Bookmakers Ladbrokes

Ladbrokes take massive hit over Premiership all winning ways

tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009

The Premiership 's all winning ways have hurt bookmakers Ladbrokes this season. read more

Ladbrokes in £275m cash call

The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009

The bookmaker Ladbrokes has said that dire third-quarter trading, driven by unfavourable footfall results, forced its hand in launching a £275m right issue yesterday to pay down its debt mountain.

Ladbrokes lose out as Premier League teams win

Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

BOOKMAKER Ladbrokes today said profits were down 58% after it suffered a barren start to the English Premier League football season.

• Top Teams' Winning Streak Hammers Bookies - Sky News

Ladbrokes to raise $439 million in rights issue

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K. bookmaker Ladbrokes said Thursday that it plans to raise around 275 million pounds ($439 million) by selling shares to existing investors. The firm said shareholders will be able to buy one new shares at 95 pence for every two they already hold. The price is a 48% discount to Wednesday's closing price. Ladbrokes said the sale will help it reduce net...

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Ed's picks (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009

Every punter need to familiarize himself with online bookmakers and their offer if he wants to be successful in betting online. Some punters tend to go after the betting bonuses and that becomes the only thing that attracts them to a certain bookie but even though these can help you earn some extra cash, there is much more to it. A good way to get acquainted with online bookies is by...

Horse racing and country-by-country reporting

Tax Research UK (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

... I explained (in broad terms). He immediately drew attention to a story in his newspaper – that UK bookmaker Ladbrokes has just completed the relocation of its online betting activity to Gibraltar . It is not the first to do so. What surprised me was his feeling on the issue. He said that UK horse racing, whether it be owners, trainers or race course owners are livid about the development....

Punters 'abandon X Factor's Danyl'

Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009

WENNX Factor contestant Danyl Johnson is no longer being backed by gamblers, it has been claimed.Bookmaker Ladbrokes has taken just one £50 bet on Johnson to win the series since the singer found himself in the on Sunday.A spokesman for the firm said: "Danyl's plight came as a real shock. It's knocked punters' faith in him. We can't give him away at the moment."Johnson was once the bookies'...

Linfield's day

Daily Express (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

... this afternoon boasts two £40,000 listed races for fillies: total prize money is £113,600. Bookmakers Ladbrokes, totesport, Barry Dennis, Coral and the EBF, all long-standing sponsors back a seven-race card.SEARCH RACING for:

Sea The Stars to stand at Aga Khan's Irish stud

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009

... Aga Khan is certain to send his champion 2008 Arc-winning filly Zarkava to Sea The Stars. Bookmakers Ladbrokes offer 100-1 against their offspring winning the 2014 Arc.(Writing by ; Editing by )

Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 — Prediction Accuracy

Midas Oracle .ORG (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2009 to Elinor Ostrom “for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons” and Oliver E. Williamson “for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm”. Both the bookmakers and [...] Midas Oracle...

Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 Predictions

Midas Oracle .ORG (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009

The 2009 Nobel prize for economics (2009 Sveriges Riksbank prize in economic sciences) will be awarded on Monday, October 12, 2009. 1. Bookmakers Ladbrokes’s probabilities (odds) for the 2009 Nobel prize in economics: Eugene Fama 2/1 Paul Romer 4/1 Ernst Fehr 6/1 Kenneth R. French 6/1 William Nordhaus 6/1 Robert Barro 7/1 Matthew J Rabin 8/1 Jean Tirole 9/1 Martin Weitzman 9/1 Chris...

Top Teams' Winning Streak Hammers Bookies

Sky News (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

Chelsea and Manchester United have had a winning start to the season, but their Premier League victories have caused misery for bookmaker Ladbrokes.

Mantel favourite to take Booker prize

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009

... times of Thomas Cromwell."There's only one name on literary punters' lips," said Nick Weinberg of bookmakers Ladbrokes, adding that the novel had attracted over 80 per cent of all bets. "It will be a huge surprise if she fails to secure the prize."The winner, selected by a five-member jury from English-language works by authors from the Commonwealth and Ireland, receives a cheque...

£100m cash call shock as revived JJB Sports bids to double in size

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009

... information "shortly".Dozens of companies have gone to the market to raise cash in recent months. Bookmaker Ladbrokes joined the list this week, announcing a £275m rights issue.Shareholders in JJB are being invited to take part in a turnaround programme under new executive chairman Sir David Jones, who is expected to move the chain to a more premium offering.JJB has suffered from...

Tory banned from conference after £150 champagne arrest

Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

... extent of his wealth and his time in Oxford University's controversial Bullingdon Club.Meanwhile, bookmakers Ladbrokes offered odds of 14-1 that the Tory Leader would mention the word 'champagne' in his conference speech.Ladbrokes spokesman Robin Hutchison said: "He's probably hoping his champagne moment will come in May next year."

• Tory banned from conference after £150 champagne arrest - News Scotsman
• Tory banned from conference for 'stealing champagne' - Metro.co.uk