Corruption at Online Casinos
A local businessman who has stock shares with Bilyoner.com, an Internet sports
wagering site, and who happens to be the chairman of an investment company that
bears his name, is expressing concerns about the rampant corruption happening
with football in Turkey, which he believes caused his company 10 percent income
losses right now. Emin Hitay explained his concerns during a recent interview
with Hurriyet Daily News. He said that the recent events are worrying for his
company and other firms offering online casinos and lottery. The police
investigations currently being conducting are for the allegations of bribery and
match-fixing, two charges quite upsetting to the operation of his business, and
to other companies offering land and online casino, lottery and poker games.
During this interview, he also made sure to point out the various illegal online
casinos and gambling activities entering Turkey. These operations are obviously
not paying any taxes to the government. And they are definitely a threat to
those vendors offering land and online casino services, though its imbalanced
competition. Hitay added further that it is easy for these companies to give
huge payouts since, after collecting money from players in Turkey, they do not
pay in type of taxes to the government. One word was emphasized by Hitay, these
operations are simply: unfair.
While other illegal operation provide services of various types, such as online
casinos and poker games, Bilyoner.com is only allowed to operate and provide
their service to IDDAA, which is the only football betting game authorized to
operate in Turkey. Even if his company is earning approximately ˆ550 million as
of September 2011, the scandal surrounding Turkish football still affects his
business.
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