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Ladbrokes PLC

Contact Details

Postal Address: 
Imperial House Imperial Drive Rayners Lane Harrow, HA2 7JW

The name Ladbrokes is synonymous with betting and gaming.

The company, the origins of which date back to 1886, employs 15,000 people in five countries and is one of the world's leading betting and gaming enterprises. Ladbrokes is a market leader in retail bookmaking in the UK, Ireland, Belgium and Spain where it operates a combined total of more than 2,700 betting shops.

The Company also operates betting facilities at eight FA Premiership grounds and nine racecourses, including Ascot. In addition to its extensive retail presence Ladbrokes is a world leader in remote betting and offers thousands of betting markets on a daily basis over the telephone and Internet. The telephone betting operation, utilising call centres in the UK and Malaysia, services around 100,000 customers, while Ladbrokes.com, the Company's online betting and gaming facility, has attracted more than 767,000 active clients. Betting is available in 18 languages and the same number of currencies.

Against a challenging global economic backdrop, Ladbrokes continues to explore international growth opportunities. In addition to its ongoing European operations in Ireland, Belgium and most recently in Spain where the Company is engaged in a joint venture with Cirsa Slot Corporation in the Madrid region, Ladbrokes is pursuing a number of opportunities in new markets, including in China.