Rafael Nadal Becomes Spokesman For Poker Stars

Written by: Staff on 14th September 2012

RAFAEL NADAL WILL BE THE SPANISH OLYMPIC TEAM FLAG BEARER

Rafael Nadal Becomes Spokesman For Poker Stars

epa03306439 Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal delivers a speech after he received the Spanish national flag which he will bear during the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony, at Spanish Olympic Committee headquarters in Madrid, Spain, 14 July 2012. Nadal will be the Spanish olympic team flag bearer in the London 2012 Games beginning on 27 July 2012. EPA/BALLESTEROS |

Rafael Nadal may be perfectly positioned to help newest sponsor Poker Stars as economically challenged Spain takes the first steps to license online poker sites.

In addition to the government loosening of some gaming laws, the Las Vegas Sands group is hoping to recreate some of the gaming success it brought to Singapore in recent years by planning a multi-billion dollar “Euro-Vegas” resort in the capital of Madrid.

Those developments leave world No. 4 Nadal and his sponsor in pole position to benefit from a change in attitude in the Mediterranean nation.

While he rests a knee injury, Nadal has been busy off court, shooting a television advert extolling the virtues of online poker. The ad features the 26-year-old gaming on the company site on a mobile phone while fans watch anxiously as he plays.

Poker Stars signed Nadal last June shortly before he had to suspend ATP tournament play due to a knee injury. Nadal has also done promo work for the client in both Spanish and English and recently posted a link to a behind the scenes look at the making of the commercial.

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