Illegal betting operators routinely use actors to impersonate their owners and executives, but none of them has ever gone as far in this respect as AC Milan's brand new "official betting partner in Asia" sureWin and its "founder William Anderson".
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Sanctioned? Fined? Banned? Not a problem if you’re a sports betting company eager to do business. Illegal bookmakers linked to Premier League clubs recently set up stalls at a gambling conference in London, right under the nose of the regulator which had just punished them.
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Welcome, criminals! Do you need to launder earnings from criminal operations? What you need is a ‘grey’ source of income, such as online gambling. You can then mingle any criminal proceeds with ‘legitimate’ gambling income.
Sampdoria is owned by three businessmen from Singapore with deep links to illegal sports operator FUN88. Why would the trio invest tens of millions of euro in a Serie B club with no chance of being profitable any time in the near future?
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Are you an illegal betting operator trying to secure attractive marketing? Don’t worry, the Premier League will welcome you with open arms.
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Evidence suggests that Aston Villa and Burnley FC’s official Asian betting partner operates from one of the most notorious cyber slavery compounds in Cambodia.
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The Isle of Man has been a safe haven for betting companies, many of them partners of Premier League clubs. Last week police raided several companies and this unprecedented action has sent shockwaves throughout the gambling industry.
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A marketing executive central to Manchester City’s sponsorship agreement with 8XBet was, just months earlier, working with a politically-connected Chinese businessman accused in the International Criminal Court of running Filipino meth labs.
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Opaque betting operator Kaiyun is the shirt sponsor of Nottingham Forest and counts Wayne Rooney as one of their brand ambassadors. Kaiyun doesn’t hold a licence to offer gambling services, and is owned by a company with connections to the criminal underworld.
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Without the fans’ knowledge, Bundesliga clubs are advertising unlicensed Chinese gambling companies on international broadcasts of their matches. A Swiss company run by Sepp Blatter’s nephew is a key dealmaker.
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Data collection companies are scouring ever lower down the European football pyramid for live data that is feeding opaque Asian betting operators.
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A copyright infringement complaint by 8XBet has been rejected by a US court because the bookmaker declined to provide a signature of its phantom-like CEO. It’s a move that raises more doubts about the real origins of Manchester City’s mysterious Asian betting partner.
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