FC "Rostov" will try to challenge the decision of the OFAS on the advertising "Betcity"

Football club "Rostov" plans to challenge the decision of the COURT on the claims of the OFAS related to the advertising of the sponsor "Betsity" (the trademark belongs to LLC "Fortuna"). This follows from the documents published in the file cabinet of the Arbitration Court of the Rostov Region.

The anti-monopoly officials recorded a violation in terms of the advertising of Betsity and the led boards of the Rostov Arena stadium and demanded that the advertising be brought into line with the requirements of the Federal Law “On Advertising”, namely, to exclude information “other than the means of individualization of the organizers of gambling in bookmakers or stop showing this ad.

According to Kommersant, representatives of the supervisory authority complained about the slogan “Betsity has the best odds”, representatives of the department believe that this may mislead potential customers of the bookmaker’s office. "Rostov" decided to challenge this and went to court.

In accordance with the information of the RBC Company service, Fortuna LLC was registered in Rostov in 2002. The main activity is the organization and conduct of gambling and betting. The DIRECTOR is Alexander Chavkin, the parent company is Betsity LLC. For 2020, the company's profit is 123.27 million rubles, and revenue is 14.6 billion rubles.

Recall that earlier representatives of the football club "Rostov" tried to challenge the fine of the Rostov Department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service for advertising "Betsity" on the outdoor electronic scoreboard "Rostov Arena"