EssNet AB was founded in
Stockholm, Sweden, 1936 under the name Hugin Kassaregister AB. It was a provider of solutions to
lotteries
A lottery is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize. Some governments outlaw lotteries, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of ...
, including lottery terminals, central software and knowledge. The company has inherited a long tradition within paper handling since it was born from the old and traditional
Esselte
Esselte is a manufacturer and marketer of office products and business supplies with subsidiaries in 25 countries and sales in over 120 countries. Esselte makes files, binders, folders, covers, staplers, letter trays and computer accessories under ...
company. EssNet also provided the reading machines for lottery coupons for many years, and converted their business gradually towards modern online technology offerings from the early 1990s. In 2003 the company started a new division for gaming machines and offered a modern software based technology: EssNet Interactive. At the most EssNet had approximately 400 employees/hired consultants.
In 2006 EssNet sold the lottery-operations to
Scientific Games Corporation
Light & Wonder, Inc., formerly Scientific Games Corporation (SG), is an American corporation that provides gambling products and services. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Light & Wonder's gaming division provides products such ...
and the gaming business to Aristocrat Technologies.
References
External links
former EssNet homepage(closed in 2010)
Gambling companies of Sweden
Lotteries
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