Surprising testimony of Sławomir Siwy, chairman of the “Celnicy PL” Trade Union before the VAT investigation committee. Siwy revealed that customs officers since 2009 have alerted the most important people in Poland about irregularities and evident scams, which were committed by highly-ranked officials of the Ministry of Finance and Customs Office.
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Bookmaker Fortuna has become the official sponsor of Stomil Olsztyn. The contract will be valid at least until the end of the 2019/2020 season.
The leader of Polish mutual betting market is building a network of self-service terminals, “Rzeczpospolita” learned. The company expects its turnover to exceed a record PLN 3 billion this year.
STS - the largest bookmaker in Poland - signed a sponsorship deal with Zagłębie Lubin. STS will be the official sponsor and official bookmaker of Zagłębie, and its logo will appear on the sleeves of the players’ shirts. The new contract will apply for the next two years, which is until June 2021.
On Saturday evening in the Grand Hotel in Sopot, there was an auction of items related to this place. The most expensive of the paintings was “Panorama of Gdynia” by Marian Mokwa. The work has reached the price of PLN 50 thousand. For individual tokens from the hotel’s casino, even PLN 5,000 were paid.
Betclic is the official sponsor of the Polish volleyball men’s team. The bookmaker with a license for business in Poland signed a three-year contract, under which the company received the rights to use the image of players, and bookmaker’s logo will be on sportswear of current world champions.
The online gambling industry in 2011 was worth USD 30 billion. Today it is already USD 50 billion and an open highway for further development. Online gambling is already responsible for 11 percent of all internet traffic. Recent initiatives of Totalizator Sportowy show that the monopolist also wants to get something from this cash.
The Ministry of Finance informed that Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki appointed on 1st July 2019 Piotr Dziedzic as the Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Finance and Deputy Head of the National Treasury Administration, and Tadeusz Kościński as Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Finance.
On Wednesday, 3rd of July 2019, during a special conference at the Ministry of Enterpreneurship and Technology, a presentation of the report “Prevention of the gray area in Poland 2018/19”, issued by Global Compact Network Poland, took place. The event was attended by the Minister of Entrepreneurship and Technology Jadwiga Emilewicz and Minister of Finance […]
Monopoly heals steadily and poorly, according to GCNP, the situation in the gambling industry looks the same. From 2016 the scale of changes does not change and amounts to 40%. At the same time, there is a dynamic growth in both mutual betting segment and online casinos.