Greece’s government on Thursday said it has started public consultations on a legislative plan to regulate gambling. The Finance Ministry said around 4 billion euros in illegal gambling takes place each year. The Ministry said the legislative initiative is designed to conform to a European Court ruling that the current ban on all technical games in Greece is illegal and to regulate an extensive illegal gambling market in physical locations and over the Internet.
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