MIÉ 18 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024 - 22:57hs.
After terminations by Betsson and Betway

Betting firms attorney warns more operators may withdraw sponsorships from Chilean football

Carlos Baeza, the attorney for five online betting companies, has predicted a bleak outlook for Chilean football and national sports after the termination of the contract between Betsson and ANFP was confirmed. This decision by the company follows the announcement made a few days ago by Betway, which had also disassociated itself from five Chilean clubs (Audax Italiano, Unión La Calera, Ñublense, Coquimbo Unido, and Everton).

A major setback for ANFP and Chilean sports

This measure was analyzed by Baeza, the legal representative of the platforms Betano, Betsson, BetWarrior, Coolbet, and Latamwin. In an interview with adnradio.cl, he assured that “this cannot be good news" for Chilean sports.

"It cannot be good news that a new platform stops sponsoring sports in Chile. In addition to the announcement made by Betway a few days ago, now we have Betsson, one of the most important sponsors of sports worldwide, which supported the regulation of online betting platforms in our country for over a year," said the lawyer, who warned of possible sponsorships fleeing from football clubs in the coming days.

"We cannot rule out that other platforms may stop sponsoring football and other sports, which undoubtedly could leave hundreds of athletes in Chile without the necessary resources to practice their sports and compete internationally," he revealed.

"The defamation campaign is leaving sports in Chile without sponsorship, and they have done it with the sole intention of taking over a market that does not belong to them," he concluded.

Source: GMB