All our featured bookmakers are licensed and some of the best in the betting industry. We have included highlights of the services they provide which will enable you to make the right betting decision.
Bet 365 is a division of bet365 Ltd., a leading UK licensed gaming group since 1974. They employ over 600 employees and handle over 400,000 bets weekly. They operate a 24/7 call center and thriving Internet operation (based in Stoke-on-Trent) servicing over 500,000 customers from 120 countries.
Customers enjoy the widest range of betting opportunities via the Internet or phone, lines on every international sport, 10% sign-up bonus, exclusive contests and a variety of payment options. Customer service is offered 24hrs/day for inquiries and withdrawals.
BETDAQ, The Betting Exchange now matches over £20 million per week. With this level of liquidity added to low commission rate, BETDAQ users get the best value in the market place.
BETDAQ users get more choice - to back or lay, to take the odds or ask for better, to bet anything from £2 to thousands of pounds. The odds available to BETDAQ users average out at 20% better than those available from traditional betting outlets, with this applying to every event, every day.
In 1998 Littlewoods Pools launched its new media betting arm Littlewoods Betdirect, initially comprising a telebetting operation but later expanding into the internet, and pioneering in the interactive TV and mobile channels. Now part of the UK listed Sportech plc, Littlewoods Betdirect is known to offer genuine value to customers and excellent customer service.
Betfred are the world's biggest independent bookmakers. Chairman and founder Fred Done set up his first betting shop in 1967, and has now expanded his empire to upwards of 500 shops all over the UK.
Fred is one of the most respected figures in the industry, and a Director of the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB).
Fred is known as The Bonus King, a reputation he has earned through giving more bonuses and consolations back to punters.
Blue Square was launched on 5th May 1999 and is one of the largest interactive betting services in the UK. Blue Square was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Intercapital Group Ltd (ICAP) until January 2003 when it was acquired by Rank, one of the UK's leading leisure and entertainment companies. Rank's assets include casinos, bingo clubs and on-line gaming, as well as Hard Rock Cafes and global rights to the Hard Rock brand. 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.
Coral is a one of the world's biggest on line sports bookmakers offering fixed odds betting on the world's major sporting events, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Coral has customers in over 100 countries, a huge range of bets on every major sport, offers quick payouts and payments in 6 major currencies.
Ladbrokes is the world's biggest bookmaker providing customers with the most extensive range of markets and sports to bet on.
Ladbrokes.com Sportsbook offers the opportunity to ‘Bet in Play' on a whole host of sports including all live football. With the widest range of ‘Bet in Play' markets of any Internet bookmaker available.
Paddy Power is one of the fastest growing bookmakers operating in today's highly competitive UK market.
They were voted The Best Online Bookmaker by The Racing Post and boast the widest range of gaming entertainment – Sportsbook, Casino, Poker, Reverse Auctions, and Games etc.
Sportingbet Australia is licensed in the Northern Territory, Australia by the Northern Territory Government to accept bets by telephone and the Internet on Racing, Sport and Entertainment.
Sportingbet Australia is part of the London-based Sportingbet Plc which has a global annual turnover of more than $3.5 billion. This makes them the world's largest Telephone and Internet Bookmaking Company providing services to over 1,000,000 customers in more than 100 countries, 11 languages and 15 currencies.
Sportingbet Plc has been trading since 1998 and is publicly listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIM). When you bet with Sportingbet Australia, you will enjoy the confidence and security of knowing you are dealing with the Australian subsidiary of an international, publicly listed organisation.
SportingOdds.com is the UK's most innovative online bookmaker, offering an unrivalled in-running soccer betting service - nobody releases their prices earlier.
SportingOdds has been operating successfully since Euro 2000 and has recently become part of the Sportingbet group, giving them even greater kudos within the industry.
Sports Interaction located in Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, Canada, is the first online sportsbook to be fully licensed and regulated in North America. No other sportsbook offers the security of knowing you are betting with a world leader which is located in North America and which is subject to Las Vegas type regulation overseen by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission.
Their mission is to provide an unparalleled sports betting service which is simple to use, convenient and safe. Sports Interaction makes sports betting a pleasure, through such services as 24-hour online access through the Internet, 24-hour customer service and the world's easiest to use Internet betting system.
The Stan James brand has been at the forefront of Sports Betting over the last decade. With innovative markets and value prices Stan James has become one of the most acclaimed names within the betting industry.Stan James is a synonymous with Betting In-Running where their traders update the prices while the sport is in progress. This has raised the bar for the whole industry yet Stan James still lead the field.
Owned by UK Betting plc, Totalbet has a wide range of bets for all major sports events. Totalbet has regular offers for new customers and has good customer service.
Ukbetting PLC is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange. Ukbetting PLC brands include digital wagering sites namely ukbetting.com, totalbet.com and goldbet.com. Concentrating especially on the UK market, ukbetting.com has a full service on football.
With customers in over 70 countries across the world it is fair to say that Victor Chandler is a truly global operation.
Headquarters in Gibraltar and with offices around the world, the Group offers international online and telephone sports betting opportunities and web-based gaming in many languages.
It is also one of the very few companies offering Internet and telephone betting through a single account.
WillHill is one of the world's leading betting companies that specializes in offering legal off-track wagering.
Founded in 1934, they have over 70 years of experience offering betting services. Currently they operate over 2,000 licensed betting offices in the UK. They operate the fastest growing Internet gambling site of any UK based betting company with 292,000 active clients.
In short, WillHill is universally recognised as one of the world's leading bookmakers.
