Novamedia was started in 1983 by Boudewijn Poelmann

Boudewijn Poelmann

Boudewijn Poelmann is a Dutch entrepreneur and cofounder of Holland's National Postcode Lottery. In 1983, he helped to start the media company, Novamedia....

 and his wife Annemiek Hoogenboom. In 1989, Poelmann joined forces with Simon Jelsma, Frank Leeman en Herman de Jong to establish the Dutch National Postcode Lottery. In 2002, Novamedia took over the operations of the Bankgiroloterij.

In 2009 the Charity Lotteries operated by Novamedia produced a turnover of more than 728 million euro

Euro

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s, of which more than 364 million euros was divided among the charities. Since its inception, Novamedia has collected over 4 billion euros for more than 240 charities for people, nature

Nature

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, culture

Culture

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 and health

Health

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 & welfare

Welfare

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