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Tuesday 21 March 2023 Dublin: 11°C

# Ladbrokes

All time
# phase two plus
Betting companies seek clarity from the government about reopening dates
Many bookies believed they were permitted to reopen last week.
# Gambling
Betting adverts to be banned 'whistle-to-whistle' during live sports broadcasts in the UK
Between 28,000 and 40,000 people in Ireland suffer from a gambling disorder.
# quid pro quo
Despite new FA stance, clubs' seedy relationship with gambling companies as strong as ever
As the governing body rows back, clubs continue to roll around in a cesspit of sponsorship arrangements, regardless of the consequences.
# Gamble
English FA ends all sponsorship with betting companies
Ladbrokes had an existing deal but agreed to end it immediately.
# holy moly trinity
There was huge money to be made gambling on three of 2016's most unexpected victories
Leicester winning the Premier League, the Brexit vote, and Donald Trump’s presidential victory combined into an accumulator worth a staggering €5.3 million – from a €1.20 bet.
# Wager
One Leicester fan is set for a 1000/1 win with the bookies if they're top after this weekend
It could be a very merry Christmas for him if results go their way over the next few days.
# upping the stakes
Irish bookies won't be subject to new UK gambling regulation
Four of the UK’s biggest bookmakers have come together to self impose a number of new advertising regulations.
# You Beauty
Lucky Cork punter wins €19k after €60 bet on two golfing outsiders
Ladbrokes have to shell out a few readies to the lucky dweller from the Rebel County.
# London
Betting shop employee killed in south London – reports
The deceased, 55, is understood to have died in Ladbrokes’ Aberconway Road branch early this morning.
# Good Counsel
Outsider: Liberty Counsel takes Grand National win
The 50/1 shot was able to hold off the challenge from Willie Mullins’ Away We Go.
# Cannot be unseen
Coming soon to a bus stop near you... Tony Cascarino in his Y-fronts
You couldn’t make it up. We promise you we didn’t.
# Race for the Áras
Bookies make Higgins favourite after Gallagher support 'evaporates'
All the major bookies have now made Michael D Higgins their favourite to win the Presidency, though Gallagher should top the poll.
# nobel laureate
Tomas Tranströmer wins Nobel literature prize
The 80-year-old Swedish poet was named this year’s winner to loud cheers at a press conference in Stockholm.