{"id":99904,"date":"2019-03-05T14:25:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T22:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=99904"},"modified":"2019-03-05T14:25:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T22:25:22","slug":"scientific-games-signs-massive-turkish-sports-betting-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/scientific-games-signs-massive-turkish-sports-betting-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Games Signs Massive, Decade-Long Deal to Provide Sports Betting to Turkish Government Monopoly"},"content":{"rendered":"

US casino equipment and gaming solutions giant Scientific Games<\/a> has won a major contract to provide land-based and mobile sports betting technology to Turkey\u2019s state-owned sports betting company, IDDAA, exclusively, for the next ten years.<\/p>\n

\"Scientific
Yildirim Demir\u00f6ren, chairman of Scientific Games\u2019 domestic partner, resigned as head of the Turkish Football Federation over the perception of a conflict of interest on the IDDAA deal, but questions remain about his links to the government. (Image: skor.sozcu.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Turkey, a country of almost 80 million people, is the largest state-owned sports betting market in Europe and among the top three in the world.<\/p>\n

As part of a joint-venture with domestic conglomerate Demir\u00f6ren Group, SG will provide its turnkey solution across at least 5,300 retail outlets throughout the country. It will supply IDDAA with both central system hardware and software, terminals, maintenance, and risk management.<\/p>\n

Demir\u00f6ren is one of the biggest companies in Turkey, owning gas stations, real-estate, and media, including several TV, radio stations, and newspapers. The joint venture will be known as \u015eans Giri\u015fim, loosely translated as \u201cChance Initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turkish Soccer Conflict<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u015eans Giri\u015fim won the bid three weeks ago, but the deal was sealed this week with the agreement of IDDAA. However, politicians from Turkey\u2019s main opposition CHP party have criticized the contract due to Demir\u00f6ren Group chairman Yildirim Demir\u00f6ren\u2019s media interests and links to the Turkish government.<\/p>\n

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Demir\u00f6ren was, until five days ago, also head of the country\u2019s soccer governing body, the Turkish Football Federation. He resigned in order to \u201c<\/strong>prevent any\u00a0shadows and debates in Turkey\u2019s public and the international arena,\u201d paving the way for the sports betting deal, according to Hurriyet<\/em>, a major daily newspaper he has owned since last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For long a beacon of secularist democracy forming a bridge between Europe and the Middle East, Turkey has experienced democratic backsliding under President Recep Erdogan, who has been criticized for political purges, imprisonment of opponents, and the curbing of press freedoms, while increasing his executive powers.<\/p>\n

Tough on Illegal Operators <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Turkey was one of the first countries in the world to become a true black market for online gambling companies, passing a law in 2007 to prohibit their operations. In 2013, it became the first country in the world to target individual players with prosecution, rather than just operators.<\/p>\n

IDDAA is the only entity licensed to offer sports betting, or any form of online gambling. The government has recently intensified its fight<\/a> against the black market, giving a task force composed of the country\u2019s financial crimes unit, banking regulation agency, communication technologies authority, and police force sweeping new powers to target websites and internet cafes that facilitate illicit gambling.<\/p>\n

This includes preventing financial institutions from processing online gambling transactions and the seizing of the incomes of gambling operators and employees.<\/p>\n

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