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Bets1 supports Serie C team Sampaio Corrêa

For the first time, a bookmaker becomes master sponsor of a Brazilian football club

Since last May, Bets1, the betting site of the State of Maranhão, supports the Sampaio Corrêa, the most popular of the region that plays in Serie C. Since December, more than 10 international betting sites are displayed in different sectors of club’ shirts, but none was until now a master sponsor occupying the central area of the team's jersey. 'Let's go up together for series B!', said the betting site in its social networks.

Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube is a Brazilian sports association from the city of São Luís, Maranhão. Very popular in the national scenario of Brazilian football, the club is the most popular and with more fans in the State of Maranhão and one of the largest in the Northeast.

"Our strong partnership with @spapaiofcoficial. Let's go up together for series B! Unlike many, we believe in the strength and competence of our "PAIO". www.bets1.pro is simply the best! The only one who pays the same day, the strongest bookmaker in Maranhão," the company said in its social networks. It is important to clarify that the official site of Bets1 it is not listed even a legal physical headquarters of the company.

It is the club that has the most professional Maranhense Championship titles with 33 wins and is the only team in Maranhão that won the Copa Norte in 1998 and the Northeast Cup in 2018, only club in Brazil to be champion of two different regional tournaments. It is also the only team in the country to have been champion of three different national divisions - the 1972 Second Division (current B Series), the 1997 Third Division (current Series C) and the 2012 D Series.

In national competitions, it has participated in 12 editions in Serie A of the Brazilian Championship (considering the era of the Brazilian Cup), 16 in the Brazilian Serie B and 24 in the Brazilian Cup. Sampaio Corrêa is still the only Maranhão team to have participated in an official international tournament, the 1998 Copa Conmebol, having reached the semifinal.

Source: GMB