Focusing on Sponsorship
The online casino gambling industry these days has become all about brand
licensing deals for the software development companies. The focus is a bit
different though for the gambling companies themselves. Although the online
casinos and internet betting and gambling sites are demanding branded content
from the software providers, they are also now seeking out sponsorship deals and
innovative new ways to link their brands with the hottest products and sports
teams in the industry. Bwin Interactive is considered an industry leader in the
online sportsbetting industry – and to retain that position the company has
really focused company strategy these past few months on developing and securing
advantageous sponsorship deals within various industries.
Although sponsorship deals with the soccer teams, rugby leagues, and other
sports teams are fairly common, Bwin has successfully gone down this route over
the past several months. The latest announcement though was definitely a bit of
a surprise to the other online casinos and sportsbetting sites seeking out
lucrative sponsorship opportunities. Bwin is now the proud sponsor of the Brawn
GP F1 racing team. This team, newly renamed, gives Bwin very prominent exposure
to all of the F1 racing industry – a very lucrative market for online betting
sites.
Bwin, based out of Austria, is one of the first major online caisno gambling and
betting brands to score a racing sponsorship deal. In fact, the negotiations
have been going on for some time already but have taken some wheeling and
dealing from Bwin because of concerns about the legality of online betting in
various markets all over the world. |