By The Weekly Edge desk ·
CasinoBeats reported that Birmingham City named Coral as its new shirt sponsor. The agreement comes as EPL clubs face a prohibition on front-of-shirt gambling sponsorships.
The agreement gives Coral shirt exposure at a club outside the EPL ban.
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