Ian JohnAs you will all be aware, Christmas is coming and hot on its heels as ever is the New Year. So that we too can enjoy a little of the festive spirit, we are bringing you a special one off article, 
which will cover what is happening for UK punters over the Christmas period and into the New Year.
In this article, we’ll take you through some of the best offers you can get yourself involved in over the Christmas period in the UK, as well as taking a look at what is a very busy period of sport across the country.
Remember, now is arguably the best time to join any site listed below given the sheer wealth of offers available in addition to the usual starter player bonus. Check out our reviews of Sky Poker and Bet365 Poker to get you started.
We hope you’ve enjoyed our weekly perusal through the best betting options for UK punters over the past few months and we hope you will join us again as there’s plenty more to come in 2016. Have a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Kick Off 2016 In Style by Winning Your Share of £50,000 With Sky’s Live Casino
How would you like the chance to kick off 2016 with a massive £10,000 or even £20,000 windfall, all for simply enjoying some of the finest quality Live Casino games you can find on the Internet, or on your mobile, today?
If that sounds too good to be true then you need to hear the finer details of the Sky Casino Win A Share of £50,000 promotion which is currently running on the site.
The aim is to attract players to try the Live Casino games that are available through the Sky Casino site. All you need to do is play in games at the Live Casino and for every 10 Cash Games you play on the site, you will earn yourself one ticket into the next prize draw.
There have been one prize draw period already taken place this December, with a £10,000 prize fund. There is another prize draw available for tickets earned between the 18th and 25th December. Then you can play again at Live Casino to win prize draw tickets for the draw from the 25th to the 1st January.
All prize draws have a £10,000 prize apart from one. This is the Super Draw and all tickets earned between the 11th December 2015 and the 1st January 2016 will be entered intyo this Super Draw for which there is a cash prize of £20,000.
The draws will take place on the 4th January 2016 with the money for any winning tickets credited into players account shortly after this.
This is an outstanding offer for Sky Casino customers to enjoy alongside the myriad of other Sky Casino offers that we mentioned in our reviews over the past few weeks.
It’s Not Just the Merry Missions you can enjoy at Bet365 Poker this December
As we have previously covered in our article earlier in December article, Bet365 Poker is running a very accessible Merry Missions promotion throughout December and into early January 2016 
and if you have not yet taken a look at this offer, I’d strongly suggest you do.
However, if you are seeking some high quality poker, and Sky Poker’s UKOPS starting on Boxing Day doesn’t pique your interest, then there’s a couple of fantastic tournaments and promotions you can enjoy over Christmas and throughout the forthcoming year on Bet365 Poker.
The first of these is the Jackpot Sit & Go events. Four different events (Dirty Dozen, Maui, Rio and Fort Knox) with buy ins starting at just €2 where players face off against others to try and win a number of these events in succession to trigger a jackpot prize, which can range from €2,000 up to a progressive jackpot fund that has no limits and which frequently grows to many tens of thousands of Euro.
You can participate in these events every day on Bet365 Poker, either online or via your mobile and provided you can win the stated number of tournaments in succession within a 14-day time period, you could be the next big jackpot winner.
The other big tournament to look out for is the Premium Steps tournament. Here you buy in to a a three table event at Step 1 for just €0.20 or 100 Merit Points and if you are good enough, you can play your way through the event to reach Step 9, where victory will bring you the top prize available of €800.
You can buy into this tournament at any Step level, though the higher the step you enter at, the more expensive it is to join the event at this stage.
These are two hugely popular tournaments on Bet365 Poker and they are available not just over Christmas and New Year but all year round for Bet365 Poker fans to enjoy whenever and wherever they like.
A look ahead to the best Sports betting opportunities over Christmas and New Year 2015/2016
If you love your sports betting then you will delighted with the prospect of Christmas and New Year on the horizon as it is at this time of the year that some of the best betting opportunities across a wide range of sports present themselves.
Horseracing fans for example will be delighted with the traditional Boxing Day meetings, especially that at Kempton where the Christmas Hurdle and King George VI Stakes are just two of the big races in what is one of the biggest days for National Hunt racing in the calendar. You can enjoy betting on all these races, plus the following day’s Welsh Grand National from Chepstow with both SkyBet and Bet365 Sport.
Of course, the Christmas period is also one of the busiest in the football calendar with a total of three games played by all teams in the Premier League from Boxing Day through to Sunday 3rd January 2015. This three games in eight days can be the make or break of the season for many teams chasing the top accolades.
Big matches coming up include Leicester City’s trip to Liverpool with the Foxes still doing fantastically well in the Premier League. That Boxing Day fixture is followed by a huge clash at Old Trafford as Manchester United take on Chelsea on Monday, followed by Leicester hosting Manchester City on Tuesday night.
With Everton taking on Spurs on Sunday 3rd January, this promises to be a hugely exciting point of the season for so many teams with 9 points up for grabs.
Lastly, don’t forget following Christmas the second round of the PDC World Darts Championship will get underway, with the competition playing through to a close in the New Year and the next champion inheriting Gary Anderson’s crown will be known.
So why not enjoy some top quality betting and gambling opportunities this Christmas and New Year period with any of the fantastic offers outlined above?
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