Vietnam Lottery Managed By Canadian Company

There is only one legal entity that is authorized to sell lottery tickets in Vietnam and that is The Pacific Lottery Corporation which has its headquarters in Calgary Alberta Canada.

Dealing with an expanding customer base of international customers, Pacific Lottery Corporation is a company that concentrates on the delivery and provision through mobile phones and computers of comprehensive computerized online and mobile phone lottery technology along with related professional services such as customer services and business development. Pacific Lottery Corporation presently is in the forefront of the technical support activities for Vietnam and leads as being the exclusively authorized entity to provide and run the country’s online lottery program. It is also expected that with the near future launching of a recently approved mobile phone lottery service in Vietnam, in which it has exclusive control as well, lottery ticket distribution will be greatly expanded in that country. The new mobile phone lottery service when combined with the increased public awareness as a result of the new daily, live lottery draw on television, it is expected, will greatly expand the customer base there.  Among Asia’s most populated and economically vibrant countries, Vietnam is an ideal market for this online lottery service.

As a part of it recently released quarterly report, The Pacific Lottery Corporation has announced that it has agreed with one of the worlds largest Sports betting companies bet365, to a strategic alliance.  The sports betting company, bet365, has gross annual amounts wagered in access of US$ 5.1 billion. Bet365, which is both licensed and regulated in the United Kingdom, is reported to be by an article in the Sunday Times, the UK’s 7th largest private corporation. Bet365 is said to service in access of 3 million customers, in 200 countries, in 17 languages, worldwide.

Pacific Lottery Corporation and bet365 have announced that they are looking forward to uniting their efforts together as they work cooperatively on new, thrilling and mutually benefiting opportunities. Bet365 in addition to offering an on course bookmaking service, offers casino games, sports betting, poker, and bingo, as well as video streams regarding various sporting events.

As regards the area of sports betting, bet365 is licensed and regulated by the UK Gambling Commission. The company’s casino games and poker operations are regulated and licensed by the government of Gibraltar.

A publicly traded company, the Pacific Lottery Corporation (PLC), was founded in 1995. The companies shares are publicly traded on the TSX-Venture exchange, in Toronto and trade under the ticker symbol LUK. The company is also listed under the symbol PCF, on Frankfurt Exchange.

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