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Celtic and McNeill Under Fire For Touting Online Poker

The launching of a new poker room drew much criticism to Billy McNeill and Celtic Fc. The Celtic star is featured in an ad talking about the virtues of Celtic poker at the same time urging Celtic fans to gamble.

A lot of Celtic fans feel that McNeill was wrong to be using his position to urge fans to gamble. They are also afraid that low income or gambling addicted supporters will feel the need to stay loyal to their teams by following the prompts of McNeill.

The online poker site, the first for a Scottish football club, is a cage or skin of a well-known poker network, and Celtic fans will automatically be able to play against the thousands of people who are already part of this network. There will be Celtic only competitions on the Celtic poker network, but most of the games are open to everyone in the network.

There is also a fear that underage gambling may be fostered after the minors see their sports heroes touting gambling as'cool', at the same time appealing to them by saying that the club will benefit financially from their joining. Mode of payment is by Neteller which does not require any physical proof of age.