Info about the bookmaker
Betsson bookmaker was launched in 2000. It is operated from and licensed in Malta. This quality online sportsbookis part of the Stockholm-based Betsson Group which, as for 2010, employs about 250 people. Since 2005, the group is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. In Dec. 2009, Betsson boasted more than 2 million registered customers.
In 2006, Betsson company received the Best Gaming Site in Sweden award by the Internetworld magazine.
In 2009, Betsson was awarded the prestigious title of the Socially Responsible Operator of the Year during the EGR Awards ceremony annualy arranged by eGaming Review. According to the eGaming Review's ranking, Betsson belongs to the Top Ten gaming sites in the world
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Betsson bookmaker was founded in 2001 by
Fredrik Sidfalk,
Henrik Bergquist and
Anders Holmgren, and in the following year it got the bookmaker license in London. Soon afterwards, Betsson added exchange betting to their website. In 2005, the Global Gambling and Gaming Group certified Betsson as
a Responsible Gaming Site. Since its early beginnings, Betsson has established a strong position not only
in the Nordic region, where it has most customers, but also in such countries as the Czech Republic, Turkey, Serbia and France. Betsson is also
the first and only company which has oppossed Swedish state monopoly by opening a betting outlet 'Shopsson' in on Götgatan Street in Stockholm.
Betsson.com is primarily
a sportsbook with a good range of football leagues, cups, and international matches, and with a few typically Scandinavian disciplines infrequently found elsewhere, that is bandy, floorball, ski jumping, Nordic combination, cross country, and Alpine skiing. Apart from sports betting, one can enjoy TV Events (with bets on Norwegian or Danish X-Factor), and E-sports section (with bets on such games as World of Warcraft, or Counter Strike). Besides, the bookmaker has clearly organized exchange betting which covers several sports: primarily football (various betting options), bandy, handball, basketball, rugby, floorball, American football.
The website also contains amazing scratches, casino, refurbished poker (with a very good poker academy, poker club, mobile poker and many more), bingo and games (hi/lo games, card games, lottery/keno, dice games, wheel, sports). Interestingly, Betsson's brand new scratch section, is in fact one of the biggest ranges of scratch cards among all the online gaming sites including such categories as classic scratch, sports scratch, fantasy scratch, casino scratch, or slots scratch.
Betsson is the exclusive sponsor of the FCbet Tipster Competition organized by FCbet.com (an online guide for bettors with good odds comparison service).
Residents of the following countries and regions are not accepted at Betsson: United States of America, Hong-Kong, Malaysia.
