Top UK Bookmakers

We continue publishing regular reports of top UK betting sites according to information supplied by Hitwise. Ladbrokes and William Hill switched places. Below are top 5 most visited online betting sites for the week ending May 16, 2009.

1. Betfair (18.93%)
2. William Hill (14.05%)
3. Ladbrokes (11.10%)
4. Bet365 (6.54%)
5. Paddy Power (5.30%)

New £100 Victor Chandler Free Bet

One of top online bookmakers Victor Chandler, also known as VC Bet, is offering new £100 free bet. Gibraltar based sportsbook is making the same move as Bet365 offering £100+ bonuses to punters.

New Victor Chandler free bet works the following way:

1. Open an account with Victor Chandler and your first bet up to a maximum of £50 will be matched with a free bet.
2. Place five more bets of £10 or more and get another £25 free bet.
3. Then place a further five bets of £10 or more and get another £25 free bet and a free £25 Casino chip.

Betting On Australian Unemployment Rate at Centrebet

Punters can bet on how high the unemployment rate will reach in May at Centrebet. Next official figures will be released on June 11.

“Certainly, it gives punters well away from the usual betting mediums of sport and racing a chance to play ‘expert’ in a field that’s becoming more and more popular!” Centrebet media chief Neil Evans said.

Lowest odds are offered for May’s unemployment rate to rise to 5.6 or 5.7 per cent, from April’s 5.4 per cent.

UK Best Betting Sites

We continue publishing regular reports of top UK betting sites according to information supplied by Hitwise. Below are top 5 most visited online betting sites for the week ending May 2, 2009.

1. Betfair (20.03%)
2. Ladbrokes (11.86%)
3. William Hill (9.81%)
4. Bet365 (6.50%)
5. Paddy Power (5.97%)

Australian Bookmakers Suffer Huge Losses

Sportingbet Australia suffered a $1 million loss last weekend after 20 of 22 weekend football favourites won. Other big sportsbooks had similar losses while Sportsbet sustained an even bigger loss.

“It was a complete blackout, the worst weekend in sports betting I can remember,” Sportingbet’s Bill Richmond stated.

AFL punters grabbed the biggest winnings with all eight favourites winning, while rugby union and rugby league punters also cleaned up with six out of seven weekend favourites winning.

Couple of betting industry sources estimated Australia’s sports betting industry suffered at least a $10 million loss.