Winamax

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Winamax
Industry Gambling
Founded 1999
FoundersMax Derhy
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
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] 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 [6] the club's performance that season. [7]

In the 2022–23 season, the company was main shirt sponsor of ES Troyes AC. [8]

On 3 August 2023, Winamax signed a three-year deal as main shirt sponsor with VfB Stuttgart. [9] In July 2024, the German club announced the early termination of the contract with Winamax for the summer of 2025. [10] Before winning the 2024–25 DFB-Pokal, Stuttgart announced a last-minute sponsor swap and the premature removal of the Winamax brand from their jersey for the 2025 DFB-Pokal final, stating that this decision was necessary from a business perspective. [11] In June 2025, VfB Stuttgart took legal action against the sponsor, arguing that Winamax suspended payments in spring 2025 and still didn't pay after numerous reminders. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Winamax, coup de bluff". Libération (in French). 20 May 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  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.
  4. ↑ "Winamax agrees three-season sponsorship of RC Strasbourg Alsace". gamingintelligence.com. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Bordeaux ends Winamax sponsorship over mocking tweets". iGaming Business . 17 January 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  6. ↑ https://igamingbusiness.com/marketing-affiliates/sponsorship/bordeaux-ends-winamax-sponsorship-over-mocking-tweets/
  7. ↑ https://www.sportcal.com/sponsorship/winamax-out-as-major-bordeaux-sponsor-after-mocking-twitter-posts/
  8. ↑ "Estac : Winamax s'en va aussi". lest-eclair.fr (in French). 4 June 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "VfB complete main sponsor group". VfB Stuttgart . 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "VfB Stuttgart trennt sich vorzeitig von Hauptsponsor". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 28 July 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "VfB ändert Pokal-Trikot kurzfristig". Sport1 (in German). 24 May 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "VfB takes legal action against WINAMAX". VfB Stuttgart . 13 June 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
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