references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . october 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message it has been suggested that tote tasmania be merged into this article . discuss proposed since february 2015 . tatts group limited type public traded as asx tts industry gambling founded melbourne australia merger of tattersalls limited and unitab limited in october 2006 headquarters queensland australia key people robbie cooke managing director and ceo products wagering lotteries gaming machines net income 251.96 million a fy 2015 subsidiaries the lott ubet tatts lotteries bytecraft maxgaming tattsonline talarius website www.tattsgroup.com tatts group is active in the wagering lotteries and gaming industries with an operational footprint extending across every state and territory of australia ; except western australia throughout new zealand and into the united kingdom contents 1 operations 1.1 lotteries 1.2 racing and sports wagering 1.3 gaming solutions 1.3.1 maxgaming 1.3.2 bytecraft 1.3.3 talarius plc 2 discontinued operations 2.1 tatts pokies 3 history 4 inheritance 5 see also 6 references 7 external links operations edit the company has three divisions lotteries wagering and gaming solutions . 1 lotteries edit tatts group has a near monopoly on lotteries in australia . tatts lotteries is the lotteries operating unit of tatts group and as of september 2013 the company owned or leased tatts lottery which operates lotteries in victoria tasmania the northern territory and the australian capital territory . golden casket which exclusively operates lotteries in queensland . nsw lotteries which exclusively operates lotteries in new south wales . sa lotteries . which exclusively operates lotteries in south australia . on june 1 2016 tatts group created a national lottery brand called the lott . the brand encompasses all its jurisdictional lottery brands under this single entity . 2 corresponding with the change in branding online lottery purchases were moved from tatts.com to the new official lotteries website thelott.com . racing and sports wagering edit tatts group holds wagering licences under its subsidiary ubet in queensland south australia the northern territory and tasmania . most of these assets were previously owned by unitab before it merged with tattersalls limited to form the modern tatts group in 2007 . all of the licences entitle the company to the exclusive operation of physical betting shops which offer totalisor fixed odds and sports wagering in their respective jurisdictions . the company also operates online nationally as ubet.com providing racing and sports wagering products . its shops operated under several different brand names due to its string of acquisitions including tab tattsbet unitab and others . on 27 november 2014 tatts group announced that it would begin to unify all of its wagering properties under the new brand ubet in 2015 . 3 gaming solutions edit comprising three companies maxgaming bytecraft and talarius plc tatts group both operates and provides services for electronic gaming machines known in australian slang as pokies shortened from poker machines . maxgaming edit provides monitoring solutions and value adding services to the australian gaming machine industry . many australian state governments have legislated mandatory monitoring for all gaming machines they license this is to protect the integrity of the industry . under this system monitoring licences are granted to independent companies who operate computer networks connected to all gaming machines within a relevant jurisdiction . all machine activity is monitored to ensure that correct prizes are paid and taxes are calculated correctly on revenue . maxgaming holds licences for three jurisdictions new south wales queensland and the northern territory . queensland is the only monitoring licence that isn t exclusive nonetheless maxgaming still has around an 80 % market share in that state . 4 bytecraft edit bytecraft is an electronics specialisation company that tatts group acquired primarily to maintain gaming machines . however the company isn t limited to gaming machines as its major contract is for the maintenance of telstra s payphone networks . 5 talarius plc edit operates gaming machine arcades in the united kingdom under the brands quicksilver winners and silvers . the company operates more slot machines in the united kingdom than any other company with 7461 machines spread across 173 venues 6 citation needed discontinued operations edit tatts pokies edit tatts pokies operated over 13 000 gaming machines in victoria starting from 1994 . however the company s licence expired on 16 august 2012 and was not renewed . 7 the expiration of the licence led tatts to sue the state of victoria for compensation under a contract government signed with them in the mid 90 s. in the contract that state government signed tatts group would be entitled to compensation for the infrastructure they had to pay for to set up their tatts pokies operation . the government materially benefited from this infrastructure . the government argued that the contract stated that compensation would be paid if licences were granted to any other party from 2012 but instead they granted entitlements to other operators and thus alleged they didn t have to pay the compensation . on 26 june 2014 the supreme court of victoria found that the entitlements were in effect licences under the contract government signed and awarded tatts group 451 157 286 australian dollars plus court costs and interest . 8 tabcorp holdings also sued the state of victoria under a separate agreement it had made with government however the supreme court of victoria said that their agreement clearly only referred to the specific licences of the time and thus victorian government owed no compensation to tabcorp . 9 tabcorp has since appealed this verdict . 10 on 8 july 2014 the state of victoria lodged an appeal in an attempt to avoid paying tatts group the compensation . tatts has stated it will defend the appeal . 11 history edit the history of tattersall s can be traced back to george adams in 1881 . adams moved to australia from england at the age of 16 and worked in many positions including publican stockbroker and baker . in 1881 adams who worked as a publican in sydney took bets on horses which could be considered the start of the gambling company . however the company started a serious lottery when adams moved to hobart in 1895 a move supported by the tasmanian government . he set up his first operation there and eventually the company grew developed in other states . inheritance edit when tattersall s was founded george adams structured the company so the original workers families would inherit the profits . this created so called tattersall s heirs subsequent generations inherited a share in the company s profits . this was sometimes thought of as being unfair seeing people inherited the profits of a multimillion dollar company that benefited from a state granted monopoly on much of its business simply through birth . in 2005 the company decided to list on the australian stock exchange tattersall s heirs were now allowed to sell their stake in the company and for the first time the public could buy into it . after the listing on the stock exchange local newspapers and other news media listed the names of these heirs . 12 see also edit lotteries in australia gambling references edit tatts group limited 2013 annual report tatts group launches new lotteries brand the lott b & t . bandt.com.au . 2016 06 01 . retrieved 2016 09 10 . tattsbet to become ubet in a move to lift tatts group s wagering arm . the courier mail . retrieved 4 december 2014 . pages 12 and 13 of the tatts group limited 2013 annual report page 13 of the tatts group limited annual report page 14 of the tatts group limited 2013 annual report page 15 of the tatts group limited 2013 annual report 1 dead link asupreme court of victoria proceedings pdf . tabcorp.com.au . 26 june 2014 . retrieved 2016 09 10 . appeal to the court of appeal pdf . tabcorp.com.au . 10 july 2014 . retrieved 2016 09 10 . 2 dead link hitting the jackpot the age 3 june 2005 external links edit official website tatts the lott retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tatts group & oldid 739659778 categories gambling companies of australialottery monopolieshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from september 2016articles lacking reliable references from october 2015all articles lacking reliable referencesuse dmy dates from february 2012use australian english from july 2011all wikipedia articles written in australian englisharticles to be merged from february 2015all articles to be mergedpages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from 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