On September 22-23, Moscow hosted the 3^rd Russian Forum of Sports and Gambling Organizers "Gambling: Allocations for Sport," which was attended by the Vice-President of the All-Russian Sports Federation of the Deaf, Vladimir Veselli.

The forum is the main platform for interaction between federal legislative and executive authorities, gambling organizers, all-Russian sports federations, and professional sports leagues.

The event was organized by the "Unified Gambling Regulator" company and includes sessions and discussions on current issues of state regulation of the industry, interaction between entities of physical culture and sports and gambling organizers, legislative development, and the introduction of new formats of spectacular competitions.

Forum participants also visited an exhibition featuring the most effective examples of interaction between sports and gambling organizers. The Federation's Vice-President gave an interview to "Komsomolskaya Pravda" regarding the admission of Russians to the Deaflympic Games in Tokyo, which will take place this November.

At the event, Vladimir Veselli spoke with Vitaly Mnatsakanov, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at the betting company "Liga Stavok."

He shared a story: in Ulyanovsk, he visited an orphanage where he saw a certificate of merit on the wall signed by the Russian Minister of Sport, Mikhail Degtyarev. It turned out that the certificate was awarded to an orphanage resident, a winner of the Russian Deaf Sports Championship (Greco-Roman wrestling). Talented athletes need support, so Vladimir Veselli and Vitaly Mnatsakanov will hold a working meeting on cooperation issues in the near future.

Text: Olga Troynikova

Photo: Roscongress

Translation: Daria Kudelina