SAZKA bids for Turkish national lottery contract

Lotto

Sazka Group is interested in running Turkey’s state lottery. Sazka said in an announcement they had submitted a bid for the Milli Piyango lottery tender.

The contract is for ten years and includes internet number lottery, passive lottery and scratch cards.

Stepan Dlouhy, Sazka Group’s Investment Director, said Turkey was offering huge growth opportunities. He recalled that Sazka had participated in a tender for running a lottery in Turkey in 2014, but at the time the tender was eventually canceled.

Sazka recently submitted an offer to buy the remaining shares in OPAP, which is the fourth largest betting company in Europe in terms of revenue. Sazka also submitted an offer to take over the Italian lottery SuperEnalotto.

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