Mark Berrow Bookmakers are a leading on course layer, operating at various Racecourses, Pubs, Holiday resorts, Residential parks and Sports /leisure club venues throughout the UK.
If you would like to take advantage of the racecourse betting prices that online exchanges and betting shops cannot offer, please open an account and try us out. We welcome trade accounts too.
About
My father Don Berrow was a bookmaker and owner of the iconic Rum Runner nightclub in Birmingham from 1964, later famous groups such as Duran Duran would rehearse and play gigs there.
Later on my father would operate an on-course bookmaking business with betting shops all over the country, finally retiring to the Cotswolds.
When leaving school, I started work as an operations manager at HSBC Birmingham and British Gas Centrica in Leicester, later becoming a medical insurance consultant at Vitality and Aviva insurance. This concluded my maths and numerical training I needed for the racecourses!
I first started working as a licensed racecourse bookmaker back in the 1990’s working at over 42 racecourses North, South, East and West, including Monmore green and Perry Barr Greyhound tracks.
As extra income I supplied fibreglass stools with logos to UK racecourse bookmakers, at the time they were standing on rickety old rotten wood boxes!
Later due to the poor state of Bookmakers stands, and the progress of bookmaking software and exchanges, I then designed and was first to implement the new style portable easy to carry betting joint in a carbon fibre pod style, abandoning the leather doctors bags with the tripod arrangements, donating all the old equipment to Cheltenham racecourse museum.
Who we are
We are on-course bookmakers based in Warwickshire, licensed and regulated by the UK Gambling Commission.
- Leading Independent Bookmaker
- Horse racing, professional football and boxing only – UK & Irish
- Debit cards accepted
Tel: 07736 026645
New accounts & Enquiries: info@markberrowbookmakers.co.uk
Mark Berrow Bookmakers are licensed by the UK Gambling Commission
Ancillary remote operating licence 000-064143-A338945-001
Operating licence 000-064143-N-338651-001
Please note: Mark Berrow Bookmakers operates a Think 25 policy, so if you are fortunate to look under 25, we will ask you to provide a suitable form of ID.
Book me
At the racecourse
We accept cash and debit card payment methods.
If you would like to take advantage of the racecourse betting prices that online exchanges and betting shops cannot offer, please open an account and try us out. We welcome trade accounts from bookmakers, licensed trainers and registered owners too.
ON-COURSE, PRINCIPLE AWAY MEETINGS, BETTING AND PRICES
We offer on-course betting, where we trade as Mark Berrow bookmakers. Owners and trainers can open VIP accounts for our independent bookmaker prices at these meetings.
Fraction bets accepted on singles:
11/2
6/1
13/2
7/1
15/2
8/1
£100 – £18
£100 – £16
£100 – £15
£100 – £14
£100 – £13
£100 – £12
9/1
11/1
12/1
14/1
16/1
33/1
£100 – £11
£100 – £9
£100 – £8
£100 – £7
£100 – £6
£100 – £3
Credit Deposit Accounts Application
Credit or deposit accounts are available only to:
- Licensed trainers
- Registered owners
- Licensed bookmakers
OPEN AN ACCOUNT
Mark Berrow Bookmakers accounts administration hours are Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 1pm Sunday 9:30am to 1pm. On days where we open later, we will let you know by email.
Age, ID and Financial Verification
As a licensed bookmaker, we have an obligation to prove a customers age and identity before they gamble.
There are two main reasons why we may ask a customer to provide ID:
- To check you are old enough to gamble
- To confirm your identity.
Gambling businesses must be able to prove your age and identity before you gamble.
We can often match your account with existing information using a regulated third party. If this information is not enough you will be asked to provide copies of identification documents.
Anti Money Laundering checks are also completed as part of our on boarding process to meet the developing regulations set by the UK Gambling Commission.
The documents we may ask you to provide include:
- Passports
- Driving licences
- Household bills.
- Bank Statements
- Proof of income and/or wealth
We cannot provide a timescale for ID checks as the length of the process varies.
If we can verify you electronically the process may be instant. If you are asked to provide documents it may take longer.
A customer cannot place a bet until they have been verified, so we try to verify customers as quickly as possible so that they can start gambling.
In addition to the documents mentioned above, we may also ask you for a selfie.
For example, where there’s been identity theft and an account has been created using a persons details but that person isn’t controlling the account or doing the gambling.
If you’re not happy about the information you have been asked to provide, you’ll need to contact us directly and follow the complaints process.
As part of our customer interaction requirements, the Gambling Commission challenge all gambling companies to know their customers inside out so we can provide the best possible service and ensure gambling in Great Britain is fair, safe and free of crime.
First and foremost, we want to keep crime and money laundering out of the gambling industry and do not want our customers falling into financial difficulties.
Gambling companies therefore use a variety of techniques to profile customers which can help to indicate that a customer is gambling with money they do not have. We may do so by going directly to customers or through a third party obtain the following:
Bank statements
To help check that your source of funds are legitimate, and as part of a gambling company’s anti-money laundering checks.
Income patterns
Aside from studying bank statements, we may also ask for information which may lead to irregular income patterns in your account, such as a pending house sale.
We may also look at appropriate deposit or loss thresholds based on your income. This is helped by using open source data and documentation provided by a customer to help us assess affordability and improve our risk assessments for customer interaction.
To further understand why we are required to do these checks, you can visit the UK Gambling Commission website.
Press enquiries
Please note: Mark Berrow Bookmakers operates a Think 25 policy, so if you are fortunate to look under 25, we will ask you to provide a suitable form of ID.