The Bookmaker Ratings

Bookmaker Ratings - the international analytical online publication which mediates disputes between players and bookmakers. Bookmaker Ratings was founded by Paruyr Shahbazyan in 2012 when he spent $50 purchasing a simple website template.[1] Also in 2012, Bookmaker Ratings made the news after being informed of a possible match-fixing incident in the Russian championship between Khimki and Petrotrest. Later, UEFA asked them to investigate the match between these two sides in order to identify any incidents. Bookmaker Ratings does not only try to solve disputes between players and bookmakers but also has an independent rating system[2] where bookmakers are ranked from 1 to 5 on several criteria including: reliability, speed of payments, customer support and value of odds. This system of ratings is regularly updated, including new bookmaking companies.

The website, which is available in four languages, publishes daily betting tips for various sports, written by the site's authors who range from journalists to ex-players including commentator Konstantin Genich and former world number 5 tennis player Anna Chakvetadze. Other experts in the past have included football World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro and former heavyweight boxing champion Nikolai Valuev.[3] Bookmaker Ratings averages 1.2 million hits a month, 350,000 of which are unique visitors. During Bookmaker Ratings' four years of existence, they have helped refund players more than 1.4m US dollars.

In May 2016, Bookmaker Ratings created their 'Handicap Platform', which allows users to post their own betting tips on sporting events. The site also contains a section which gives readers the latest news from the bookmaking world as well as bookmakers' bonuses and a betting encyclopedia. Furthermore, Bookmaker Ratings has its own YouTube channel.