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)

• Niké (Slovakia)

• 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)

• BetUS (Costa Rica)

• MyBookie (Costa Rica)

• DraftKings (United States)

• FanDuel (United States, owned by Flutter)

• Pinnacle Sports (Curaçao)

• TwinSpires (United States)

• Xpressbet (United States)

Asia-Pacific

• Betfair Australia (Australia, owned by Crown Resorts)

• Betstar (Australia,)

• Dafabet (Philippines, owned by AsianBGE)

• Palmerbet (Australia,)

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

• Tabcorp (Australia,)

Former

• BetEasy

• Centrebet

• Stanley Leisure

People

• John Zancocchio (1954-)

• Victor Chandler (1951–)

• Barney Eastwood (1932–2020)

• 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)

References