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September
French Football Online Casino Sponsorship
Sep 06, 2006
This summer, the online casino industry has taken hold of the football
sponsorship market, particularly since the World Cup Final. 32Red
started the trend off right since becoming the main sponsor of English
Premiership Club, Aston Villa.
Now, online casino BET24 has just agreed to a similar deal with
the Blackburn Rovers.
The football craze has also been extremely active in France, which
coincidentally is where three of the countries top clubs are sponsored
by online gaming companies.
FC Nantes currently have the Gamebookers online casino logo on their
club t-shirts, Toulouse Football Club have agreed to a sponsorship
with 888 (sponsors of Middlesbrough FC), and AS Monaco is sponsored
by Bwin.
Some of the current legislations in France appear to dictate that
online casinos and other online gambling portals are prohibited
until further notice, a law which includes the online and offline
advertisement of the products.
It is thought the football clubs were unaware of the legislation.
In reaction to the debate, the Toulouse Football Club spokesperson
said, "As far as we know, online casino gaming is the only
illegal activity in France, which so far can be displayed without
any risk."
"One can hardly imagine an ad of some illegal slot network
appearing on players jerseys."
Source Code: http://www.onlinecasino.org/news/french-football-online-casino-sponsorship-1367.php
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