| | |  | Last Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |  | | | Online Gambling Has Left the Football Field
- Sunday, 15 Oct 2006
The online gambling industry is famous for its scandals and controversial matters. Sometimes online gambling casinos actually encourage those scandals in order to promote themselves. Often we hear about things like online gambling sites buying various bogus items from auctions, and creating online gambling games that involve bidding on events connected to celebrities. However, sometimes there are scandals that occur without the help of the online gambling industry, and are actually harmful to the online casinos.
For instance, lately it has become extremely popular for an online gambling casino to sponsor a sport's team. Several soccer players wear their jerseys with a specific online casino logo. Well, it was truly a controversial event, when the players of the Toulouse Football Club came out wearing playing shirts with a "???.com, censored" sign. This is the effect of a recent scandal, involving an online gambling magnate 888. com that used to sponsor the team.
The French Professional Football League (LFP) has made a strict decision on Friday, to prohibit all clubs from promoting online gambling companies. This decision can be connected to the recent arrests of the online gambling executives, such as the arrest of the BWIN executives in Monaco. This is a significant blow to the online gambling industry, since this was a great way to promote top online casinos, due to the fact that the logos of the gambling websites were exposed to large audiences, who had the potential to become online gambling players.
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