Online Gambling Firms Leaving Greece

Card Player – The online gambling situation in Greece is becoming increasingly interesting. Late last month, Greece released a list of 401 blacklisted online gaming sites. The names on the list included PartyPoker.com and 888Poker.com. The country is not trying to ban the activity, but instead trying to control where its citizens place their wagers. The situation stems from the state wanting to make sure the Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics S.A (referred to as OPAP), of which it owns about a third of, has exclusive rights to offer web betting within its borders, instead of letting foreign firms on…