Operators File Legal Action Against Greek Gambling Monopoly
Key Takeaways
  • Two members of the RGA have filed lawsuits to the Greek Administrative Court of Appeals over the failure of the Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC) and the Ministry of Finance to examine its license applications.
  • The operators charge that the Greek Gambling Law allows for the
  • licensing of online gambling operators and that the government has deliberately not implemented the law in order to protect gaming monopoly OPAP.
  • It is possible that the unnamed operators are William Hill plc and Betfair plc, who filed an application to run the Greek gaming monopoly in July last year.

The Remote Gambling Association (RGA) has published information that two of its members have filed lawsuits to the Greek Administrative Court of Appeals over the failure of the Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC) and the Ministry of Finance to examine its license applications.