Greece

News & Analysis

Stake Limits Hold Back Booming Greek Online Market

The newly licensed Greek online gambling market has seen its revenues curtailed, as a €2 casino stake limit bites and player taxes weigh on sports bets, but a strong football-fueled summer has seen the overall market continue its inexorable climb.

News In Brief: August 9-August 13, 2021

Rush Street bags the final spot in Connecticut sports-betting race, California cardroom owner settles illegal betting case and tax drama continues in an Indian state court.

News In Brief: July 5-July 9, 2021

Victoria state regulator announces independent inquiry into its own operations and the Tasmanian state government draft amendments would end Federal Group’s gaming monopoly.

News In Brief: May 24-May 28, 2021

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is fined over gambling stake as investment seemingly pays off, Kenya moves to reintroduce its controversial tax rate and a new $3bn offer for Australia's Tabcorp has been introduced.

Gripes Over Brexit Fix Meet Unyielding Greek Response

Online gambling operators have blasted proposals to ease server location requirements and a parallel licensing scheme that may see new and old licences co-exist in Greece this summer, but their complaints look unlikely to yield concessions from the Greek watchdog.

Research & Reports

Market Insight: European Lotteries

This in-depth report provides insight into the size, structure and growth of 30 European lottery markets, containing analysis, updated as new information becomes available, of sector themes and key jurisdictional and lottery-level developments including growth trends by game category and channel shift towards online sales.

Interactive Map: Gambling Advertising Across Europe

Advertising is one of the most hotly discussed topics in the European gambling industry. In this map, VIXIO GamblingCompliance shows the current situation regarding gambling advertising in all jurisdictions. The map highlights the differences among the countries that allow, partially prohibit or forbid gambling advertising.

Market Insight: European Online Gambling

This in-depth report provides insight into the size, structure and growth of 32 European online gambling markets, containing analysis, updated as new information becomes available, sector themes and key market developments bringing stakeholders opportunities, challenges, tailwinds and headwinds.

Online Gambling in Greece: Launch of Formal Licensing Process

This overview highlights the most essential licensing and relevant provisions in the secondary regulations.

Market Insight — Greece

The Greek gambling market continued its steady growth in 2019, as OPAP completed a legally-complex VLT rollout and operators in the country’s increasingly prominent online market await permanent licences pending the finalisation of secondary legislation.

Data & Forecasts

Market Monitor: European Online Gambling

This quarterly report contains a comprehensive overview of available data on the €20bn+ European online gambling sector. Jurisdictional market size figures and year-on-year growth rates are supplemented by an interactive dashboard and standardised, comparable data on betting-gaming splits and online penetration rates.

OPAP Report - 2001Q1 to 2021Q3

Latest quarterly data from Greek-listed OPAP. The data released for the operator contains the following information: Group income statement, net revenues by game category and number of installed VLTs by location. There are approximately 4,600 data points in this document.

SAZKA Group Report - 2001 to 2021H1

Latest quarterly data from Czech-headquartered SAZKA Group. The data released for the operator contains the following information: Gross gaming revenue by market and product line, gaming taxes, net gaming revenue, operating expenses and operating EBITDA by market. There are approximately 745 data points in this document.

Market Monitor: International Gaming Machine Count

This report displays the most recent tallies of gaming machines, split between casino and non-casino units, across over 100 jurisdictions globally. Visual cross-jurisdictional comparisons of gaming machines by category and population-adjusted machine density are facilitated by an interactive dashboard.

Intralot Report - 2004Q2 to 2021Q2

Latest quarterly data from Greek-listed Intralot. The data released for the company contains the following information: Turnover (revenue), cost of sales, gross profit, EBITDA, EBIT, a geographical breakdown of turnover, gross profit & gross margin and a pro forma breakdown of turnover by game and contract type. There are approximately 1,770 data points in this document.