Online Bookmaker Reviews and Betting News

Gala Coral have announced a shake-up this week with eurobet.com having breathed its last on the internet, leaving the company’s online sportsbook business to be channelled through coral.co.uk and the Italian-based eurobet.it. Eurobet.com was originally set up in Italy and bought out by Coral in 1999 after a planned takeover by Ladbrokes fell thr…
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Online bookmaker Bet At Home are worth a look at, as the sponsors of the ATP Hamburg, Germany, tennis event continue to push their slogan that Life Is A Game. Land on Bet At Home and you get a very clean looking website, with a left hand driven menu which shows a wealth of betting options in their sports book. The most popular sports in their book are at the top of the m…
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Being a journalist with an interest in the world of sports betting means I often get press releases from bookmakers regarding latest company developments. Sometimes these are of interest, most times they are not. But you always have to remember that the person who has written them had only two briefs from his employer – make the boss look good and menti…
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We’ve reported, on frequent occasions, of the conflict within UK horse racing regarding the funding of the sport and the part bookmakers should play in it. There’s a slight smack of desperation in the latest proposal of various interests within racing to set up a betting ‘rights’ license but a call on the government to draw up legi…
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Flotation on the stock market is often the fast track to riches but the move to go public has backfired in spectacular fashion on Betfair. They are probably a little way off pressing the panic button but the fact that they’ve just unveiled one of the swiftest share buybacks in City memory is not a good sign for investors. The betting exchange said it plann…
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Charity Oxfam will be routing for Roger Federer at this year’s Wimbledon, because tennis betting at this year’s event has special significance to them thanks to one man in particular. A bet was placed at William Hill back in 2003, by a Nick Newlife, who handed over a stake not far shy of £2000 on Roger Federer winning Wimbledon seven times b…
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Unbelievably, industry dinosaurs are still spouting outdated anti-bookmaker prejudices over the sale of the Tote to Betfred. Some in the City claim self-made millionaire Fred Done has got the nationalised asset at a knockdown price – but are their objections based on economics or class? The sale of the Tote has dragged on far too long and been dogged…
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William Hill. It is a name which certainly most British punters will have head of, and even those who haven’t delved into sports betting will be familiar with the name. That is the weight which William Hill carries in the industry and because of a lot of positive news coming from the bookmaker as of late, it is time to take a closer look at what they have to of…
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British bookmaker William Hill are again showing the might of their betting muscles, after releasing their interim profits statement for the first three months of 2011. It only shows good things for the bookmaker, who has recently started to spread its wings into the USA after buying out a couple of sportsbooks there. Profits have risen strongly in the firs…
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I don’t think I could ever be accused of being in league with the bookmakers. I’ll admit to have taken the ‘King’s Shilling’ on occasion when it suits and contributed to their well-oiled publicity machines. But, hey, we all have to make a living and I’m sure I won’t be held to account for a few misdemeanours on Jud…
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