The Service of the Commission for the Protection of Competition received on behalf of the company Prediction Football Agency Anonymous Company (OPAP) through the Consortium entitled Greek Lotteries-Anonymous Company of production, operation, distribution and management of Lotteries in which OPAP is claiming to have sole control, notification of a proposed concentration according to Section 13 of the Control of Concentrations between Enterprises Law (Number 22(I)/99), concerning the acquisition of Greek State Lotteries from the Recovery Fund of Private Property of the State Anonymous Company (which is 100% owned by the Greek State), in the context of the Greek Privatisations Programme.
State lotteries have no form of legal personality. The object of their work is the offline production, operation, distribution and general management and exploitation of state lotteries. It should be noted that the Recovery Fund of Private Property of the State Anonymous Company which is owned by the Greek State has the exclusive right to produce, operate, distribute and general management and exploitation of state lotteries.
Greek Lotteries-Anonymous Company of production, operation, distribution and management of Lotteries is a company duly registered in accordance with the laws of the Greek Republic and is a concortium formed by 100% subsidiaries of the following businesses:
(a) Prediction Football Agency Anonymous Company (OPAP)
(b) INTRALOT S.A. integrated information systems and gaming services
(c) Lottomatica Spa Group
Despite the participation in the consortium of all the above companies, according to the notification, the consortium is controlled exclusively by the company Prediction Football Agency Anonymous Company (OPAP) which is a company listed in the Athens Stock Exchange and operates in the field of lucky games.
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