Hellenic Gaming Commission opens 40 secondment roles as Greece tightens gambling enforcement

The Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC) has opened 40 secondment positions in its Gaming Controllers’ Corps as Greece expands its regulatory and enforcement capacity. For licensed operators, the point is simple: more people, more supervision, and less room for unlicensed activity to sit outside the perimeter.

1. The recruitment drive is aimed at existing public-sector employees, not external candidates. Applications are open until 6 November 2026, and the secondment model is meant to bring additional expertise into the regulator without a general open competition.
2. The 40 roles are split across administrative, economic, legal and information technology functions. The official allocation includes 25 university-level administrative and economic positions, three university-level administrative and economic positions for candidates specialising in law, five university-level information technology positions, five technological education positions in administrative accounting and bookkeeping, and two technological education positions in information technology.
3. In practice, that mix tells you what the HGC thinks it needs: legal and administrative staff to apply the rules, and IT specialists to monitor digital activity and online gambling operations. For PSPs and operators, that usually means more scrutiny of player flows, licensing status and the technical footprint of online products.
4. The hiring programme follows Law 5313/2026, adopted in June 2026. The law amended Greece’s gambling framework, including provisions dealing with the unauthorised organisation and operation of games of chance.
5. Under the amended provisions, operating unauthorised games of chance can attract a prison sentence of at least 10 years and a fine. The source text cuts off before the amount of the fine, but the direction is clear enough: Greece has raised the cost of being outside the licensed market.

For high-risk payment providers, the practical takeaway is that Greece is pairing legal reform with more supervisory capacity. That combination usually matters more than either piece alone: the statute defines the risk, and the regulator gets the headcount to enforce it.