GME - GameStop Offering $25K Bounty On Rare Lionel Messi Card: Video Game Retailer Deepens Trading Card Push | Benzinga
Meme stock and video game retailer GameStop Corporation (NYSE:GME) is new to the trading card sector and could make a big splash with a bounty offered for one of the rarest soccer cards in 2024.
What Happened: Argentina soccer star Lionel Messi made a splash when he joined Major League Soccer (MLS) club Inter Miami, a move that helped sportsbooks, MLS ticket sales and Apple-owned streaming platform AppleTV+.
GameStop could soon be added to the list of companies helped by Messi's popularity.
The global soccer superstar is currently taking part in the Copa America tournament with top international teams from North America and South America. Argentina is one of the remaining four teams in the tournament and the betting favorite.
Trading card company Panini launched 2024 Copa America sticker boxes featuring collectible stickers of hundreds of players competing in the tournament.
This year's Copa America stickers include several color parallels including a one-of-one black sticker.
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