Winamax

Winamax
IndustryGambling
Founded1999
FoundersMax Derhy
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
Key people
Christophe Schaming
ProductsOnline poker & sports betting
Websitewww.winamax.fr Edit this at Wikidata

Winamax is a French gambling company. Its product offering includes online poker and sports betting. In 1999, Winamax was originally founded as video game publisher.[1]

Sponsorship

Until the summer of 2015, Winamax was the main shirt sponsor of AS Saint-Étienne.[2] The company became main shirt sponsor of Granada CF in 2019 and renewed the contract with the club in 2020 for another two years.[3] In 2020, Winamax signed a three-year deal as sponsor for the front of the away shirts and the back of the home shirts of RC Strasbourg Alsace.[4] From August 2021 to January 2022 Winamax was the main shirt sponsor of FC Girondins de Bordeaux.[5] In the 2022–23 season, the company was main shirt sponsor of ES Troyes AC.[6]

On 3 August 2023, Winamax signed a three-year deal as main shirt sponsor with VfB Stuttgart.[7]

Winamax briefly sponsored the French soccer club FC Girondins de Bordeaux as the main shirt sponsor during 2021–22 Ligue 1 season. The club ceased the partnership after gambling brand made posts on Twitter that were considered to be mocking [8] the club's performance that season. [9]

References

  1. ^ "Winamax, coup de bluff". Libération (in French). 20 May 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Winamax s'engage avec l'OM". sponsoring.fr (in French). 1 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  3. ^ "LaLiga's Granada renews Winamax short deal as appeal against gambling ad ban goes to EU". insideworldfootball.com. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Winamax agrees three-season sponsorship of RC Strasbourg Alsace". gamingintelligence.com. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Bordeaux ends Winamax sponsorship over mocking tweets". iGaming Business. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Estac : Winamax s'en va aussi". lest-eclair.fr (in French). 4 June 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  7. ^ "VfB complete main sponsor group". VfB Stuttgart. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  8. ^ https://igamingbusiness.com/marketing-affiliates/sponsorship/bordeaux-ends-winamax-sponsorship-over-mocking-tweets/
  9. ^ https://www.sportcal.com/sponsorship/winamax-out-as-major-bordeaux-sponsor-after-mocking-twitter-posts/