A (Random Unpredictable Numbers with Audit)
methodology, patented by Szrek2Solutions, utilizing asymmetric encryption
technology (public/private key) to digitally sign game data and produce a
unique random number set. The digital signature used in the process can be
“decoded” at any later point in time to recreate and verify both the
number set and the related game data. Trusted Play+™ has potential
application as a game server for instant and interactive games and a draw
system for a wide range of games, including traditional games, raffle, lotto,
numbers, keno, bingo, card and monitor games, on a wide range of betting
platforms, including conventional lottery terminals, video lottery terminals,
and internet and mobile phone wagering. About
Szrek2Solutions LLC (www.szrek.com)
Szrek2Solutions LLC is a private, international
consultancy and product supplier dedicated to secure solutions for the gaming
industry. Headquartered in RI, USA, Szrek2Solutions offers a family of secure
products based on their patented RNG methodology: Trusted Play™ secure RNG
server, Trusted Draw™ secure electronic draw system, and companion
products: Trusted Audit™, Trusted Monitor™; Trusted
Transactions™ securing bets before draws and Trusted Ticket™ securing
lottery sales with no additional hardware at the traditional POS.
Szrek2Solutions offers product implementation, delivery, support, and
consulting services in the area of system and data security, system
architecture and design, game design and other lottery related services.
About Danske Spil A/S (www.danskespil.dk)
Danske Spil A/S is a Danish Government owned and
controlled authorized lottery offering instant games, sports betting, Lotto,
e-Bingo, bets on horseracing and slot machines in Denmark.
SOURCE: Szrek2Solutions, LLC Press Release. CONTACT: Irena
Szrek, +1.401.398.0395, Email: irena@szrek.com/ Mobile Gaming
Solutions to Sign Up with Lottery Operator in Venezuela
LONDON, UK (May 26, 2008) - Mobile Gaming Solutions Plc (MGS), a leading
provider of mobile and interactive gaming solutions, is pleased to inform that
it has reached a preliminary agreement with a lottery operator in Venezuela.
The lottery operator wants
to use MGS as exclusive system and service provider for an SMS based lottery in
Venezuela, and launch of the activities is planned for the second half of 2008.
For MGS, this means additional footprint in the South-American market.
Venezuela has around 25 million mobile phone users, while
currently around 18.5 million conventional lottery tickets are being sold per
month. 'We are excited about this business
opportunity, which is for us another step in strengthening our market position
in South America - being our second South-American project in 2008 after
Peru', explained Juha Kiikeri, CEO of Mobile Gaming Solutions. 'We
expect to have the final agreement signed within the next days, and then
kick-off with the project execution shortly thereafter', Kiikeri
continued. You can find more information about the
company, its services, products and business operations on the company's
website www.mobilegamingsolutions.net.
For any further information, please contact our Investor
Relations Team: esVedra consulting GmbH t +49. 89. 28 80 81 33 f +49. 89. 28 80
81 49 info@esvedra-consulting.com
About Mobile Gaming Solutions Plc
Mobile Gaming Solutions Plc is a technology & service
provider for mobile and interactive TV gaming. The company provides its
customers with complete gaming solutions for a variety of cross media
platforms, the main focus is on gaming platforms and SMS and interactive TV
games of chance, betting and casino games played via mobile hand sets.
SOURCE: Mobile Gaming Solutions Plc transmitted by
DGAP. OPAP S.A. Interim Consolidated Financial Results
For the Three Months ended March 31st, 2008
- Revenue up 19.8% to
€1,379.6m (Q1 2007: €1,151.3m)
- Adjusted EBITDA up 35.2%
to €299.5m (Q1 2007: €221.6m)
- Adjusted Net Profit up
32.2% to €208.5m (Q1 2007: €157.7m)
- Basic EPS up 44.4% to
€0.65 (Q1 2007: €0.45)
ATHENS, Greece (May 26, 2008)
– OPAP (OPAr.AT), the leading gaming
operator in Greece, announces its consolidated financial results for the three
month period ended March 31st, 2008, prepared in accordance with International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). OPAP’s
revenue for the first quarter 2008 increased by 19.8% and reached
€1,379.6m compared to €1,151.3m in Q1 2007, primarily due to the
strong performance noted by the Company’s flagship games, KINO and
Stihima.
The Company’s EBITDA
reached €299.5m in Q1 2008 from €195.8m in Q1 2007, up 53.0%, with
the EBITDA margin increasing to 21.7% from 17.0% for the corresponding period
in 2007. It should be noted that the Q1 2007 cost of sales included the amount
of €25.8m concerning the first 2 out of the 6 equal instalments of the
agreement for the transfer of know-how of Stihima. This amount was reclassified
in Q2 2007 as amortization of intangible assets. For comparability purposes,
excluding the above amount, EBITDA increased by 35.2%
for the first quarter 2008. The increase in EBITDA, as
well as the relevant margin, mainly reflects the reduced operating expenses
related to Stihima (more efficient management of the game, reduced contractor
commissions etc), but also a decrease in distribution expenses.
Net profit for Q1 2008 amounted to €208.5m from
€143.4m for the corresponding period in 2007, (an increase of 45.4%).The
adjusted net profit, after taking into consideration the Q1 2007 tax effect of
the adjustment of the accounting treatment of the know-how transfer contract,
increased by 32.2%. Commenting on the Q1 2008 results,
Mr. Christos Hadjiemmanuil, OPAP’s Chairman & CEO, noted:
“We are particularly pleased to announce strong
organic growth for the Q1 2008, based mainly on the ongoing solid performance
of our two flagship games, KINO and Stihima, as well as the containment of some
of our overall operating expenses. We continue our efforts to complete our
operational reorganization by the end of the year. Concurrently, we plan
certain improvements in some of our games; it is expected that these will be
introduced before the end of Q3 2008.” Click here to download
the full financial report.
SOURCE: OPAP News Release. NZ Lotteries Launch Online Sales Through
mylotto.co.nz NEW ZEALAND (May 26,
2008) -- NZ Lotteries has today launched its
new online sales channel, www.mylotto.co.nz, that will enable lottery players
to purchase tickets through the Internet.
NZ Lotteries’ Chief
Executive Todd McLeay says the introduction of MyLotto is in response to strong
customer demand for online sales of lottery products. “We decided to call our online sales channel
‘MyLotto’, as it symbolises the direct and personal relationship with
customers that can be offered via the Internet. “Lotto, Strike, Powerball, Big Wednesday and Keno
games will now be available through the new Internet channel. Instant
Kiwi tickets will continue to be sold only through our retail channel.
“We anticipate attracting infrequent players of
lottery games who are attracted by the convenience of buying over the
Internet,” Mr McLeay says. NZ Lotteries has
spent the past year developing the infrastructure to enable safe and secure
online sales. The technology has been developed by leading international
gaming system provider GTECH, in
association with New Zealand suppliers Datacom and Gen-i and other key
vendors. “We have also worked closely with the
Government and our regulators to develop an online sales platform that
minimises the risk of problem gambling. All players will have to complete
a registration process before they can purchase a ticket. There will also
be set spending limits, and players also have the option of setting their own
limits or exclude themselves from games” Mr. McLeay says.
Based on overseas lottery experiences, NZ Lotteries
estimates up to a few percent of its annual sales will come from the online
channel in the next few years. “Our traditional retail channel will remain the main
source of NZ Lotteries’ sales, but this additional online channel will
enable us to better meet the demands of the ever-growing online community who
prefer shopping via the Internet,” Mr. McLeay says.
“This will help NZ Lotteries to maintain a good
level of returns to the Lottery Grants Board, in order for funds to be
distributed to arts, sporting and cultural groups, and more than 3,000 worthy
community causes per year,” he says.
MyLotto will be open for
business between 6.30 am and 11 pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and
Sunday, and between 6.30 am and midnight on Wednesday and Saturday.
Players will be able to store their favourite numbers and
will never have to worry about losing a winning ticket again. Tickets can
be bought for up to ten weeks, and on draw days, ticket sales will close at the
same time as those sold through the retail stores. Tickets purchased through a
MyLotto account will not be able to be checked at retail stores. Ticket results
will be checked in a player’s account. CONTACT:
Karen Jones, NZ Lotteries Head of Communications, 021 391 414
NZ Lotteries Background The New Zealand Lotteries Commission (NZ Lotteries) was
established in 1987 and operates as a Crown Entity under the Gambling Act
2003. One of the largest Crown-owned trading
enterprises, NZ Lotteries employs approximately 115 staff based in Auckland,
Wellington and Christchurch, as well as territory representatives in some
regions. We have a retail network of more than 1,000 lottery outlets that
employ more than 4,000 people, the largest single retail network in New
Zealand. NZ Lotteries’ profits are transferred
to the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board which administers funding allocations
to arts, cultural, sporting, and community groups. Since its creation, NZ
Lotteries has contributed more than $2 billion to the Lottery Grants
Board. About 76 percent of NZ Lotteries’ sales go back to the
community in the form of prizes and lottery grants. SOURCE: New Zealand Lotteries Commission (NZ
Lotteries). Camelot Tops
Bid-Winning Year With Rises In National Lottery Ticket Sales And Returns To The
Good Causes Game
Innovation And New Ways To Play Drive Further Sales Growth; Preparations For
The Third Licence Continue To Progress Well WATFORD, UK (MY 27, 2008) -- Camelot Group plc today announced that
National Lottery ticket sales rose by
more than £50 million in 2007/8 – further driving returns to the
Good Causes and topping a successful year which also saw the company win the
licence to operate The National Lottery from 2009 to 2019.
In the year to 31 March,
Camelot increased total National Lottery sales to £4,966.3m, a rise of
£54.9m (1.1%) on the figure of £4,911.4m for the previous year.
Like-for-like sales1 increased by £94.2m (1.9%) in 2007/8 – further
demonstrating that Camelot has bucked the international trend of lotteries
around the world, where sales typically fall during a transition period between
licences2. The rise in ticket sales helped increase
annual returns to the Good Causes by £16.3m, from £1,335.5m to
£1,351.8m – bringing the total amount which players have helped to
raise since the launch of The National Lottery to more than £21 billion.
As of the end of 2007/8 returns to the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund (OLDF)
were more than £275m, which is ahead of schedule. So far over 290,000
Good Causes awards have been made the length and breadth of the UK – the
equivalent of more than 100 awards per postcode district.
There was good news for players as well, with the lottery
creating a further 130 millionaires this year, up from 123 the previous year.
This takes the total number of millionaires created by The National Lottery to
over 2,175 – just some of the four million-plus winning tickets produced
every week across the portfolio of games. The results
underline the ongoing success of Camelot’s focus on innovation and its
strategy for growth, which is based on offering players a regularly-refreshed
portfolio of games, and convenient new ways to play. Consistent with this,
sales from new channels and non-draw-based tickets form a growing part of the
portfolio.
Sales of non-draw-based
games showed double-digit growth, increasing by 19.6% to £1,109.6m. Sales
were driven by the introduction of a host of games including the Deal or No
Deal, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End and Rich for Life
Scratchcards – and Instant Win Games including Monopoly, Snakes &
Ladders and Birthday Bonus. Despite an overall fall in
the number of Rollovers and event draws for Lotto and
EuroMillions in 2007/83, sales of
tickets for draw-based games reached £3,856.7m. In the second part
of the year draw-based ticket sales were boosted by two Lotto Triple Rollovers,
as well as two EuroMillions jackpot event draws of £88m and £96m,
in September and February respectively. Retail
operations continue to be the largest lottery channel, accounting for over 90%
of total sales. Camelot reached new retail customers through convenience stores
in airports and train stations – and continued to drive retail innovation
with the introduction of new point-of-sale material and bespoke Scratchcard
dispensers. This year also saw the rollout of National Lottery Fast Pay
printers to an additional 2,000 outlets, offering the ability to print Fast Pay
cards. The Fast Pay service, originally launched with Tesco, enables players to
store information on their favourite National Lottery draw-based games and pay
for them along with their groceries. These initiatives helped drive total sales
through Fast Pay to £413.2m – an increase of over 90% on the figure
of £214.5m last year, with over 12.3 million cards distributed, and over
60% of sales now coming from non-Tesco outlets. Camelot’s channel diversification strategy also
continued to deliver strong incremental year-on-year sales growth. Total
Interactive Sales across national-lottery.co.uk, Sky Active, and Camelot’s
groundbreaking Play by Text mobile phone service were £370.4m – an
increase of £79.6m (27.4%) on the figure for 2006/7.
Camelot won the third
licence competition in August after the National Lottery Commission judged that
under the Common Sales Scenario, it would be able to raise between 0.3% and
0.5% more for Good Causes than its rival, Sugal
& Damani UK Ltd. The company has been working closely with its partners
and stakeholders and is well-advanced in its plans for the transition to the
next licence – and in delivering the next stage of National Lottery sales
growth. The operator’s proposals for the third licence were based on
research with over 170,000 consumers – and include plans for new 3D
interactive games, a pioneering world lottery draw and a National Lottery
Player Card designed to make lost tickets a thing of the past.
New communications equipment has already been installed in
more than 5,000 retailers, and, subject to final testing, Camelot will begin
rollout of the new lottery terminal in August. Featuring eye-catching modern
design, the new terminal offers faster printing time, a more intuitive
touch-screen interface and the ability to print National Lottery Fast Pay
cards, enabling all lottery retailers – and their players – to
benefit from this convenient service. Despite the
challenge of transition, Camelot has also made a very encouraging start to
2008/9. There have been strong ticket sales for Lotto and EuroMillions –
and sales of Interactive Instant Win Games have further boosted returns to the
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Scratchcards portfolio has also
seen a significant boost, with a heavyweight advertising and in-store campaign
driving sales of its new Indiana Jones™ games.
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| Dianne
Thompson, CEO Camelot |
Dianne Thompson, Chief Executive Camelot
Group plc said: “This has been a very successful year both for Camelot
and The National Lottery – and I’m delighted to be able to report a
further rise in sales and returns to Good Causes in the year in which the NLC
put its trust in us to run the lottery from 2009 to 2019. Camelot has a track
record of innovation, social responsibility and delivering for the Good Causes
– but ultimately we were awarded the licence because the NLC judged that
Camelot’s plans were likely to deliver more to the Good Causes.
“The UK National Lottery remains the most
cost-efficient in Europe – but we will not be resting on our laurels. We
need to ensure that we continue to focus on efficiency in order to deliver even
more money to Good Causes. In the next licence we want to offer players a range
of exciting games with bigger jackpots as well as smaller prizes, more often
– and we are continuing to work closely with stakeholders, players and the
NLC to develop our plans. In the meantime my thanks go out to all Camelot
employees and to National Lottery players the length and breadth of the UK, who
have now helped to raise more than £21 billion for the Good
Causes.” For further information, please
CONTACT: Miranda Pugh, Media Relations Manager: 020 7632 5734, Ben Rosier, Head
of Media Relations: 020 7 632 5743, Camelot Press Office: 020 7632 5711.
Eurofootball Ranks First in the List of the
“Biggest Companies of the Services Sector”
SOFIA, Bulgaria (May 28,
2008) -- Eurofootball , the leading
sports betting company in Bulgaria, awarded with the 1st prize for the
“Biggest companies in the services sector” in annual ranking
of reputable newspaper Pari – Top 100. The prize
was presented to the manager of the company, Mr. Nicos Arsenopoulos, at a
solemn ceremony that took place at the Grand Hotel Sofia. The ranking was drawn
up by taking into consideration the financial data of the companies –
turnover for 2006 and annual growth compared to 2005 and the business sector of
operations. Eurofootball took the first place in the
ranking for the “Biggest companies in the services sector” –
sector of consumer services, because of the record growth of +100% in 2006
compared to 2005. This puts Eurofootball before companies of the
countries major mobile operators and IT companies. Eurofootball is also placed high in the two other sections of
the ranking. According to newspaper Pari, the sport betting company takes the
fifth position in the ranking for the “Top 5 of the biggest companies
with foreign participation in the field of services in Bulgaria”.
Third award come to Eurofootball by the seventh position in the ranking of the
“Top 100 of the biggest companies in the services sector in
Bulgaria” with the record revenues for 2006 and impressive growth rate
compared to 2005.
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The survey was prepared by
CBN- Pannoff, Stoytcheff & Co. and encompassed the 100 biggest companies
operating in the field of services in Bulgaria for 2006. The selection was made
based on data received from 1.356 companies with total revenues in the amount
of 9.6 billion Euro. It was formed by using the benchmark for industry sectors
for compiling company rankings, developed and owned by Dow Jones & Company,
Inc, and FTSE International Limited (“FTSE”) – ICB (Industry
Classification benchmark), containing 10 industries, 18 super sectors, 39
sectors and 104 sub-sectors. The CEO of Eurofootball,
Mr. Nicos Arsenopoulos, stated at the ceremony: “We are extremely pleased
that Eurofootball efforts to offer competitive and qualitative services
according to the highest international standards have been crowned with
success.” About
Eurofootball: Eurofootball OOD was registered in
Sofia at the beginning of 1993. INTRALOT
S.A. took over a 49% of the company in 2002. Its two major shareholders are
Nove Holding and INTRALOT. During the past years, the company has expanded
significantly its activities, due to its state-of-the-art technology and
advanced infrastructure. Eurofootball is a full member of
World Lottery Association,
European Lotteries and European Football Pool.
CONTACT: Nicos Arsenopoulos, CEO/EUROFOOTBALL,
e-mail: narsen@eurofootballmm Tel.:+35928189185 Fax: +3592955832.
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