Chapter 2: Market overviews
Top 10 Sports betting sites offering Russian language, December 2015 Rank Sportsbooks Software Jurisdiction Primary language
1 William Hill Sportsbook & Racebook
2 Ladbrokes Sportsbook & Racebook
3 bet-at-home Sportsbook & Racebook
1X2gaming, OpenBet, Sporting Solutions
1X2gaming, Inspired Gaming, Playtech, VSoftCo
Bettorlogic, Proprietary
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Pinnacle Sports |
Bettorlogic, GGL, MultiSlot, Proprietary |
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Sportingbet |
Amaya, Aristocrat Online, Ash |
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Gaming, Betgenius, Enetpulse, |
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Evolution Gaming, GAN, GTECH |
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G2, GTS, ISWI, Microgaming, |
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NetEnt, NYX Gaming, Play’ n GO, |
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Quickspin, Sportradar |
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Unibet Sports & |
Kambi, Parspro |
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Racebook |
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7 |
Pari-Match |
Evolution Gaming, Microgaming, |
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Playtech, Sportradar, Tain, XPG |
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Marathon Bet |
1X2gaming, Betsoft, Evolution |
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Gaming, iSoftBet, Microgaming, |
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Proprietary |
Gibraltar, United Kingdom
Gibraltar, United Kingdom
Malta, United Kingdom
Curaçao, Malta
Gibraltar, Kahnawake, Malta
Malta
Curaçao
Curaçao
9 |
10Bet Sports |
SBTech |
Curaçao |
10 |
1xBet |
Betgames, Drive Media Entertainmnet, Endorphina, Greentube, Igrosoft, Microgaming, NetEnt, Novomatic, Playtech, XPG |
Curaçao |
Russian
Source: Online Casino City
Turkey
Country Most popular sports
Turkey
Football, wrestling, basketball, volleyball, motorsports The most popular sport in Turkey is football, whilst yagh gures(‘ oiled wrestling’) has remained the national sport since the days of the Ottoman Empire. Basketball, volleyball, motorsports, Greco-Roman wrestling, freestyle wrestling and weightlifting are also popular in Turkey.
Government-run online sportsbook Sports Toto signed a five-year deal in 2010 for the title sponsorship of the Turkey’ s top four football leagues worth $ 125m.
Allegations of football match fixing surfaced in Turkey in early 2010 and the government has consequently adopted a tougher stance on illegal online betting.
In October 2015 Turkish authorities announced that they want to privatise the state’ s Sports Toto and Horse Racing Authority, estimating that this would yield $ 10bn in revenue. Even though Turkish gaming laws limit options to sports betting and lottery, the news has caused a stir among religious groups, who say that all forms of gambling should be forbidden.
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