{"id":169,"date":"2019-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/turkey-opens-tender-for-sports-betting\/"},"modified":"2019-01-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T00:00:00","slug":"turkey-opens-tender-for-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/turkey-opens-tender-for-sports-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"TURKEY OPENS TENDER FOR SPORTS BETTING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The government has opened a tender for the operation of sports betting state-owned operator SporToto.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Turkey.- Turkey\u2019s Official Gazette has reported that the government is looking to open the sports betting industry by launching a tender to find businesses to operate a centralised system and risk management office for both fixed-odds and pari-mutuel betting.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the bid will sign a new contract to power state-owned SporToto. The government said that it will accept offers until February 11. In order to obtain the ten-year contract, the applicants must prove that they have enough experience to run a sports betting network of at least 500 outlets, as the government plans to have 6000 points-of-sale across Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>The central betting system must be based in Ankara Province, while the trading team would have to set its headquarters in Turkish land. The government has projected that first-year sales would total \u20ac2.7 billion, and interested applicants have to explain how much of the revenue the operator would claim.<\/p>\n<p>The report also details that companies are not allowed to form consortiums to apply for the tender, although bids from joint venture companies will be accepted. 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