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The owner of Chelsea is American billionaire Todd Boehly, who is also part owner of MLB’s L.A. Dodgers and the NBA’s L.A. Lakers. He bought the team, with other investors, after former owner Roman Abramovich, one of Russia’s richest men, was forced to sell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
That was the result of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent international sanctions that arrived. The British government had frozen all of Abramovich’s assets, including Chelsea, and the club has been trying to recover since then.<\/p>\n
Chelsea Not Alone<\/h2>\n Chelsea isn’t the only EPL team to now find itself in a sensitive position. Aston Villa, Leicester, and Newcastle all have deals with the company, with Newcastle just signing its partnership last September.<\/p>\n
Casino.org<\/em> contacted all three of the clubs for input on whether they are considering severing ties with Parimatch. None responded before press time.<\/p>\nShould they decide to call things off, there would likely be four soccer clubs looking for nongaming sponsors. Given the current sentiment in the UK toward gambling sponsorships in sports, it would be easier for them to walk away completely. That, of course, assumes they could find sponsors willing to pay as much as the gaming companies.<\/p>\n
Some media outlets also reported that Sportradar found itself among the list of sanctioned companies in Ukraine. That caught everyone by surprise, including Sportradar.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe list included a company called Sportradar, but referred to Sportradar LLC, a Russia-based betting operator. It wasn’t referring to Sportradar AG, the Switzerland-based sports technology company.<\/p>\n
The two are completely separate and have no connections, as confirmed by Sportradar AG to Casino.org<\/em>. The Russian company was likely hoping to capitalize on the reputation and recognition of the global sports data firm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The push is on to drive a wedge between sports teams and gaming operators in the UK. The fallout might reach the British soccer ecosystem, including Chelsea FC. Ukraine recently shut off a number of gaming companies, including Parimatch, that reportedly have ties to Russia, triggering the concerns. The English Premier League (EPL) has proposed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":264129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33810,1074],"tags":[83231,81919,82142],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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