List of bookmakers explained

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)
• UBET1288^[1]
• Xpressbet (United States)

Asia-Pacific

• Dafabet (Philippines, owned by AsianBGE)
• Sportsbet.com.au (Australia, owned by Flutter)

Former

• BetEasy
• Centrebet
• Stanley Leisure

People

• John Zancocchio (1954-)
• Victor Chandler (1951–)^[2]
• Barney Eastwood (1932–2020)^[3]
• 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)

Notes and References

1. https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/court-filings/final-ec-indictment-unsigned.pdf
2. Buckley, Will. "To Victor the spoils", The Guardian, 15 June 2008, accessed 24 November 2010.
3. Kelly, David. "How Barry McGuigan and Barney Eastwood's friendship fell apart", Belfast Telegraph, 25 March 2010, accessed 24 November 2010.