The 2001 Sportingbet.com Premier League Snooker professional non-ranking snooker tournament was played from 6 January to 13 May 2001.
In 2003, the Criminal Investigation Bureau announced it was referring 300 Taiwanese customers of the United Kingdom-based online gaming site, Sportingbet, for prosecution.
Since its launch in 2002 it has become the world's largest skill gaming network, with over 2,000,000 players through the online gaming companies William Hill, Gala Coral Eurobet, Paddy Power and Sportingbet plc.
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In 2008, Nigel Payne, previously CEO of Sportingbet joined the GameAccount Network board as Chairman.
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Major bookmakers were signed up such as William Hill, Sportingbet and Paddy Power on whose sites a new product 'tab' called 'skill' was offered under their branding.
Upon the 6 January announcement of the by-election date, odds from Sportingbet favoured Labor at $1.18 against $4.25 for the LNP.
On 28 January 2014 it was announce that sport betting agency Sportingbet acquired the rights to the sponsorship name of the stadium, altering the stadium's name to Sportingbet Stadium Penrith
David Carruthers of BetonSports and Peter Dicks of Sportingbet PLC are each awaiting separate trials on similar charges, although both men are citizens of the United Kingdom while Cohen is an American citizen.