{"id":19448,"date":"2026-03-20T15:54:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hgc.gov.gr\/work\/actions\/combating-illegal-networks\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T14:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:02:44","slug":"combating-illegal-networks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hgc.gov.gr\/en\/work\/actions\/combating-illegal-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with the Illegal Network"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"19448\" class=\"elementor elementor-19448 elementor-8090\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f156be3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f156be3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbe7a2f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cbe7a2f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c38190f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c38190f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dealing with the Illegal Network<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e051a54 text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-breadcrumbs-bar\" data-id=\"e051a54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tp-breadcrumbs-bar.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"bread6a60d0779481e\" class=\"pt_plus_breadcrumbs_bar \"  \"><div class=\"pt_plus_breadcrumbs_bar_inner bred_style_1\"><nav id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"bc_home\"><a class=\"home_bread_tab\" href=\"https:\/\/hgc.gov.gr\/en\/\/\">Home<i class=\" fa fa-chevron-right bread-sep-icon\" ><\/i><\/a><\/span> <span class=\"del\"><\/span> <span class=\"current\"><div class=\"current_tab_sec\">Page<\/div><\/span><\/nav><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ed452e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0ed452e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f16b68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f16b68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41a976d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41a976d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97a5d4c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"97a5d4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4971f9d side-menu elementor-nav-menu__text-align-aside elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"4971f9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;dropdown&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot; 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Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-12793\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hgc.gov.gr\/en\/work\/actions\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Actions<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-12778\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hgc.gov.gr\/en\/work\/partnerships\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Partnerships<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6ac069 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e6ac069\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ddc52e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ddc52e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Combating the illegal gambling market is a crucial field of action for ensuring legality and protecting citizens. The HGC implements a multi-level system of controls and collaborations, aiming to identify and eliminate unlicensed activities.<\/p><div><h5>Objectives<\/h5><ul><li>Protecting citizens from uncontrolled gambling<\/li><li>Ensuring fair competition<\/li><li>Limiting underground economy<\/li><li>Strengthening digital security<\/li><\/ul><h5>Main Actions<\/h5><ul><li>Detecting and blocking illegal websites<\/li><li>On-site and electronic inspections<\/li><li>Imposing administrative sanctions &#038; fines<\/li><li>Cooperating with national and international authorities<\/li><\/ul><h5>Examples of Successful Actions<\/h5><ul><li><strong>Updating the Blacklist<\/strong><\/li><li><b>Closing illegally operating venues<\/b><\/li><li><strong>Digital reporting\/complaint platform<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>International collaborations <\/strong><b> for the exchange of data<\/b><\/li><\/ul><h5>Tools<\/h5><ul><li>Electronic monitoring systems<\/li><li>Violation reporting mechanisms<\/li><li>Inspection databases<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Combating the illegal gambling market is a crucial field of action for ensuring legality and protecting citizens. The HGC implements a multi-level system of controls and collaborations, aiming to identify and eliminate unlicensed activities. Objectives Protecting citizens from uncontrolled gambling Ensuring fair competition Limiting underground economy Strengthening digital security Main Actions Detecting and blocking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":12789,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hgc.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hgc.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hgc.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hgc.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hgc.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19448"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/hgc.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22000,"href":"https:\/\/hgc.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19448\/revisions\/22000"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hgc.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hgc.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}