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LADBROKES REVIEW
Ladbrokes was founded in 1902, servicing the gambling needs of the wealthy gentlemans clubs in London, customer accounts were settled in Georgian splendor over champagne, brandy and cigars. Ladbrokes soon became one of the major firms sending money from off course bookmakers to those on course so as to adjust the starting price odds of individual races. Throughout the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s business boomed and Ladbrokes grew from strength to strength.
In the latter part of the 20th century, thanks to increasing methods of transportation and the legalisation of betting shops, the company changed directions by opening themselves up to the general public and quickly grew in terms of high street presence, at one point they were opening up 14 shops every week within the UK.
Today, Ladbrokes currently boast 2,141 shops in Britain, Ireland and Belgium, they own numerous casinos in London, they are still floated on the London stock exchange and now have a thriving online presence. Long have they been known as the number one high street bookmaker and altough the current climate within the bookmaker industry has become ever more fierce, they still hold their own as one of the biggest players around.
Ladbrokes are the epitomy of no frills betting, but even they are offering a £50 free bet to all new customers who open an account through a TakesAllSports advert. Simply place a bet between £10 and £50 and they will match your stake with a free bet of equivalent value.
Banking options forLadbrokes vary throughout the world, but for the UK, they currently accept Maestro, Switch, Laser and Solo debit cards, Mastercard and Visa credit cards, Paypal, Neteller, Click & Buy, UKash, Moneybookers, Western Union and bank transfer. You can also deposit and withdraw in any of their high street shops, so long as you have the right identification and details pertaining to the account.
Ladbrokes being the global player that they are have telephone customer service for both the UK and rest of the world. They have a freephone number for UK residents which we found to be well organised and it took less than a minute to speak to one of their customer service representatives. They also provide email support that normally gets a response within 24 hours and in many cases, much less longer.
Ladbrokes have a wide range of betting markets to gamble on, including all the major sports such as Horse racing, football, golf, tennis, baseball, basketball and American football, plus many more. They have betting in running on many sports, including most of the major sporting events in the betting calendar.
With coverage coming from a number of agents, Ladbrokes TV offers punters a chance to watch many of the sporting events they can bet on; at the time of writing, their schedule includes events from horse racing, tennis, golf, cricket, darts, rugby, baseball and motor cycling, we would expect to see football listed if this review had'nt taken place during pre season, this was confirmed by one of their friendly customer service representatives.
Other areas of interest we found were their mobile betting facility which allows you to place bets while away from your PC and local Labrokes shop, they also have one of the largest results services we have found on any bookmakers website.
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