| Introduction: Sportingbet Plc, the world’s largest online betting and gaming group, is based in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM market (LSE: SBT). Sportingbet is a pioneer and has helped create a new industry. In just five years, the company has grown to become a £1.2 billion turnover business.
Sportingbet has a strong presence in three global regions, operating in three different time zones and is profitable in each: the US, Europe and Australia. Overall, the company has over 2.5 million registered customers in 200 countries, who place over 1,000,000 bets (casino, poker, sports and virtual games) per day. Total bet volumes show the Group now takes 14 bets per second and deals over a million games of poker everyday on the Paradise Poker site. |