Irish Bookmakers - size.

meriwether

Just having a debate at work re the big Irish bookmakers.

Which are the biggest ones out there?
Boyles
Celtic
Cashmans
Mulhollands
Sean Graham
Bruces
Hacketts.

Am I missing anyone?

Bluetonic

Yeah your missing the so called biggest one - quite obvious too, though perhaps this is some sort of trick question as it's registered offices are also on the IOM, but then so are most 'Irish' bookies.

What is the definition of biggest? Turnover through their Irish registered company?

Mountjoy Mugger

Apart from PP, there's also Terry Rogers (not the biggest by a long shot).

meriwether

Bluetonic wrote: »

Yeah your missing the so called biggest one - quite obvious too, though perhaps this is some sort of trick question as it's registered offices are also on the IOM, but then so are most 'Irish' bookies.

What is the definition of biggest? Turnover through their Irish registered company?

No, no trick question.
I was trying to think of big Irish bookies, I thought of Powers easy enough.

The rest were examples of where I was going.

Turnover/shops would be ideal.

How big are chronicle? Anyone know?

Bluetonic

Don't forget Ladbrokes. They have the most amount of shops on the island of Ireland, being 271 (Paddy Power 187, Boyles 123) Like another of the other big high street bookies in Ireland they put revenue through the IOM. I imagine their cash flow through their Irish shops would put them in the top 3 at least.

They are as much 'Irish' as Paddy Power or Boyles.

meriwether

Thanks Blue.
I think I can be a bit more specific - Irish, Private and independent.

What size is Bamburys, does anyone know? Limerick based, same goes for Kevin McManus's operation.

mccarte2

meriwether wrote: »

I think I can be a bit more specific - Irish, Private and independent.

1. Boyles
2. Celtic
3. Terry Rogers / Hacketts

At a guess

Bluetonic

Boyle Sports is the largest independent Irish bookmaker anyhow.

Some figures are
2006 (year ending June) - Turnover of 507m euro, operation profit of 3.9m euro
2007 (year ending June) - Turnover of 629m euro, operation profit of 15.6m euro

Mountjoy Mugger

The Track is another Irish bookies chain - well, they've got a few in Dublin anyway.

Bluetonic

Mountjoy Mugger wrote: »

The Track is another Irish bookies chain - well, they've got a few in Dublin anyway.

Yeah they've a few in the north-east area also, owned by a Balbriggan publican.

raheny red

Bluetonic wrote: »

Boyle Sports is the largest independent Irish bookmaker anyhow.

Pretty sure that Hacketts claim that one

Bluetonic

raheny red wrote: »

Pretty sure that Hacketts claim that one

Seems we got a fight for the title on our hands...

http://www.hacketts.ie/about.asp
Having started out with a single shop in 1965, Hacketts are now Ireland ’s largest independent bookmaker, with almost 70 shops nationwide and two on-course offices.

http://www.boylesports.com/info/d.asp?show=AboutUs
Boylesports is Ireland's largest independent bookmakers. Since the company was established in 1989 by John Boyle, Boylesports has been recognised for setting new standards of customer service in the industry in Ireland.

Colonel Sanders

Boyles may be biggest by number if shops but really hard to actually classify them as a bookmaker

raheny red

Is it true that the Paddy Power shop up at Northside Shopping Center is the busiest in Ireland?

meriwether

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Boyles may be biggest by number if shops but really hard to actually classify them as a bookmaker

Its more of an arcade.

Colonel Sanders

a mate of mine once auditted a major bookmakers (won't name them). Had a spreadsheet with the individual turnover by shop. The most profitable shops were the ones in the scummiest areas of dublin. Drug money galore being washed through them (mine and my mates opinion, not that of any employee of the bookmakers)

bohsman

raheny red wrote: »

Is it true that the Paddy Power shop up at Northside Shopping Center is the busiest in Ireland?

Im told its the one in Gorey, Wexford.