Info about the bookmaker
Sportingbet.com is a top notch British bookmaker headquartered in London. The company was launched in the UK in 1998 by Mark Blandford, an entrepreneur who at that time was one of the first persons who saw the potential of online sports betting, and thanks to Sportingbet, was voted AIM Entrepreneur of the Year in 2002 and three years later earned Sportingbet the AIM Transaction of the Year Award.
Sportingbet.com is an umbrella brand for Sportingbet Group which operates several local-focused betting and gaming sites (Sportingbet.com.au, Superbahis.com, or Miapuesta.com). All in all, the company has more than 2.5 million registered customers in 200 countries. Sportingbet Ltd's online egaming revenue is the biggest in Greece, Spain, Turkey and Australia (ca. 61%) and substantial in the UK, Germany, Bulgaria, Czech Republic. Sportingbet's physical operational points are now present in the UK, Australia, Ireland, Italy, Antigua and the Channel Islands. In 2001, the company entered the London Stock Exchange.
In 2005 and once again in 2006, Sportingbet was ranked Number 1 operator in the world in the eGaming Review's “Power 50” survey of the most powerful operators. In fact, the leading industry magazine named the company “the most powerful firm in global egaming.” In 2006, Sportingbet became the winner at the IR Magazine Awards.
Sportingbet is also associated with excellent, Dublin-based customer service staff, over 150 employees, who speak more than 42 languages supporting customers 24h a day, 7 days a week. In 2009, Sportingbet.com was 2nd in the Customer Service category at the Contact Center World Awards held in Las Vegas. In fact, Sportingbet's customer service was the only one from the world of bookmakers which was officially recognised at the awards.
Sportingbet.com provides its customers excellent sport betting section with 8000 sports betting offers per day that span across such disciplines as football (top international leagues and some smaller leagues as well), horse and greyhounds racing (Win, Win & Place and Place Betting), baseball, cricket, boxing, poker, handball, cycling, motor sports, darts and more. Their biggest advantage is that no matter what your language or favourite sports are, Sportingbet offers a truly global betting coverage
Theonline bookmaker claims to be “seriously close to football.” For that reason it offers some special promotions for football fans. In the weekly “Know the score” betting tournament the top 10 bettors who regularly bet on football have some amazing cash rewards to grab. In the “Last Man Standing” competition you can actually bet on any sport and prove that you're the ultimate bettor capable of placing more daily bets than other player. The reward is a supercar!
Betting enthusiasts can also visit a decent Statistics section with several disciplines such as football, tennis, baseball, formula 1, US football, volleyball or cycling. The sportsbook must be praised for an amazingly broad array of non-standard sports bets in Specials which encompasses a variety of disciplines including football, darts, tennis, speedway or poker.
Sportingbet.com also stands for well-known Paradise Casino and Paradise Poker. One can also find various games (more than 60 games including roulette, Hi-Lo Solitaire, Pinball Roulette, Jacks or Better), 1v1 games, backgammon, video games, mobile, and financials (betting for fun and for real on the stock market.
Sportingbet bookmaker is very well-known for sports sponsorship involvement. First of all, the company is the official sponsor of Euroleague Basketball. As a result of the sponsorship deal, Sportingbet is the only bookmaker which streams live Euroleague matches and has an excellent offer on Euroleague betting including 30 bet types on every match listed.
As far as English football is concerned, in 2009, Sportingbet.com signed a two-year sponsorship deal with Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club. In 2010, the sponsorship deal was extended till 2013. In August 2010, Sportingbet inked a three-year partnership agreement with Leeds United football club. As a result of a 4-year agreement, since September 2010, Sportingbet is also the official gaming partner of Tottheham Hotspurs Footbal Club. The London-based company is also the official betting partner of Portsmouth FC.
The bookmaker has similarly joined forces with the Romanian Steaua Bucuresti for the 2009/10 and 2010/11 season and has avalid three-year sponsorship agreement with the Bulgarian football club Slavia Sofia. Sportingbet bookmaker is also the first sponsor of Brazilian football league's 2nd division.
Sportingbet has also completed sponsorship agreements with two rugby clubs: the world-famous Hull Kingston Rovers and the Australian Brisbane Broncos (for the 2010 season). Additionally, the company supports Carlton Football Club, major Australian Aussie Rules team.
Focusing on racing sponsorship as well, in April 2009, Sportingbet became the official sponsor of Monday Evening Racing at Windsor Race Course, and during 2009 summer months, sponsored more than 75 individual horse races in the UK. In Oct. 2009, Sportingbet.com announced a huge increase in its support of horse racing in Great Britain. The company decided to make a voluntary payment to the Levy Board, which equals 10% of its gross profits on bets taken on British racing from British and European customers, from August 2010. At the same time, the company has also joined forces with the Racehorse Owners Association in a three-year sponsorship agreement. Sportingbet is also the number one supporter of HEROS, which is a Wantage-based charity dedicated to retraining and rehoming ex-racehorses.
