According to a report from BBC Radio 4, bwin could be backing a site that is illegally streaming Premier League game broadcasts.

myp2p.eu provides live streaming broadcasts of a number of soccer games, including ones from the Premier League, and as theregister.co.uk said, citing the BBC Radio report:

myp2p.eu, which is based in The Netherlands, acts as a hub for online streams uploaded to the net by football fans around the world. While these fans are likely to be breaking copyright law for taking satellite feeds onto their computer and broadcasting them on the net, it's far less clear that the aggregator is doing anything wrong, Akash Sachdeva, a copyright expert at law firm Allen and Overy told Radio 4's You and Yours on Friday.

According to the BBC, which observed the site during a game night, ads with game odds appeared on the site which encouraged betting at bwin.

The report goes on to say that bwin supposedly pays a referral fee to the site.

"bwin is the official shirt sponsor of European football giants Real Madrid and AC Milan, so its involvement in a site of uncertain legality that is arguably taking money out of the game is questionable," reported theregister.co.uk.

When queried about it, bwin spokesperson Kevin O'Neal said that his company was doing nothing wrong.

"There is no relationship between bwin and any streamer of content," he is quoted as saying.

"Viewers are not breaking any laws and I know for a fact bwin is not breaking any laws."

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