A bookmaker is an organisation or a person that takes bets on sporting and other events at agreed upon odds.
Organisations Current Europe 888sport (Gibraltar, owned by 888 Holdings) Bet365 (United Kingdom, owned by the Coates family) Betclic (France / Malta, owned by Stéphane Courbit and SBM) Betfair (United Kingdom, owned by Flutter) Betfred (United Kingdom / Gibraltar, owned by Fred Done) Betsson (Sweden / Malta) BetVictor (Gibraltar, owned by Michael Tabor) Betway (Malta / Guernsey) Boylesports (Ireland) Bwin (Austria, owned by Entain) Eurofootball (Bulgaria) Fonbet (Russia) Coral (United Kingdom, owned by Entain) Ladbrokes (United Kingdom, owned by Entain) LeoVegas (Sweden) Liga Stavok (Russia) Marathonbet (Russia) Niké (Slovakia) Paddy Power (Ireland, owned by Flutter) SBOBET (Isle of Man / Philippines, owned by Celton Manx) Sky Bet (United Kingdom, owned by Flutter) Sportingbet (United Kingdom, owned by Entain) The Tote (United Kingdom) Totolotek (Poland) Unibet (Malta, owned by the Kindred Group) William Hill (United Kingdom)
Africa Bet9ja (Nigeria, owned by Ayo Ojuroye and Kunle Soname) Betika (Kenya) Hollywoodbets (South Africa) SportPesa (Kenya)
Americas BetMGM (United States, co-owned by MGM Resorts International and Entain) BetUS (Costa Rica) MyBookie (Costa Rica) DraftKings (United States) FanDuel (United States, owned by Flutter) Pinnacle Sports (Curaçao) TwinSpires (United States) Xpressbet (United States)
Asia-Pacific Betfair Australia (Australia, owned by Crown Resorts) Betstar (Australia,) Dafabet (Philippines, owned by AsianBGE) Palmerbet (Australia,) Sportsbet.com.au (Australia, owned by Flutter) Tabcorp (Australia,)
Former BetEasy Centrebet Stanley Leisure
People John Zancocchio (1954-) Victor Chandler (1951–)Buckley, Will. "To Victor the spoils", The Guardian, 15 June 2008, accessed 24 November 2010. Barney Eastwood (1932–2020)Kelly, David. "How Barry McGuigan and Barney Eastwood's friendship fell apart", Belfast Telegraph, 25 March 2010, accessed 24 November 2010. Philip Giaccone (1932–1981) Freddie Williams (1942–2008) William Hill (1903–1971) Martin Krugman (1919–1979) Frank Rosenthal (1929–2008) Cyril Stein (1928–2011) Helen Vernet (1876–1956)
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