Suspicious Tennis Betting

Some of top online bookmakers suspended betting on a tennis match involving Spain’s Oscar Hernandez and Austria’s Daniel Köllerer on Monday.

Both players were priced as 5-6 joint-favourites, but bookmakers saw a surge of money just before the start for Hernandez that pushed his price in to 1-5 favourite. Hernandez won 6-3, 6-2.

William Hill and Ladbrokes stopped trading this match after they noticed “unusual” money. Unibet and Expekt mentioned they stopped taking bets before or early in the match. Betfair noticed the same trend, but did not stop trading.

The tennis authorities have already launched an investigation into this match.

Top Sports Betting Sites

Sports lovers cannot be happier these days. Modern technology allows them to place bets on their favorite sports irrespective of their location. And growing number of online sports betting sites gives punters opportunity to choose among many sportsbooks. However, how to choose the right bookmaker to wager in?

Some of the well known names include Unibet, Bwin and Ladbrokes. Unibet was awarded best sportsbook of year 2008 by reputable eGaming Review Magazine. Bwin is considered the biggest online bookmaker in the world. Moreover, Bwin sponsors top football teams such as AC Milan and Real Madrid. Ladbrokes was given best UK sportsbook award of year 2008. Obviously, these are top and most reliable bookmakers to wager in.

One of the well-known sportsbook reviewers is SBR. It seems to have more or less reliable list of top sports betting sites. Suspicious part about its rating is presence of many offshore bookmakers in the top list. SBR must have some special relationship with these bookies.

You can find our official and SBR ratings at www.bestbookmakers.net and check out some of the best online sportsbooks available today. But we would recommend to go with big names.

Unibet Unsure About French License

As French market opens its doors to online gambling companies in 2010, Unibet is still not sure whether it obtain French license or not. Its rivals Bwin and Betclick already made it clear that they will acquiring a license despite restrictive regulations.

Unibet states that French regulations would force them to change their model of business, strategy and products.

However, keeping in mind that Unibet signed number of sponsorship deals in France recently, it seems that it will obtain French lisence. Possibly, the company is trying to bring the issue up to public debate in attempt to force policy revision.