Personally, I have not gambled since September 1966. Then I lost 18 kopecks in “chika” to my classmate Sasha Petrovsky, after which I promised myself never to play for money, which I still adhere to. But where do you go from those gambling games when they climb into your eyes from every crack in the form of advertising! Especially in sports, where the bookies flourish, so that they are healthy.
Among the Ukrainian bookmakers, the office called Parimatch has always behaved most aggressively. It was not easy to believe that she was Ukrainian – for many years in a row, all Russian sports TV channels were literally full of advertising from this office. Only those who really wanted to believe it could believe that it was Ukrainian bookmakers that brazenly captured the television market of a neighboring state, and not vice versa. Or who was paid or given something for this faith. Because with the same success it can be argued that Coca-Cola is a Ukrainian company, because this drink is made and bottled in Brovary near Kiev.
Now this (or this) Parimatch has finally come under sanctions because of its very obvious connection with the aggressor country. For this, in fact, there was no need to strain highly qualified specialists from the vigilant SBU. The question was not why they imposed sanctions against bookmakers with Russian roots, but why did they do it only now?
And everything would have been fine if Ukrainian sports journalists had not fussed. It turned out that all or almost all of them had been on the payroll of this bookmaker for many years. That’s right – “Parimatch” was not just one of the many sponsors of one or another Ukrainian sports information resource. Money from this office was almost the only source of funding for these resources. And after the closure of this office, many will have to stop their activities and lay off employees. And it will be, according to these journalists, a terrible disaster for our sport.
And why, exactly? Since you are so popular, then find other sponsors! But be sure to first ask if these sponsors are connected to a hostile country. So that later you will not be without funding again. It is not worth asking how it happened that smart and qualified Ukrainian sports journalists managed for years not to notice that they live on Russian money. Well, they didn’t notice – who doesn’t happen to!
Nikolay NESENYUK
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