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• UPDATE 1-OPAP agents strike, say smoking ban hitting sales  

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Jump to full article: Reuters, 2009-07-16
Author: Angeliki Koutantou

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Agents for Greek betting firm OPAP (OPAr.AT), Europe's biggest, went on strike on Thursday over a tax on winnings and said a new smoking ban in public places in Greece had added to a fall in sales.

"There was already a drop due to the global downturn but with the smoking ban the fall came to 25-30 percent (year on year)," OPAP sales agents union head Kyriakos Toptsidis told Reuters.

The union, which represents about 5,300 retail outlets selling lottery cards and sports betting games across Greece, went on strike to protest a tax on betting winnings.

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