State lottery to pick operator for on-line selling of tickets

The supervisory board of the state lottery Totalizatora Sportowy (TS) is to decide soon on criteria for selecting a company to operate its proposed on-line lottery. An on-line system will make it possible to process lottery tickets more quickly, eliminating delays of up to several days for transactions to reach TS offices under the current radio-transmission system operated by the American company GTECH, whose contract is due to expire in the fall of next year. The new operator will be required to sign a 10-year contract with TS. So far, three companies have expressed their interest in tendering for the contract, AWI, Telenor and GTECH. (Rzeczpospolita, page B2) S.M.