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Anne Tucker
Anne holds the position of Senior Corporate Solicitor within Tatts Group Limited’s legal group. Since joining
TattsBet in 2005 Anne has been involved in TattsBet’s (formerly UNiTAB Limited) merger with Tatts Group
Limited (formerly Tattersall’s Limited) and the merged company’s subsequent acquisition of Golden Casket in
2007 and New South Wales Lotteries Corporation Pty Limited in 2010.
Anne is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and is Company Secretary of all of the TattsBet
group companies.
Tim Devine
Tim Devine joined Tatts Group Limited in 2009 and holds the position of Senior Corporate Solicitor within Tatts
Group’s legal team. He is primarily responsible for providing legal support for the TattsBet Wagering and
Maxgaming businesses. Prior to joining Tatts Group, Tim held positions as a lawyer in private-practice firms
and in-house.
William Thorburn
Bill Thorburn has wide experience in the gaming industry and had been Chief Executive of Golden Casket
since 1995. In July 2007, Bill was appointed Chief Executive of Tatts Lotteries which currently services six
Australian lottery jurisdictions with combined annual sales of over $3 billion
Sue van der Merwe
Sue van der Merwe’s background is in marketing. After qualifying with a degree majoring in marketing and
economics, Sue held various marketing roles in leading international consumer good companies. In 1990 Sue
joined Golden Casket’s marketing team as Senior Brand Manager. In 1995 Sue was promoted to Director of
Marketing and Sales and then in 2000 to General Manager Lotteries. In July 2007, Sue took on an expanded
role as General Manager Group Lottery Operations for Tatts Lotteries. In this role, Sue is responsible for
strategic oversight of core operational areas of the lottery business including Marketing, Retail, Public
Relations, Social Responsibility/Community and Business Development.
Antony Moore
Antony’s background is in Retail Operations. Antony has a business degree majoring in Economics and
Accounting (Double). Over the past decade, Antony has worked in retail operations at Store Management level
with the Coles Group, as well as spending time in the Coles Retail Merchandise department overseeing the
Queensland Dairy category. He then moved into Multi site roles in the Coles Liquor Group before taking on
State Manager roles in Amart Allsports (Rebel Group) and Retail Adventures Pty Ltd. Most recently Antony
was the Chief Operating Officer of a Contract Cleaning and ecommerce business before joining Tatts Lotteries
as the Head of Retail.
Stephen Lawrie
Stephen Lawrie is the Chief Information Officer for Tatts Group Limited. He began in this role when Tatts
Group Limited (formerly Tattersall’s Limited) and TattsBet Limited (formerly UNiTAB Limited) merged in late
2006, having been the head of Technology with TattsBet Limited since mid 1999. He began his software
development career with TAB Queensland in 1982, and has over 29 years experience with the online
transaction systems. More than 25 years of this has been spent with the current company.
3.2 A summary of relevant business experience of the franchisor in the last 10 years, including:
(a) length of experience in:
(i) operating a business that is substantially the same as that of the franchise; and
(ii) offering other franchises that are substantially the same as the franchise; and
Golden Casket was originally established as “Golden Casket Art Union” in 1916 and has run a lottery
based business since that time.
Golden Casket is now wholly owned and controlled by Tattersall’s Holdings Pty Ltd which in turn is
wholly owned and controlled by Tatts Group who acquired Golden Casket from the Queensland State
Government in 2007.Tatts Group also owns the licensed lottery operator in each of New South Wales
(New South Wales Lottery Corporation Ltd) and Victoria (Tattersall’s Sweep Pty Ltd) and as such
operates the government licensed lotteries in those States
The lottery products sold by Golden Casket and its network have changed and expanded over the
years and Golden Casket currently has in excess of 1,000 lottery outlets throughout Queensland,
Tasmania and Northern Territory and an annual turnover in excess of $800 million.
(b) whether the franchisor has offered franchises for other businesses and, if so:
(i) a description of each such business; and
Not applicable
(ii) for how long the franchisor offered franchises for each such business.
Not Applicable
The franchisor has not offered franchises for other businesses.
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