news.com.au reports:
In a statement, Lottoland Australia CEO Luke Brill said, “While we understand the concerns expressed by some newsagents, the proposed legislation is both misguided and unnecessary.
“The fact is that Lottoland does not offer betting opportunities on any Australian lottery, so our offering does not have a direct impact on newsagents.
“On the contrary, we want to work with newsagents to provide customers with greater choice and even better services, which have the potential to be highly beneficial for individual newsagents.
“As a responsible and responsive corporate citizen that contributes extensively to local and community groups, we will continue to work closely with regulators and all political parties to reach a satisfactory outcome in the best interest of our more than 650,000 registered customers.”
I think the major hurdle for Lottoland in their claim they “want to work with newsagents to provide customers greater choice” is their initial advertising campaign that deliberately aimed to damage the image customers had of newsagents. Just like Steve Smith will be forever tarnished as a ball tamperer, Lottoland has successfully tarnished Newsagents with its campaign.
Lottoland now needs Newsagents to get back into the market……