Poland’s sports betting licensees grow to an even dozen

Poland’s sports bettors will soon have two more locally licensed wagering options, despite the government’s tax-heavy regulatory scheme.

Last week, Poland’s Ministry of Finance added local firm BetFan to the official list of locally licensed sports betting operators. The company reportedly plans to offer online wagering via the Betfan.pl domain, which has yet to launch.

Little else is known about the firm, except that it’s based in Warsaw and its president is Piotr Lech Sienkiewicz, a veteran of two local bookmaking outfits, Totolotek and forBET.

This week, the Ministry awarded its 12th sports betting license to eWINNER, which is based in the city of Gdynia and is led by Grzegorz Nowak. The Ewinner.pl site appeared in May with dummy text in lieu of actual bookmaking data, but even this modest presence appears to be offline at the moment.