{"id":13133,"date":"2026-06-04T08:25:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/?p=13133"},"modified":"2026-06-04T08:25:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:25:42","slug":"totalizator-sportowy-parts-ways-with-vice-president-amid-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2026\/06\/04\/totalizator-sportowy-parts-ways-with-vice-president-amid-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Totalizator Sportowy Parts Ways with Vice President Amid Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Poland\u2019s <strong>Totalizator Sportowy<\/strong> has decided to let go of <strong>Szymon Gawryszczak<\/strong> following the culmination of a public scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gawryszczak has served as Vice President of the operator\u2019s Management Board, responsible for sales and marketing, since 2024. He was dismissed on the grounds that Totalizator Sportowy wanted to protect its public image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was first suspended from the role back in April after public scrutiny of him was rapidly mounting amid a series of allegations that surfaced in local media outlets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the Totalizator drew a clean line between these reports and its decision, it is hard not to think that the public claims made against him did not play at least a slight role in his departure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The allegations include conflict of interest and leveraging his political ties to propagate against opponents of the now-defunct center-right <strong>Civic Platform (PO)<\/strong> party, which was led by <strong>PM Donald Tusk<\/strong> until it was dissolved in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arguably, the most detrimental piece for his career was published by <em>Wirtualna Polska<\/em> in March last year. The investigation linked Gawryszczak to a social media page with a substantial following posting PO-linked propaganda.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A follow-up article alleged that the <strong>Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) <\/strong>had been investigating assets linked to Gawryszczak, identifying irregularities in his submitted declarations and his failure to provide convincing explanations for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gawryszczak claims conspiracy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the Totalizator\u2019s decision, Gawryszczak has taken to <em>LinkedIn<\/em> to staunchly defend his position. He asserted that the Wirtualna Polska article is based on inaccurate information, with the CBA itself having previously corrected an error in its initial findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cThe CBA did not find any conflict of interest, no financial gain, no action to the detriment of Totalizator Sportowy. The prosecutor\u2019s office conducted a verification procedure and handed the files back to the CBA.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Supervisory Board \u2013 the same body that suspended me \u2013 publicly stated that the media allegations were not related to the content of the CBA\u2019s post-audit conclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gawryszczak alluded to a wider conspiracy being orchestrated against him, with his comments suggesting that he\u2019s being targeted because of how vocal he is of the social benefits Totalizator Sportowy\u2019s monopoly over iGaming has for society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI also can\u2019t help but notice a certain correlation. The more often I spoke publicly about the value of the state\u2019s monopoly on online casinos, about the billions that go to the budget and finance Polish sport, about why the state should maintain a strong position here \u2013 the more intense the attacks on me became. I leave this observation without comment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/sbceurasia\">Telegram channel<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poland\u2019s Totalizator Sportowy has decided to let go of Szymon Gawryszczak following the culmination of a public scandal. Gawryszczak has served as Vice President of the operator\u2019s Management Board, responsible for sales and marketing, since 2024. He was dismissed on the grounds that Totalizator Sportowy wanted to protect its public image. 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