JAKARTA - The British Gambling Regulatory Agency said on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, local time that it would write letters to three Premier League clubs - Everton, Nottingham Forest, and Leicester City - to warn them of risks related to promoting illegal gambling websites on their T-shirts.
The agency has said before that Stake.uk.com will no longer be a licensed gambling website after an investigation and added that the operator, TGP Europe Ltd, will close the site next month.
Stake.com is the sponsor of the front of Everton's T-shirt and online gaming platform Kaiyun and BC Game also sponsors Forest and Leicester.
The UK Gambling Regulatory Agency said it would warn club officials that they could face fines, prison sentences, or both if they were found guilty of promoting a unlicensed gambling business transacting with consumers in the UK.
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"Clubs are expected to conduct adequate due diligence to convince the British Gambling Regulatory Agency that consumers cannot transact with sites from the United Kingdom in any way," he said.
BC Game has disabled new registrations since November 2024 for closing websites in the UK, as shown in notifications on the site.
Everton declined to comment. Leicester and Forest did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. While Stake, Kaiyun, and BC Games could not immediately be reached.
Premier League clubs in 2023 have agreed together to stop featuring gambling sponsors at the front of football equipment from the 2026/2027 season.
The investigation into Stake.uk.com was launched by gambling regulators after a widely circulated social media video showed a Stake branded logo alongside an adult actress near Nottingham Trent University.
The UK Gambling Regulatory Agency said TGP had agreed to immediately stop accepting new registrations for Stake.uk.com and removed transfer links from Stake's main website.
The last closure of the platform in Great Britain will take place on March 11, 2025.
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