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Coral Bookmaker Company Overview

Coral is a highly successful bookmaker in Britain with more than 1800 betting shops in the UK and hundreds in Italy trading under their subsidiary sportsbook, Eurobet. Coral Sportsbook came into being in 1926 at the hands of namesake Joseph Kagarlitski. Joe Coral teamed up with good friend Tom Bradbury-Pratt at Harringay and a number of other venues for many years until 1961 when they opened their first shop taking full advantage of the UK’s 1960 legalisation legalising off-course wagering. Coral Bookmaker was well known in the 1960s as a Shop not afraid to accept substantially large bets from savvy professional gamblers.

By the early 1980s Coral Sportsbook was recognized as one of the largest licensed gambling establishments in the United Kingdom that was managing close to 650 betting shops, two greyhound stadiums and popular casinos.

In 1999, as the new millennium was being ushered in, Coral acquired an internet gambling business called Eurobet focused on sports betting. They changed the name to Coral Eurobet and have achieved remarkable international success with satisfied active customers in over 130 countries. Italy has been Coral Eurobet’s Crown Jewel of countries served since 2006 when they won a bid from the Italian Government for 403 sports and horse race betting licences. Coral Eurobet’s business in Italy has grown steadily since 2006 to 870 betting shops and cutting-edge wagering services online via Eurobet.it in Italian.

Coral Eurobet merged with Gala Group in 2005 and brought a vast array of new gambling entertainment options into service for existing Coral Eurobet customers. A very great time to be a Coral Eurobet Player! Today’s Coral Eurobet offers a cornucopia of gambling entertainment services that include: sports betting, wagering while sporting matches are in-play, the latest online casino games, a live casino where live dealers interact & service players in real-time, traditional online poker, the most popular online slots, Internet bingo as well as online lotto. Coral’s gambling services are offered via most mobile device formats.

Why Coral Bookmaker?

• Endless exciting entertainment! That’s what new Coral Sportsbook customers discover when becoming a member. Coral is not just sports betting; they offer a wide range of gambling activities that are sure to impress from wagering while sporting matches are in-play to the best in online casino games. It doesn’t stop there! Coral features a live casino that has live dealers, forever popular online poker, a full menu of the latest online slots, online bingo and Internet E-lotto. All of this is served up by Coral in formats that accommodate the latest mobile devices.
• Coral Sportsbook, which is a core part of the Gala Coral Group, is one of Europe’s leading sports betting companies, with retail and online brands that are very popular with punters.
• In the UK, the Group has over 1,800 Coral betting shops and customers can access all content and products online via websites featuring the latest service technologies.
• Coral Eurobet has an impressive support structure with offices in England, Gibraltar and Italy that includes more than 11,000 highly-skilled employees.
• Coral Eurobet’s main Support Centre is located in London, England and is over 30,000 sq. ft. featuring the latest high-tech infrastructure encapsulated within a modern interior design. This vibrant environment attracts and the best professional odds-makers, trading floor representatives, IT group and marketing staff in the online gambling industry to work at Coral Sportsbook.
• Coral Eurobet serves clients in over 100 countries, providing online sports betting in the following languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Chinese, Greek, Russian, Turkish, Bulgarian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Albanian and Czech
• Coral Betting Shops are a fixture on almost every High Street within the United Kingdom making Coral Bookmakers as much part of British society as your local Supermarket. That’s accomplishment Coral is very proud of and should be!

Coral Bookmaker Accreditation & Accolades

• At the 2006 UK Gambling Awards, Coral was named “Bookmaker of the Year”.
• Coral is committed to Responsible Gambling Bet responsibly www.gambleaware.co.uk
• Coral owns two greyhound racing stadia in Britain, at Romford and Hove. Coral also operates betting shops at three of Britain’s biggest racecourses – Cheltenham, Epsom, and Sandown Park (venue of the company sponsored ‘Coral Eclipse’ race), plus one each at Gatwick Airport (South Terminal) and Stansted Airport. Coral also has a successful Telebet business, based in Barking.
• Coral employs over 11000 betting shop staff within the UK.
• Coral founder, Joseph Kagarlitski, started his bookmaking business in London, England in 1926 and was one of the first bookmakers to receive a bookmaking license from the UK government in 1961.
• By 1977 Coral Bookmaker had grown into a popular place for punters to wager in the United Kingdom enjoying ownership of nearly 24% of the 13,254 shops operating throughout the UK.
• In Italy, Coral Bookmaker’s sister sportsbook Eurobet boasts 870 betting shops and provides the Italian sports betting market online service via Eurobet.it. As a subsidiary company to Coral Bookmaker, Eurobet has grown its share of the Italian sports betting market from 7% in late 2012 to over 11.3% today which stands as an impressive accomplishment when one considers Italy as the largest regulated market in Europe based on gross win.
• The Coral Gambling Group also owns 132 UK bingo clubs through its Gala Bingo brand, making it the largest bingo club operator in the country of England.
• Coral Bookmaker has set its sights on increasing its Swedish customer base and recently launched a website focused on sports and betting services popular in Sweden delivered in Swedish.
• Coral’s companies serve customers primarily in the UK and Italy; the two largest regulated gambling markets in Europe. Coral enjoys an estimated 22% market share in the UK retail sports gambling market, making it the largest private betting services operator, and the third largest betting services operator in the UK.
• Coral Sportsbook is licensed by the Government of Gibraltar & regulated by the Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner (RGL 059 & 060) and this can be verified here .
• Coral Sportsbook is licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission of Great Britain and this can be verified here .
• Coral, as a betting company, shows a true to commitment to ensuring their punters are playing responsibly. Coral’s commitment to responsible gambling can be verified by their actions; they have a dedicated web property called “Raising The Game – BET FOR FUN, BET RESPONSIBILY” that can be reached from every page on Coral’s main website.

Coral Essential Data

Gaming Services Offered –

Sports Betting, Betting In Play (wagering while games underway), Online Casino, Live Casino (casino services provided by live dealers in real-time), Online Poker, Diversified Online Entertainment Games, Traditional Online Slots, Online Bingo and Online Lotto. Coral’s gambling services are offered in via most Mobile Device Formats

Countries Serviced –

United Kingdom, Ireland, Aland Islands, Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden

Languages Supported –

English

Currencies Accepted –

Euros, Pounds Sterling, Swedish Kronor, and United States Dollars.

Payment Methods Offered –

Bank Wire Transfer, Citadel Instant Banking, ClickandBuy, EcoAccount, Maestro, MasterCard, NETELLER, PayPal, Prepaid Gift Cards, Skrill, Skrill 1-Tap, Ukash, Visa, Visa Debit, Visa Delta, and Visa Electron.

Countries NOT Services –

There are many countries that Coral doesn’t service and the easiest way to know if your country is services is to view the “Countries Services” list above or to Coral Sportsbook’s sign-up page and you will see in the drop-down for Country option the countries Coral accepts players from.

Corporate Office Locations –

Nottingham, England – London, England – Gibraltar – Rome, Italy </p