The mystery around the bookmaker names:  bwin or betandwin - betclic or betclick?

Friends of poker, casino and gambling are often riddle about the real names of the bookmaker bwin nd betclick. Here an explanation :

 In 2006 the bookmaker betandwin changed his name to bwin. The main reason for this modification was the readability, the old name was too long, the new one is easy to remember and better to communicate. Furthermore the name betandwin was not in line with the actual offer of the bookmaker, who proposes now in addition to his sports betting site, also a casino, gaming and poker site: bwin poker

The Bookmaker betclic(k) is originally known as betclick, with a “k” in the end. However in some countries the name betclic only with a “c” in the end became more accepted. Therefore you will find on the betclick’s website the both spellings. For instance on the English and Portuguese website  of betclick you find the original spelling “betclick” an on the French and betclic.it web page the spelling “betclic”.