Winamax

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Winamax
Industry Gambling
Founded 1999
FoundersMax Derhy
Headquarters,
Key people
Christophe Schaming
Products Online poker & sports betting
Website www.winamax.fr OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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]

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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]

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  9. https://www.sportcal.com/sponsorship/winamax-out-as-major-bordeaux-sponsor-after-mocking-twitter-posts/