diff --git a/pyfpdb/WinamaxToFpdb.py b/pyfpdb/WinamaxToFpdb.py
index 65dbb1df..e3aafe4d 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/WinamaxToFpdb.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/WinamaxToFpdb.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Winamax(HandHistoryConverter):
     siteId   = 14 # Needs to match id entry in Sites database
 
     mixes = { } # Legal mixed games
-    sym = {'USD': "\$", 'CAD': "\$", 'T$': "", "EUR": "\xe2\x82\xac", "GBP": "\xa3"}         # ADD Euro, Sterling, etc HERE
+    sym = {'USD': "\$", 'CAD': "\$", 'T$': "", "EUR": u"\xe2\x82\xac|\u20ac", "GBP": "\xa3"}         # ADD Euro, Sterling, etc HERE
     substitutions = {
                      'LEGAL_ISO' : "USD|EUR|GBP|CAD|FPP",     # legal ISO currency codes
                             'LS' : u"\$|\xe2\x82\xac|\u20ac|" # legal currency symbols - Euro(cp1252, utf-8)