Foraying into Obscure Sports

The curling team that received the online casino sponsorship has official been named Team Slot Land. The game of curling is not very well known around the world but has a following in Canada.

The curling team that managed to cash in on the sponsorship is based in Vancouver Canada. Being low on funding they were not sure they would be able to meet their aspirations of making the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. But when the site decided to step in with a generous sponsorship they were effectively given a second chance. The game of curling is played on a slick ice surface and involves large pucks that glide across the ice until they come to rest within the rings of a target imprinted on the surface of the rink. Players use brooms to make the surface of the ice more or less slick.

This is not the first sporting event to be sponsored by a gambling site. Many other events have been sponsored in the past by a number of such operations. Also some sites have indirectly been involved in events like the Olympics, Golf tournaments, Tennis and Football by sending in streakers with their logo tattooed or displayed on their body in order to generate free publicity and take advantage of the exposure.