FILE PHOTO: Horse Racing - Grand National Festival 2022 - Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, Britain - April 9, 2022 Noble Yeats ridden by Sam Waley-Cohen wins the 17:15 Randox Grand National Handicap Chase REUTERS/Paul Childs/File Photo
(Reuters) - British bookmakers had one of their busiest periods this weekend with punters worldwide gambling on major sports events: the Grand National, the Masters and the Premier League clash between title chasers Manchester City and Liverpool.
888, a pure online sports-betting player, said the National, which welcomed back fans for the first time in three years on Saturday, was its biggest horseracing event ever, with "customers placing bets from all around the globe", helping the bookmaker attract a record number of new customers.
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