Home	Tutorial	Online Casino Reviews	Best Online Casinos	Casino Software	Casino News

Online Casino Gambling --- Casino News

An Obtuse Connection?

Sporting leagues all over the world have in place some very tight restrictions on just what their players are allowed to do –what promotions they can participate in and what they can be seen sponsoring. The UK gambling and poker industry is now scratching their head just a bit by the new commercials from PokerStars.net that feature well-known hockey player Mats Sundin playing on this newly launched free-gaming site. Usually, sports players are not allowed to connect themselves to the online casinos and internet gambling and betting sites in any official capacity because there is an element of that promotion that then undermines the integrity of the game.

But this latest promotion between PokerStar’s new free-play, entertainment only online casino gambling site and Mats Sundin was actually approved by the National Hockey League. The new commercials airing right now feature Sundin playing this new game that doesn’t involve the exchange of any money and therefore isn’t apparently forbidden. This is a pretty fine line for many in the industry considering the fact that PokerStars’ other site is one of the most prominent online casino poker gambling brands on the market right now.

But even with some renewed speculation from the media, the NHL stands by its decision and even by the endorsement free that Sundin was paid by PokerStars to promote this new gaming site. For PokerStars, since the company isn’t going to have to change the campaign it’s pretty much standing by the theory that any publicity is good publicity.