Coral review
Coral is a UK-based bookmaker which is highly popular in the UK and Italy. Coral offer reliable odds, a wide array of sports to bet on and generally fast payment and withdrawal methods. While it accepts bettors from most parts of the world, its promotional offers target mainly UK-based customers.
Coral Company history
The story of present avatar of the Coral brand is an amalgam of history of four companies: Coral, Bass, Eurobet and Grand. Joe Coral, a greyhound racing fan, founded the original Coral group in 1926 in the colonial-era Britain. The company mainly facilitated betting for greyhound racing. Its growth was slow and solely through retail outlets. Another group, called Bass, acquired the company in 1981. By then, Coral had established a betting network of 600+ retail stores and generated considerable goodwill among the betting community.
Eurobet, who in the 1990s had become popular as online betting portal, bought Bass Coral and renamed the firm Eurobet Coral. It was one of the pioneers of in-play betting through the internet.
The company has retained its core strengths even when it was evolved from a high street retail bookmaker to an online betting and gambling provider. Gala Coral now offers almost all types of betting and gambling activities through three channels:
1. Through its 1700+ retails stores in UK and 100+ retail stores in Italy (via Eurobet Italia),
2. Through its internet portal,
3. Through mobile devices.
Coral.co.uk Promotions
The company offers many promotional offers from time to time. However, almost all promotions of Coral are confined to the UK-based bettors. Its major offer is a 100% sign up bonus up to £50. You just need to sign up, place a deposit of a minimum of £10 and make your first bet. The company will offer you a free bet matching your first bet, up to a maximum of £50.
Signing up
Coral.couk website and mobile betting is open to citizens of a number of countries. Citizens of certain countries, for example, the USA, are not allowed. You must be over 18, and should be able to provide age-proof documents, for registration. Only one account is allowed for an individual.
Coral.co.uk Betting options
Coral offer a number of games in their sports book. They offer the widest coverage for UK’s favorite games, football, horse racing and greyhound racing. Any event in these games worth its salt is available in their betting fold. The odds are consistently good too.
It provides betting on many other sports too: American football, athletics, Aussie rules, baseball, basketball, boxing, cricket, cycling, darts, golf, handball, ice hockey, motor sports, rugby, snooker, and tennis. In addition, you can also bet on virtual games, virtual sports, politics, royal specials, TV Specials, and weather.
Managing funds
Coral’s payment methods are fee-less and fast for UK-based customers – whether it is through credit/debit cards, bank transfer or e-wallets like PayPal, Neteller, Instant Banking, Eco and Skrill. Minimum withdrawal and deposit amount is £5. For transaction outside the UK, the transaction service providers charge their fees. The company is quick with their payment request processing and offers impeccable customer service.
Growth and market presence
Even while subjected to frequent mergers and acquisitions, the Coral brand has managed to retain its brand identity among the betting fraternity. It has shown consistent growth, a testimony to the trust it has developed among its customers. In the UK, it has a market share of 20% in sports betting, only two firms have a higher market share. In Italy, it is fifth overall, with 5% market share.