Industry News - Greece

Stanleybet To Reopen Athens Betting Outlet Ahead Of Court Hearing

16/01/2009: Stanleybet International said it intends to reopen the Athens betting outlet closed down by municipal authorities last year within the next few days after an Athens court yesterday decided the bookmaker was entitled to continue its operations ahead of a court hearing due to take place later this month.

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EU To Examine Greek Reform Proposals

16/09/2008: Responding to pressure from EU Internal Markets Tzar Charlie McCreevy, the Greek operator OPAP has announced internal changes regulating its relationship with its network of agents, and has made a number of proposals aimed at limiting its infringement of key tenets of EU law.

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OPAP To Bid For Turkish Lottery

02/09/2008: OPAP, the Greek monopoly operator and Europe's largest gaming firm, has confirmed its plans to bid for Turkey's national lottery Milli Piyango in a joint venture with Turkish business groups. The announcement followed the publication of full bid details from last week’s sport’s lottery tender.

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Greece’s OPAP Shrugs Off Regulatory Pressures

14/03/2008: As Greece’s partly state-owned monopoly betting operator OPAP continues to be scrutinised by the EU Internal Markets directorate, its president and CEO has reassured investors with a business-as-usual strategy and several new relationship building initiatives.

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Brussels To Probe OPAP’s Tender Process

22/01/2008: The decision by OPAP to halt its tender process and extend its contract for provision of technology in Greece with Intralot last year caused controversy and led to an unsuccessful legal challenge by GTech, one of the bidders excluded at the eleventh hour. Now the EU is getting involved and is looking at OPAP’s procurement processes at the same time as the legality of the organisation is also being challenged.

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Greek Courts Back OPAP Tender Decision

02/10/2007: The bitter consequences of a decision by the Greek monopoly operator to scrap a tender process for an upgrade to its technology took another step on September 27 when an Athens court ruled on a challenge by Italo-US technology company GTech.

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OPAP Facing Legal Action Over Cancelled IT Tender

03/08/2007: OPAP is reportedly set to face legal challenges from disgruntled bidders after the Greek monopoly operator cancelled a long-opened tendering process in favour of renewing its IT contract with systems provider Intralot this week.

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