{"id":12140,"date":"2025-06-09T13:33:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T13:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=europe&#038;p=12140"},"modified":"2025-06-09T13:33:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T13:33:52","slug":"will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote","status":"publish","type":"europe","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Poland\u2019s PiS President Harden the State Gambling Grip After June 11 Vote?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Poland\u2019s gambling landscape faced fresh scrutiny this week after the election of <strong>President Karol Nawrocki<\/strong> on June 2, with industry leaders saying the direction of reform hinges on <strong>political will\u2014not party alliances<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12142\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote2.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>confidence vote for Prime Minister Donald Tusk\u2019s coalition<\/strong> set for June\u202f11 could tilt the balance of power. Should Tusk survive, there might be room for cautious reform; if not, President Nawrocki\u2019s <strong>Law &amp; Justice (PiS)<\/strong> party is likely to entrench the current monopoly, maintaining direct state control through <strong>Totalizator Sportowy<\/strong>, which remains the only licensed operator of online casinos under the 2017 Gambling Act<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/landing\/multigame-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/ice-london-termino-y-se-despidio-la-feria-en-imagenes-mgl-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/ice-london-termino-y-se-despidio-la-feria-en-imagenes-mgl-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/ice-london-termino-y-se-despidio-la-feria-en-imagenes-mgl-1-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/ice-london-termino-y-se-despidio-la-feria-en-imagenes-mgl-1-768x261.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Poland\u2019s regulatory clampdown, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/poland-loses-money-on-black-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u><strong>gray market has remained entrenched<\/strong>, contributing an estimated <strong>\u20ac57 billion (PLN\u202f230\u202fbn)<\/strong> offshore since 2017\u2014leaving the state short <strong>PLN\u202f5.8\u202fbn (US\u202f$1.4\u202fbn)<\/strong> in lost tax revenue<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized text-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"236\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12141\" style=\"width:431px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Industry experts\u2014including former Totalizator Sportowy Chairman <strong>Wojciech Szpil<\/strong>\u2014argue that the current monopoly model <strong>fails to curb illegal play<\/strong> and is ripe for modernization<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pan-European panels also suggest structural reforms, such as introducing a <strong>licensing system<\/strong> and aligning Poland with broader EU regulatory trends . With Nawrocki\u2019s presidency cementing PiS influence, the <strong>June 11 vote becomes pivotal<\/strong>\u2014it will either keep Poland locked in its restrictive, state-run system or open a path toward liberalization and modern regulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A confidence vote for Prime Minister Donald Tusk\u2019s coalition set for June\u202f11 could tilt the balance of power. Should Tusk survive, there might be room for cautious reform; if not\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12143,"menu_order":117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[102,3171],"class_list":{"0":"post-12140","1":"europe","2":"type-europe","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-online-betting","8":"tag-poland","9":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Will Poland\u2019s PiS President Harden the State Gambling Grip After June 11 Vote? - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A confidence vote for Prime Minister Donald Tusk\u2019s coalition set for June\u202f11 could tilt the balance of power. Should Tusk survive, there might be room for cautious reform; if not\u2026\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Will Poland\u2019s PiS President Harden the State Gambling Grip After June 11 Vote? - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A confidence vote for Prime Minister Donald Tusk\u2019s coalition set for June\u202f11 could tilt the balance of power. Should Tusk survive, there might be room for cautious reform; if not\u2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-09T13:33:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"562\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/\",\"name\":\"Will Poland\u2019s PiS President Harden the State Gambling Grip After June 11 Vote? - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-09T13:33:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-09T13:33:52+00:00\",\"description\":\"A confidence vote for Prime Minister Donald Tusk\u2019s coalition set for June\u202f11 could tilt the balance of power. Should Tusk survive, there might be room for cautious reform; if not\u2026\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":562},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Europe News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Will Poland\u2019s PiS President Harden the State Gambling Grip After June 11 Vote?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World\",\"description\":\"Gambling news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Will Poland\u2019s PiS President Harden the State Gambling Grip After June 11 Vote? - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World","description":"A confidence vote for Prime Minister Donald Tusk\u2019s coalition set for June\u202f11 could tilt the balance of power. Should Tusk survive, there might be room for cautious reform; if not\u2026","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Will Poland\u2019s PiS President Harden the State Gambling Grip After June 11 Vote? - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World","og_description":"A confidence vote for Prime Minister Donald Tusk\u2019s coalition set for June\u202f11 could tilt the balance of power. Should Tusk survive, there might be room for cautious reform; if not\u2026","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/","og_site_name":"Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World","article_modified_time":"2025-06-09T13:33:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":562,"url":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/","name":"Will Poland\u2019s PiS President Harden the State Gambling Grip After June 11 Vote? - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-09T13:33:49+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-09T13:33:52+00:00","description":"A confidence vote for Prime Minister Donald Tusk\u2019s coalition set for June\u202f11 could tilt the balance of power. Should Tusk survive, there might be room for cautious reform; if not\u2026","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote.jpg","width":1000,"height":562},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/will-polands-pis-president-harden-the-state-gambling-grip-after-june-11-vote\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Europe News","item":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Will Poland\u2019s PiS President Harden the State Gambling Grip After June 11 Vote?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/","name":"Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World","description":"Gambling news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/europe\/12140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/europe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/europe"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/europe\/12140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12144,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/europe\/12140\/revisions\/12144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}