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NASA SPORTS INTERNATIONAL IN TROUBLE WITH THE NHL
***EXCLUSIVE***
BY BETTORSWORLD STAFF
Nasa Sports International, the controversial offshore sportsbook located in a Costa Rican shopping mall, is in trouble once again---this time with the National Hockey League, for using an NHL player's image in a gambling ad! Nasa, which also goes by the name of its web address---betonsports.com---recently ran an advertisement in a hockey magazine and the ad is causing embarrassment for the hockey world.
And while the magazine was forced to apologize for Nasa's ad, nary a word has been heard from Nasa about the incident.
Here's what happened:
Nasa ran a two-page, full-color ad in The Hockey News 2002-03 Yearbook, an annual magazine previewing the NHL that's put out by The Hockey News, a weekly hockey newspaper.
The ad promoted Nasa's betting services and featured the image of a player from the Ottawa Senators, an NHL team.
Although the jersey of the player in the ad displayed neither the Senators logo nor a name or number, it was clearly the colors of the Senators uniform and the face of the Senators' player---Mike Fisher---was clearly visible.
No current NHL player is going to consent to having his image in a gambling advertisement, so it's obvious Nasa cooked up the ad without the permission of the player, his team or the NHL.
It took a few weeks for the stuff to hit the fan on this one, but when it did, Fisher was upset, the Senators were angry and the NHL was apoplectic.
And The Hockey News was forced to run a dramatic apology in its weekly newspaper, to prevent a lawsuit from Fisher and possibly the Senators and the league.
Since The Hockey News 2002-03 yearbook, obviously, is an annual publication, it would be a year before a correction/apology about the fraudulent ad could appear in it, in the 2003-04 Yearbook.
So The Hockey News, in its weekly publication, recently ran a four-paragraph notice under a large-type headline reading "Appology."
The printed apology read as follows:
"In The Hockey News 2002-02 Yearbook, an advertisement promoting online gambling appeared using an image of Mike Fisher of the Ottawa Senators.
"Unbeknownst to The Hockey News, this digitially modified image was used without proper and prior consent, authorization and knowledge of Mr. Fisher.
"By publishing this advertisement, The Hockey News was in no way inferring, suggesting or implying Mr. Fisher supports or is associated with the advertiser, sports betting, online gaming or gambling of any kind.
"Furthermore, The Hockey News intended no malice towards Mr. Fisher by running the advertisement, and is categorically apologetic for any embarrassment or undue attention this advertisement has caused as a result."
This is not the first time Nasa Sports International has played fast and loose with its advertising.
For years, it advertised that its customers' betting accounts were "insured by Lloyds of London."
This was nonsense, of course, as Lloyds insures no online gambling entities because of online gambling's unclear legal status.
After a Las Vegas reporter investigating the claim asked Lloyds about it, Lloyds revealed it was not insuring Nasa customers and promplty filed a huge lawsuit against Nasa.
Nasa no longer advertises that Lloyds insures Nasa customers.
Nasa continues to owe a large bettor over a half a million dollars because Nasa claims the bettor is a professional and therefore doesn't deserve to be paid.
Nasa also owes another man over $30,000 for a six-team baseball parlay and refuses to pay.
***EXCLUSIVE***
BY BETTORSWORLD STAFF
Nasa Sports International, the controversial offshore sportsbook located in a Costa Rican shopping mall, is in trouble once again---this time with the National Hockey League, for using an NHL player's image in a gambling ad! Nasa, which also goes by the name of its web address---betonsports.com---recently ran an advertisement in a hockey magazine and the ad is causing embarrassment for the hockey world.
And while the magazine was forced to apologize for Nasa's ad, nary a word has been heard from Nasa about the incident.
Here's what happened:
Nasa ran a two-page, full-color ad in The Hockey News 2002-03 Yearbook, an annual magazine previewing the NHL that's put out by The Hockey News, a weekly hockey newspaper.
The ad promoted Nasa's betting services and featured the image of a player from the Ottawa Senators, an NHL team.
Although the jersey of the player in the ad displayed neither the Senators logo nor a name or number, it was clearly the colors of the Senators uniform and the face of the Senators' player---Mike Fisher---was clearly visible.
No current NHL player is going to consent to having his image in a gambling advertisement, so it's obvious Nasa cooked up the ad without the permission of the player, his team or the NHL.
It took a few weeks for the stuff to hit the fan on this one, but when it did, Fisher was upset, the Senators were angry and the NHL was apoplectic.
And The Hockey News was forced to run a dramatic apology in its weekly newspaper, to prevent a lawsuit from Fisher and possibly the Senators and the league.
Since The Hockey News 2002-03 yearbook, obviously, is an annual publication, it would be a year before a correction/apology about the fraudulent ad could appear in it, in the 2003-04 Yearbook.
So The Hockey News, in its weekly publication, recently ran a four-paragraph notice under a large-type headline reading "Appology."
The printed apology read as follows:
"In The Hockey News 2002-02 Yearbook, an advertisement promoting online gambling appeared using an image of Mike Fisher of the Ottawa Senators.
"Unbeknownst to The Hockey News, this digitially modified image was used without proper and prior consent, authorization and knowledge of Mr. Fisher.
"By publishing this advertisement, The Hockey News was in no way inferring, suggesting or implying Mr. Fisher supports or is associated with the advertiser, sports betting, online gaming or gambling of any kind.
"Furthermore, The Hockey News intended no malice towards Mr. Fisher by running the advertisement, and is categorically apologetic for any embarrassment or undue attention this advertisement has caused as a result."
This is not the first time Nasa Sports International has played fast and loose with its advertising.
For years, it advertised that its customers' betting accounts were "insured by Lloyds of London."
This was nonsense, of course, as Lloyds insures no online gambling entities because of online gambling's unclear legal status.
After a Las Vegas reporter investigating the claim asked Lloyds about it, Lloyds revealed it was not insuring Nasa customers and promplty filed a huge lawsuit against Nasa.
Nasa no longer advertises that Lloyds insures Nasa customers.
Nasa continues to owe a large bettor over a half a million dollars because Nasa claims the bettor is a professional and therefore doesn't deserve to be paid.
Nasa also owes another man over $30,000 for a six-team baseball parlay and refuses to pay.
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