whipsaw Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 - Englische Version (Übersetzung folgt) - 2010 OCTOBERShares in Betfair Group plc begin trading on the London Stock Exchange SEPTEMBERBetfair announces its intention to list on the London Stock Exchange AUGUSTBetfair is first betting company to launch a widget for the iPad in Apple’s App store JUNEBetfair is first betting company to launch a betting widget for internet enabled televisions MAYBetfair is first betting company to launch a widget for the iPad in Apple’s iphone store APRILBetfair announces that it has three million registered customers. 2009 OCTOBERShares in Betfair Group plc begin trading on the London Stock Exchange SEPTEMBERBetfair announces its intention to list on the London Stock Exchange AUGUSTBetfair is first betting company to launch a widget for the iPad in Apple’s App store JUNEBetfair is first betting company to launch a betting widget for internet enabled televisions MAYBetfair is first betting company to launch a widget for the iPad in Apple’s iphone store APRILBetfair announces that it has three million registered customers. 2008 DECEMBERFive-year sponsorship of the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot announced with prize money for the race hitting £1 million for the first time. Betfair employees choose the children's charity Sparks as its Charity of the Year for 2009, with the aim of raising £150,000. NOVEMBERMelbourne's prestigious Sandown Racecourse is to be renamed Betfair Park in a three-year sponsorship deal. Betfair hosts the third 'Pride of Racing' Awards which raises over £31,000 for Racing Welfare. SEPTEMBERBetfair registers its two millionth customer. Betfair Arcade is launched with an initial sixty games available to play, and more titles promised each month. JUNEEuro 2008 produces Betfair's highest three football markets in terms of volume of bets matched. MAYBetfair's Italian Sportsbook is launched. APRILBetfair wins an unprecedented second Queen's Award for Enterprise, this time in the International Trade category. Winners of the award are selected on the recommendation of the Prime Minister and an independent advisory committee. MARCHBetfair wins case against the Western Australian Government in the Australian High Court. FEBRUARYBetfair presents £125,000 to SportsAid, its Charity of the Year, at the end of the first of their two year fundraising partnership. JANUARYBetfair launches Cash-4-Clubs, an innovative new scheme to help community sports clubs throughout the country raise vital funds. 2007 DECEMBERBetfair creates a new business, Tradefair, to provide a range of financial products to the retail market. Betfair's revolutionary Starting Price product - the Betfair SP - is launched. NOVEMEBERBetfair sets out its ambitious environmental strategy to reduce its carbon footprint by 30% per pound of revenue by the end of 2010. OCTOBERFirst Betfair television adverts are screened in the UK and Sweden. SEPTEMBERBetfair presents the first World Series of Poker Europe in London. Betfair Turbo Tennis launches at the O2. Betfair wins 'Operator of the Year' at the eGaming Review Industry Awards. Betfair signs a product fee agreement and MoU with the Football Federation of Australia. AUGUSTBetfair becomes the 'Development Partner of Team University Great Britain' as the team travels to compete at the World University Games in Bangkok. JULYBetfair becomes the Official Betting Partner of the England Rugby Union team. Betfair announces a deal with Tattersalls, Europe's largest Bloodstock Auctioneers, which will see it sponsoring the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. MAYBetfair creates new IT development centre in Cluj, Romania. Betfair hosts the SportsAid Quiz at Lord's; the main fundraising event of its annual partnership with SportsAid. APRILBetfair launches Exchange Omaha Hi. MARCHThe business undergoes a rebranding with a campaign focused on "a different kind of betting company". Kauto Star wins the Betfair Million; a one million pound bonus offered to any horse which could win the Betfair Chase at Haydock, the King George at Kempton and the Cheltenham Gold Cup in one season. Betfair wins, for the second time, the Computer Weekly award for 'Best Places to Work in IT'. FEBRUARYBetfair Radio launches. JANUARYBetfair launches its two-year charity partnership with SportsAid, the charity for sports people, with the aim of providing a half million pound boost for SportsAid. Betfair signs a MoU with Tennis Australia. 2006 DECEMBERBetfair becomes the first online gaming organisation to gain the internationally recognised ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Information Security Management System Certification. NOVEMBERBetfair acquires Timeform, the world-renowned brand publishing horseracing ratings, form guides and analysis. Betfair hosts the Betfair Asian Poker Tour in Singapore. Betfair signs a MoU with The PGA Tour of Australasia. OCTOBERBetfair launches its online casino, featuring the revolutionary Zero Lounge. Betfair Poker re-launches on Betfair's own platform, developed since the PokerChamps acquisition in 2005. Betfair hosts the second 'Pride of Racing' Awards which raises £35,000 for Racing Welfare. Betfair wins Socially Responsible Operator of the Year for the second year running at the eGaming Awards. Betfair wins the first annual Citrix Customer Innovation Award. AUGUSTBetfair's Australian office in Hobart, Tasmania becomes fully operational with the launch of the Australian exchange. Betfair agrees to pay 10 per cent of its revenue on Irish horseracing directly to Horse Racing Ireland (HRI). The voluntary agreement guarantees revenues to HRI in excess of £1 million a year, for the first three years. Betfair agrees MoUs with the Irish Turf Club and the Irish Football Association. JULYFrench, Bulgarian and Czech language sites are added, taking the total to 18 worldwide. Betfair signs MoUs with Racing Services Tasmania and Racing Victoria Limited. JUNEBetfair handles a record number of bets during the World Cup. Betfair wins the 'Most Effective Enterprise-Wide Infrastructure' award at the Effective IT Awards. Betfair Mobile launches in time for the World Cup. The third of Betfair's exchange-enabled games products, Exchange Baccarat, is launched. MAYBetfair signs MoU ahead of the World Cup with FIFA Early Warning Systems Ltd. Betfair launches its World Cup Betting Zone. APRILBetfair signs an agreement with Post Office Ltd to streamline the identity verification of customers. MARCHBetfair wins the 'Hollis Media Sponsorship of the Year' for its sponsorship of Channel 4's coverage of the Ashes in 2005. FEBRUARYBetfair signs a deal with PayPal to allow its European customers to make payments using PayPal. Betfair signs MoUs with the Belgian FA, the British Darts Organisation and the Rugby Football League. Betfair launches a new Express View which displays the current back prices only on all Betfair's markets. JANUARYBetfair is awarded a licence to operate in Australia by the Tasmanian Gaming Commission. The Brooke Hospital for Animals is announced as Betfair's 'Charity of the Year' 2005 NOVEMBERBetfair wins for the second year running 'Company of the Year' at the CBI Growing Business Awards. It is the first company to successfully retain its title. Betfair is named 'Socially Responsible Operator of the Year' at the inaugural eGaming Industry Awards. OCTOBERBetfair acquires the Danish-based poker platform, PokerChamps. Betfair hosts the inaugural 'Pride of Racing' Awards, in aid of Racing Welfare, to salute the unsung heroes of the horseracing industry. Betfair signs MoUs with the Sony Erickson WTA Tour, the International Tennis Federation, the Grand Slam Committee, the Lawn Tennis Association and Australian Football League. SEPTEMBERBetfair is named the UK's seventh fastest-growing technology company in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100. JULY - SEPTEMBERBetfair sponsors The Ashes on Channel 4, its first broadcast sponsorship. JUNEBetfair launches Spanish and Turkish language websites. MAYBetfair announces £1m bonus for any horse winning the inaugural Grade One Betfair Chase at Haydock in November, the King George and the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Betfair obtains a licence to operate in Malta. APRILBetfair becomes the Official Betting Partner of the John Smith's Grand National meeting, the world's most famous race and watched by 600 million people worldwide, in an exclusive three-year deal. Betfair announces the sponsorship of a new race at Haydock Park in November, one of only three Grade One Chases in the country (the others being The King George and The Cheltenham Gold Cup) with prize money of £150,000. Betfair welcomes the Gambling Act 2005, which for the first time provides a regulatory framework for remote gambling operators in the UK. Betfair is granted a licence in Austria, its first outside the UK. MARCHBetfair named as the 'Best Place to work in IT' in the entertainment and leisure category at the 2005 Computer Weekly award. FEBRUARYBetfair signs MoU with the US Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau. JANUARYBetfair signs an exclusive deal with Yahoo! UK and Ireland to launch a simplified co-branded betting exchange. Betfair signs MoUs with UEFA and the National Greyhound Racing Club. Betfair launches its first 'Charity of the Year' partnership with Racing Welfare. 2004 DECEMBER Betfair wins 'Company of the Year' in the Confederation of British Industry's Growing Business Awards. NOVEMBERBetfair launches a rescue package for Sporting Options' customers who have lost money as a result of Sporting Options, a betting exchange company, going into administration. Betfair opens second office in the UK in Stevenage. OCTOBER 2004Betfair hosts its first online poker tournament with £100,000 prize money. SEPTEMBER Betfair successfully migrates 300,000 customers to Betex, its new platform. Betfair sponsors the St Leger, the world's oldest Classic horserace. Betfair signs MoU with the National Horseracing Authority of South Africa. JULY Betfair signs joint venture with Australia's Publishing and Broadcasting Limited. MAY Betfair launches its poker site as a licensee of Cryptologic. APRIL Betfair signs MoU with Cricket Australia. MARCH Betfair signs MoU with the English Football Association. JANUARY Betfair signs MoU with International Cricket Council. 2003 NOVEMBER Betfair signs training initiative with GamCare, the charity which promotes responsible attitudes to gambling. Betfair launches site translations in German, Danish, Greek, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Chinese. OCTOBERBetfair signs MoU with Association of Tennis Professionals. JUNE Betfair signs landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK Jockey Club, aimed at protecting and maintaining the integrity of horseracing. APRIL Betfair wins Queen's Award for Enterprise, in the Innovation category, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister and following a full assessment by the Department of Trade and Industry. 2002 OCTOBER The co-founders of Betfair, Andrew Black and Edward Wray, are named Ernst and Young Emerging Entrepreneurs of the Year. SEPTEMBER Betfair moves to its new offices in Hammersmith, London. JULY Betfair becomes the shirt sponsor of Fulham Football Club. DECEMBERBetfair merges with Flutter.com. OCTOBER Betfair launches its telephone betting service. 2001 JUNEBetfair becomes the exclusive betting exchange provider for the Racing Post's website. MAY Betfair manages its first in-running soccer market - Alaves v Liverpool in the UEFA Cup Final. 2000 OCTOBER Betfair places its first advertisement. JUNE The Sporting Exchange launches Betfair. Betfair's first market is on The Oaks, won by Love Divine. 1999 AUGUSTThe parent company, The Sporting Exchange Limited, is formed to develop the betting exchange platform. 1998 JULY Bert meets Edward Wray to discuss his idea and the two agree to work together. JANUARY Andrew (Bert) Black develops his idea of a betting exchange. Quelle: Betfair Corporate ©01/2011 - History Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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