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{{Infobox newspaper | name = The Bookmaker Ratings | logo = | image = | caption = | type = Daily sports newspaper | format = Analytical website | owners = Paruyr Shahbazyan | founder = | publisher = | editor = | chief_editor = Bradley Gibbs | associate_editor = | managing_editor = | news_editor = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = | staff_writers = | founded = 1 March 2012 | political_position = | language = English, Armenian, Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Ukrainian, | ceased_publication = | headquarters = | circulation = | sister_newspapers = | ISSN = | oclc = | website = {{URL|https://bookmaker-ratings.com/}} }}
'''Bookmaker Ratings''' is an online publication covering topics related to sports betting and disputes between players and bookmakers. It is published in seven languages: English, Armenian, Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Ukrainian.
== History and activity == The Bookmaker Ratings was founded by Paruyr Shahbazyan in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paruyr Shahbazyan in Forbes |url=http://www.forbes.ru/finansy/309505-na-storone-igroka-kak-zarabotat-v-bukmekerskom-biznese}}</ref> Later that year, the site made headlines after being informed of a possible match-fixing incident in the Russian National Football League between FC Khimki and Petrotrest St. Petersburg, and UEFA asked them to investigate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The bookmaker's office recognized the match "Petrotrest" - "Khimki" as negotiable |url=https://www.championat.com/football/news-1307545-bukmekerskaja-kontora-priznala-match-petrotrest---khimki-dogovornym.html}}</ref>
The website publishes betting tips for various sports written by the site's authors who range from journalists to ex-players. These authors include commentator Konstantin Genich, former world number 5 tennis player Anna Chakvetadze, football manager of the Russian national team Valeri Karpin, and Russian football coach and a former player Yegor Titov. Other experts in the past have included football World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro and former heavyweight boxing champion Nikolai Valuev.<ref>{{cite web|title= MegaObzor about BR|url=http://megaobzor.com/forecasts-for-sports-require-professionalism-from-experts.html}}</ref> According to a 2015 interview of Shahbazyan for Forbes, Bookmaker Ratings averaged 1.2 million hits a month, 350,000 of which were unique visitors.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Forbes: How to make money on the betting business|url=https://www.forbes.ru/finansy/309505-na-storone-igroka-kak-zarabotat-v-bukmekerskom-biznese}}</ref> The site uses an independent rating system<ref>{{cite web|title= Interview with Paruyr Shahbazyan|url= http://sobesednik.ru/sport/20120404-totalizatory-onlain-novye-instrumenty-dlya-regulirovaniya-rynka|access-date= 2017-02-10|archive-date= 2017-02-11|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170211155528/http://sobesednik.ru/sport/20120404-totalizatory-onlain-novye-instrumenty-dlya-regulirovaniya-rynka|url-status= dead}}</ref> where bookmakers are ranked from 1 to 5 on several criteria.
The site was able to refund more than 1.4m US dollars to players in their first four years of existence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-07 |title=How bookmaker players achieve payouts in Russia and abroad |url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2018/09/06/77730-otdayte-moi-dengi |access-date=2022-02-13 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907133717/https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2018/09/06/77730-otdayte-moi-dengi |archive-date=7 September 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== RB Prize == In 2018, the Bookmaker Rating introduced the RB Prize, an international award in the field of sports and bookmaking.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Слуцкая и Цзю проголосуют за номинантов Международной премии РБ |url=https://sportrbc.ru/news/601a83229a79478d357d2ad4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224171115/https://sportrbc.ru/news/601a83229a79478d357d2ad4 |archive-date=2021-02-24 |access-date=2021-02-27 |website=РБК Спорт |language=ru}}</ref> The awards are presented in 28 categories.
In 2021, the main nominations in the award were announced by football player Luis Figo,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-23 |title=Фигу назвал международную премию "РБ" в области спорта и букмекерства уникальным проектом |url=https://www.sport-express.ru/chronicle/reviews/figu-nazval-mezhdunarodnuyu-premiyu-rb-v-oblasti-sporta-i-bukmekerstva-unikalnym-proektom-1781547/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518043237/https://www.sport-express.ru/chronicle/reviews/figu-nazval-mezhdunarodnuyu-premiyu-rb-v-oblasti-sporta-i-bukmekerstva-unikalnym-proektom-1781547/ |archive-date=2021-05-18 |access-date=2021-05-18 |website=sport-express.ru |language=ru}}</ref> Fonbet became the bookmaker of the year, Artem Dziuba became the sportsman of the year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-15 |title=Премия "РБ-2021": как прошло самое масштабное мероприятие в спортивно-букмекерской отрасли |url=https://life.ru/p/1391339 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417190533/https://life.ru/p/1391339 |archive-date=2021-04-17 |access-date=2021-04-17 |website=Life.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
In 2022, the RB Prize was held at the Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace, Fonbet became the bookmaker of the year for the second year in a row, Dina Averin's athlete of the year, Emmanuel Adebayor announced the main nominations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Премия РБ 2022: как прошло самое громкое событие в спортивно-букмекерской отрасли |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/press_releases/2022/07/01/premiya-rb-2022-kak-proshlo-samoe-gromkoe-sobitie-v-sportivno-bukmekerskoi-otrasli |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702235233/https://www.vedomosti.ru/press_releases/2022/07/01/premiya-rb-2022-kak-proshlo-samoe-gromkoe-sobitie-v-sportivno-bukmekerskoi-otrasli |archive-date=2022-07-02 |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=Ведомости |language=ru}}</ref>
== Award == In 2018, the Bookmaker Ratings established its own international Award in sports and betting. The awards are given in 28 nominations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The expert jury will select the winners in the nominations "Athlete of the Year" and "Best Sports Media"|url=https://sportrbc.ru/news/601a83229a79478d357d2ad4}}</ref> In 2021, football player Luis Figo announced the main nominations for the award. Fonbet became the bookmaker of the year and Artem Dzyuba became the sportsman of the year.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BR-award: how the largest event in the sports and betting industry was going|url=https://life.ru/p/1391339}}</ref>
== Honours == * Betting Awards 2015 - Winner, "Best internet portal about sports betting"<ref>{{cite web|title= Betting Awards 2015 winners|url=https://www.championat.com/bets/news-2160225-opredelilis-pobediteli-rossijskoj-bukmekerskoj-premii-betting-awards-2015.html}}</ref> * Betting Awards 2016 - Winner, "Best internet portal about sports betting"<ref>{{cite web|title= Betting Awards 2016 winners|url= https://bettingawards.ru/ru/winners|access-date= 2017-02-10|archive-date= 2017-02-11|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081122/https://bettingawards.ru/ru/winners|url-status= dead}}</ref> * iGB Affiliate Awards 2017 - Shortlisted, "Best Site in a Foreign Language"<ref>{{cite web |title= Shortlist of iGB Affiliate Awards 2017 |url= http://www.igbaffiliate.com/sites/default/files/iGB%20Affiliate%20Awards%20shortlist%202017.pdf |access-date= 2017-02-10 |archive-date= 2017-02-11 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080107/http://www.igbaffiliate.com/sites/default/files/iGB%20Affiliate%20Awards%20shortlist%202017.pdf |url-status= dead }}</ref> * Runet Prize 2018 - Winner, "Media and entertainment"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Runet Prize 2018 winners |url=http://premiaruneta.ru/press/81/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828175447/http://premiaruneta.ru/press/81/ |archive-date=28 August 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://bookmaker-ratings.com Official website]
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