Stan James Online Bookies
Stan James first started taking bets as a bookmaker back in 1973 when the first Stan James betting shop opened in Berkshire. Stan James was created by partner's Steve Fisher and James Holder and was originally going to be called Steve James, this was then changed to Stan James after Steve's wife Anne argued the case for her name to be used as well as she was also a partner. Steve and Anne was then mixed to become Stan!
Since the early days Stan James has now expanded to be a leading playing in the UK betting market. Stan James expanded the amount of betting shops they had to over 20 but the real advances came in online betting and telephone betting. Stan James have expanded so well the Stan James internet and telephone betting generate a turnover of £10 million per week.
Stan James now operate out of Gibraltar and are licensed by the Gibraltar Licensing Authority under the Gambling Act 2005.
The Stan James online betting site is a easy to use betting service with many features to make the Stan James site a perfect place to make a bet at.
With Stan James you can be sure that just about every sport you can bet on is covered with a betting market at Stan James. This list of available betting markets you can bet on with Stan James is one of the most comprehensive in the whole of the UK betting market.
Stan James are considered the specialists when it come to live in-running betting. Stan James were the first bookies to bring live betting out back in 1994 when Stan James started taking live bets on the golf. Since then Stan James have improved and expanded their live in-running betting service and it really is second to none. The live betting markets are just as vast as the Stan James normal betting markets and many live sports are covered. To make betting easy for the customer Stan James break the live betting into two parts, being shown on UK TV, and being shown on non-UK TV. This makes it easy for the betting customer to quickly find which market they would like to bet on and where they can watch it.
Another good reason to use the Stan James online betting site is the great Stan James Free Bet that is offered to all new accounts opened with Stan James. Stan James offer all new accounts a free bet of £25. To claim this Stan James free bet simply open a new Stan James account with the link below. Once your new Stan James account is ready simply make your first bet and wait for the event to be settled. Once the bet has been settled Stan James will credit your account with a free bet matching your original stake up to the value of £25. So basically, make your first bet with Stan James £25 and they will give you another free bet of £25 within 24 hours of the first bet being settled.
Although this £25 Stan James free bet is their normal welcome offer it is worth noting that Stan James sometimes increase this free bet with special promotions on large, major sporting events. As well as the free bet offer Stan James constantly offer the betting customer added incentives to use their online service. One of these is the 'best odds guaranteed' on all UK horse races. This means if you take an early price with Stan James and the horse wins with a bigger SP (start price), Stan James will pay out at the larger price. Stan James also offer the customer certain cash back bets where Stan James will refund a losing bet if a certain outcome happens in the event such as your golfer losing the tournament in a play-off.
The Stan James online site also offers poker, casino, slots and games all from the same account. If you want to place a bet and are away from your computer Stan James allows the customer to bet via the telephone as well using the freephone service.
With a safe, secure and professional online betting site Stan James offer a great place to make your bets. With the £25 Stan James free bet and great live in-running betting markets Stan James are really up there with the top online bookies throughout the whole of the UK.