Golden Casket is the public limited
lottery corporation in
Queensland
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, Australia trading on the
Australian Stock Exchange
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. It sells lottery tickets and Instant Scratch-Its (
scratchcard
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s) through
newsagent
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s and other
convenience stores
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. Lottery draws are televised on
Channel Seven four nights a week.
The drawing of the first Golden Casket in 1917 by
Queensland Patriotic Fund was to raise money to support veterans of
World War I
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. The operation was soon taken over by the
Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended f ...
. In 1938, the casket paid for the construction of the new
Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital.
In April 2007 the Queensland Government sold Golden Casket to gambling company
Tattersall's Limited for $530 million, with the proceeds going to the
Royal Children's Hospital. The government will retain ownership of the Queensland asset, receive the $150 million held in reserves and continue to receive lottery taxes.
[Flegg says poor management forced Golden Casket deal]
''ABC News''
On 1 June 2016 the Golden Casket brand became one of the four
Tatts Group
In 2017, Tatts Group combined with Tabcorp Holdings Limited under the Tabcorp brand.
Tatts Group history
The company had three divisions: Lotteries, Wagering and Gaming Solutions.
Lotteries
Tatts Group had a near monopoly on lotteries in Aust ...
, now The Lottery Corporation, jurisdictional brands to be incorporated into a national lottery brand called ‘
The Lott
Tabcorp is Australia's largest gambling company, employing more than 5,000 people. It is the largest provider of wagering and gaming products and services in Australia. Tabcorp is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
History
I ...
’. The other brands being
Tatts Lottery,
NSW Lotteries
New South Wales Lotteries, (usually marketed and referred to as NSW Lotteries or the Lott) is a corporation owned by the Government of New South Wales in Australia. Since 2 March 2010, it has been operated by Tatts Group Limited under a 40-year ...
and
South Australian Lotteries.
Cultural references
Winning the Golden Casket is a major event in Neville Shute's novel
A Town Like Alice
''A Town Like Alice'' (United States title: ''The Legacy'') is a romance novel by Nevil Shute, published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia. Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman, becomes romantically interested in a fellow prisoner ...
.
See also
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Lotteries in Australia
Lotteries in Australia include various lottery related products licensed by the Lott, The Lottery Office and Lotterywest Australian lottery companies. Lotteries operators are licensed at a state or territory level, and include both state governmen ...
References
External links
Golden Casket Lottery CorporationThe Lott
Lotteries in Australia
Companies based in Queensland
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