If Totalizator Sportowy replaces president, on-line contract could collapse

A week before selection of an on-line system operator, a contract worth $100 million, for the state lottery Totalizator Sportowy (TS), the company 's supervisory board will consider introducing some changes in its managing board. The supervisory board could decide to dismiss current TS president Wladyslaw Jamrozy. It is also likely that the supervisory board will appoint another person responsible for "monitoring functions." Thus as a result of the changes a contract with an on-line system operator may not materialize. Until December 11, American firm Automated Waging International (AWI) has an exclusive right in the negotiations. Other companies such as TS's current operator GTECH and Norway-based Telenor are also interested in the deal. (Rzeczpospolita, p.B3) A.Z. .