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Industry News - Greece
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.
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.
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.
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.
