Version: 17082003
Editor: Franka Pals
Publisher: Novamedia
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The neighbours of Bayern are in the West and Northwest, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen, in the North Thuringia and Saxony, in the East the Czech Republic and in the South Austria.
The major cities are: Munich (1,170,100), Nuremberg (487,500), Augsburg (253,200), Würzburg (125,500) and Regensburg (124,400).
Bavaria has a long tradition as the "Kingdom of Bavaria", in 1920 Coburg (part of Saxony) joined Bavaria and in 1945 the loss of Palatinate to the new state Rhineland-Palatinate.
Bavaria is the media center of Germany and according to an IHK survey in 'greater' Munich there are more than 11,000 media companies with a around 127,000 working force and a gross turnover of over 20 billion Euro.
More than 10,000 people are working for the Radio and TV companies.
The commercial broadcasters Sat 1, ProSieben, DSF (sports channel), Kabel 1, RTL 2, MTV, TM 3, N 24, Disney Channel, Fox kids and pay-channel Premiere-World are transmitting from Münich and have their headquarter in Bavarian Capital. The first German Teleshopping-broadcaster H.O.T. and the all news channel N24 are all established in München.
In Munich near the Olympiapark, the Olympic Stadium and the 289.53 metres high communication tower with its revolving restaurant at 182 metres, are the headquarters, of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW). BMW, with is famous four-cilinder BMW-tower, is the largest company in the north of Munich. Initially, the company started in 1916 building airplane engines. In 1923, BMW started building motorbikes and eventually in 1928 they started building cars. The BMW Group exists now of BMW, MINI and the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.
In Munich the Olympic Games were held in 1972, the World Championship Football took place in Germany in 1974, and the main activities took place in Munich, including the final, which was won by the National German team.
In 2006, again, the FIFA World Championship will be held in Germany. The legendary ex German international football player, coach of FC Bayern, coach of the National German football team, and Bayern Munich's club President since 1994, Franz Beckenbauer (Der Kaiser) is also chairman of the 2006 World Cup Organising Committee.
Another famous event in Munich is the Oktoberfest, where 5.9 million people consumed in 2002 more than 5.7 million litres of beer. Zum Wohl!
| Population: | 12,044,000 |
|---|---|
| Currency: | EURO (EUR); |
| Internet: | Penetration: 45.5% Germany: Internet us e* by states in %, November/Decem-ber 2001.
*Internet use = min. 1 x in the past 12 months (business or private). (Source: Infrascope, 2001/NFO Infratest Incom, 2001.) |
Just like all the other 15 states, there is also a lottery company in Bayern: Staatliche Lotterieverwaltung, SLV (State Lottery Administration). The lottery company in Bavaria is lawfully an officials of the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance named as "State Lotteryadministration".
SLV is also participating in the German "Lotto- und Totoblock", the 'pooling' organi sation of all the 16 state lotto and toto companies. The SLV is established in Munich in the "Haus des Glücks", House of Luck.
Special and unique is that in Bavaria the Staatliche Lotterieverwaltung is also operating the Bayerischen Spielbanken (Bavarian Casinos).
Of the gross players lay-in and costs 16 2/ 3 % is remitted as lottery tax to the Bavarian state. In average 50% of the gross players lay-in is paid out as prize money. After deducting the costs and management costs, the surplus is yearly transferred to the Bavarian State budget.
World Championship Football in 2006
On January 1st, 2002, the Minister-Presidents of the 16 German states agreed that the Lotto companies of these countries would support financially the organisation of the World Championship Football 2006, to be organised in Germany.
The German Football Federation (DFB) will receive 12% above the fixed turnover of 2001 of all the Oddset betting till 2006. The generated financial needs should be used for cultural aspects surrounding the World Championship, as well as for the (re)construction of the stadiums.
The Law "Gesetz zu dem Staatsvertrag über die Bereitstellung von Mitteln aus den Oddset-Sportwetten für gemeinnützige Zwecke im Zusammenhang mit der Veranstaltung der FIFA Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft Deutschland 2006 (October 1st, 2002)", Law for the State treaty to put at ones disposal of financial means coming from the Oddsetbetting for the common use in relation with the organisation of the FIFA World Championship Football in Germany in 2006, makes it possible that from 2002 till 2006 financial means can be set aside to be used for the organisation of the World Championship to be organised in Germany.
From 2002 till 2006 each Lotto and Totocompany sets aside yearly 12,5% over the more lay-in from the 2001 Oddset-betting turnover. This money, which will not be more than 130 million Euro, will be remitted to the DFB (German Football Association).
The turnover 2001 of Oddsetbetting in the separate states is laid down in Euros as follows:
| State | Turnover in € |
|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 70,080,968 |
| Bayern | 86,021,234 |
| Berlin | 17,697,778 |
| Brandenburg | 7,124,875 |
| Bremen | 4,683,454 |
| Hamburg | 21,303,365 |
| Hessen | 41,455,211 |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 3,991,510 |
| Niedersachsen | 40,071,113 |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | 145,574,733 |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | 26,024,381 |
| Saarland | 6,312,629 |
| Sachsen | 11,864,891 |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | 8,073,636 |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 17,302,450 |
| Thüringen | 5,447,224. |
Introduction year:
The SLV is the second biggest lottery company of all the Bundes Länder. The organisation has 4,235 sales points.
In 2002 two new products were launched:
The turnover of 2002 was 1.27 billion Euro in and that is the third biggest turnover of the 57 years in the Bavarian Lotto company's history. More than 545 million Euro was paid out as prize money. Nearly 500 million Euro was transferred as lottery tax and surplus to the Ministry of Finance (2001: 510 million Euro). In total 13 new millionaires in Euros were created in 2002.
In the total 56 years of existence the total turnover is approximately 22.5 billion Euro (excluding the income of the casinos).
| Product | 2002 | 2003 |
|---|---|---|
| Lotto: |
755 | 841 |
| Spiel 77 (extra, auxiliary lottery): | 155 | 144 |
| Super 6 (extra, auxiliary lottery): | 107 | 96 |
| Oddset-Sportwette: | 90 | 86 |
| GlücksSpirale (lucky spiral): | 36 | 41 |
| Fußballtoto: | - | 17 |
| RennQuintett: | - | 196 |
| 1.270 | 1.333 | |
| The average pro capita lay-in per week for the whole Block was: | 1.94 | 1.98 |
| The table of the pro capita lay-in per week of all Block members in 2002: | |
Saarland |
2.59 |
Hamburg |
2.51 |
Schleswig-Holstein |
2.24 |
Niedersachsen |
2.18 |
Rheinland-Pfalz |
2.17 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
2.06 |
Bremen |
2.02 |
Baden-Württemberg |
1.97 |
Bayern |
1.97 |
Berlin |
1.96 |
Hessen |
1.96 |
Brandenburg |
1.40 |
Sachsen-Anhalt |
1.38 |
Sachsen |
1.32 |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
1.27 |
Thüringen |
1.19 |
Since December 2002, lotto players in the German state of Bayern have been able to buy lotto and lottery tickets via SMS. Officials close to the project say the results have been "surprisingly positive" so far.
According to Erwin Horak, president of the state lottery in Bayern, the new service was the first in its kind in Germany and one of the first in the world. "With this new concept and a very attractive draw, we are able to satisfy the wishes of our players," Horak said. "It was for us essential that the security concerning the data transfer, as well as simple and comfortable use, should be state of the art. This new betting service we have realised in close cooperation with the m-commerce company Beamgate, with whom we are already, for over more than a year, offering our draw results via mobile (devices)."
To buy tickets by "handy" is very simple. The user registers at www.lotto-bayern.de, prepares a number of favourite lottery number combinations (a ticket) and saves them each under a unique name ( e.g. "Valentine" for "3 21 22 28 30 36"). To play his numbers in the upcoming drawing, the user sends an SMS with a PIN code and the name of the ticket he wants to play.
Dr. Miguel Albrecht, CTO of Beamgate AG in Munich, added, "Technically speaking, two modules perform most of the work. A subscriber management system maintains the profile of the user and executes the actual gaming and billing (shared mobile and Web).
"A mobile media platform manages all messaging functions, including semantic parsing of the user's requests. This service is offered to customers of all German mobile operators and value-added resellers (seven in total). It started with Lotto Bayern and is currently being rolled out to another five German federal states."
Beamgate's interactive platform supports all usual mobile terminals as well as their communication protocols. Support for future technology standards (e.g. GPRS and UMTS) is already built in.
The Law "Gesetz über Spielbanken im Freistaat Bayern (SpielbG) " (Law on casinos in the Free State of Bavaria) came into power from January 1st, 2002.At the same time the law "Gesetz über die Zulassung öffentlicher Spielbanken", Law on admission of public casinos dated of July 14th, 1933, in the version of August 1st, 1968 (BayRS 2187-1-1) was put out of action.
In the Free State of Bavaria the municipalities which have Staatsbäder (State health centers with thermal sources and water therapies) within their boundaries, as well as the municipalities with licensed health centers with bath- and watertherapy accommodations and revitalisation centers, casinos may be allowed.
In one state county (Bezirk) for any one million inhabitants one casino will be allowed to operate.
The Interior Ministry of Bavaria decides on the request for a casino permission.
The permission can only be given out by a Free State of Bavarian state owned company on request of the State Ministry of Finance.
The permission can only be recalled at a term of two year.
The inspection on the casinos is executed by the Interior Ministry of Bavaria. The inspection is responsible for the protection of the public security and maintaining order.
The casino operator is obliged to remit to the Free State of Bavaria a certain fee. The casino operator has to hand over a yearly gross players lay-in of:
The casino remittance has, according the state budget, be used for general good causes.
The casino remittance is in the first year of the casino operation and the following next four years, a yearly gross players' inlay of:
The casino operator is exempted from all taxes.
The State Ministry of Finance is empowered, in accordance with the Interior Ministry, to decree an order, that the municipalities in which casinos are operating, will receive up to 15% of the gross players lay-in.
The Bavarian Casinos, with its 9 operations, had a successful 2002 with a turnover growth of the 2%. The Bavarian casinos, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bad Kissingen, Lindau, Bad Reichenhall, Bad Wiessee, Bad Füssing, Kötzting, Feuchtwangen and Bad Steben, received in total the gross players lay-in amount (= total gross players lay-in minus the paid-out money) of 133 million Euro (in 2001: 130 million). The attendance at Bavarian casinos receded by 5% to a total of 1.25 million visitors last year. But at 134 million Euros, the overall income was the highest ever. The number of guests visiting the Bavarian casinos was 1.3 million, which was 5% less compared with 2001. In March 2001 Casino Bad Steben realised a raise of 1.7%.
Deep in 2004 the opening is planned of the new Bad Wiessee Casino.The construction started officially on July 30th, 2003 and will cost 35 million Euro.
The number one casino in Bavaria is the "Spielbank Feuchtwangen": with a gross players lay-in of more than 31.6 million Euros and some 243 thousand visitors entered the casino close to highway and the gross lay-in spent on machines raised with 6 %.
Website: www.spielbanken-bayern.de
"Die Bayerischen Spielbanken", the Bavarian Casinos, are owned by the Free State of Bavaria and managed by the "Staatliche Lotterieverwaltung", State Lottery Administration in Bayern, casino department, and are: