Turkcell pulls out of Turkish national lottery tender

iGaming Business – Turkish mobile phone operator Turkcell has announced it will not participate in a tender for the country’s national lottery despite having reportedly considered a joint proposal with gaming and lottery operator Intralot. Turkcell’s majority-owned subsidiary Inteltek and fully-owned subsidiary Talih Kuşu had made a prequalification application for the tender, in partnership with Intralot. The mobile phone operator confirmed in a statement that following an evaluation of the proposal, its board of directors had decided not to give a bidding offer. However, according to the Paralimani.com website, Intralot will now seek a new partner to submit a bid…

Net Holding prepares joint bid for Turkish national lottery

iGaming Business – Turkish regional services sector holding company Net Holding is reported to be preparing a bid for the country’s national lottery (Milli Piyango) in partnership with Hitay Yatirim Holdings and with games solutions firm Scientific Games as an operational services provider. According to the Bloomberg news agency, Net Holding will have a 90% stake in the group while Hitay will hold the other 10%. Net Holding confirmed in a public filing that Scientific Games will be signed as a service provider before the bid is tabled. Two people familiar with the bidding process have suggested that UK National…