OKiK (Office of Competition and Consumer Protection) has developed an interest in whether the actions of PZPN and other sports associations towards betting companies violate competition law. The complaints received by the office indicated that betting companies had to pay the association a fixed fee in the amount of 0.5% of total gross revenue for publishing the results of sporting events.
The concerns were connected to the fact that the amount collected by the Polish Football Association can be determined on the basis of the total revenue of the bookmaker, regardless of whether it was generated by games organised by the Polish Football Association or by other events.
“Betting companies are not allowed to use the results of sports events without consent of the organiser of the game, which has the right to charge for it. However, we would like to check whether the method of determining such fees may be linked to taking an advantage of the strong market position of the associations” said Michał Holeksa, Vice-President of the OKiK.
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