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888 Casino Bookmaker Review — Honest UK Verdict

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Doing a personal odds quality audit on 888 Casino vs the rest of the market. Manually compared prices on 30 Premier League fixtures over 6 weeks. 888 Casino was competitive on match result markets for the top 6 clubs but noticeably worse on lower half teams and on prices above 5/1. Anyone done similar research?
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