25 May 2006
Sports betting is a huge and growing market in the United Kingdom, and the world at large. Online casinos and sports betting sites are merging and expanding in order to cater for this increased interest and boom in the industry. Punters interested in sports betting have a wide selection of sites and portals to provide them with information and real-time results on matches and games. The sporting industry has become totally interactive and it is highly due to the sports betting hype.
Recently, an additional source of information has become available to those punters who are curious for an extra edge on the sports betting market. An all-new sports betting newspaper titled The Sportsman was launched in March and has reportedly created the first real challenge for another sports betting magazine The Racing Post. The newspaper employs over 100 journalists and has an initial circulation of 50,000, which has surpassed predictions by 10,000.
According to a recent report, the British gambling market has increased from £7 billion in 2001 to £44 billion in 2005, with sports betting becoming more popular due to new online features that allow customers to place bets on events as they happen. This magazine will open up more sources of information for punters who want to know what is going on in the online gambling markets before making betting decisions. With knowledge being power, the sports betting market is becoming all-powerful.