{"id":46,"date":"2018-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/marathonbet-backs-italian-market-with-short-term-ss-lazio-sponsorship\/"},"modified":"2018-08-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T00:00:00","slug":"marathonbet-backs-italian-market-with-short-term-ss-lazio-sponsorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/marathonbet-backs-italian-market-with-short-term-ss-lazio-sponsorship\/","title":{"rendered":"MARATHONBET BACKS ITALIAN MARKET WITH \u2018SHORT-TERM\u2019 SS LAZIO SPONSORSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>European online bookmaker\u00a0<strong>Marathonbet<\/strong>has raised eyebrows confirming that it will act as official shirt sponsor of<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Serie A football club SS Lazio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Marathonbet details that it has secured a fixed short-term sponsorship with Lazio, which will terminate in January 2019 as the Italian government imposes its blanket ban on betting\/gambling advertising,\u00a0sponsorships and marketing across all media and sports verticals.<\/p>\n<p>Updating stakeholders<strong>, Natalia Zavodnik CEO of Marathonbet,<\/strong>stated that the operator was committed to growing its Italian market presence, despite the upcoming implementation of Lega-5Stars \u2018Dignity Decree\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>During the European football post-season, Marathonbet has expanded its club sponsorship portfolio securing partnerships with Manchester City FC and Spain\u2019s Girona FC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking with a club with such an illustrious history as that of Lazio emphasises our intention to continue our growth in the Italian market and beyond, and we cannot wait to see the club\u2019s path, both nationally and in Europe, this season,\u201d \u00a0Zavodnik commented on securing the Lazio sponsorship.<\/p>\n<p>As Serie A\u2019s new football season kicked off this weekend, industry trade body LOGiCO urged all Italian betting stakeholders for\u00a0restraint and self-discipline\u00a0in their marketing and messaging.<\/p>\n<p>Despite facing substantial criticism from Italian media and sports stakeholders, Italy\u2019s Parliament states that it won\u2019t impede the implementation of the Dignity Decree, which Lega-5Star expect to fully deployed by June 2019, thus commencing Italy\u2019s blackout on gambling advertising.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"author__bio\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p class=\"comment-form-comment\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"comment\">Comment<\/label><br \/>\n<textarea aria-required=\"true\" cols=\"45\" id=\"comment\" name=\"comment\" placeholder=\"Message\" rows=\"8\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-author\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"author\">Name<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"author\" name=\"author\" placeholder=\"Name...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-email\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"name\">Email<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Email...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-url\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"url\">Url<\/label><input id=\"url\" name=\"url\" placeholder=\"Website...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-cookies-consent\"><input id=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" name=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"yes\"\/><label for=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\">Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.<\/label><\/p>\n<p class=\"form-submit\"><input class=\"submit\" id=\"comment-submit\" name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\"\/> <input id=\"comment_post_ID\" name=\"comment_post_ID\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1071\"\/> <input id=\"comment_parent\" name=\"comment_parent\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European online bookmaker\u00a0Marathonbethas raised eyebrows confirming that it will act as official shirt sponsor of\u00a0Serie A football club SS Lazio. 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