Inteltek makes best bid for Turkish betting firm

Posted by meb at August 28th, 2008

The Inteltek venture of Greece’s Intralot and Turkish mobile phone operator Turkcell made the best bid on Thursday in a tender to operate the Turkish sports betting company Iddaa.

Tender commission Chairman Mustafa Turgut said Inteltek, current operator of Iddaa, had made an offer to take 1.4 percent of revenue under the revenue-sharing scheme, the lowest of three offers, in the final round of bidding.

The tender is subject to the approval of regulatory bodies. It approved then Inteltek will be given the rights to operate the company under the 10-year deal. (more…)

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Turk Dogan bids on sports betting with Italian firms

Posted by meb at August 13th, 2008

Dogan Yayin Holding, Turkey’s biggest media group, bid for the rights to run the sports-betting game, Iddaa, together with Italy’s Lottomatica Videolot Gestione SpA and SNAI SpA, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

Dogan will have a 50 percent stake in the consortium, while its Italian partners, Lottomatica Videolat SpA and SNAI SpA, will hold 47 percent and 3 percent of shares respectively, the statement made to the Istanbul Stock Exchange said. (more…)

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