Eurobet.com was the first Company to accept bets via the internet in 1996.
In 1999 Eurobet joined forces with Coral, one of the most familiar and respected names on the British sporting scene with over 75 years bookmaking experience, to form Coral Eurobet.
In October 2005, Gala Group acquired Coral Eurobet in a deal that created Europe’s pre-eminent integrated betting and gaming company with strong market positions in licensed betting offices, bingo clubs and casinos, and a high quality multimedia offer. The combined business is now known as the Gala Coral Group and owns 170 Bingo Clubs, 31 Casino venues and over 1,500 licensed betting offices employing 17,000 people in the UK.
Facts and Figures
Bingo
Gala Bingo is the UK's largest bingo operator.
Bingo is the most popular group leisure activity in the UK and the second most popular individual leisure activity. It is the most popular leisure activity for women between 20 and 25 years old (source: Mintel).
The bingo industry employs some 20,000 people in the UK.
There are 1.94 million subscriptions per week (277,000 subscriptions per day) or around 90 million subscriptions per year to bingo clubs in Great Britain (source: Bingo Association/Gaming Board).
In Great Britain, the bingo industry is estimated to be worth nearly £2 billion.
A bingo player wins a prize every two minutes during trading hours.
Bingo is the only gambling game permitted by the armed forces.
The total money staked on bingo now exceeds £1 billion or £1,118 million - excluding Gaming machines (source: UK Gambling Commission)
Casinos
Gala Casinos has 1.3 million members, with more joining every day.
Around 2,000 people per week visit a Gala Casino.
Roulette is the most popular game by far, accounting for 63% of gaming income. Punto Banco/Baccarat is next with 19.1% and Black Jack 11.1%.
Gala Casinos launched the UK's first linked Wide Area Network Poker game in January 2003. Jackpot Stud Poker links all of Gala's Casinos together with an accumulated jackpot. Over £1 million has been paid out since the game was launched.
Coral
Joe Coral (born Joseph Kagarlitski) began his bookmaking business in 1926 and, although primarily concerned with operating betting pitches at racecourses, he opened his first credit office in London in 1943.
Coral is currently the fastest growing bookmaker in Britain, and rapid expansion has seen the betting shop estate increase from 860 to over 1500 shops over the last three years.
Coral owns two of the finest 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 – not to mention two betting shops at Gatwick Airport and Stansted Airport.
Eurobet (E-Commerce)
Eurobet provides online sports betting, casino, poker and gaming products to Europe in the following 16 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Chinese, Greek, Russian, Turkish, Bulgarian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Albanian and Czech.
Eurobet serves clients in over 130 countries worldwide.
Eurobet offers a variety of betting opportunities on all major sport events including: Football, Tennis, Ice Hockey, Basketball, Skiing, Golf, American Football, Volleyball, Boxing, Horse Racing, Greyhounds, Baseball, Motor-sports (F1, Motorcycling), Cricket, Rugby and several special events such as Election and TV events.
Eurobet’s system handles over 100 million secure transactions worldwide each year, ensuring customers bet with speed, confidence and security. Eurobet uses modern Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology on all web pages that contain personal information (personal details, credit card details, etc). SSL works by encrypting all confidential data so that it cannot be understood by anyone except Eurobet. Eurobet will not share confidential data with any third party.
Eurobet’s highly trained customer service team handles enquiries by email or telephone offering account services, help and advice in 16 languages.
