Admiral Sports Betting
Admiral Sportwetten GmbH ( spelling ADMIRAL Sportwetten GmbH ) is an Austrian betting company based in Gumpoldskirchen , which is part of the Novomatic Group . With around 250 branches and 1,400 employees, Admiral is the market leader in branch-related betting business in Austria.
Sponsorship
As a sponsor, the company supports more than 200 clubs in Austria. One of the best-known sponsoring activities is the patronage of the ADMIRAL Basketball Bundesliga - Austria's top division in basketball. Since 2017 Admiral Sportwetten has also been the official sponsor of the Austrian national soccer team for women . In the Austrian Bundesliga, the company appears as a sponsor of SK Rapid Wien , FK Austria Wien , SK Sturm Graz , LASK , Admira , WAC and St. Pölten .
criticism
As part of two ORF television reports in the Am Schauplatz series on October 10, 2006 and January 16, 2007, the Admiral Novomatic Group was accused of violating the rules on “small games of chance” (maximum stake of 50 cents, maximum profit of 20 euros each per game) and systematically manipulate the win rate of the individual machines.
Despite repeated requests, the Novomatic Group did not give a statement in front of the camera and threatened the ORF with a lawsuit.
A criminal complaint from the Lower Austria Criminal Police Office (file number 12Ur78 / 06i) corroborated these fraud allegations, or more were added. Accordingly, instead of the supposed live bets, Admiral offers dog races that are tinkered with video recordings. According to the Kripo appraiser, this is illegal gambling. In addition, the managing director of the group openly admitted in a ZIB2 article that all slot machines are networked and all data converged in the headquarters.
In 2016, live betting was banned in Austria.
Individual evidence
- ↑ career. ADMIRAL - a sure win as an employer! In: Admiral.ag. Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
- ↑ admiral.ag
- ↑ a b profil.at
- ↑ Novomatic at a clinch with Vienna: Is there a rapprochement in sight? , wz.de, April 23, 2018
