Michael Owen in breach of UK gambling advertising laws

Former professional footballer Michael Owen has breached UK laws regarding gambling advertising, as reported by The Athletic

Former pro footballer Michael Owen has breached UK laws regarding gambling advertising, as reported past The Athletic.

The ex-Liverpool striker and stream football pundit used his Twitter calculate to advance an unlicensed cryptocurrency cassino to the British public, and has been instructed past the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to delete a promotion for a non-fungible token scheme which breached rules virtually publicizing cryptocurrency products.

Last month, Sir Richard Owen published ii tweets publicizing Punt Casino, a company registered inward Curacao without a UK licence. Under UK law, only if betting firms licensed past the UK Gambling Commission can buoy de jure live advertised to the UK public.

The tweets get since been deleted, piece the land site has been geo-blocked for UK users.

“Punt Casino is a fully licensed Curacao cassino operating under the rules and regulations associated with that licence,” a Punt Casino interpreter said. “We do not place or advance our gambling casino to customers of any countries and/or jurisdictions not allowed past such licence.”

Gambling publicizing is a major aspect of professional football, especially inwards the UK, with 10 of the 20 Premier League clubs currently having a gambling steadfast on their shirts. It is ane of the briny issues within the Government's Review of the Gambling Act 2005.

Everton get latterly united this listing of clubs, after the Merseyside outfit completed a club-record main partner correspondence with Stake.com.

It begins a multi-year partnership that represents the highest front-of-shirt business deal inward Everton’s history, with the cryptocurrency betting operator’s identify to come out on the men’s and women’s playing shirts, as swell as featuring at the club’s sports stadium and preparation ground.