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)
- 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)
- BetOnline (Panama)
- BetUS (Costa Rica)
- DraftKings (United States)
- FanDuel (United States, owned by Flutter)
- Pinnacle Sports (Curaçao)
- TwinSpires (United States)
- Xpressbet (United States)
Asia-Pacific
- Dafabet (Philippines, owned by AsianBGE)
- Sportsbet.com.au (Australia, owned by Flutter)
Former
People
- John Zancocchio (1954-)
- Victor Chandler (1951–)[1]
- Barney Eastwood (1932–2020)[2]
- 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)
References
- ↑ Buckley, Will. "To Victor the spoils", The Guardian, 15 June 2008, accessed 24 November 2010.
- ↑ Kelly, David. "How Barry McGuigan and Barney Eastwood's friendship fell apart", Belfast Telegraph, 25 March 2010, accessed 24 November 2010.
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