bookmaker A bookmaker, bookie, or turf accountant is an organization or a person that accepts and pays out bets on sporting and other events at agreed-upon odds In probability theory, odds provide a measure of the probability of a particular outco ...

is an organisation or a person that takes bets on sporting and other events at agreed upon odds.

Organisations

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Europe

888sport 888sport is an international sports betting brand owned by Evoke plc. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in Gibraltar. The company provides online sports betting, predominantly in European markets. History 888sport was launched as the ...

(Gibraltar, owned by

888 Holdings Evoke plc, formerly 888 Holdings Limited, is an international sports betting and gambling company. It owns brands such as 888casino, 888poker, 888sport, Mr Green, and William Hill. Business operations are led from its headquarters in London, a ...

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Bet365 Bet365 is a British gambling company founded in 2000. Its product offering includes sports betting, online casino, online poker, and online bingo. Business operations are conducted from its headquarters in Stoke-on-Trent, alongside a satellite ...

(United Kingdom, owned by the Coates family) * Betclic (France / Malta, owned by Stéphane Courbit and

SBM A Magellanic spiral galaxy is a spiral galaxy with only one Spiral galaxy#Spiral arms, spiral arm. Magellanic spiral galaxies are classified as the type Sm (with sub-categories SAm, SBm, SABm); the prototype galaxy and namesake for Magellanic spi ...

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Betfair Betfair is a British Gambling, gambling company founded in 2000. Its product offering includes betting exchange, sports betting, online casino, online poker, and online bingo. Business operations are led from its headquarters in London, alongsi ...

(United Kingdom, owned by Flutter) *

Betfred Betfred Group Holdings Limited is a bookmaker based in the United Kingdom, founded by Fred Done.Pronounced to rhyme with "bone". It was first established as a single betting shop in Ordsall, Salford, in 1967. Its turnover in 2004 was reported ...

(United Kingdom / Gibraltar, owned by

Fred Done Fred Done (born March 1943) is a British billionaire businessman and the owner of the bookmaking chain Betfred, which has more than 1,600 betting shops in the UK. Early life Done grew up with three siblings in Ordsall, Greater Manchester. Done ...

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Betsson Betsson AB is an online gambling company, producing casino A casino is a facility for gambling. Casinos are often built near or combined with hotels, resorts, restaurants, retail shops, cruise ships, and other tourist attractions. Some casinos ...

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BetVictor BetVictor, founded in 1946, is an online gambling company based in Gibraltar, owned by British businessman and racehorse owner Michael Tabor. It provides services such as sports betting and online casinos. History The company was founded ...

(Gibraltar, owned by

Michael Tabor Michael Barry Tabor (born 28 October 1941) is a British racehorse owner. As a partner in Coolmore Stud, he is one of only four racehorse owners to have won both the Epsom Derby and the Kentucky Derby. Tabor has extensive business interest ...

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Betway Betway is a British gambling company founded in 2006. Its product offering includes sports betting, online casino, online poker, and online bingo. Business operations are led from its headquarters in Malta, alongside satellite offices in Londo ...

(Malta / Guernsey) * Boylesports (Ireland) *

Bwin Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG, formerly known as Betandwin, is an Austrian online betting brand acquired by Entain PLC. The group operated under international and regional licences in countries like Gibraltar, the Amerindian reserve of Ka ...

(Austria, owned by

Entain Entain plc, formerly GVC Holdings, is an international sports betting and gambling company. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It owns brands such as bwin, Coral (bookmaker), Coral, Ladbrokes, P ...

) * Eurofootball (Bulgaria) * Fonbet (Russia) *

Coral Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the subphylum Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important Coral ...

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Ladbrokes Ladbrokes Coral is a British gambling company. Its product offering includes sports betting, online casino, online poker, and online bingo. The Ladbrokes portion of the group was established in 1886, and Coral in 1926. In November 2016, th ...

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LeoVegas LeoVegas AB is a Swedish mobile gaming company and provider of online casino and sports betting services such as table games, video slots, progressive jackpots, video poker and live betting to a number of international markets. LeoVegas Gaming ...

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Liga Stavok The Liga Stavok () is a Russian sports betting company, established in 2008. History The history of “Liga Stavok” is closely connected with the name of its founder Oleg Zhuravsky, a significant Russian lobbyist of bookmaker business int ...

(Russia) * Marathonbet (Russia) *

Paddy Power Paddy Power is an Irish gambling company founded in 1988. Its product offering includes sports betting, online casino, online poker, and online bingo. Business operations are led from its headquarters in Dublin, alongside a satellite office ...

(Ireland, owned by Flutter) * SBOBET (Isle of Man / Philippines, owned by Celton Manx) *

Sky Bet Bonne Terre Limited (trading as Sky Betting & Gaming) is a British-based gambling company, owned by Flutter Entertainment, with headquarters in Leeds, West Yorkshire and offices in Sheffield & Solihull. Sky Betting & Gaming consists of five co ...

(United Kingdom, owned by Flutter) *

Sportingbet Sportingbet is a British online gambling operator, owned by Entain plc. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index prior to its acquisition by GVC holdings. History The company was fou ...

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The Tote The Tote is a British gambling company founded in 1928. It operates the world's largest online pool betting website. Its product offering also includes sports betting and online casino. Business operations are led from its headquarters in W ...

(United Kingdom) * Totolotek (Poland) *

Unibet Unibet is a sports betting, online casino, bingo and online poker platform. Unibet is a part of Kindred Group–an online gambling operator which consists of 11 brands along with Maria Casino, Stan James, www.vladcazino.ro, 32Red, and iGame. Today ...

(Malta, owned by the Kindred Group) * William Hill (United Kingdom)

Africa

Bet9ja Bet9ja is an online Bookmaker, bookmaker company that offers betting on major sporting events operating in Nigeria. Traded under KC Gaming Networks Limited and run by a series of shareholders of multiple nationalities, the website is licensed by ...

(Nigeria, owned by Ayo Ojuroye and Kunle Soname) * Betika (Kenya) *

Hollywoodbets Hollywoodbets is a South African sports betting company offering a wide range of betting options, including horse racing, football/soccer, cricket, rugby, tennis, motorsport and more. Hollywoodbets offers over 2400 Lucky Numbers draws a week to ...

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SportPesa SportPesa is an online gambling company founded in 2014. It offers online gambling products such as sportsbooks, live betting and online casino. SportPesa has offices in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Italy, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, the I ...

(Kenya)

Americas

* BetMGM (United States, co-owned by

MGM Resorts International MGM Resorts International is an American Multinational corporation, multinational hospitality, sports and entertainment company. It operates resorts in Las Vegas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey, Macau, Shanghai, ...

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BetOnline BetOnline is a privately held online gambling company offering sports betting, online casinos, poker and wagering on horse racing. The company's CEO is Eddie Robbins III. In 2006, according to Casino City Press, BetOnline.com was among the top 6 ...

(Panama) * BetUS (Costa Rica) *

DraftKings DraftKings Inc. is an American gambling company based in Boston, Massachusetts. It offers sportsbook and daily fantasy sports (DFS) services. The company was originally launched in 2012 as a DFS provider, competing principally with the New Yor ...

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FanDuel FanDuel Group is an American gambling company that offers sportsbook, daily fantasy sports, horse racing, and online casino services. The company operates sportsbooks in a number of states including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana and West Vir ...

(United States, owned by Flutter) * Pinnacle Sports (Curaçao) * TwinSpires (United States) *

Xpressbet Xpressbet, LLC is a subsidiary of Stronach Group Company founded in 2002 and based in Washington, Pennsylvania. The company provides pari-mutuel action services that enable account holders to watch and wager on thoroughbred, harness, and quarte ...

(United States)

Asia-Pacific

Dafabet Dafabet is an online betting and gambling site. The company was founded in November 2004 and is headquartered in Makati, Philippines. History Dafabet was founded oin November 2004, in Makati, Philippines under the subsidiary of the privately-o ...

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Sportsbet.com.au Sportsbet is an online gambling company owned by Flutter Entertainment, primarily targeting the Australian market. Founded in Darwin, Northern Territory, Sportsbet is licensed as a corporate bookmaker in the Northern Territory under the ''Raci ...

(Australia, owned by Flutter)

Former

BetEasy BetEasy (formerly known as CrownBet and BetEzy) was an Australian corporate bookmaker offering online sports and racing betting platforms. BetEasy was licensed in the Northern Territory and owned by The Stars Group. BetEasy was the official wa ...

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Stanley Leisure Stanley Leisure is a British casino firm. History The company was founded in the 1950s as a bookmakers in Belfast. It was originally run by Leonard Steinberg, Baron Steinberg. In 1977, Steinberg moved the business to Liverpool after an attempted ...

People

* John Zancocchio (1954-) *

Victor Chandler Victor William Chandler (born 18 April 1951) is a British businessman, bookmaker, and the former chairman of Victor Chandler International. Early life Chandler is the son of Victor Chandler Sr, and the grandson of William Chandler, who fou ...

(1951–) * Barney Eastwood (1932–2020)Kelly, David
"How Barry McGuigan and Barney Eastwood's friendship fell apart"
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Belfast Telegraph The ''Belfast Telegraph'' is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Independent News & Media, which also publishes the Irish Independent, the Sunday Independent and various other newspapers and magazines in Ireland. Its e ...

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Philip Giaccone Philip Giaccone (July 12, 1932 – May 5, 1981), also known as "Philly Lucky", was an American mobster and caporegime in the Bonanno crime family who was murdered with Dominick Trinchera and Al Indelicato for planning to overthrow Bonanno boss P ...

(1932–1981) * Freddie Williams (1942–2008) * William Hill (1903–1971) * Martin Krugman (1919–1979) * Frank Rosenthal (1929–2008) *

Cyril Stein Cyril Stein (; 20 February 1928 - 15 February 2011) was an English bookmaker, businessman and finally philanthropic supporter of many Jewish causes and charities who first bought Ladbrokes in 1956, then floated it in 1967 and finally left it in 1 ...

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Helen Vernet Helen Monica Mabel Vernet (1875–1956) was the first woman in the history of horse racing in Great Britain to be granted a license to legally carry out business as a bookmaker on a racecourse. Early life Helen Vernet is thought to have been bo ...

(1876–1956)

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