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Ladbrokes see sharp drop in retail betting

Popular betting shop company Ladbrokes has seen a big drop in its retail betting sector.  Ladbrokes saw a bad start to the year in retail betting as bad weather kept players at home.  Ladbrokes has also lagged behind its rival William Hill recently.  The CEO of ladbrokes commented “There’s no doubt that it is an extremely competitive environment and I think that in both the offline and online arena we can see a clear case for Ladbrokes needing to regain its primacy.”  Ladbrokes have 2,750 betting shops and revenue has fallen 6% with an 11% drop in retail.  Overall Ladbrokes are reporting much higher profits overall due to the their move to Gibraltar earlier on in the year which William Hill have also move to due to the much better tax opportunities.

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Ladbrokes confirms moving to Gibraltar

Ladbrokes has confirmed that it is moving its online sport betting and phone betting sections to Gibraltar.  This move has come about due to Gordon Brown’s idea to raise the gambling tax for companies like William Hill to 15% last year, where in Gibraltar they can pay 1.5%.  The move of Ladbrokes offshore will cost the UK treasury millions.  Chief Executive of Ladbrokes Christopher Bell commented”Operating from the UK has become unsustainable and we will relocate by the year end.”

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Ladbrokes fears payout on Lily Allen

Lily Allen’s album “It’s not me” was backed at 50/1 to win the mercury award but after punters backed it with allot of money Ladbrokes have pushed it to 5/1.  Due to the amount of punters betting on it at 50/1 and Ladbrokes having to push it to 5/1 has Ladbrokes scared of the chance it will win and they will have to pay out at the original odds.  A Ladbrokes spokesperson commented that “We were stunned by the rush of bets which has snowballed this week”“We are staring down the barrel of a huge payout which could cost the industry thousands”  In future Ladbrokes has commented they will have to stop these novelty bets to ensure this occurrence does not happen again which could cost Ladbrokes allot of money.

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£25 no deposit bonus at Ladbrokes casino for live dealer casino players

If you fancy a £25 no deposit bonus, head over to Ladbrokes and play at the live dealer casino to get your £25 no deposit bonus.  The live dealer casino section allows you to play with a live dealer over webcam on table games such as black jack.  Live dealer casinos have become immensely popular in todays online gambling market read about them here in our live dealer casinos section or play now at Ladbrokes.com.

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Ladbrokes have just released the odds for the next speaker

Michael Martin the speaker of the house of commons is resigning around the problem of Mp’s expenses. Who will be the next speaker? Ladbrokes have the odds up or who will be the next speaker and Gordon Brown is even an option at 1/250. Below are the odds for the different new speakers to come in, place a bet now at Ladbrokes.

Sir George Young 3/1
Alan Beith 6/1
John Bercow 6/1
Frank Field 7/1
Sylvia Heal 10/1
Richard Taylor 12/1
Sir Alan Haselhurst 12/1
Vince Cable 12/1
Ken Clarke 14/1
Richard Shepherd 14/1
Sir Menzies Campbell 14/1
Sir Michael Lord 14/1
Sir Patrick Cormack 14/1
Ann Widdecombe 20/1
Sir Malcolm Rifkind 25/1
Tony Wright 25/1
David Davis 33/1
Norman Baker 33/1
Stephen Pound 33/1
Chris Mullin 40/1
Damian Green 50/1
Diane Abbot 50/1
Jack Straw 50/1
Kate Hoey 50/1
Keith Simpson 50/1
Nick Palmer 200/1
Gordon Brown 250/1

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New Ladbrokes skill game “Who wants to be a millionaire.”

A new Skill With Prizes (SWP) game, closely based on a mega-hit TV show, can now be played at Internet casino and sportsbook Ladbrokes.com.

British online games company JPM Interactive have developed its ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’ title based on the existing SWP format where a player chooses a stake which in turn alters the highest amount which can be won on the prize tree.  The maximum payout for a beginning stake of £1 is £20, increasing to up to £100 for a £5 stake.

One of the main benefits to Ladbrokes is that the game has taken many of its  familiar aspects from the hugely popular TV show – questions getting harder the further a player progresses, rewards increasing for each correct answer, guaranteed prize levels at certain points, and so on.  Even the famous ‘three lifelines’ make an appearance, although they need to be won at the beginning of the game by correctly completing a ‘fastest finger first’ round.

There are however some aspects of the game which do not feature on the TV show, for example there is a time element – all questions must be answered against the clock, and the game ends if time runs out.

Duncan Cheadle, Managing Director for JPM Interactive, said “Millionaire is one of the most popular SWP games ever and it is only a natural progression to have it online”.

 

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X factor betting

X factor betting has become bigger than ever.  A few years ago football was still the most popular game for placing bets on but now X factor is becoming very popular with Ladbrokes and William Hill taking loads of bets on X factor and Strictly come dancing.  Online betting has increased its popularity with viewers popping on to Ladbrokes online to place a quick bet during the advert break.

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