Gambling played by the state and the National Lottery, leased to the private sector for 10 years, doubled its gambling revenue in 2020. In 2019, the National Lottery, which generated a turnover of 34 billion TL from games of chance(!), increased this figure to 74 billion TL in 2020, the year of the epidemic. Virtual gambling applications enabled the doubling of revenue.
The National Lottery Administration, which has increased its mass with virtual games of chance and gambling advertisements, has been rewarded for their efforts! The Milli Piyango, leased to the private sector for 10 years with the "revenue sharing" model, doubled its gambling revenue in 2020. In 2019, Milli Piyango, which had a turnover of 34 billion TL from games of chance, increased this figure to 74 billion TL in 2020. The doubling of legal gambling in Turkey in a year has revealed how people are drawn into the haram gambling trap.
HARAM DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC, ALSO INCREASED
The doubling of the gambling revenue of the National Lottery was provided by virtual gambling applications. Milli Piyango, which earned 28 billion TL from sports betting in 2019, increased this revenue up to 65 billion TL in 2020. Having doubled its revenues from games of chance such as numerical lotto and lottery with 6 Billion TL compared to the previous year, Milli Piyango increased its market share up to 88 percent. The legal growth of the gambling disease, which threatens the social structure, economic order and family relations in our country, is alarming.
BY VIRTUAL GAMBLING HOUSES TURN INTO A CASINO
The virtual gambling system implemented by the National Lottery last summer is being expanded and encouraged day by day. Although it is prohibited in our country, Milli Piyango, which makes gambling even home with the system it has developed, takes the money of our people with virtual games that can be accessed even by phone. In the games played on the MilliPiyangoOnline.com website, besides live betting, there are money gambling games that are simple to play even for children. On the other hand, the state that imposed fines by pressing casinos during the pandemic period does not sound when it comes to the National Lottery gambling.
MİLLİ GAZETE WARNED AGAINST THE THREAT OF GAMBLING
As Milli Gazete, we have warned many times against the gambling swamp that the National Lottery Administration is trying to spread in Turkey.