The Ministry of Finance, according to credible information, takes the gambling law into its hands and undertakes to solve the girdle that has been created with everything that has been tragically happening in Greece for the last two years. As recently you were only informed by the infobeto, the last draft law creating a monopoly on OPAP has been withdrawn tacitly.

The new gambling bill follows the logic of a restart of all processes. Initially, it will begin with the non-licensing of 24 taxpayers to legally opt-in to gambling and online betting in Greece. It will allow a reasonable period to withdraw from the market and then launch a tender for a limited number of gaming licenses with an initial starting price that is still unknown. At the same time, any multipurpose loopholes will be closed by many companies.

The number of licenses granted will be small (discussed for a number from 5 to 10) and the reason is that the Greek market can not "pick up" more in proportion to the population of the country.

A decision on when the contest will take place has not been taken, but it will not be long before we know if everything goes smoothly. But the thirst on this issue is whether OPAP SA will have to participate in this contest or not, as many are wondering (within them European Commission, η MRGC and RGA) on how OPAP was provided by the state with the online betting license without having purchased this right. A thorn that can surely overturn a lot either in one direction or the other.

Infobeto

With today's ruling, the European Court of Justice has ruled on the operation of gambling companies in the European Union. In the context of litigation in Italy between gambling companies, the Ministry of the Interior and the Police Authorities on licensing, the European Court of Justice has decided among other things (relating to the Italian legislative framework) that when a company is legally authorized in any state Member State, then he / she has the right to operate in any other Member State.

'... the principles of equal treatment and of effectiveness must be interpreted as precluding a Member State which, in breach of European Union law, has excluded a category of undertakings from the grant of an economic activity license ...'

'... does Article 43 TFEU and 49 TFEU not comply with national rules which de facto restrict any cross-border activity in the field of games irrespective of the nature of that activity and, in particular, where direct contact is possible between the consumer and the trader and physical control for the purpose of policing the intermediaries of the company established in the national territory. "

'... Articles 43 EC and 49 EC must be interpreted as meaning that, at the present stage of the development of Union law, the fact that an undertaking has, in the Member State in which it is established, a license enabling it to provide services of does not prevent another Member State from making subject, subject to the requirements of Union law, the ability of that undertaking to provide such services to consumers in its territory from the possession of a license granted by its competent authorities.

Details of litigation and developments to the relevant topic in the forum.

The Treasury Department at 9 / 2 / 2012 announced the final list of companies that applied to join the transition period.