The Hellenic Gaming Commission (EEEP) shut down the casinos in Rio and Alexandroupolis due to debts to Social Security Fund EFKA. The casinos will remain closed for two months. According to an EFKA report, the Rio casino had overdue contributions arrears of €25 million euros, while the Alexandroupoli casino owed …
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Consortium Mohegan-GEK Terna award Hellinikon Casino license
US-Greek consortium Mohegan Gaming Advisors – GEK Terna SA has been awarded the casino license for the Hellinikon project. The Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC) took this decision on Monday. The Mohegan-GEK consirtum was the only bidder after the HGO excluded the Hard Rock from the tender last week citing technical …
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Greece rules out Hard Rock Int for Hellinikon Casino license
The Hellenic Gaming Commission (EEEP) has unanimously rejected the bid by Hard Rock International for the Casino at Hellinikon Project in the premises of the old Athens airport in the south coast of the Greek capital. EEEP still has to decide on the part of the tender committee’s conclusion related …
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Hellinikon project Casino competition marred by conflict
A repeatedly delayed tender for the 30-year license to operate an integrated resort and casino on the yet-to-group Hellinikon mega complex on the Athenian Riviera appears to have run into yet another glitch with one of the two bidders – Hard Rock International – claiming it has been excluded from the …
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Helliniko Casino proposal inspired by the Acropolis & Caryatids – POLL
One of the two bidding companies for the Casino at Helliniko project, the Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment in collaboration with GEK TERNA, presented INSPIRE Athens on Tuesday. INSPIRE Athens is the idea for the first integrated touristic casino complex (Integrated Resort and Casino – IRC ) in Greece. The building …
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Helliniko Casino Resort: Joint Ministerial Decision opens way for bid
The Ministry of Development proceeded with the issuance of the fourth and the last Joint Ministerial Decisions concerning the planning of the property in Helliniko Project. The last of a series of JMD opens the way for the bid for the integrated Casino Resort. Today’s Joint Ministerial decision allows investors …
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Greece to launch Hellinikon Casino Concession tender this week
The bidding process for a concession for a casino at the site of the former Athens airport is to start this week, Greek media report on Monday. The call for tender for a casino concession at the site of former Ellinikon International Airport in Athens is ready to be published …
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Greece releases new regulations for online gambling
Greece has been having a state monopoly on gambling for decades but now this is going to change. Several months ago, Greek authorities announced that they were working on new regulations for casino licenses and they have been eagerly anticipated ever since. Now details of these regulations have been released …
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Club Casino in Loutraki resumes operation after temporary suspension
The Club Hotel Casino Loutraki has announced the reopening of Loutraki Casino as the reasons leading to temporary suspension have been eliminated. At the same time, the company noted that the Athens Administrative Court of First Instance partially accepted its request and suspended the decision of the Supervisory and Game …
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Greece’s gambling watchdog closes Casino Loutraki in tax stand-off
The Greek gambling watchdog has today shut down Club Casino Loutraki over unpaid gaming taxes, despite a court decision earlier this year that ordered the government to repay €44m to the beleaguered property. The decision to suspend operations at Casino Loutraki, once one of the world’s most profitable, has come …
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