GTech is a company based in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, in the United States. GTech manages many state lotteries in the United States and also has contracts to manage local and national lotteries in Europe, Australia, Latin America and Asia. As of 2005, the company is diversifying into casino management in the United States. It is on the forefront of online lottery technology development. West Greenwich is a town located in Kent County, Rhode Island. ... State nickname: The Ocean State, Little Rhody Official languages None Capital Providence Largest city Providence Governor Donald Carcieri (R) Senators Jack Reed (D) Lincoln Chafee (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 50th 4,005 km² 32. ... A lottery is a popular form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, covering around 10,790,000 km² (4,170,000 sq mi) or 2. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... World map showing Asia (geographically) Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia, and the worlds largest continent. ... Casino (disambiguation). ...

According to its website GTech controls 70% of the worldwide instant ticket and online lottery business. The company employs over 5,000 people worldwide and earned over $US 1 billion in 2004. The company has acquired several subsidiaries outside of the United States, including Interlott, LilHCo, Spielo, and IGI Europrint. It maintains operations centers in Australia, Belgium and Brazil. In September of 2005, the company announced that it was putting itself up for sale. Accoridng to press reports, this was done in response to an unsolicited bid for the company by the private equity arm of Goldman Sachs. Private equity is a broad term that refers to any type of equity investment in an asset in which the equity is not freely tradable on a public stock market. ... The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ...

GTech's ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange is GTK. New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), known as the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world, although its trading volume was exceeded by that of NASDAQ (historic comparison graph {pdf}) during the 1990s. ...

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