Australia's Biggest Online Gaming Site `Tatts' Moves Into Sports Betting With UK Partner - Orbis.Business Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2001 UK-based Orbis, an NDS Group NDS Group plc is a DRM and conditional access firm. It is listed on the NASDAQ (symbol NNDS), but its major shareholder is News Corporation. The company is headquartered in West Drayton (near Heathrow), United Kingdom. The CEO of NDS is Abe Peled. plc company (NASDAQ/NASDAQ Europe: NNDS NNDS Norsk Nettverk for Down Syndrom (Norway) ), and the world's leading provider of interactive betting technology, has been selected by Australian lottery operator, Tattersall's, to provide the technology and infrastructure to support its move into the online sports betting Sports betting is the general activity of predicting sports results by making a wager on the outcome of a sporting event. Perhaps more so than other forms of gambling, the legality and general acceptance of sports betting varies from nation to nation. market. Tattersall's is the oldest private gaming operator in the English speaking world and is one of two operators in Australia with a state lottery A game of chance operated by a state government. Generally a lottery offers a person the chance to win a prize in exchange for something of lesser value. Most lotteries offer a large cash prize, and the chance to win the cash prize is typically available for one dollar. licence. Tattersall's operates lotteries and gaming machines across Australia and its online site (www.tatts.com) provides lottery results, lottery ticket sales and interactive casino gaming. Using Orbis' OpenBet(R) Interactive Gambling System Noun 1. gambling system - a system of rules for placing bets that is believed to lead to winning; "he has a perfect gambling system at roulette" system of rules, system - a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they (used by three quarters of the UK's online bookmakers) the Tattersall's site will now provide sports betting too. John Mortimore The name John Mortimore refers to a number of people:
Charles Malir, Marketing Director at Orbis comments: "This partnership is a significant one for Orbis - creating our first customer in the Southern Hemisphere. As the largest private organization in Australia and a household name in the gaming world we believe that Tattersall's will become the number one sports betting site in Australia." |
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