It’s not a big secret that along with the growth of sports across the world, sports betting and online gambling has also been growing at a tremendous rate. In fact, with 2020 seeing people at home due to the pandemic, the numbers of online sports betting platforms and even users have one through the roof, and this has started to become evident in India as well.
While gambling is strictly illegal in India (as of Dec 2020), we’re gradually seeing a rise in the involvement of gambling companies in India and international sporting events. One of the biggest football leagues in the country is Indian Super League (ISL) and the 2020/21 season saw almost every team being linked to a sports betting website as a sponsor.
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Given the viewership of this football league, it’s going to be a huge impetus for sports betting and especially online sports betting in India. Let’s today take you through the fact that 7 of 11 of the franchise clubs participating in ISL 2020/21 have sponsors of companies that are directly linked to sports betting websites.
Further to the surge of fantasy sports platforms in India, it’s now time for sports betting and online casino brands to also rise and rise quick. However, India has strict rules against sports betting and even stricter rules against advertising. Hence, none of these sports betting sites are using their actual names or logos on the ISL jersey, but are using a form of surrogacy int heir advertising. Keep reading for more…
Sports betting sites in ISL clubs
- DafaNews – Now this brand has been seen before during the India vs New Zealand cricket coverage earlier in 2020. However, this is only a surrogate news brand for the parent company i.e. Dafabet. The company is headquartered in and operates from Makati in Philippines. In ISL 2020/21, they are sponsors for Bengaluru FC, Chennaiyin FC, and Mumbai City FC. The first deposit bonus on Dafabet is as much as Rs.15,000!
- PariMatch News – You may have not seen much of this company before because they’ve just entered the Indian market. The logo is very similar to PariMatch, an international sports betting company that is headquartered in Cyprus. They sponsor Northeast United and Kerala Blasters in ISL 2020/21 and if you join their sports betting platform, you will get Rs.8,000 as welcome bonus!
- SBOTOP.net – If you head over to this website, you will see West Indian cricketer Dwayne Bravo listed as the brand ambassador and while this is a website for sports news and tips, it’s actually a branch of the parent company SBOTOP, another online sports betting brand. Based in Isle of Man, the sports betting company is a principal team sponsor of ATK Mohun Bagan in ISL 2020/21!
- Indinews – This brand is featured in front of the jerseys of FC Goa in ISL 2020/21, replacing a brand called Adda52 as the main sponsor of FC Goa. The parent company is called Indibet, a sports betting brand that many people would’ve seen in the 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPL), where they were title sponsors of St Lucia Zouks.
For more updates on ISL 2020/21 and on sports betting across the world, stay tuned to ReadScoops.com…!
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