The Ghana Football Association General Secretary Prosper Harrison Addo has warned betting companies to desist from taking odds on the Ghana Premier League and all FA Competitions.
According to Prosper Harrison Addo, the GFA will take legal action against any betting company that goes against this directive.
“The Ghana Football Association has not given license to any betting company. They have told us they are not interested in the Ghana Premier League or any of our products when we approached”, he told Happy FM.
“And we have decided If that is so and we catch any betting company taking odds on our products we will marsh all the forces of our stakeholders on the company, report them to the Gaming Commission and also sue them to ensure that the right things are done”.
“We have some information on some companies and very soon we will come out with them”, he added.
The GFA threatened to take legal action against any companies that flouted their directive.
In light of this, the GFA issued a statement warning the companies against offering odds on the games without permission.
“The GFA said that so far, no company was allowed to allow bets to be placed on any games in the league. The GFA has not authorised any betting company to place betting on the Premier League or any of its products. The GFA, in exercising its exclusive right as the owner, organiser, controller and manager of the Ghana Premier League, wishes to caution all betting companies to desist from placing odds on Ghana Premier League matches without the necessary authorisation from the GFA.
“The GFA seriously frowns on such flagrant violation of the marketing and commercial rights of the Ghana Premier League, and will not countenance any ambush marketing on its product.”
By this statement, we strongly warn all betting companies to stop placing bets on the Ghana Premier League or any GFA product without authorisation from the GFA; failing which the Association will take legal action against them without further notice.
The GFA hereby also wishes to alert the national regulator, the Gaming Commission of Ghana of the illegal activities of their licenced betting companies against the GFA and its members.”
