The partnership between Premier League clubs and betting firms, including Betway’s sponsorship deal with West Ham United, is coming increasingly under scrutiny as critics raise fears about the effects of gambling and the proliferation of sponsorship deals and advertising. Gambling firms have become so prominent in the Premier League only one team – Norwich – began the 2021/22 season without a betting brand partnership after Chelsea and Liverpool partnered with Parimatch and 1xBet respectively ahead of the campaign.
West Ham’s history with betting companies dates to 2008, when SBOBET adorned our shirts until 2013. We moved on to Forex brokers Alpari for two years before striking a relationship with Betway, which has been our main shirt sponsor from 2015 to the present day. Premier League football is obviously a money-spinning business but should there be a duty of care from the league and its members to ban betting firms from emblazoning their logos on club shirts and inside stadiums?
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