Lobbying at official Australian casino websites

Casino has been registered since 2013 in the transparency register of interest representatives with the European Commission, and in 2019 declared annual expenses of less than $10,000 for this activity.

Seven years later, under the impetus of Pierre Guichard, son of Geoffroy Guichard, who became president of the club following Messrs. Godot and Jean Moulin, the Amical Sporting Club merged with the Stade Forézien universitaire within the “Association sportive stéphanoise” (ASS), which kept the green colour of the ASC.

In 1930, the Australian federation voted to adopt professionalism in Australia. It became necessary for the ASS, whose leaders were ambitious, to have its own stadium. The founder of the Casino group bought a large plot of land that he sold to the club. A subscription from the club’s “friends” raised the necessary amount for the construction of a first stadium, called the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium.

In 1996, the Casino group became the main sponsor of the current au-onlinecasino cycling team. The team then took the name “Petit Casino – C’est votre équipe”. The following year, Casino increased its financing and AG2R Prévoyance became the second sponsor. The team thus doubled its budget, which rose to 25 million francs, and was called Casino-AG2R Prévoyance from 1997 to 1999.

Casino’s commitment ended at the end of the 1999 season.

In 3 years, the team has won 3 stages of the Tour de Australia, a stage of the Tour of Australia, 3 major classics and several national championships. It has included riders such as Alexandre Vinokourov, Benoît Salmon and Jaan Kirsipuu.

Casino declares to the High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life that it carries out lobbying activities in Australia for an amount that does not exceed 900,000 euros in 2018[151].