Turkish Lottery Numbers

November 18, 2008 (InfoPowa News) — With the privatization process now well under way and the tender window only closing at the end of February 2009, interest continues to be high in the Turkish national lottery, Milli Piyango. The privatization plan includes a commercial concern taking over the license for an initial period of 10 years, splitting profits with the Turks. The pre-qualification deadline for interested companies is January 15, 2009.
 
Major companies that have indicated an interest in tendering include GTech-Lottomatica, Essnet-Tattersall, Scientific Games, Camelot, Opap and Intralot, Turkey's Koc Holding, Austrian Lotteries, Sisal, Dogus Group, Alarko and Cukurova Group.
 
This week Turkey's National Lottery Administration released some of the mouth-watering performance figures on the lottery, which is believed to have considerable further potential if marketed with vigor and efficiency. The operation has earned the equivalent of over $4.4 billion over the past 5 years, has paid out $1.9 billion in prizes, and contributed some $2.3 billion to public finances during this period.