Winamax has decided to delete his famous provocative tweet, which he assumed 48 hours before flattening himself in the face of threats on his sports betting.
« We take Europe and we fuck two ». With this intentionally provocative message referring to a title of the rap group PNL, Winamax had made a big buzz this Sunday to underline the improbable presence of two French clubs in the semi-finals of the Champions League. Words that made the political class react and in particular the Minister of Sports Roxana Maracineanu or the Deputy Minister of the Interior Marlène Schiappa. The day after this somewhat crazy evening on social networks, things did not stop there. Olga Givernet, Member of Parliament for Ain, wrote on Monday to the Prime Minister to take offense at the refusal of the sports betting company to delete his message, accusing him of surfing the buzz of homophobic remarks for ” maximize profits ».
We immediately delete our “shocking”, “abject” and unbearable tweet. https://t.co/WjFVns1sjm
– Winamax Sport (@WinamaxSport) August 18, 2020
This letter addressed to Jean Castex visibly caused a stir at Winamax, which decided to comply by deleting the message in question. “ We immediately delete our “shocking”, “abject” and unbearable tweet “, Thus indicated the sports betting company, which took the trouble to use quotes to underline the very strong words used by the Member in her missive. In this letter, Olga Givernet nonetheless asked that ARJEL suspend the authorization given to Winamax to offer sports bets, in particular for the semi-finals and the final of the Champions League, which certainly gave us pause. Parisian society. For the next meetings, huge bets are expected in France due to the presence of OL and PSG.
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