Online Poker from Greece's OPAP Will Have to Wait for Sportsbetting Development
Key Takeaways
  • The announcement in the annual report suggests that online poker won’t be provided by OPAP until after sportsbetting has been developed. OPAP’s semi-monopoly has been granted until 2030, long after the “temporary” licenses for other operators are due to expire.
  • Short a successful legal challenge in the EU courts, in a few years’ time OPAP will be the monopoly poker provider in Greece.

The Greek semi-monopoly OPAP—Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics—has released its annual report for 2013 and said that the first online gambling that will be produced by its deal with GTECH will be sportsbetting. 38684s

Under a complex existing structure, commercial relationship with Diamond Link, one of the licensees, so can legally offer services from its PokerStars.GR domain.

poker platform with GTECH.

The announcement in the annual report suggests that online poker will not be provided by OPAP until after sportsbetting has been developed. OPAP’s semi-monopoly has been granted until 2030, long after the “temporary” licenses for other operators are due to expire.

Short a successful legal challenge in the EU courts, in a few years’ time OPAP will be the monopoly poker provider in Greece.