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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Gambling |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Founder | William Chandler |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Michael Tabor, Victor Chandler, former(Chairman) |
| Divisions | Sports Betting, Online Casino |
Betvictor Ltd (formerly Victor Chandler International Limited), is an independent bookmaker. Having initially specialised in online sports betting, the company now incorporates online casino. The company was originally set up and named after its former chairman, Victor Chandler, before a rebrand to BetVictor. The company is now owned by businessman and racehorse owner Michael Tabor, with operational headquarters in Gibraltar.
History[edit]
The company was founded by William Chandler who owned Walthamstow Stadium, which he opened in 1931.[1] After the death of William Chandler in 1946 the business was passed to his five sons with Charles and Percy managing Walthamstow Stadium whilst the bookmaking business passed to Victor Sr. and Jack. The remaining son Ronnie trained greyhounds.[1]Victor Sr. died suddenly in 1974 and the business passed over to Victor Jr., who at the time was working in the hotel industry in Spain.In 1998 took the historic step of taking his entire business off-shore to avoid UK gambling tax, moving the headquarters to Gibraltar.[2] It has been argued this was a cause for Gordon Brown abolishing gambling tax in his 2001 budget.[3]
In 2004 the company was renamed 'VC Bet' for branding reasons, although in late 2008 Chandler himself chose to revert the name to 'Victor Chandler'.[4] In 2012, the company renamed itself again as BetVictor. The company is also a member of the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association[5]In May 2014 businessman and major shareholder of Victor Chandler International, Michael Tabor took over the company.[6] The company now claims to turn over in excess of £1 billion and have over a half a million customers in more than 160 different countries.[7]
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Sponsorship[edit]
BetVictor has sponsored several sporting events over the years, most notably the grade 1 listed Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot Racecourse. In 2013 BetVictor became the sponsor for the Welsh Open snooker and the World Matchplay darts, both of which continued into 2014, with the addition of the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.In 2004 and 2005 Victor Chandler International ran a televised poker tournament called the Victor Chandler Poker Cup which became established as one of the richest events on the circuit. With £250,000 to the tournament's first winner, Harry Demetriou and then £200,000 won in its second year by Tony Bloom, the competition attracted well known professionals from all over the world. There were also celebrity appearances from John McCririck, Teddy Sheringham, Ken Doherty and EastEnders actor Michael Greco.[8]In 2014, BetVictor signed Michael Owen as Brand Ambassador on a three-year deal.On the 1 July 2016, BetVictor became an official partner of Liverpool Football Club.In 2018 BetVictor sponsored the Northern Ireland Open snooker tournament.[9]In 2019 BetVictor will sponsor the World Championship of Ping Pong, a sandpaper table tennis event with $100,000 prize.[10][11] In 2020, BetVictor became the jersey sponsor for Fulham F.C.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ abGenders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN0-7207-1804-X.
- ^'Betting on Gibraltar'. BBC News. 1999-05-14. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
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- ^'VC Bet reverts back to Victor Chandler'. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
- ^'GBGA'. Archived from the original on 9 September 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^Racing Post
- ^https://www.betvictor.com/
- ^Layout 1Archived January 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^http://www.worldsnooker.com/tickets/2017-northern-ireland-open/
- ^http://www.worldchampionshipofpingpong.net/
- ^'Online poker guide'. Saturday, 24 August 2019
- ^'Fulham swaps betting operators in new shirt deal with BetVictor'. Monday, 7 September 2020
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The Good Old Cleopatra Slot!
When I walked into my first land-based casino, Ooh, must have been around 2004 I guess, IGT's 'Cleopatra slot' was THE game to play! I have subsequently disovered it was a bit of acash-in on Aristocrat's Queen Of The Nile slot but nonetheless, Cleo caught the imagination with her 15 free spins at 3x bonus round, in the days when most slots bonus rounds were 'pick 'em' style bonuses rather than the 'free spins' concept we love so much today. Remember the Texas Tea slot? Well, that was pretty much the gold standard until Cleopatra showed up!
Fast forward to 2021 and when I walk into my favorite casinosin Vegas or in London, guess what? Yup...theh Cleopatra slot still sits prominentlyalongside a lot of much newer and more sophisticated games. It's not the only 'old timer'to still put in a showing of course: games like Wolf Run or the original Davinci Diamonds slot game are still quitepopular in some places (and online) but the Cleopatra slots (IGT subsequently release Cleopatra 2 which, inmy opinion is a better - and way more volatile! - game) are still the more popular.
Here in the UK as far as land-based games go, Cleopatra is usually found embedded in the Fort Knox progressive kiosk or on a Game King machine, normally with lower bet limits. There is little doubtthat games ike Book Of Ra and the Pharaoh's Fortune slot get more gameplay in the casinos I frequent but when you consider a standard UK casino licence only allows for 20 slot machines, the fact that Cleopatra is still there in this day and age is quite amazing IMO.
Cleopatra vs Cleopatra II
The original Cleopatra slot (which you can play above) and Cleopatra II share the bonus feature trigger mechanism: 3 scatters anywhere in view. On the original however, when you get the feature you get 15 free spins with all wins trebled (15x3), while on Cleopatra II, you get to pick a number of spins and the multiplier increases by one on each spin. But it's much harder to hit wins on Cleopatra II in the feature round, compared to the original (but when you do it can be monster because of the increasing multiplier in Cleopatra II's free-spin feature).
One note about the respective expected returns (RTP). The two versions of Cleopatra you see at land-based casinos (the sit-down IGT Game King slot machine while the other is the upright 'kiosk' version) both have lower payouts than the online versions. There are two online versions available which differ slightly in appearance, but are both identical in game play.
To be fair, an educated guess says that the Cleopatra slots you see in Vegas casinos have a slightly higher RTP setting than those in the UK because the paytables are more akin to the online version. But it's not published. The version of the Cleopatra slot you find here at Online Casinos Vegas has an RTP marginally over 95% as it does at all online casinos.
The key difference between the online version and the land-based versions of Cleopatra that account for the payout percentage differences is that the online version pays out for two scatter symbols (unlike when you play Cleopatra slot machines using the 'Game King' boxes) and also for 2 9's, unlike both the GameKing and the upright versions at land based casinos.
Cleopatra Slot: My 5-Scatter Win!
I thought you might be interetsted to see this screenshot of 5 scatters that I hit playing the original Cleopatra slot back on 31st January 2010 at BetVictor's online casino. It was the first (and only!) time it's ever happened to me though!