(a) Paragraph 1.d essentially provides that an operator is obliged to apply to the HGC before offering a new betting event (such a tennis tournament or the World Cup or the Olympic Games). Apart from this being very bureaucratic, it may lead to negative consequences given that the HGC has a 30-days deadline to approve or reject the respective application (and such deadline may be extended). We propose that this “application – approval” procedure is deleted given that the regulation clearly provides which betting events are allowed and which are prohibited.
(b) Paragraph 2.c essentially allows any league or federation (Greek or foreign) to ask the HGC to exclude its matches from betting coupons with a simple declaration (which seems to be obligatory for the HGC). This point shall clearly be amended since it may render a betting license obsolete and meaningless. The same applies as regards prohibition of U19 leagues.
(a) Paragraph 1.d essentially provides that an operator is obliged to apply to the HGC before offering a new betting event (such a tennis tournament or the World Cup or the Olympic Games). Apart from this being very bureaucratic, it may lead to negative consequences given that the HGC has a 30-days deadline to approve or reject the respective application (and such deadline may be extended). We propose that this “application – approval” procedure is deleted given that the regulation clearly provides which betting events are allowed and which are prohibited. (b) Paragraph 2.c essentially allows any league or federation (Greek or foreign) to ask the HGC to exclude its matches from betting coupons with a simple declaration (which seems to be obligatory for the HGC). This point shall clearly be amended since it may render a betting license obsolete and meaningless. The same applies as regards prohibition of U19 leagues.