OPAP S.A. is the leader gaming operator in Greece, exclusively conducting, managing, organizing and operating numerical lottery and sports betting games in Greece and Cyprus, through an extensive network, currently comprised of more than 5,000 licensed agencies.

OPAP was founded in 1958 in order to organize and operate PROPO (the Greek Football Pools game). In 1999, the company was incorporated as a Societé Anonyme with the Hellenic Republic as the sole stakeholder. In 2000, OPAP acquired from the State a 20-year license to be the exclusive operator of lottery and sports betting games. In 2001, the company was listed in the Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) with the Hellenic Republic, following consecutive offerings, currently maintaining 34% of the company’s shares.

OPAP S.A. is considered to be a leader Company of the gaming sector internationally. In 2010, the Group reached sales of €5,14 billion, distributed a total dividend of €491 million to the shareholders and €3,5 billion to the winners, whereas €403 million were paid as taxes to the Greek state.

As an active member of international organizations and associations of games of chance (World Lotteries Association, European Lotteries, European Lotteries Sports, European Association for the Study of Gambling), OPAP maintains a dynamic stance in the international developments of the gaming sector.

Focusing to its key principal, OPAP continuously supports an extended Corporate Social Responsibility Program through which contributes in the fields of sports, culture, healthcare, education and environment.

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