Britain’s playing regulator mentioned on Wednesday it might write to 3 Premier League soccer golf equipment — Everton, Nottingham Forest and Leicester Metropolis — warning them of the dangers related to selling unlawful playing web sites on their shirts.
The UK Playing Fee had mentioned earlier on Wednesday that Stake.uk.com would not be a licensed playing web site following an investigation and added the operator, TGP Europe Ltd, will shut down the positioning by subsequent month.
Stake.com is the front-of-shirt sponsor of Everton and on-line gaming platforms Kaiyun and BC Recreation equally sponsor Forest and Leicester.
The Playing Fee mentioned on Wednesday its letter will warn membership officers they might face fines, imprisonment or each if they’re convicted of selling unlicensed playing companies that transact with shoppers in Britain.
“Golf equipment might be anticipated to hold out enough due diligence to guarantee the Fee that buyers can’t transact with the websites from Nice Britain by any means,” it mentioned.
BC Recreation had disabled new registrations from November because it shuts down its UK web site, a discover on the positioning confirmed.
Everton declined to remark. Leicester and Forest didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ requests for remark, whereas Stake, Kaiyun and BC Video games couldn’t be instantly contacted.
Premier League golf equipment had collectively agreed to cease that includes playing sponsorship on the entrance of soccer kits from the 2026-27 season, the English top-flight division mentioned in 2023.
A probe into Stake.uk.com was launched by the playing regulator after a extensively circulated social media video confirmed the Stake-branded emblem alongside an grownup actress close to Nottingham Trent College.
The playing regulator mentioned TGP has agreed to instantly cease accepting new registrations for Stake.uk.com and take away redirection hyperlinks from the primary Stake web site. The platform’s last shutdown in Nice Britain might be completed by March 11.
