LINZ, Austria, August 31 /PRNewswire/ -- EHF Marketing GmbH, the marketing arm of the European HandballFederation (EHF), is proud to announce the sealing of a two-year partnershipdeal with one of the market leaders in online betting services,bet-at-home.com.

EHF Marketing sets great importance on working closelytogether with high-profile partners. The partnership with bet-at-home.comunderlines the dedication of the company to handball and to the EHF ChampionsLeague in particular. The company had partnership ties with the flagship EHFclub competition already in the season 2006/07.

The partnership will allow bet-at-home.com to advertise in thehandball arenas throughout Europe. bet-at-home.com will thus be present atall the Men's and Women's EHF Champions League matches for the next twoseasons. The partnership will be valid for the other EHF club competitionssuch as the EHF Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup and the Challenge Cup as well asfor the European Cup finals.

ehfTV.com will continue its service of streaming top gameslive from the EHF Champions League - in partnership with bet-at-home.com. Theagreement states that the sports betting company will be the exclusivepresenter of live matches available free of charge for the handball fans viathe internet streaming platform.

EHF Marketing Managing Director, Peter Vargo, emphasises thatthe deal was made with a reliable partner company: "We are very proud andsatisfied to have bet-at-home.com back in the boat. The previous partner fromthe field of online sports betting, was asked for early determination of thecooperation due to a strategic change planned by the company. bet-at-home.comhas shown its dedication towards handball on several occasions and we havevery positive experience from our earlier period of cooperation. We arelooking forward to a fruitful partnership where the two parties shall reachthe common goals set out."

bet-at-home.com CEO, Jochen Dickinger: "Handball plays an important rolein our sponsoring strategy, because our core markets in Eastern Europe,Germany and Spain take a great interest. Currently we are sponsoring partnerof the Romanian-, the Czech Handball Federation and the Handball League ofSpain. We also had a very good experience with the World Championship inCroatia. Due to a great TV-presence combined with on-site promotionactivities, we will be able to extend our position on the markets furtheron."

About bet-at-home.com

bet-at-home.com AG is part of the Mangas Gaming group, aleading European company in online gaming and sports betting. With currently1.8 Mio registered users from all European countries and listed on theFrankfurt stock exchange, the company is one of the most popular bettingproviders in Europe, especially Eastern Europe and German speaking countries.bet-at-home.com AG has holdings in Germany, Austria and Malta and offerssports betting, casino, games and poker on http://www.bet-at-home.com.

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