Ladbrokes the UK based sports betting company has opened its first dedicated betting shop in Madrid under the Sportium banner, it is a joint venture between Cirsa and Ladbrokes. The plan is for the Sportium brand to open and operate 125 outlets by 2010, this will encompass dedicated betting shops and concessions in Arcades and [...]

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The UK based bookmaker Ladbrokes has launched an advertising campaign started from 21st March aimed at encouraging punters to only place bets with UK licensed bookmakers, the campaign will appear in the Racing Post. A PR spokesman for Ladbrokes said “Very few advertisers in the Racing Post are paying tax or levy in the UK [...]

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The Advertising Standards Authority has reported that a recent series of adverts by UK sports betting company Ladbrokes for their Online Casino ladbrokescasino.com which featured characters leaping to their death broke ASA rules.  The adverts according to the ASA “portrayed gambling in a context of toughness, and linked it to excessive risk taking and reckless“. The [...]

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Ladbrokes the UK sports betting company have appointed Chris Palmer as their new Corporate Development Director. Prior to this position he was the Managing Director of the Hesketh Family Office which saw him running the famous Towcester racecourse as well as running trusts and funds for the Hesketh Family. He will join Ladbrokes from February [...]

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The UK based sports betting company Ladbrokes has appointed Peter Erskine as the successor to Sir Ian Robinson who has been chairman for Ladbrokes for just over seven years; Erskine had previously been the chief executive of the mobile phone network O2. He will take over as chairman at the company’s next AGM in May [...]

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The UK based Casino and Sports Book operator Ladbrokes has announced a 12% increase in gross win in the quarter ended 31st October 2008. Group profit has increased to 10%, the management team expect that profitabily in the full year to be inline with 2007. The CEO of Ladbrokes Chris Bell said “Despite the generally challenging [...]

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Ladbrokes has today appealed against the rejection of its application for a betting license to allow it to trade in Norway; it was originally turned down in October 2004. The refusal had led Ladbrokes to initiate legal proceeds against Norway citing it was a breach of EC directives and the EFTA agreement. John O’Reilly Ladbrokes’ [...]

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The popular Isle of Man based online payment processor is due to change its name on 17th November 2008 from Neteller to Neovia Financial and be listed on the Stock Exchange as NEO (meaning new way) as part of a major rebranding exercise. The change is subject to the passing of a special resolution which will [...]

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Ladbrokes Live Horse Racing agreement has been signed with Turf TV this week in a deal worth £70 Million over 5 years. This equates to a deal worth £6,500 per shop and this was a deal which just had to happen. Ladbrokes just could not do without Live TV pictures from 31 racecourses including such [...]

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The 2007 Rugby World Cup betting bonanza will reach £50m according to leading sources and that figure could be on the low side should England outperform their current odds of over 30/1. You can get prices on a repeat England win for Brian Ashton’s side of 33-1 from Bet Direct and Ladbrokes. England’s recent form [...]

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