In the Sunday Age on the weekend there was some poor reporting about the arrival of Intralot and their take over of some soft gambling products in newsagencies and other businesses. Change can be difficult to navigate. The key is to remain focused on the longer term goal. Worrying now about short term situations will waste too much time.
We, newsagents, Intralot and Tattersalls are navigating moving from a supplier who has owned the space for more than 10 years to someone who is just setting up in Victoria. All sides need to be accommodating. All sides are progressing the issues involved. More complete reporting by the Sunday Age would have uncovered this.
If you’re a regular here and are surprised by me saying I am looking forward to Intralot, I genuinely am. I’m a pragmatist. I was against them getting approval from the Government because of the threat to moving lottery sales outside the newsagency and small business channels. Once the decision was made it was time to move on. Now, I am excited by the opportunity the change affords us.
Interested in your comments “all sides are progressing the issues well” ….no “side” is commenting to the retail network(us) on their new games ,structures,marketing,costs,hardware rollout ,training,compliance,outlet structures, who else will now sell their products,contracts,contract exchanges…should i go on ? in fact no side has said anything about anything and this new “opportunity for change” is just 49 days away…i think the age article WAS poor reporting ..way too polite…we need and deserve answers and we need them yesterday