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Bookmaker Buys Athlete
Quick question. What ever happen to the concept of avoiding conflicting
interests? Clearly, it has been cast to the wayside in Greece, because its
number one basketball team, Aris, has allow one of its players to be literally
bought by the online casino bookmaker Gamebookers.com. This absurd scheme was
pulled of in order to secure the European basketball star Vladimir
Petrovic for the online casino's close business tie Aris. the online bookmaking
casino paid for the player in for and will also pay for the players salary in
full over the course of his career with Aris.
the President of the Greek basketball Club shrugged off accusations of selling
out to manipulations by the online casino industry by saying, "Our club has
traditionally collaborated with industry leaders. As a company which operates
throughout Europe and has a very strong presence in the Balkans, Gamebookers was
a natural addition to our 'family.' the Gamebookers representatives visited our
headquarters in thessaloniki on several occasions, and it was clear from the
first moment that we shared the same goal to reach the top and the same passion
to overcome any obstacle. For this reason, we proceeded to this unique proposal.
This is a sponsorship like no other, and the beginning of a partnership with
much promise for the future."
Gamebookers has been a sponsor for Aris for quite some time now and clearly
interested in their investment doing well in the coming seasons. Petrovic seems
to be just the thing to ensure that success given the fact that the well
seasoned European basketball player has done the round at almost every club on
the continent from Germany and Spain, to his native Serbia and Montenegro. the
fans don't seem to mind the mixed signals either, both the club's and the online
casino's worth continues to climb with the announcement of this unconventional
addition to the Aris family.
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