Stanleybet opens Greek Betting Shops
October 27, 2008 by mbates
The UK and Malta based Stanleybet International has today opened its first branches in Greece, one branch in Athens and a second in Thessaloniki. The Greek market is currently dominated by OPAP who have maintained a monopoly in Greece and have promised to try and uphold this position. OPAP is the largest publicly trading gambling company in Europe and it had paid the Greek government in 2001 for a license that gave it the right to be the country’s sole gambling service until 2020
In February of this year pressure was applied on the Greek government by the European Commission to liberalise its gambling market and allow other companies to be able to trade as its current law regarding gambling was not parallel with European law.
