Blacklist for 3 illegal online betting services from the UN. Targeted online actions are being implemented by the Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office to combat illegal betting and gaming through the Internet
Regular proceedings have been developed for three online gambling services sites without a legal license
Targeted online actions are being implemented by the Greek Police's Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office to identify unlicensed gambling providers and combat illegal gambling via the Internet.
Regular proceedings have been developed in this context, which concerned three online gambling sites without a legal license.
More specifically, these sites provided gambling services via the Internet without a legal license, while the licensing countries of the companies operating the websites were identified abroad.
In addition, in one case it emerged that by clicking here παρείχε τη δυνατότητα παράνομου στοιχηματισμού με κεκαλυμμένο τρόπο, σε κλειστό πελατολόγιο, που διέθεταν στοιχεία εισόδου (όνομα χρήστη (username) και κωδικό εισόδου (Password)), without providing the possibility of registration, in order to avoid their discovery in the control of the prosecuting Authorities.
For the thorough and comprehensive investigation of the case, correspondence was carried out with the competent authorities Companies providing internet services and informing the Gaming Supervision and Control Committee (G.E.P.), responsible for the supervision and control of the games, in order to take the prescribed actions.
The Commission has included (3) websites in the list of non-licensed gambling providers via the Black List.
According to the Commission:
“Three (3) additional websites, www.yezgaming.gr, livebet4u.com and www.directslot.com, were included in the 15 version of the Black list of the Gaming Supervision and Control Commission (G.E.P.), following a relevant decision of the Commission, and now the total number of registered websites on the black list amounts to 927."
The regular proceedings filed were submitted to the Prosecutor's Office of Athens.
The Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate, in view of the Christmas and New Year holidays, recommends and informs the users – online gambling players, to avoid any possible deception and fraud:
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to pay particular attention to the selection of the sites in which they are interested in participating,
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always consult the list of blacklist (s) that is posted on the website of the Supervisory and Control Committee (GPEE) https://www.gamingcommission.gov.gr/ ,
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the participation of online gamblers and gamblers via the Internet, organized without a license by the Hellenic Republic, is punishable and punished with imprisonment.
It is recalled that citizens can communicate, with anonymity or surname, with the Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office in order to provide information or to report illicit or scandalous acts or activities carried out over the Internet to the following contact details:
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telephone: 11188
- Sending e-mail to: ccu@cybercrimeunit.gov.gr
- Through the application for smart phones: CYBERKID
- Through twitter: @CyberAlertGR
