Sports Betting Bookmakers Review

BLUE SQUARE Blue Square like most other bookmaker’s offer you an extensive range of bets on an extensive range of sports. Blue Square was integrated with Rank Interactive Gaming to create a major force in on-line gaming with a combined customer base of over 750,000 customers making it one of the biggest on line betting web sites in Britain.

CENTREBET Centrebet is Australia’s Leading Online Sports Bookmaker which was formed in 1992. With a client base of over 300,000 customers from more than 110 countries, Centrebet has grown to become a leading international online betting and gaming company. Centrebet like most other online bookmakers give you a free bet when you open your account.

PADDY POWER Paddy Power is Ireland’s largest bookmaker and is now one of the UK’s fastest growing bookmakers. Paddy Power is on of the few bookie’s that does have bets on Aussie Rules and baseball if that’s your sports. They have 206 shops between Ireland and London and that will only get bigger as time goes on.

STAN JAMES Stan James is like most Bookmaker’s who will offer you a free bet when you first bet with the company and in Stan James’s case its £25. Also like other bookmaker’s they also have a games section with games like Football Frenzy and Hi or Lo giving you the opportunity to win more money on line.

CORAL One of the leading Bookmaker’s in the UK also have another compand in Europe called Eurobet. Coral is a massive company with over 1300 shops and has been on the go for 80 years now. Coral also have a virtual sports page on their site which gives you the chance to bet on virtual football , Horse Racing and Greyhounds.

GAMEBOOKERS The gamebookers betting group was founded in 1998 and operates today licensed online, phone and offline betting operations in the UK, Austria, Romania and Antigua & Barbuda. With over 300,000 customers worldwide,. The group handles over 40 million bets per year and paid in 2005 alone more than £135 million in winnings to its customers.

BETFRED Betfred, , are the world’s largest independent bookmakers and the UK’s biggest independent high street retailer with over 550 shops, 2,000 employees and a turnover in excess of £650 million. BetFred are nearly 40 years old but still expanding yet and hope to have 300 more shops by 2008 to give their customers more of a choice where to go. They offer you upto £100 bonus on your first bet.

BETFAIR Betfair are also are a UK based bookmeker. Betfair is the largest online betting site in the UK and undoubtedly one of the most successful websites in Europe. They offer bets on a wide range of subjects from combat sports to football to the gaelic games.

VICTOR CHANDLER Victor Chandler is one of the longest running bookmaker’s in the UK giving 60 year’s of service to it’s loyal customers. They cover all of the major sport’s and regulary put special offers on certain events

BETDAQ Betdaq is the trading name of Global Betting Exchange and is based in Ireland. Global Betting Exchange operates a number of sports betting exchanges and brokerages around the world. BetDaq is now 6 years old and also has shares in Glasbow Celtic Football Club

ladbrokes Everything you need in one place, with just one account from a company you can trust ladbrokes.com brings you the full spectrum of the exciting world of betting and gaming in one place, using a single account. And, because Ladbrokes.com is brought to you by Ladbrokes, the world’s largest bookmaker and one of the two major divisions of Hilton Group, you can be sure that your account will be handled with complete security, discretion and integrity

BET365 bet365 is the Internet and telephone betting division of the bet365 Group Limited, one of the UK’s leading betting and gaming groups. The group has held a UK license since 1974, has over 600 employees and takes more than 400,000 bets each week. The bet365 Group Limited operates 59 land based betting offices in the UK, a 24/7 call centre and Internet operation servicing clients from over 120 different countries. bet365 operates under a permit issued under the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963. Wherever you are in the world you can feel confident when betting with bet365 that the highest industry standards are adhered to and that you are dealing with a bookmaker who has many years experience within the highly regulated UK gaming environment.

sunderlands Sunderland’s are one of the most respected names in European sports betting. Formed in 1946, Sunderlands have provided thousands of satisfied customers with a vast range of sports betting markets and are recognized for their competitive odds. Sunderlands offer odds on a variety of different sports including American Sports and Gaelic Games.

Unibet Unibet, Sweden´s largest private gambling operator with a market with over 1.7 million customers worldwide. Customers come from over 150 different countries. Unibet offers a comprehensive range of online gambling products, such as sports betting, live betting, casino, poker, lotteries, bingo and soft games through the Group’s web site.

Boylesports Boylesports is Ireland’s largest independent bookmakers. Since the company was established in 1989 by John Boyle, Boylesports has been recognised for setting new standards of customer service in the industry in Ireland. Boylesports is a major sponsor of high profile sport events including the Boylesports.com International at Cheltenham Racecourse, which is the second richest hurdle race in the world after the Champion Hurdle. Other sponsorships include the Boylesports Irish Guineas Festival at the Curragh, the Boylesports Champion stakes at Shelbourne Park and the Boylesports International at Dundalk Stadium.

Betsson The Betsson Group is a Swedish gambling Group with over 40 years in the business. The Betsson Group is specialized in Internet gambling and has 150 employees. The Betsson group is listed on the OMX Nordic Stock Exchange in Stockholm, Mid Cap (BETS). The site www.betsson.com is wholly owned and operated by Betsson Malta ltd

betliner Betliner, a betting exchange (the Exchange) for sporting events, is a registered trademark of Gamesys N.V., which is located at the following address: Emancipatie Boulevard 29, Willemstad , Curacao, Netherlands Antilles (Registration No. 96060).

partybets PartyBets is the newest product in the exciting PartyGaming family. Launched in November 2006, Partybets is a brand new innovative Sportsbook that features: A first bet bonus of 100% matched up to a value of $25 The widest range of odds on the market From Football to Golf, from Darts to Skiing – PartyBets has it all Live Betting service on a majority of events A huge range of stats and news to get inside information before placing a bet

bet24 Bet24 was founded in 2001 by Holger Kristiansen, the man behind the Danish Odds game “Oddset-spil” which was the most successful game in Denmark during the mid-90s. Bet24 offers gaming entertainment including exciting odds on international as well as local sports events, casino, poker, games and Lotto in 15 different languages on www.bet24.com. Bet24 holds a Maltese gaming license and has active clients in more than 70 countries enjoying the full array of gaming services.

expekt Expekt was founded in 1999 and is an online gaming company with its main office in Malta. Expekt has licenses in Austria and Malta and is one of Europe`s leading gaming companies offering sports betting, poker, casino, bingo and games. Expekt offers its services in 23 languages through www.expekt.com and has got more than 1.5 million registered customers worldwide.

Totesport Tote is one of the principal betting company from Britain with more then 3600 employess over 500 shops, a major presence on all of the 60 racecources in England, as well as internet and telephone betting facilities. The tote, was established by Act of Parliament in 1928 and is now the fourth largest bookmaker in the UK. Its original purpose was to offer on-course pool betting on horseracing as an alternative to starting price betting with bookmakers and to distribute its profits for `purposes conducive to the improvement of breeds of horses or the sport of horseracing`.

xtrabet.com is part of the IG group of companies. The group was founded in 1974 and now employs over 800 staff around the globe. IG Group`s head office is in London. Other group offices are in Chicago, Melbourne, Singapore, Dusseldorf, Paris and Madrid. IG Group launched its unique fixed-odds site extrabet.com in March 2006 as a sister site to its spread-betting offering. The platform was revolutionary, valuing bets in-play so that clients could take their winnings early, or cut a loss, during live events.

bestake Bestake.com was established with the general idea of taking your betting exchange experience to the next level .thousands of customers have already come on board enjoying the world`s leading products, world-class customer service, extraordinary promotions and bonuses, private rooms that allowing to costumers open and manage their own gambling worlds and of course the brand new odds intervention tools that makes players visit in Bestake.com much more fascinating.