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EssNet
EssNet AB was founded in Stockholm, Sweden, 1936 under the name Hugin Kassaregister AB. It was a provider of solutions to lottery, lotteries, including lottery terminals, central software and knowledge. The company has inherited a long tradition within paper handling since it was born from the old and traditional Esselte company. EssNet also provided the reading machines for lottery coupons for many years, and converted their business gradually towards modern online technology offerings from the early 1990s. In 2003 the company started a new division for gaming machines and offered a modern software based technology: EssNet Interactive. At the most EssNet had approximately 400 employees/hired consultants. In 2006 EssNet sold the lottery-operations to Scientific Games Corporation and the gaming business to Aristocrat Technologies. References External links former EssNet homepage (closed in 2010) Gambling companies of Sweden Lotteries {{Sweden-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scientific Games Corporation
Light & Wonder, Inc., formerly Scientific Games Corporation (SG), is an American corporation that provides gambling products and services. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Light & Wonder's gaming division provides products such as slot machines, table games, shuffling machines, and casino management systems. Its brands include Bally, WMS, and Shuffle Master. History The company traces its history to Autotote, a manufacturer of totalizator systems for parimutuel wagering at racetracks. The history of Autotote dates to 1917, when George Julius founded Automatic Totalisators Limited in Australia to build the totalizator system he had invented. Automatic Totalisators opened its U.S. office in New York City in 1953, and then moved it to Wilmington, Delaware in 1956. It moved again to Newark, Delaware in 1972. In 1978, the U.S. division was renamed as Autotote Ltd., to reflect its diversification into businesses other than totalizators, such as lottery systems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |