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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Dec 24 2011
Betting adds to protests to France
Turkey's state gaming authority announced it has removed French
football and basketball leagues from betting programs to protest the
resolution penalizing the denial of Armenian `genocide' approved by
the French Assembly Dec. 22.
Spor Toto, which is the authority overseeing İddaa, the official
sports betting company, announced the decision with a statement
released late Dec. 22, hours after the voting took place in the French
Assembly.
`Spor Toto announces it will take French Ligue 1, French Ligue 2 and
French Basketball League out of its programming indefinitely,' the
statement read.
The Spor Toto decision came after Turkey announced it cancelled
bilateral military and economic cooperation and suspended all
bilateral political consultations with France, describing the French
vote as politics of racism and xenophobia ahead of the presidential
elections next year.
December/24/2011
Dec 24 2011
Betting adds to protests to France
Turkey's state gaming authority announced it has removed French
football and basketball leagues from betting programs to protest the
resolution penalizing the denial of Armenian `genocide' approved by
the French Assembly Dec. 22.
Spor Toto, which is the authority overseeing İddaa, the official
sports betting company, announced the decision with a statement
released late Dec. 22, hours after the voting took place in the French
Assembly.
`Spor Toto announces it will take French Ligue 1, French Ligue 2 and
French Basketball League out of its programming indefinitely,' the
statement read.
The Spor Toto decision came after Turkey announced it cancelled
bilateral military and economic cooperation and suspended all
bilateral political consultations with France, describing the French
vote as politics of racism and xenophobia ahead of the presidential
elections next year.
December/24/2011