Info about the bookmaker
Eurobet is a UK-based bookmaker established in 1996 and holding a British license. Eurobet.com's content is very similar to its sister, UK-oriented Coral site,.Eurobet though is intended mainly to international clients. In fact, the English company has already offered its online services to clients in more than 130 countries worldwide, and the website is available in 15 European languages. Eurobet claims to handle more than 100 million transactions worldwide every year. Additionaly, its parent company, Gala Coral Group, owns betting shops in Italy that trade under the Eurobet brand.
Eurobet.com closed on the 30th of September 2011. Other websites coral.co.uk remains open for business.
Eurobet was the first bookmaker ever to offer online betting services, and it was in 1996. Three years later, the comapny joined forces with Coral, a well-recognized and respected British brand with around 80 years of experience in bookmaking. Thus, the companies blended into Coral Eurobet.
In 2005, a deal was signed in which Gala Group acquired Coral Eurobet. In that way, a new betting and gaming company, Gala Coral Group, was formed. Today, Gala Coral Group has a firm market position with a number of licensed betting offices (more than 1,600 offices with 17,000 employees in the UK), bingo clubs (170 Bingo Clubs) and casinos (31 Casino venues), and a high quality multimedia offer. In 2009, Gala Coral was ranked second of the 2009 Top Track 100 list, having more than £15 billion in wagers accepted.
Eurobet.com's betting offer encompasses the standard range of disciplines such as soccer, cricket, greyhounds, horse racing (both international and British tracks), tennis, American sports, rugby and a few more. There is also non-sports betting in the form of TV Specials and Politics.Additionaly, there is a vast games section (more than 100 different games), casino, virtual sports, poker, lotto (e.g. Singapore, German, Greek, Irish, and Hong-Kong lotteries), live casino, bingo, dice arena (a family of games using die).