Online Bookmaker: Coral

Overview

Bookmaker Coral is one of the fastest growing online bookmakers in Britain. As one of the most established retail bookmakers in the world, in recent years they have turned their attention to online betting. Coral has been online since 1997, joining forces with Eurobet.com in 1999 to become Coral Eurobet. Coral had over1600 betting shops in the UK as of August 2009 and owns two greyhound racing stadia in Britain, at Romford and Hove. Coral also operates betting shops at three of Britain’s biggest race courses – Cheltenham, Epsom and Sandown Park.

Coral Sportsbook

Markets and odds
Coral provides a large number of horse racing and football betting markets along with greyhounds and many other sports. Coral’s greatest asset is their world-class horse racing service. It also one of the best bookmakers for greyhound racing, and offers competitive prices on horse racing and football. Coral offers many additional markets when it comes to football, but more limited additional markets for other sports. At Coral players can also find non sports betting options including politics and TV competitions.

The betting site
Coral’ s user-friendly website shows players the top betting highlights, along with a handy A-Z betting menu to find markets quickly. There are also plenty of extra features and services like tutorial videos, a bet calculator, results, Coral radio, horse stats, football stats and a cricket scoreboard.

Live Betting
Coral has a nice live console which is categorised by sport, making it much easier to find the sports or markets you are interested in. There is not as much in-play coverage as other big online bookmakers, especially for less popular leagues, but those that are covered offer a great number of additional markets to bet on.

Coral Casino

Coral casino was established in 2002, and is an impressive casino that offers around 60 games including card games, table games, video poker and slots. Casino players won’t find the variety of casino games at Coral casino that can be found at other casinos, but all the major favourites are covered. Coral casino also has a live casino section with Live Dealer games and attractive female dealers for Roulette, Blackjack and Baccarat.
Ways to play at Coral Casino
Coral Casino is a flash casino and there is no download required in order to play.

Coral Casino software
Coral casino is powered by Chartwell which is an online casino software that was established in 1998 and has a good reputation for offering high quality casino games.

Coral Poker

Coral poker is part of OnGame, one of the largest poker networks on the web. This means traffic and players on the tables at all times. There is an instant play poker option for Mac users or those who prefer to play without having to download the poker software. Coral poker has an impressive range of tournaments and online satellites for a host of live events including the Coral British Masters Poker Tour and a number of satellites to land based poker tournaments like the WPT or WSOP. There is also a good variety of games including Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo and Five Card Draw.

Other Gaming Products

Coral has a Games section where players can enjoy classic arcade games, TV and entertainment games, slots, virtual sports as well as jackpots and a full range of promotions. Coral also offer Gala Bingo which is very popular and probably one of the best bingo rooms online. Gala Bingo has great graphics and a very user- friendly atmosphere as well as many promotions that will keep bingo players satisfied.

Bookmaker's Company Information

About
Established in 1926 and based and licensed in the United Kingdom, Gala Coral is now one of the leading betting and gaming operators in the World.

In October 2005 Coral Eurobet announced that it had been formally acquired by the Gala Group for a consideration of £2.18bn. The deal creates Europe’s pre-eminent integrated betting and gaming company with strong market positions in licensed betting offices, bingo and casinos, and a high quality multimedia offer.

Licence
Coral's website is licensed (licence n. 001-002365-R-102407-001) and regulated in the UK by the Gambling Commission.

Betting Markets
Horse Racing, Football, Tennis, Golf, American football, Australian Football , Basketball, Boxing, Cricket, Cycling, Darts, Greyhounds, Hurling, Ice Hockey, Olympics, Specials, Politics, Motor Sport, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Snooker, TV & Entertainment.

Security
Coral uses modern Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology on all web pages that contain your personal information. SSL works by encrypting all confidential data so that it cannot be understood by anyone except Coral.

Payment Methods
Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, Solo, Visa Debit and Electron, Western Union, Moneybookers, Bank Transfer.

Currencies
UK Sterling (GBP), Euro (EUR), US Dollar (USD).