AC Milan Announces Reals as New Regional Betting Partner

Kahfeel Buchanan
By: Kahfeel Buchanan
14 Apr 25
Industry News
Photo by Flickr - Stefano Brivio, CC by 2.0

Photo by Flickr - Stefano Brivio, CC by 2.0

Some of the top sports betting sites have entered partnerships with teams from the biggest leagues to increase their brand visibility in Canada and to enhance the betting experience of their bettors. Reals has partnered with AC Milan to do the same in Latin America. One of the latest partnerships between a betting site and a major sports team, the partnership between AC Milan and Reals was announced this month.

Highlights

  • AC Milan and Reals announce partnership
  • Reals becomes AC Milan’s betting partner in Latina America
  • About Reals and AC Milan

Reals becomes AC Milan’s official betting partner in Latina America

This month, AC Milan announced a partnership with Reals that makes the sports betting site their official regional partner. Reals becomes AC Milan’s official betting partner in Latin America. AC Milan chief commercial officer Maikel Oettle commented on the partnership with Reals.

“We are delighted to have started this collaboration with Reals. This exciting partnership marks an important step in our ongoing efforts to expand AC Milan’s presence worldwide. By working with Reals, we aim to strengthen our connection with a crucial segment of our fanbase in Latin America. This partnership opens up new avenues for fan engagement and interaction, allowing us to bring the club closer to both our loyal supporters and new fans,” Oettle said. This partnership makes the list of sports betting sites with a major soccer club as a betting partner a little longer.

With this partnership, AC Milan hopes to increase its brand visibility and support deeper fan engagement. Reals offers sports betting in Brazil. This partnership aligns Reals with a soccer club that has 17.4 million followers on Instagram and 8.6 million followers on X/Twitter. A lot of the biggest leagues and sports teams have entered partnerships with one of the betting sites over the last few years.

More about the partnership, AC Milan, and Reals

Reals CEO Rafael Borges also commented on the partnership and the opportunity to partner with AC Milan. “Being able to be alongside a club with such enormous reach and impact as AC Milan is an immense satisfaction. To my knowledge, considering the betting companies created in Brazil and authorized to operate in the country, this is a pioneering and unprecedented international agreement. Through it, Reals takes another important step in consolidating its brand as a reference among the main sponsors in the sports universe and attests to its position as a serious and secure company for bettors,” Borges said.

Reals won the SiGMA Worlds award for best sportsbook operator in Brazil. With the assistance of Reals, AC Milan hopes to enhance its connection with fans in Latin America. Reals has over 2 million followers on Instagram. AC Milan also has partnerships outside of the partnership with Reals. AC Milan has partnerships with Puma, Emirates, BMW, and more. AC Milan is a soccer team in Serie A.

Kahfeel Buchanan graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University’s journalism program. When not reading, writing, or covering sports, he likes to drink coffee, watch movies, and more. He has years of sports writing and journalism experience. From covering basketball games at Toronto Metropolitan University for the school paper to writing about sports betting, he has published a ton of sports stories throughout his time as a journalist. His work doesn’t end there, Kahfeel wrote a bunch of opinion stories on the Toronto Raptors during his early years as a sports writer, once writing about Fred VanVleet making the NBA All-Star team months before his first All-Star selection in 2022. He works hard to give readers quality journalism and great stories.