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hello everyone, sorry to take up your precious time, I hope you all are always safe from any bad conditions....

according to the title, I want to ask what do you think will happen if this war gets hotter and widens ^{(Russia and Ukraine war has started)}

do you think ongoing sporting events will be postponed ^{(damn.. I have a lot of betting plans on European leagues)}

I thought I saw something about Russia being removed as the Champions League final host.

There are likely going to be disruptions if the league you are betting on is mostly located in Europe.

Especially with crypto sportsbooks, I wouldn't risk it and bet on an event that could be potentially disrupted/postponed. They could hold your funds for ages and deny wins, etc., which is certainly not ideal.

i read this news a few minutes ago https://theathletic.com/live-blogs/russia-ukraine-crisis-impact-on-football-live-news-and-updates-on-champions-league-final-roman-abramovich-and-more/3Rrv6fAKLm67/

war is the stupidest thing in the world, their greed makes the pleasures of this world disappear.

Tomorrow it was programmed the first match of the season for Ukranian league but due sad events has been postponed. Probably we can see some restrictions to Russian teams playing in European leagues but for what I know nothing has been already confirmed.

I have never thought of it but if the location of the event is near on their grounds, there's a big chance that they'll let it pass first so it's a yes.
A big chance that on going tournaments and events for sports are likely to be postponed and delayed due to this war that has happened between Ukraine and Russia.

there will be a lot of consequences here especially on russia's side. the members of NATO for sure are now drafting sanction after sanction towards russia. putin is putting his country at very uncomfortable position. he should think that it is not about him anymore, it is about his people. a lot of people not only their athletes will suffer from this terrible move. so expect postponements and other awful consequences not only in sports but the welfare of their people in general

There's really a disruption on Europe's sporting events if you're a fan of betting on Europe sporting events where the warring countries are participating but it's only in that region I don't think it will have an impact on other regions like the United States if the leagues on those regions do not have players coming from those two countries, but if the war escalates to many regions many sporting events will be stopped.

Politics usually forges hate against a group of people particularly those who cause the war. Wish organizers are fair enough to distinctly see politics away from sports.

The war isn't yet a full blast war. The majority of the European countries I think are not affected, hope to see events not postponed because some of us already put our bets. ;D  The Winter Olympics so far is not affected, none yet has indicated on stake that games are postponed.

Of course the organizers will assess the situation and decide whether to proceed with the scheduled events or not. If the countries involved are only Russia and Ukraine and the battles are all happening in Ukraine, then I don't see any reason why events to be held in neighboring countries will be postponed or cancelled.

If the sports event includes Ukrainian and Russian teams, it will be up to them whether to send teams or not. As far as the current scenario is concerned, Ukraine would probably cancel. But since Russia is not that affected at home, they might still be able to field players. However, it would be another story if the particular European league would accept Russian contingents.

It'll be hard for sporting events to continue as normal, and I don't think it's the best time to bet on sports too. Leagues outside Europe may still be bet on but right now, it's certain that a lot of events will be cancelled due to the ongoong Russian-Ukraine conflict. Also, if you are near the hot zones, I wouldn't really use my money on betting and just safekeep them, or at least stock up on essentials now. Gambling would be the least of my priorities til then.

There should be, not that there will be. Two countries are affected after all, so schedules, tournaments, etc., would surely get affected not to mention that there might be hits towards the events' viewers and whatnot. It isn't also that odd for some teams to have players living there right now or is affected in some way. Some events that are already happening or close to happening probably wouldn't be suspended tbh (I do hope so). Other locations far from EU should be fine I think?

Expect the huge possibilities especially if it escalates but I am hoping this shouldn't have to happen at all, it shouldn't be. Hope that it will calm down these couple of days because if it goes longer it will totally make things worse and do hope other countries wouldn't sanction that much Russia as it may trigger its allies to do the same. Pretty scary to be honest, not just for what kind of league it may be but to the whole world.

A lot of things will be affected if situations get more serious and out of control. Sporting events will be postponed and people will be made to exercise more caution. You wouldn't even want to gamble if situations get more serious as every penny you have will be super important to you and channelled to survival. Even gambling platforms and houses that circle money around (money from the many that lost to pay the few that win) will not have money for pay out as they will be experiencing a low turn out.

Yes, of course, all sporting events will be postponed and that's not all, maybe all activities outside the home will be restricted by their government. It wouldn't be funny if war were happening outside the gym area while people inside the gym or stadium were still holding sporting events. Everyone will be affected by the war so if you plan to place a bet on sports, it's best to postpone it until there is clarity there.

I believe the physical war will not gonna escalate further more since Russia will surely stop once they successfully invade Ukraine. They will need to deal all the economic sanction thrown to them to sustain there military expenses if they want to maintain there power real time. European leagues will continue and only Russian and Ukraine team will gonna be out for the league. I doubt that World War 3 will gonna start on this geopolitical war between US and Russia.

If other countries get affected then there's definitely a high chance for other sports events to get canceled but I hope that doesn't happen since a lot of us look forward to these events.

Yup, bookies will surely take a hit if most of the leagues suddenly postpone all of the matches it's kind of similar to what happened back then when covid started to spread.

Of course there will be changes. 
Moreover, this will also affect the venues of the competitions and their schedules and their cancellations for political reasons.  This, of course, also applies to bookmakers and, in general, to many areas of the life of the population.  Definitely, a war in the world, and even more so in densely populated Europe, is a problem for all residents of the warring countries, but also for neighboring countries, and indeed for everyone, perhaps except for the United States hidden across the ocean.  Which, of course, were the trigger of this conflict and clearly have their own commercial interest in it.  That's right, I'm sure.

I'm not sure if there will be an effect to sports but maybe in Ukraine and Russia but so far that only effect I see is the Bitcoin crashes, probably because the whale in Ukraine sell its Bitcoin and fled his country? I hope this crash wouldn't be in long term but I think there are no major effects in gambling but there are some cancelled and postponed games already but still there's a lot of games available around.

The tension that occurred between Ukraine and Russia of course triggered considerable fear for us, because the impact of course will greatly affect global economic and political conditions later, besides I think that with the war, of course there will be a delay in local sports competitions which are indeed currently being carried out in these two countries, while for european sports competitions (such as champions league, european league, or conference league matches) of course there will be a change in the venue.
Btw now the president of UEFA is reportedly going to hold an emergency executive committee meeting to evaluate the situation and take the decision to move the venue for the 2022 champions league final and also look for another location for the match between the teams from the two warring countries.

I've read about the first world war, I don't know the title of the book anymore, but I still remember, at that time the England vs Germany war, they were fighting for power at that time, but sports, especially football, became the beginning of the peace of the war, at Christmas commemorating the birth of Jesus, Both countries agreed to amicably and continue by holding a football match when it happened in Europe, if I'm not mistaken it happened in Non Man Land.

Speaking of Russia and Ukraine and the Europa League, I don't think it will have any serious effect on the European league, if other countries in Europe don't get involved in the war between Russia vs. Ukraine, the european league is not the mastermind behind this war, I think everything will be fine in the european league tournament.

There is nothing physically done that will not be affected during war, if it is during world cup, it can be skipped during the time, even about other matches which are usual also frequent, only few matches will take place, it also depends on the severity of the war, if this escalates into world war, many activities in the world will stop or affected, matches are not exceptional and will also be affected. Ukraine president want a dialogue with Russia, let us see what will happen, but I think Russia want to take control of Ukraine.

yeah.. hopefully, this war between the two countries doesn't widen anywhere. Allied countries, Ukraine or Russia, will definitely think twice about helping

why are they involved, if it doesn't interfere with activities in their country....

The European Leagues is almost at the end of the season, it would be a suck if it was postponed.

I think it's not a final decision yet, but I saw UEFA will have some meeting about it... for now, it looks like it will be moved to some other place! UEFA is under pressure for sure, from many sides, and I think they will have to follow EU steps!


I think the same! The leagues will continue without any major obstacles ... And Russian Zenit dropped out of the EL from Betis yesterday, so there are no Russian teams in European competitions! Except for the final game in S. Petersburg, which is a big question will be held there or not, all other games will be played normally!  

Well it will end on May 22 this year right?
Perhaps there is an extension and it could be it will resume soon after this war and the country recovered from the bombing of Rusia.
There is nothing we can do is to wait for the redemption on it and we hope it will settle as soon as possible since the US did not do anything right, it is impossible to have a world war since the allies on these countries think that there will be an economic crisis when a world war started.
So now --let us pray for them that they will enlighten their mind.

The war that is going on between Ukraine and Russia will certainly have a wide impact, besides having an impact on politics, the war is likely to affect several aspects of the sports of the two countries, one of which is football, where Ukraine has to suspend the Ukrainian league competition and on the other hand it looks like the final of the League The Champions League is also in danger of being hosted in Russia as the current UEFA president is considering replacing the Veneu Champions League final if the war in the country continues to escalate.

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has severely affected sporting events in both countries due to fears that the unexpected could happen.
A number of Brazilian footballers who play in Ukraine reportedly asked for help with evacuation to leave the country
after Russia officially launched the invasion, and the players said that the Russian invasion had made them
stranded in a hotel in Kyiv where they seek refuge.

and besides Russia's attack cast doubt on Ukraine's World Cup play-off match against Scotland, and plans for that match to be held in Glasgow Ukrina on 24 March 2022, are still being considered.
The tension between the two countries greatly affects the sport, especially football from the outside and inside.

Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic released a joint statement saying the three nations would not play the World Cup playoffs in Russia.
Poland is expected to play a game against Russia (24.03, Moscow); FIFA did not make yet any decision about it, except saying that "they are concerned etc." and that they plan to "monitor the situation" (at the same moment they suspended Kenya and Zimbabwe "due to government interference").

There's always a high possibility because war is not a joke mate..i mean it's the very worst situation than covid19. so it's expected that all of the events will be postponed immediately especially those countries that really affected of tension between Russia and Ukraine.

It's not safe and not the right time to gamble. And for sure on these situation they're really cares about their lives not for money..

I particularly think that everyone should unite and isolate the promoter of war in that I mean that even casinos should ban people who are living in countries where the government is a promoter of wars because this will force people not to choose to lead fanatics and dictators who only think about wars, with this war will probably harm the league of ukraine and its teams not to mention the citizens of ukraine who lived in peace and had their occupation of placing bets and playing in casinos at this moment are running to protect their lives, are no longer playing in casinos casino owners in ukraine at the moment are also running for their lives, they may have closed the casinos and are accumulating losses, and the question here is:

Who will pay for everyone's loss?

I guess you are not alone planning to bet on European leagues. This situation makes events postponed until the situation is normal or the war ends. If many events are postponed, I think we can still play gambling because we have other games that we can play while we can be patient to wait for the events is restart. Many people hope the war does not become bigger because that can impact the other countries closer to both countries, Russia and Ukraine. All things can get the effect and we do not expect this war to become a third world war.

Most likely, but If it will not really affect the games and sports itself, I doubt they won't postpone anything as postponement means a disadvantage on business.
However, it seems like they are cancelling Russia as the host of the championship league finals https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-soccer-sports-russia-beijing-aaaf250ea6cb03096354a63b1681a2e0 (https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-soccer-sports-russia-beijing-aaaf250ea6cb03096354a63b1681a2e0)
And that teams are supporting on Ukraine to stop the War.
There will be a huge possiblity they will suspend games due to this growing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

If the war will spread up across more European countries most provably the sporting events on the affected countries will be postponed. But if the event is far away from Russia or in Ukraine then we can expect that it will continue. Lets hope this war will be over soon so that it will not create more heated up arguments to the other countries which is concern about Ukraine's welfare.

For sure those affected countries will never participate in any sports event, because of the current conflict between those two countries. They will not prioritize such thing because their lives is more important. Instead of thinking such things, we should pray that this war should be stop soon, for those innocent lives not get caught to the conflict between country leaders.

Yeah, it all comes down to moving many of the international competitions planned in Russia and Ukraine to other countries.  
I have already read that the football match on May 25 in St. Petersburg was moved to Paris.  
Also in Russia, the next stage of F1 racing, which was planned for September 25, 2022, was canceled.
And, apparently, there will be more cancellations.

War is very different now since they are very near to each other and there's a global concern, this conflict could be over in less than two weeks the world will find a way to interfere and hopefully make Putin stop the attack, the sporting events is not the only activity that will suffer but also the economic condition within that region but gambling will still be ok in many parts of the world whether online or traditional casino.

Maybe let's wait for the official update, but given the situation, they will likely postpone games because of the on going crisis, I mean you can't have fun when there's a war, besides sports and sports betting is just to entertain us. Right now, it's time to pray that the war will stop so people will live in peace.

The current war is very limited to Ukraine territory so most the games will not be affected in case the tension extends. During world war 1 & 2, they tried to move the venue on other place then cancel later since the war is spread in Europe so if they try to continue sports during ww1 -2 then there's a high chance sports will continue to show the world that life will goes on despite the darkest hour. Cancellation of sports will just that Russia is successful in destroying in EU.

Yes, that's correct. Other countries are also thinking of postponing everything because of the war. It's better for them to delay and think about their lives rather than just participating in sporting events. Hopefully, the leaders of countries involved in the conflict can return to peace and always think about their people affected by the war. But if the war continues, many innocent lives will become victims.

i hope so, the war that happened did not have a big impact on gambling as usual.  Putin has a tough character, he even threatens other countries not to interfere if he doesn't want to be attacked by Russia, all decisions about war at this time are entirely in Putin's hands, external sanctions such as blacklisting Russia from participation in all sporting events are certain not scary for him.  i'm just worried, if the economy is disrupted, gambling will also be affected.

Let's hope it doesn't widen and stop, there are no good and fun times when the war and we may not be okay if the war is in our environment. Maybe also we don't even have time to bet anything, sporting events will all be canceled if the conflict extends to other continents. I heard news final Champions League that transfer of the place from Russia to Paris is official we can watch it but it's also still a long time anything can happen.

I personally don’t think that there will be much of an interruption being that it’s a war in a pretty concentrated area but maybe I’m wrong. I know I read that the Champion’s League finals will now be held in Paris versus being held in Russia. Hopefully there’s not too much disturbance outside of that. Oh and fuck Russia.

Accept it or not, the current war between Russia and Ukraine will have a huge impact on the current events even in gambling. There will be scheduled sports that have to be canceled but it doesn't mean that the whole community has to stop it because unaffected countries will surely continue their sports event. I hope that this war would stop as soon as possible because it will affect the global economy and it will even affect blockchain technology including sports gambling.

If this war gets wider and many countries participates (but let's hope and let's pray that it won't happen) I really think all the matches and games that participated in war will be stopped or cancelled. They will focus on fighting or defending their countries rather than competing with sports. So there will be a huge impact to sports and competitions during wartime.

Indeed. No one could ever tell when will this war would stop and if such would just last briefly, on a concentrated area or become worse. But on top of that, I don’t think that sports and competitions will be given attention during the times over the efforts in securing public safety and stopping this war. That being said, it would be the best to not risk to bet on events that could potentially be disrupted or whatnots.

War is a set back. You don't expect football or sports activities to continue in the region that security of life and property is not safe. Obviously leagues in Russia and Ukraine will stop because of this war and Russian players can get sanctions too. Putin is being inconsiderate to look at the consequences of the war and I read some European president have been speaking to him on phone but he is yet to drop the war.

We'll hope that the war will not widen and hopefully stop though we're not the affected areas, however,  looking at the civilians being affected in this war is heartbreaking. Many people are worried about what could be the possible conflicts this war may go beyond and hopefully would not going to result in WW3, we all don't want it. Currently, I couldn't think about what should I do in my betting activities because I would rather focus on saving money to you know prep for whatever consequences may happen when this war widens. Though I am sure the betting and gambling industry in areas that are not directly affected by the war will continue operating.

 Some countries are called National Unity Security Council, I saw also participated in the war (Russia, etc) I thought this would end soon, and that's all.
sport, both regional and international events is a pleasure. And in general this should not be a nuisance.
Have you ever thought that these 2 activities occur in one place/country? For example, wars occur at the border.
while for visits and tourists it is at the opposite door which is quite safe for entry and gathering point? Moreover, this sport will still exist and can be held at any time.
war makes the economic sector weak and even tends to fall very briefly and is affected by the issues / events that are reported.

it's better to just transfer the host for a while, the performance can be discussed properly and mutually agreed.
you can do virtual voting so you can vote comfortably in your chair and in your home

For some sporting activities as a whole, it may not be too much impactful. However, if it is still related to the two countries, both club, and location, then, of course, there will be problems.
Not only football but also several other sports were also affected by the war.
We also still don't know when this war will end, will it end soon or will it continue to get worse (we all want the war to end soon).

I have read news related to sporting events that relate to those two countries here. Some are suspended.
https://www.marca.com/en/more-sports/2022/02/24/6217963b268e3e1c4a8b4597.html

I'm not sure what you mean by "hotter and widens". Putin is doing this to Ukraine, because it's one of the only countries left that Russia can bully inside Europe. If Putin attacked any country in NATO then it will start world war 3 and there will be little left of the world afterwards. He is a dying old man with no future to look forward to, so he will happily kill many people and feel no remorse. However, this is unlikely to reach that point, because Russia is looking more and more foolish by the day. The rest of Europe is getting on with business and life, while Russians are murdering people for no reason at all except they don't want to be best friends with Russia any more. Besides any sports events being cancelled in Russia, all events are likely to carry on regardless.

There's no need to think if yes or no because it will obviously be stopped. Safety first, of course. Any sports event or any kind of events near the affected place (Russia and Ukraine, maybe Belarus too) will be postponed in regards of the conflict and war. Never read any news yet but this is sure for the citizens safety.

Depends on how long this current situation will last. If Ukraine makes a deal with Russia before everything goes to shit completely, nothing will be postponed probably. The other possibility is NATO stepping up and killing every Russian soldier in Ukraine till the threat is eliminated but obviously that's not going to happen. I hope things get resolved before it is too late because this Russian invasion might trigger a damn world war.

There's no need to think if it will continue or not because when there is trouble around how could someone just don't care especially in their city or country? The possibility is always to postpone the game or perhaps choose another place to continue although I don't believe that will be their choice since it's not a good idea to play or gamble while your city has been destroyed.

The important part is the safety of their citizens so they must evacuate first those who don't want to get involve in the war.

Lol, I thought this thread was going to ask if people would bet on war events, results and statistics. Just imagine how crazy it would be.

Regards already scheduled sports events I think the only thing that can change is the location where they will be settled, like in the case Poland, Sweden and Czech Republic have already refused to play world cup qualifiers in russian territory. Moreover, nations in conflict can't play among themselves due to a resolution of the competition's organizers, so Ukraine and Russia had to be separated for the playoffs.

But I would like to know what will happen if both qualify for world cup, encountering each other at some point of the competition ahead. Maybe quarter finals or something like that...

It wasn't just the champions league that was removed, their league has also been suspended for 30 days until everything becomes clear.
I will be most disappointed if human life becomes a mockery for bets, that's not cool to even discuss or talk about, it is Russia and Ukraine today, you don't know what sideline yours may turn out and if it goes south, it will affect everyone just like corona time.


just Ukrainian players that are playing both national league and international leagues are enough to put a hold on some games, Europe dominates most football matches we watch over here.

Keeping everything a side – the current situation remind me of an era of Genghis Khan who felt pride in building tower of skill. No one knows how many dreadful deaths we have to see in the days to come.  May we all witness the dawn of peace to bless all the sufferers of the world. Wartime brings destruction and no one in war zone has mind in place for gambling.

Lol, no dude....

I still have a conscience.... only crazy people make war at stake!

I do not think that this military operation can spread to other countries.  Most likely it will end with a change of political regime and power in Ukraine and nothing more.

 But with regard to Russia, calls are already being made not to hold any international competitions on the territory of Russia.  
Moreover, the annual Eurovision Song Contest also ruled out Russia's participation. :(

What an crazy reasoning ...lolx
It would have been fun if the war wasn't real, maybe computerised. But the reality is that the war is real and humanity is frowning against it.

Once it is war, every aspect of the economy would be affected including gambling. As you can see btc crashed and people are fleeing, even gamblers would not have a stable mind to gamble. And the games you are gambling on may end up not been played for a long time.

making war a bet is inhumane. I have a Russian friend on Facebook who was detained because the demonstration led Putin to stop attacking Ukraine, no one likes this war, including Russian citizens.

when covid is at its peak, we have all been waiting for a long time for all sporting events in the world to start again, and I don't want the war between these two countries to delay sports events again. surely this condition can end quickly and people do not hesitate to gamble.

I would not gamble at all if the situation is like this forever.

To OP, I guess my answer is if there are games I would gamble, so let's see if the sporting event will continue as, during the war, some countries are being affected, its allied countries might support the attacked country and will probably shut down competition temporarily, I mean they'll prioritize this serious matter over sporting events.

Well, there is a site who talks a lot more about Russia where you can place a bet if ever, it is already available on this gambling site and many gamblers are already in.

Anyway, with regards to sports event I think it can really affect this industry and we heard news already about postponement of many events in Russia because of this current tension. Some players are already affected by this especially the Ukrainian athletes.

Some of the sporting events will be postponed or canceled if they are being host by Russia for security purposes. F1 already canceled 2022 Russian Grand Prix and I can expect more to come since the tension is still rising, this is already expected and the consequences of this war.

This may look ironic to bet on a war but guess what, it is available in a site who talks more about betting though not specifically about a war, but there’s a betting option about Russian invasion on many countries that are part of USSR before.

Sad topic. And you should have already seen in the news that all sporting events in Russia and Ukraine have been cancelled. Moreover, when the situation in Ukraine returns to normal, everything will resume there, and Russia seems to have lost the right to host international tournaments and even matches of its own teams for a long time. The Champions League final has been moved from St. Petersburg to Star de France.

With this war ongoing, I don't think there will be sporting events that will push thru in both countries. I haven't thought that we will still witness a war like this. We are already in a different era and yet, the governments can't still make a peaceful arrangement with one another. If one of the heads has a Hitler-like mind, I guess, bloody war will happen. At the end, their people will suffer the consequences and it will be long before they can restore their country back to normal. I don't know what is the expectations here of Putin. But he is very serious in invading Ukraine, it seems no one can stop his evil agenda here.

I don't think Countries or Clubs in other locations where the War is not affected would like to go where the war is happening to play Games. So the war will disrupt sport activities but, not worldwide. Some continents like Asia will perform their normal sporting activities even the indoor games such as Taewando or wrestling. Football is not the only sport in the world, it'll pave way for other kind of sports to make profits from gamblers.

No one is going to the warzone. But if there are events near to it, they'll reconsider to stop it for the sake of every participant on that sporting event.
As long as the country which will held these activities are far from the warzone, they won't have any problem on it and they'll just act normally.