英国政府暂停Totesport博彩公司出售计划

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2008年10月23日星期四

No Sale of Tote (totesport)

The Minister for Sport yesterday released the following statement to Parliament about the future of the Tote.

“In my Ministerial Written Statement on 21 July I said that, whilst the Government remained of the view that it should remove itself from detailed involvement in the affairs of the racing and bookmaking industries, the Government would need to be satisfied that it was right to proceed with a sale of the Tote in the light of prevailing market conditions.

“After further work over the summer, I have now concluded that it is not appropriate to pursue a sale in these market conditions. I have therefore decided that the Tote should be retained in public ownership for the medium-term, and brought to the market when conditions are likely to deliver value for the tax payer and racing. “It is right that the Tote is now given time to grow the business so that any future sale will achieve maximum value. In particular, I would expect the Tote and racing to continue to work closely together for the benefit of the sport and the punter.

“Finally, the Government would like to place on record again its warm appreciation of the loyalty and dedication of the Tote’s staff whilst its future has been under consideration”.

This effectively ends the recent period of uncertainty about the future ownership of the Tote and I'm happy to say it's business as usual for totesport and totesport casino.

因为目前经济形势不好，政府在中期内不会出售Tote，也就是说因为目前卖不出好价钱，所以不卖了。Totesport是英国国有博彩公司。