Ladbrokes Wimbledon
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It’s 'Murray Time'! With Nadal crocked and Federer (4/7) no longer perfect, it feels like the stars are aligning for Andy to end the 73-year British drought. You the punters certainly think so, driving his price down to a gnarly 7/4. So is this the year of the Murray miracle, or is someone else standing in the shadows to steal the glory? Here are some facts to help you decide - quiet please!
The third seed hasn’t won Wimbledon since 1990 and has only made the final in one of the last 14 years
But wait...
Federer’s run of five straight Wimbledon wins was ended by Nadal last year. The last man to win five straight was Bjorn Borg and the man who dethroned him, John McEnroe in 1981, was beaten in the final the following year by Queen’s champion Jimmy Connors. Like Murray, Connors won Queen’s without dropping a set, something only four other players achieved since.
Six of the last seven Wimbledon champions came into the tournament as winners at either Queen’s or Halle. Halle was won by Tommy Haas (40/1), who hasn’t got further than the fourth round at Wimbledon in ten attempts.
The last seven champions all won at least three tournaments ahead of Wimbledon that season. Only two players have claimed that many so far this year - Rafael Nadal (five) and Andy Murray (four).
Whatever your bet make Ladbrokes.com your number one for Wimbledon.
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Ladbrokes shows resilience to recession
Ladbrokes shows resilience to recession
Thursday, February 19
Reuters Matt Scuffham
Online Sportsbooks
The nation's biggest bookmaker Ladbrokes said its business had shown resilience against the impact of the recession as it reported full-year operating profit slightly ahead of market expectations on Thursday. Skip related content
Ladbrokes, which has 2,100 betting shops in Britain, said operating profit, excluding bets by high stakes gamblers, increased by 0.9 percent to 243.8 million pounds in the year to December 31.
That was just ahead of the market consensus of 240 million pounds, based on a survey of 19 analysts by the company. Shares in Ladbrokes were up 6.5 percent at 193.5 pence at 9:15 a.m.
"We think these results will be well received and with the current trading still not demonstrating any signs of a slowdown we would expect the shares to react positively this morning," said Numis analyst Richard Carter.
Carter, who kept an 'add' recommendation, upgraded his 2009 pretax profit forecast by 16 percent to 181.1 million pounds, and his 2010 forecast by 1 percent to 159.5 million.
Bookmakers are widely regarded as being less vulnerable than other retailers to the recession given the habitual nature of gamblers and because it is a "low ticket" industry, with an average bet of less than 10 pounds.
"All of our businesses are showing remarkable resilience. People still like going to have a few pounds on a bet," Chief Executive Chris Bell told reporters on a conference call.
The industry has also benefited from diversifying into new revenue streams such as gambling machines and online.
"The business is much stronger in depth now. In the last recession (in early 1990s), we didn't have machines, we didn't have different products and we had no web business," said Bell.
Gross win -- total bets minus payouts -- increased by 11.1 percent during the year to 1.14 billion pounds, excluding bets by high stakes gamblers.
However, Ladbrokes said trade in the first six weeks of the current year had been affected by bad weather which led to several horseracing meetings being cancelled and between 200-300 shops being closed as snow stopped staff getting to work.
Bell said there had been twice as many race cancellations than in the previous year over the six week period and the rate of abandonments was three times was than the average for that time of the year.
Gross win since the year end, excluding high rollers, was 1 percent up on the previous year.
High rollers who place five figure sums on individual bets contributed 80.1 million pounds to operating profit during the year. Since the year end, they have contributed 24 million pounds to operating profit.
Ladbrokes maintained its final dividend at 9.05 pence, making a total dividend for the year of 14.15 pence.
The company's biggest rival, William Hill, is due to report full year results on February 27.
Thursday, February 19
Reuters Matt Scuffham
Online Sportsbooks
The nation's biggest bookmaker Ladbrokes said its business had shown resilience against the impact of the recession as it reported full-year operating profit slightly ahead of market expectations on Thursday. Skip related content
Ladbrokes, which has 2,100 betting shops in Britain, said operating profit, excluding bets by high stakes gamblers, increased by 0.9 percent to 243.8 million pounds in the year to December 31.
That was just ahead of the market consensus of 240 million pounds, based on a survey of 19 analysts by the company. Shares in Ladbrokes were up 6.5 percent at 193.5 pence at 9:15 a.m.
"We think these results will be well received and with the current trading still not demonstrating any signs of a slowdown we would expect the shares to react positively this morning," said Numis analyst Richard Carter.
Carter, who kept an 'add' recommendation, upgraded his 2009 pretax profit forecast by 16 percent to 181.1 million pounds, and his 2010 forecast by 1 percent to 159.5 million.
Bookmakers are widely regarded as being less vulnerable than other retailers to the recession given the habitual nature of gamblers and because it is a "low ticket" industry, with an average bet of less than 10 pounds.
"All of our businesses are showing remarkable resilience. People still like going to have a few pounds on a bet," Chief Executive Chris Bell told reporters on a conference call.
The industry has also benefited from diversifying into new revenue streams such as gambling machines and online.
"The business is much stronger in depth now. In the last recession (in early 1990s), we didn't have machines, we didn't have different products and we had no web business," said Bell.
Gross win -- total bets minus payouts -- increased by 11.1 percent during the year to 1.14 billion pounds, excluding bets by high stakes gamblers.
However, Ladbrokes said trade in the first six weeks of the current year had been affected by bad weather which led to several horseracing meetings being cancelled and between 200-300 shops being closed as snow stopped staff getting to work.
Bell said there had been twice as many race cancellations than in the previous year over the six week period and the rate of abandonments was three times was than the average for that time of the year.
Gross win since the year end, excluding high rollers, was 1 percent up on the previous year.
High rollers who place five figure sums on individual bets contributed 80.1 million pounds to operating profit during the year. Since the year end, they have contributed 24 million pounds to operating profit.
Ladbrokes maintained its final dividend at 9.05 pence, making a total dividend for the year of 14.15 pence.
The company's biggest rival, William Hill, is due to report full year results on February 27.
Ladbrokes says betting holding up
Ladbrokes says betting holding up
2009/02/19
Ladbrokes SportsBook
Bookmaker Ladbrokes has seen its annual profits edge up, despite the wider economic slowdown.
Operating profits for the group reached £243.8m in the twelve months to 31 December 2008 - an increase of 0.9% on the previous year.
The firm's chief executive Christopher Bell said a rise in internet gaming had contributed to the company's success.
The results were slightly ahead of market forecasts, sending shares in the firm up 5.7% in early afternoon trade.
Betting is often considered to be more resilient to recessions than other leisure activities, because of the habitual nature of gambling and the fact that most bets are quite small, with the average bet below £10.
"People still like going to have a few pounds on a bet," said Mr Bell.
The amount bet by so called high rollers - those who place five figure sums on individual bets - contributed £80.1m of operating profit to the group.
However, Ladbrokes added that trade in the first six weeks of this year had been adversely affected by bad weather.
Snow caused numerous race cancellations and between two and three hundred shops had to be closed as staff struggled to get to work.
2009/02/19
Ladbrokes SportsBook
Bookmaker Ladbrokes has seen its annual profits edge up, despite the wider economic slowdown.
Operating profits for the group reached £243.8m in the twelve months to 31 December 2008 - an increase of 0.9% on the previous year.
The firm's chief executive Christopher Bell said a rise in internet gaming had contributed to the company's success.
The results were slightly ahead of market forecasts, sending shares in the firm up 5.7% in early afternoon trade.
Betting is often considered to be more resilient to recessions than other leisure activities, because of the habitual nature of gambling and the fact that most bets are quite small, with the average bet below £10.
"People still like going to have a few pounds on a bet," said Mr Bell.
The amount bet by so called high rollers - those who place five figure sums on individual bets - contributed £80.1m of operating profit to the group.
However, Ladbrokes added that trade in the first six weeks of this year had been adversely affected by bad weather.
Snow caused numerous race cancellations and between two and three hundred shops had to be closed as staff struggled to get to work.
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