Last October it received two bids for IT tender

Greek OPAP picks Lottomatica as online betting partner

2012-07-26
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(Greece).- OPAP said this week it had picked G2, a unit of Italian Lottomatica, as its IT provider for expanding into online betting, a business it sees as a key growth driver. "This choice allows OPAP to make an important step in its history and offer iGaming services,” the company said in a statement.

The 34-percent state-owned firm, which is slated for privatisation under the country's international bailout, plans to offer all its existing and future games online.

European biggest listed betting company OPAP paid the government about 850 million euros (us$ 1 billion) last year to extend its Greek sports betting monopoly to 2030 and obtain an exclusive licence for 35,000 Video Lotto Terminals in the country.

In a separate tender to pick a new information technology supplier for its existing, terminal-based network, OPAP said it would proceed by examining a bid from Intralot, the world's second-biggest online gaming provider.

OPAP received in October two bids for its IT tender, one from Intralot and another from Gtech, a unit of Lottomatica.

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