OPAP (Greek
Organization of Football Prognostics S.A.) is
the sole gaming operator in Greece, currently conducting,
managing, organizing
and operating six numerical lottery and three 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 Societe 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.
Nowadays,
OPAP is considered to be
a leader Company of the gaming
sector internationally. In
2009, the Group reached
sales of €5,4 billion,
distributed a total dividend
of €558 million to the
shareholders and 3,7
billion to the winners, whereas €558 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.
The
company applies an Integrated
Management System which addresses Quality (ISO 9001:2009),
Environment Management (ISO
14001:2004) and Responsible
Care (SA 8000:2008).
www.opap.gr
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Goodchannel.gr |
OPAP S.A., the Greek Organization
of Football Prognostics, launches goodchannel.gr
(good.gr), a new enterprise in the field of Corporate
Social Responsibility.
Goodchannel.gr is the
first electronic social
network via which we
are able to create a
human chain and connect the social offer with the
social needs. The aim of the site www.goodchannel.gr is
the maximization of the
promotion of all the
actions that contribute
to the production of social work so as to fulfill
a need, utilize an offer and underline a significant
social action. The upmost aim of goodchannel.gr
is the activation of volunteerism, the formation
of synergies and the awareness of the society
as a whole.
Users of the
social network www.goodchannnel.gr can
be individuals, companies,
non-governmental organizations
or government corporations.
Each of them could become a member of the goodchannel.gr
family and create their own profile through which
they will able to inform other members about their
existing needs, their offers and their actions.
Goodchannel.gr
offers the platform that
connects the social needs
with the sources of the social
offer, so as people in
need are helped. Communication with people who can
contribute to the achievement of goals and social
work can revive the spirit of volunteerism. The
initiatives for organizing social actions through
goodchannel.gr and information of all involved parts
about these, active participation and production
of social economy are the main objective of goodchannel.gr.
For any further information, you
may send your e-mail to the electronic address info@goodchannel.gr or
call at 801-801-14-14. |
