UK Bookmaker Coral announced that they have signed 2.5 year deal with Chelsea Football Team to be its European online betting partner till the end of the 2015/2016 Premier League season.

Coral Interactive Managing Director, John O’Reilly said: “We are happy to form this exciting partnership with Chelsea Football Club. They're one of the top football clubs in the world and a successful business too, and we are looking towards providing a fantastic and professional betting service to all of their supporters and customers through our new and improved website and mobile betting platforms.

Chelsea Chief Executive Ron Gourlay said: ‘We are very pleased to align ourselves with such a leading betting company as Coral.

‘We spent a lot of time planning and picking out the right partner in this market sector and in Coral we have found, like ourselves, a well established name that keeps growing both domestically and internationally. I hope Chelsea fans can benefit from the relationship over the next two-and-a-half years.’

Coral offers its customers a comprehensiveselection of betting opportunities on football and many other sports, with more than 100 markets offered on every English Premier League match. The Coral betting service also provides customers live betting on 100s of matches a week from all all over the world, and on each English Premier League and UEFA Champions League match.

In addition, Coral is going to be delivering exclusive offers to Chelsea supporters every week. Chelsea fans can gain access to the Coral service online at coral.co.uk or by downloading the Coral App via smartphone or tablet. The Coral App can be obtained at the App Store.

Coral re-launched its website, coral.co.uk, and mobile platform about a year ago that has seen a fast increase in customer volumes, with active customers up 132% every year and stakes up 158% year on year as reported in the latest Coral results published in December.