Ladbroke.co.uk: The company as a whole was formed all the way back in 1886 by two commission agents that used to train horses in the English county of Worcestershire at the aptly named Ladbroke Hall.

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The name Ladbrokes as we still know it today was the new adopted name of the company in 1902 but way back then as gambling was illegal it was just a name really until apart from a few decades around the tracks of Britain fighting it out with all the other local bookies Gambling was made legal in betting shops and Ladbrokes was really born.

As competition rose in the betting world Ladbrokes had to think of ways to gain new custom and with England being Football crazy Ladbrokes were the first company to introduce fixed odds betting coupons which overnight gained new custom and made their rivals much weaker in the process.

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As well as many good times with Ladbrokes growing at a fast rate in stature as a leading high street book maker they were the first bookie to really officially get hurt when one Saturday in 1963 Football results cost them a staggering 1 million GBP which in them years would have been a fortune and really dented their profits.

During the last twenty years Ladbrokes has really took off with the introduction of online gambling as well as the acquisitions of first Texas Home care then the big hotel chain Stakis only to then sell them both on with huge profits.

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Ladbrokes as we know it today has a staggering 2200 shops on the high streets of the UK and some countries in mainland Europe and with the laws being relaxed all the time on gambling I can see them venturing to parts unknown before long because one thing is for sure and that Ladbrokes is here to stay.