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.infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1242257876">.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org"><small>ΟΠΑΠ – Οργανισμός Προγνωστικών Αγώνων Ποδοσφαίρου Α.Ε.<br />OPAP – Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics S.A.</small></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:OPAP_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fe/OPAP_logo.svg/220px-OPAP_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fe/OPAP_logo.svg/330px-OPAP_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fe/OPAP_logo.svg/440px-OPAP_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="110" data-file-height="44" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/S.A._(corporation)" title="S.A. (corporation)">Anonymi Etairia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Athens_Stock_Exchange" class="mw-redirect" title="Athens Stock Exchange">Athex</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.helex.gr/en/stock-snapshot/-/select-stock/go/OPAP">OPAP</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Gambling" title="Gambling">Gambling</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1958</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Kamil Ziegler <span style="font-size:85%;">(Executive Chairman)</span></li><li>Jan Karas <span style="font-size:85%;">(CEO)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lottery" title="Lottery">Lotteries</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sports_betting" title="Sports betting">Sports betting</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">€</a>1.129 <a href="/wiki/1,000,000,000" title="1,000,000,000">billion</a> (2020<sup id="cite_ref-investors.opap.gr_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-investors.opap.gr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">€737.26 million (2020<sup id="cite_ref-investors.opap.gr_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-investors.opap.gr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">€199.37 million (2020<sup id="cite_ref-investors.opap.gr_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-investors.opap.gr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asset" title="Asset">Total assets</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">€2.320 billion (2020<sup id="cite_ref-investors.opap.gr_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-investors.opap.gr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">Total equity</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">€754.88 million (2020<sup id="cite_ref-investors.opap.gr_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-investors.opap.gr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/EMMA_Capital" class="mw-redirect" title="EMMA Capital">Allwyn AG</a> (48.1%)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3716 (2020<sup id="cite_ref-investors.opap.gr_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-investors.opap.gr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opap.gr">opap.gr</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><b>Footnotes / references</b><br />source<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>OPAP – Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics S.A.</b> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">ΟΠΑΠ – Οργανισμός Προγνωστικών Αγώνων Ποδοσφαίρου Α.Ε.</span>) is a Greek company organizing and conducting games of chance. It is headquartered in Athens and for many years OPAP was a state-owned gambling monopoly. The company holds the exclusive rights to organize and manage numerical lotteries and <a href="/wiki/Sports_betting" title="Sports betting">sports betting</a> in Greece.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013 the privatization of the company was completed through the sale of the State's remaining 33% stake to the <a href="/wiki/Emma_Capital" title="Emma Capital">Emma Delta</a> investment scheme. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPAP&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Opap_betting_shop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Opap_betting_shop.jpg/220px-Opap_betting_shop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Opap_betting_shop.jpg/330px-Opap_betting_shop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Opap_betting_shop.jpg/440px-Opap_betting_shop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2250" /></a><figcaption>A betting shop managed by Opap in Argos, Greece.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 1950s, an effort to upgrade Greek sport and improve its infrastructure began. In this framework, the General Secretariat for Sports (Greek: <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%93%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%91%CE%B8%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%8D" class="extiw" title="el:Γενική Γραμματεία Αθλητισμού">Γ.Γ.Α</a>) was established in 1957. In order to secure funding, the idea to utilize revenue from football prognostics - following the example of other European countries - came to fruition. With this aim, OPAP was established in 1958 as a <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C_%CF%80%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%83%CF%89%CF%80%CE%BF" class="extiw" title="el:Νομικό πρόσωπο">private legal entity</a> under the umbrella of the General Secretariat for Sport.<sup id="cite_ref-OPAP:_History_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OPAP:_History-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time of its establishment, a Royal Decree institutionalized the first game OPAP introduced named PRO-PO (the Greek Acronym for Football Prognostics) which was organised along the lines of Italy's Toto Calcio.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> PRO-PO was launched in March 1959, a few months before the introduction of <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%B8%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1_%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%AF%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CF%8E%CE%BD" class="extiw" title="el:Πρωτάθλημα Ελλάδας ποδοσφαίρου ανδρών">the Football League First Division</a> and part of its revenues contributed to funding the newly created division. Initially there were no exclusive agencies and games players at partner corner-shops/kiosks, dairies, e.t.c while geographically the game was limited to Athens, Thessaloniki and Piraeus. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_early_years">The early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPAP&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>PRO-PO enjoyed success from the start. This was due, in part, to strong advertising campaigns. In the 1960s the game saw various improvements such as the paying out winnings for slips with 11 correct predictions. OPAP was present in 70 cities and in 1966 it had reached 795 agencies. During this period, it moved its headquarters to <a href="/wiki/Panepistimiou_Street" title="Panepistimiou Street">Panepistimiou Street</a>, opposite the <a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Greece" title="National Library of Greece">National Library</a>. In March 1965, OPAP launched its second game, named "6 from 36", an adaptation of a similar German game, the establishment of which was provided in the same royal decree as PRO-PO. There were 36 games on each slip and players had to predict 6 that would result in a draw with the most goals scored. The game was initially met with approval but its slips dropped quickly resulting in the game being stopped in April 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-opap.gr_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opap.gr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dictatorship_era">Dictatorship era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPAP&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Dictatorship era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Greek_military_junta_of_1967%E2%80%9374" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek military junta of 1967–74">military junta period</a>, OPAP experienced impressive growth, helped by the promotion of sport by the dictatorial regime. Agencies shot up to 2,000 from 900 and in 1974 revenues amounted to 1.3 billion drachma, up from 176 million drachma in 1966. The increase in agency profit margins, from 5% to 10%, contributed to this expansion as did the introduction of group systems and the valuable gifts that were drawn (cars, trips etc.) since 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-opap.gr_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opap.gr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_changeover">Political changeover</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPAP&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political changeover"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After <a href="/wiki/Third_Hellenic_Republic" title="Third Hellenic Republic">the end of the dictatorship</a>, the impressive growth of OPAP continued. In 1981 agencies amounted to 2,952 and revenue stood at 7.3 billion drachma. At the same time, the management of its sponsorship became more transparent and was subject to parliamentary scrutiny. OPAP funds contributed to the creation of hundreds of stadiums, closed gymnasiums and other sporting cites throughout the country, while its sponsorship were no longer limited to sport but extended to culture too. At the end of the decade, agencies had reached 4,000 in number and two more games were introduced, LOTTO and PROTO, the conduct of which led to the significant upgrading of the Organization's computerization.<sup id="cite_ref-opap.gr_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opap.gr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Listing_in_the_stock_exchange">Listing in the stock exchange</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPAP&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Listing in the stock exchange"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>LOTTO and TZOKER was launched in 1990 and PROTO in 1992; and followed by PROPOGOAL in 1996. Besides, 2000 was an important year in OPAP's history as Pame Stoixima, the first legal sports betting game, was launched in Greece. This game would quickly turn into OPAP's most profitable product. In 1999, OPAP turned into a <a href="/wiki/S.A._(corporation)" title="S.A. (corporation)">Societe Anonyme</a>, under the name OPAP S.A. and the duration of this legal entity form was set at 100 years. In 2001 OPAP got listed in the <a href="/wiki/Athens_Stock_Exchange" class="mw-redirect" title="Athens Stock Exchange">Athens Stock Exchange</a> through a law, according to which, the State could dispense up to 49% of the company's share capital to investors. Initially 5% of the total stock was dispense and the State proceeded with more stock pack sakes in 2002, 2003 and 2005, with its stake being reduced at 33,6%.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, following a bilateral agreement between the Greek State and the Republic of Cyprus, OPAP S.A. established <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9F%CE%A0%CE%91%CE%A0_%CE%9A%CF%8D%CF%80%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85" class="extiw" title="el:ΟΠΑΠ Κύπρου">OPAP Cyprus Ltd</a>, which is primary responsible for the organization, conduct and marketing of the company's games in <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Change_in_ownership">Change in ownership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPAP&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Change in ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 11 October 2013, the State sold its remaining stake in the organization (33% of the share capital) to a private equity fund <a href="/wiki/Emma_Capital" title="Emma Capital">Emma Delta</a> which paid 622 million EUR to the former major shareholder, <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Republic_Asset_Development_Fund" title="Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund">Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund</a> (HRADF), for the acquisition of this stake. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hellenic_Lotteries">Hellenic Lotteries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPAP&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Hellenic Lotteries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2013, the <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Republic_Asset_Development_Fund" title="Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund">HRADF</a> and Hellenic Lotteries S.A. signed a concession agreement for the exclusive right to operate the Hellenic Republic's State Lotteries for a period of 12 years.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hellenic Lotteries S.A. is a consortium of OPAP Investment Limited (67%), Intralot Lotteries Limited (16.5%) and Scientific Games (16.5%).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total value of the financial consideration for the Hellenic Republic included the upfront fee of 190 million euros in cash and a guaranteed minimum income of 580 million euros (over a 12-year period).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Horse_Races_S.A.">Horse Races S.A.</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPAP&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Horse Races S.A."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2015, OPAP subsidiary, Horse Races S.A. acquired the 20-year horse-race betting licence from <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Republic_Asset_Development_Fund" title="Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund">HRADF</a>, at the price of 40 million euros.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Betting on horse racing in Greece had been run by state-owned group ODIE.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Greek races organised by OPAP subsidiary Horse Races S.A. were held in the town of Markopoulo Attica, on Friday 22 January 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 November 2016, PMU and Hellas Horse Races S.A. announced the launch of a partnership to make common pool betting on French races available to Greek punters.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Horse Races S.A. also provides betting on British and South African horse racing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="OPAP's_games"><span id="OPAP.27s_games"></span>OPAP's games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPAP&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: OPAP's games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>OPAP runs the following games:<sup id="cite_ref-OPAP:_History_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OPAP:_History-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>PRO-PO (Since 1 March 1959)</li> <li>6 out of 36 (Launched on 28 March 1965, discontinued a year later)</li> <li>LOTTO (Since 5 December 1990)</li> <li>TZOKER (Since 6 December 1990)</li> <li>PROTO (Since 10 June 1992)</li> <li>PROPOGOAL (Since 3 March 1996)</li> <li>PAME STOIXIMA (Since 20 January 2000; In 2014 the company's digital sports betting platform was launched allowing players to bet online in Pame Stoixima and participate in the live betting games offered)</li> <li>SUPER 3 (Since 25 November 2002)</li> <li>EXTRA 5 (Since 25 November 2002)</li> <li>KINO (Since 4 October 2004)</li> <li>PAME STOIXIMA VIRTUAL SPORTS (Since 18 May 2017)</li> <li>POWERSPIN (Since 30 June 2020)</li> <li>In April 2015 the company launched opapp, its first application for smartphones</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_first_PRO-PO_slip">The first PRO-PO slip</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPAP&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: The first PRO-PO slip"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first PRO-PO slip was launched on <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85" class="extiw" title="el:1 Μαρτίου">1 March</a> <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959" class="extiw" title="el:1959">1959</a> and included 12 matches, as well as two substitutes, the results of which would be effective, only in case of postponement or cancellation of one or more of the 12 matches. Matches were chosen from the final round of the <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AE%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF_%CF%80%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%B8%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1_%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%AF%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CF%8E%CE%BD_1958-1959" class="extiw" title="el:Πανελλήνιο πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου ανδρών 1958-1959">Hellenic Championship of 1959</a>, the second division of the <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CE%BD%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7_%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%91%CE%B8%CE%B7%CE%BD%CF%8E%CE%BD" class="extiw" title="el:Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Αθηνών">Athens Union of Football Clubs</a>, the <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CE%BD%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7_%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%A0%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%AC" class="extiw" title="el:Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Πειραιά">Piraeus Union of Football Clubs</a> and the <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CE%BD%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7_%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%B4%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Μακεδονίας">Macedonia Union of Football Clubs</a>, as well as from the Italian <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B5_%CE%91" class="extiw" title="el:Σέριε Α">championship</a>. 213,670 columns were completed and there was only one winner who managed to achieve 12 correct forecasts. This was Nikos Passaris, a resident of <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, who won 228,360 Drachmas, an exceptionally high amount for that time. There were also 48 players with 11 correct forecasts, who shared the amount of 6,750.50 Drachmas.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subsidiaries">Subsidiaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPAP&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Subsidiaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>OPAP has five subsidiaries: OPAP Cyprus Ltd, that operates lottery agencies in <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>; OPAP SPORTS Ltd (f/k/a OPAP Glory and Glory Sports Betting) that operates sports betting agencies in <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>; OPAP International Ltd, OPAP Investment Ltd and OPAP Services S.A.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPAP&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 2017, OPAP offered a new contract for its agents alongside the 2020 vision presentation. The new contract lowers commissions as they are determined by a fixed percentage of the Net Gaming Revenue(39% for 2017, 37% for 2018, 35% for 2019 and 2020). That commission is then adapted in each quarter depending on customers winnings. If customers win more than anticipated within a quarter part of the agents commission has to be returned.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 2017, agents were on strike.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 2017, OPAP 9 agents disagreed with the new contract OPAP offered alongside the 2020 vision. Within a month they initiated Judicial review to the supreme court concerning the unconstitutionally of the new contract. OPAP management team has seen that move as a threat to its monopoly and terminated cooperation with those 9 agents.</li> <li>March 2018, OPAP terminated cooperation with 600 agents because they did not sign the new contract OPAP offered. That while the case for the new contract is still open at the supreme court. All those agents had signed the old contract which OPAP terminated.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The process of cooperation termination with its 600 agents involves removal of all OPAP supplied equipment. During this process an elderly father of an agent passed away the same day the equipment was removed.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy">Controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPAP&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Involvement_in_Stanleybet_shutdown">Involvement in Stanleybet shutdown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPAP&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Involvement in Stanleybet shutdown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2008, the government of Greece shut down the Greek operations of Liverpool-based <a href="/wiki/Stanleybet_International" title="Stanleybet International">Stanleybet International</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a> <a href="/wiki/Gambling" title="Gambling">gambling</a> company. Stanleybet had recently opened two offices in Greece and was to be a major competitor to OPAP.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government acted on OPAP's public complaints and raided Stanleybet offices on 7 November 2008, confiscating their assets.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the complaints expressed by protests during the <a href="/wiki/2008_Greek_riots" title="2008 Greek riots">2008 Greek riots</a> was the government's fast action in acting on behalf of OPAP to remove competition, whereas for issues affecting public safety or the rights of the people the government has been popularly thought to be slow-acting.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_Court_of_Justice_ruling">European Court of Justice ruling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPAP&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: European Court of Justice ruling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2011, Stanleybet and two other UK-based companies, <a href="/wiki/William_Hill_(bookmaker)" title="William Hill (bookmaker)">William Hill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sportingbet" title="Sportingbet">Sportingbet</a>, brought a legal action before the Symvoulio tis Epikrateias (<a href="/wiki/Council_of_State_(Greece)" title="Council of State (Greece)">Council of State</a>) after their applications to OPAP for permission to provide sport betting services in Greece were rejected. The Council of State referred the matter to the <a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Justice" title="European Court of Justice">European Court of Justice</a> for a <a href="/wiki/Preliminary_ruling" title="Preliminary ruling">preliminary ruling</a> in relation to the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_Establishment_and_Freedom_to_Provide_Services_in_the_European_Union" title="Freedom of Establishment and Freedom to Provide Services in the European Union">freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services</a> which are fundamental to EU law. 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