Sports Betting Awards 2009

Next month brings with it the 'Sports Betting Operator of the Year 2009' awards. There is an impressive line up of final contenders and the overall winner is to be announced at London's Old Billingsgate Market at a prestigious gala dinner. The celebratory dinner will take place at the EGR conference between the 30th November and the 1st December of this year.

The line up includes a list of big name betting brands, such as Betfair, Paddy Power, Ladbrokes and William Hill.

Betfair made it to the final contenders because of its impressive growth. The betting company has become a big sport's betting name in the UK, it has a reported mass of 2,500,000 punters to sign up and an incredible £3,000 being gambled each minute. The betting company has created various sponsorships with high-end football clubs as well creating improvements in the mobile betting feature.

Paddy Power is another name that has grown vastly since it's initial launch; figures suggest the brands market share is in fact 10% of the whole UK industry. In the case of suspect refereeing decisions, the betting brand is also offers refunds.

Ladbrokes has reached the final as a result of its great customer to company relations regarding the growth and development of its sportsbook. The betting site has also drawn up agreements with various big name sports organizations, which is possibly another reason why Ladbrokes has been noted for the final.

Over the last year alone William Hill has continually improved and expanded its online market as a result of including and combining its high street markets. The betting agency has signed up various new deals, a staggering figure of 400,000 has even been suggested. As well as all these achievements the brand has been nominated as a result of launching the new Orbis platform and creating sponsorships with many big sports brands.

The free awards event is surely set to be an exciting evening for many online sports betting fans.

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