Hand Grenade Thrown at Home of Intralot CEO

Written by :

Jagajeet Chiba

Published on :

9 March, 2010

This past weekend marked an uptick in crime aimed at the gambling sector. First, a brazen robbery took place during an international poker tournament in Berlin on Saturday (most of which was caught by film crews). Then on Sunday morning it was revealed that a hand grenade had been thrown at the Athens, Greece home of Constantinos Antonopoulos, CEO of the betting services provider Intralot.

According to reports on the Internet, the grenade detonated in the front yard of the house and forensic experts were said to have found fragments of a mobile phone in the remains of the hand grenade. There was no major damage and there were no injuries reported. The assailants remain unidentified.

Intrlot is a leading provider of state-of-the-art integrated gaming systems to lottery organizations worldwide, INTRALOT delivers cutting edge game content, network integration, transaction processing and value added services, ensuring efficient, secure and profitable operations for our customers.

Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com

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