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This article has some interesting comments.
"Under the new 10-year licences, Tatts and Intralot will be free to expand the sale of their products to all retail outlets, including servos and supermarkets from July 1, 2008.....Tattersall's ....is expected to match Intralot's retail expansion plans."
So, in July 2008, not only will we see scratchies going into a large number of shops, but more ominously, we can also see the number of places selling Tattersall's products in Victoria increase.
Interestingly, in all the discussions in the news media on this, I have read no one even talking about the effect on Tattersall's franchises, which depend on these products and are now looking at a major drop. Not only will many lose scratchie sales, but they will also lose some of their Tattersall's sales as there will be more outlets for Tattersall.
It is a bit too early to speculate on those without Tattersall now, who are looking at exciting opportunities to get into soft gambling!
