When you review as many online sports betting sites as we do, you find a lot of companies are great at one thing but lack in other areas. Not so with bet365, they are the Ian Botham of the betting world, a great all-rounder!
Despite only being founded in 2000, bet365 has enjoyed a meteoric rise to become one of the UK’s most popular destinations for sports betting. Boasting one of the most generous welcome offers in the market and backed up with some great promotions, bet365 comes highly recommended for both casual and serious players alike.
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Overview of Markets and Bet Types at bet365
Whilst some sites have a huge selection of markets that you will probably never bet on in your life, bet365 takes a more pragmatic approach. Rather than hundreds of markets it concentrates on the main sports and events that punters will actually use. This is a great approach and makes finding and betting on your chosen sport a lot easier than some of the competition.
If it can Happen, you can Bet on it
Although bet365 doesn’t have the largest range of events, the amount of bets you can place on an event is awesome! In fact, you will be hard pressed to find something that’s not on the list.
Match specials, odds to qualify, double chance ( this is where you get the draw as well), handicap betting (a team gets a head-start), draw no bet, Win/Draw/Win, both teams to score, match winner and both teams to score combos, total amount of goals (under & over), exact number of goals in total, Win/Draw/Win and Total Goals, correct score, half time – full time winners, which team will score the first goal, predict the time of first goal, home team time of first goal, away team time of first goal, time of last goal, home team time of last goal, away team time of last goal, goal in both halves (yes or no), team to keep a clean sheet, winning margin, Scorecast, first goal scorer, last goal scorer, anytime win cast and much more.
Bonus Offers and Promotions at bet365
As with most online sports sites, bet365’s offers are always changing and will match what sporting events are taking place at that time, this means visiting the site often is a must to ensure you don’t miss out on any of the promotions. Most online sports sites concentrate mainly on football, bet365 we are pleased to say also cater for other sports as well.
Welcome Offer – In our view the offer from bet365 is the gold standard, the amount you can receive is a huge £200 and is the largest welcome offer from any of the sites we feature. The wagering requirement is set at x3 which is a reasonable figure. What really sets this aside from other offers is that you get 90 days before the bonus expires, to put this into context, some sites only give you 7 days.
Other Promotions at bet365 Sports
Penalty Payback
As you know, England are crap at penalties! There really is no way to sugar coat it (1990 v West Germany, 1996 v West Germany, 1998 v Argentina, 2004 v Portugal, 2006 v Portugal, 2012 v Italy) so you can see why we like this promotion!
If you place a bet on the “To Win Outright” market and the dreaded spot-kicks end your team’s participation, then bet365 will refund losing bets.
Bore Draw Money Back
Perhaps not as heart-breaking as a penalty elimination but still 0-0 draws are probably the worst advert for football. If a game finishes 0-0 and you have bet on first goalscorer, last goalscorer, anytime goalscorer, half-time/full-time, all correct score markets or all scorecast markets then the adorable angels at bet365 will refund your bet. Amazing!
Acca Madness
Our favourite bet is the accumulator bet, there is nothing more exciting than picking quite a few selections and seeing them come in one by one. bet365’s accumulator bonuses are just amazing, even a treble forecast will give you a 5% bonus, get 14 correct and they will double your winnings. Again, great stuff from bet365.
| Bet Type | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Trebles | 5% bonus |
| 4-folds | 10% bonus |
| 5-folds | 10% bonus |
| 6-folds | 20% bonus |
| 7-folds | 30% bonus |
| 8-folds | 40% bonus |
| 9-folds | 50% bonus |
| 10-folds | 60% bonus |
| 11-folds | 70% bonus |
| 12-folds | 80% bonus |
| 13-folds | 90% bonus |
| 14-folds & above | 100% bonus |
Horse Racing Offers
You can probably tell we are huge football fans but lovers of equestrian sports shouldn’t feel left out as bet365 have some great offers for you. 2 of the promotions are based on the hugely popular live ITV racing with the bet365 price promise giving you the best price on all races shown on ITV or ITV4. The second is the 4/1 offer, if you back any single winner at 4/1 or more on any race televised live on ITV or ITV4, you can have a risk free bet to the same stake (up to £50) on the next live ITV or ITV4 race.
Best Odds Guaranteed is a firm favourite of ours, place a bet early and if the starting price is better than the price you took, you will receive the starting price.
Racing Archive allows you to watch replays of all UK and Irish races covered by RUK and ATR for free.
There are also promotions available for greyhound racing, Australian racing, tennis, Canadian, Basketball, Aussie football, Rugby League and Rugby Union.
Live Betting at bet365
As soon as you open the live section, if your account is funded, you will be able to watch the video if an event is being broadcast live. The video quality will obviously depend on your internet speed but for us it was great.
You can bet on over 50 markets and using football as an example, you can bet on number of goals, number of cards shown, corner kicks, next goal scorer, headed goal, own goals and many more.
In the schedule you can find all about events that will be featured in-play, it lists the time, type of event and if the coverage will be audio or video.
Bet on the Go with the Mobile App
The layout of the app is logical and with icons showing for all the popular sports it is really easy to find what you are looking for. The app loads quickly and we never encountered any issues either using the app or depositing funds into our bet365 account by using the app. Making multiple selections takes only a couple of taps and it’s really simple to turn your selections into ACCA bets.
Payment Methods to Suit You
bet365 are one of only a few betting sites that let you deposit just £5 into your account, this is ideal if you are on a budget. There are no fees charged by bet365 for either depositing or withdrawing money.
All the popular methods are supported such as Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, Skrill, bank transfer and PayPal and quite uniquely you are able to move funds from sports to other services they provide, such as casino, poker, games, bingo and Vegas sites.
Support when you need it at bet365
bet365 have a very extensive FAQ section which contains just about any answer to any question you could wish to ask, they also use examples to great effect in the FAQ’s to help understanding. However, if you are like us, we would rather speak or type to a real person.
Thankfully, it’s very easy to contact bet365, they have a Freephone number that is open 24/7 as well as a live chat option. Speed to respond was generally very fast, on one occasion they were busy and it took 30 minutes to reply but usually they answered within 5 minutes.
You can even write them a letter which is becoming quite rare with internet based companies. We have always found the support staff to be very polite and knowledgeable when dealing with betting enquiries, although strangely evasive when asked about company details (nothing major, how many customers do you have? Sort of thing) but most people I’m sure won’t be as invasive as we are.
Overall this is a top online sports betting choice and is one that we personally use for our football acca’s and have done for a couple of years now. If you don’t have an account, don’t delay, sign up today! You won’t regret it.