# Fonbet
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{{Short description|Betting company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Fonbet
| logo =
| type = Private
| industry = Sports betting
| founded = {{Start date|1994}}
| founder = Anatoly Machulsky
| area_served = Russia, Kazakhstan
| key_people = Konstantin Linev (acting CEO, 2025)
| revenue = ₽610 billion (2024)
| num_employees = c. 6,000 (2024)
| website = {{URL|https://fon.bet}}
| hq_location = [Moscow](/source/Moscow), [Russia](/source/Russia)
}}
'''Fonbet''' is a [sports betting](/source/sports_betting) company operating in [Russia](/source/Russia) and [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan). It is considered to be the largest of its kind in Russia by number of users and network outreach[{{in lang|ru}} https://www.forbes.ru/newsroom/biznes/396963-v-spisok-sistemoobrazuyushchih-kompaniy-vklyuchili-bukmekerskuyu-kontoru — [Forbes](/source/Forbes), 3.04.2020] (more than 1,000 offices in Russia) and the oldest by the foundation date (1994). It was founded by Russian [chess grandmaster](/source/chess_grandmaster) {{ill|Anatoly Machulsky|ru|Мачульский, Анатолий Давидович}} in 1994.[https://news.myseldon.com/en/news/index/165019766 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610061015/https://news.myseldon.com/en/news/index/165019766 |date=2020-06-10 }} — {{ill|Championat.com|ru|Чемпионат (сайт)}} translation, February 18, 2017)]
==Overview==
The company offers a variety of bets for sports, [esports](/source/esports) and popular cultural events.
The company is the official sponsor of the [Russia national football team](/source/Russia_national_football_team),[{{cite web|url=https://rgweek.com/en/article/bk-fonbet-stala-sponsorom-futbolnoy-sbornoy-rf-na-5-let-79071|title=BS Fonbet will sponsor Russian national football team for 5 years | Russian Gaming Week|website=rgweek.com|access-date=2020-06-10}}] the [Kontinental Hockey League](/source/Kontinental_Hockey_League),[{{cite web|url=https://en.khl.ru/news/2017/08/25/354576.html|website=en.khl.ru|title=KHL and bookmaking giant FONBET agree joint enterprise : News : Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)|access-date=2020-06-10}}] [IIHF World Championship](/source/IIHF_World_Championship)s in [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) (from [2017](/source/2017_IIHF_World_Championship)),[{{cite web|url=https://rgwsochi.ru/en/news/izvesten-odin-iz-sponsorov-chempionata-mira-po-hokkeyu-2017-67351|title=One of sponsors of 2017 Ice Hockey World Championship is announced|website=RGW Sochi|access-date=2020-06-10}}] [Champions League](/source/UEFA_Champions_League), [Europa League](/source/Europa_League), Spanish league [La Liga](/source/La_Liga),[{{cite web|url=https://sbcnews.co.uk/marketing/2018/09/25/fonbet-lauds-link-with-strongest-football-league-in-the-world/|website=sbcnews.co.uk|title=Fonbet lauds link with "strongest football League in the world"|access-date=2020-06-10}}] [Match TV](/source/Match_TV) (Russia's leading sports TV channel), several hockey clubs in Russia and Kazakhstan and a number of other sporting entities.
The company has a dedicated system for combating [match fixing](/source/match_fixing), with partnerships with organizations such as EWS-FIFA ([FIFA](/source/FIFA)'s Early Warning System), [Tennis Integrity Unit](/source/Tennis_Integrity_Unit) and others. For these purposes, Fonbet holds a membership in European Sports Security Association (ESSA)
In 2020, the company came into the media spotlight when it figured on the Russian Federation's list of system-critical commercial companies that needed financial support from the state during the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic) (in view of its being a large nation-wide taxpayer and employer).[[https://www.rbth.com/business/331977-systemically-important-companies Russia updates its list of ‘systemically important’ companies] — [RBTH](/source/RBTH), 7.04.2020][{{cite web |url=https://www.rbc.ru/economics/14/04/2020/5e95c9aa9a79474cfa345bc0 |title= Минэк ответил на критику Генпрокуратуры по поводу букмекерских контор |date=April 14, 2020 |publisher=RBC |access-date=June 24, 2025}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4356303 |title=О текущем моменте. Заявление от компании ФОНБЕТ |date=May 25, 2020 |publisher=Kommersant |access-date=June 24, 2025}}]
== Controversies ==
On 29 January 2025 Moscow police detained former CEO Sergey Anokhin on charges of offering a ₽50 million bribe to a law‑enforcement officer.[{{Cite news |date=2025-01-29 |title=Bribe of 50 mln: ex-head of Fonbet Sergey Anokhin detained in Moscow |url=https://en.iz.ru/en/1830178/maria-saipova/bribe-50-mln-ex-head-fonbet-sergey-anokhin-detained-moscow |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250423180336/https://en.iz.ru/en/1830178/maria-saipova/bribe-50-mln-ex-head-fonbet-sergey-anokhin-detained-moscow |archive-date=2025-04-23 |access-date=2025-07-28 |work=Известия |language=en |url-status=live }}]
== See also ==
* [Gambling in Russia](/source/Gambling_in_Russia)
* [Bookmaker](/source/Bookmaker)
* [The Bookmaker Ratings](/source/The_Bookmaker_Ratings)
== References ==
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