Winamax

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Winamax
IndustryGambling
Founded1999
FoundersMax Derhy
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
Key people
Christophe Schaming
Productsonline 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]

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References

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  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.
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  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.