AWI gets exclusive rights in talks for Totalizator Sportowy lottery system
Daily Rzeczpospolita has learned that US-based Automated Wagering
International (AWI) has received the exclusive right to negotiate the
contract terms for an on-line operating system for state lottery
Totalizator Sportowy (TS). Negotiations are scheduled to close by Dec. 11.
The value of the contract is estimated at $100 million. Thanks to the
on-line system, data from TS local lottery betting outlets are immediately
transmitted to the company's head office and thus the lottery-drawing is
not delayed. Currently TS uses GTECH's on-line system, but the contract
expires in October 2001. Apart from AWI, two other companies are bidding
for the contract, TS's current operator GTECH and Norway-based Telenor.
(Rzeczpospolita, p.A3)
