Playwin is one of the India's 25 Best Start-ups

Article on India’s 25 Best Start-ups


Þ Introduction of Playwin
Playwin is the lottery & gaming brand of Pan India Network Infravest Pvt. Ltd., part of the One Billion Dollar Essel Group of Companies. Pan India Network Infravest Pvt. Ltd. is into the business of providing infrastructure, data communication, marketing support and service to facilitate a secure online lottery network.

Floated in November 2001, Playwin started with the online lottery franchises for the governments of Sikkim, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Playwin Games of Fortune are very high tech and completely transparent. All games are played through highly sophisticated terminals and the draws are conducted through special draw machines, which are completely automatic. Moreover, all draws are shown on television and conducted in the presence of government officials. Playwin offers a complete computerized gaming format - Easy playing rules, Result draws on television, Transparency in distributing prize won.
Currently, Playwin offers consumers ten online games like Thursday Super lotto, Thunderball, Saturday Super lotto, Friday Easy Lotto, Lucky 3, Max 3, Keno, Fast Lotto, Joker and Joker 5. All these games can be played through retail terminals while some can also be played via Internet and SMS.
To make an effort to reach out to the underprivileged sections of our society, Playwin Online Lottery has set-up a social wing called Playwin Foundation, which has been supporting various social causes consistently. The Foundation recently joined hands with Akanksha, an NGO for unprivileged children, to support its centers that provide education to thousands of slum children by means of schools/shelters. Playwin has also provided monetary support to Kulur Higher Primary School in Kulur Mangalore for building repairs and has sponsored 22 year-old Madhavi Pardeshi, who was selected for the Junior Asian Power Lifting Championship held in South Korea.
Playwin Foundation has the sponsorship contract for 10 Ambulances for 12 months in Mumbai with Ambulance Access for All. The Ambulances have attended over 6000 calls out of which more than 900 calls to the poor have been absolutely free
Þ All India In-charge
Playwin is the latest brainchild of Mr. Subhash Chandra, the visionary media baron, who gave India its first Satellite channel- Zee TV (having 350 million viewers across 120 countries. Mr. Sanjay Das is the Chief Executive Officer, Pan India Network Infravest Pvt. Ltd., a BE (Electronics) from Jadhavpur University, Kolkata and MS (Electronics) from Cranfield Institute, UK and a Management degree from the prestigious IIM, Ahmedabad. Mr. Das has over 30 years of work experience, which includes 15years as head of profit centers in varied industries ranging from products, entertainment and services.

Amongst many achievements, the joint venture of Essel Packaging in Egypt, China and Germany is completely to his credit. He has been with the Essel Group for over 8 years. He was the Executive President of Essel Packaging, looking after the International Operation prior to this new assignment as CEO, Pan India Network Infravest Pvt.

Þ Growth rate
With a turnover of USD 145 million in the first year, USD 158 million in the second, USD 330 million in the third year (2004-05) and USD 362.6 million in the fourth year (2005-06), Playwin has created new milestones.

Þ Milestones
o Playwin has created 67 crorepati’s, over 2750 Lakhpatis and tens of millions of other winners till date.
o Introduced Jackpot Card with Itz Cash Card Limited providing the back end service application technology. The best part is that this Jackpot card now enables you to play Playwin games via sms or online, and much more anytime & anywhere!!.
To sum up, the popular online lottery brand, Playwin within 5years of its start up is the leading brand today in this segment. With a turnover of USD 362.6 million, the company believes in changing people’s fortunes and setting up new milestones.!