Bet365 Review

Bet365 up to £100 in Bet Credits

Make a qualifying deposit of at least £5 on a new Bet365 account. A welcome offer can then be claimed to have the amount of that first deposit matched in Bet Credits, up to a maximum of £100. The qualifying deposit will be the largest one made in the 7 days before claiming the offer (capped off at £100).

To release the bet credits,qualifying bets have to be placed equal to the sum of the qualifying deposit amount. Those bets must be settled within 30 days of claiming the offer. Use the Bet Credits to place bets in the bet slip. Stake using Bet Credits are not returned in any winnings.

Three reasons to play at Bet365

Good live betting service
Large amounts of available bets
Profit margins are lower than industry average

Bet365 came a long way from a small family business to the biggest online gambling company. It might be hard to get on top and might be even harder to remain there, but Bet365 always came up with innovative ideas from their beginning to this day.

History

Before diving in the internet gambling, Peter Coates owned a betting shop chain Provincial Racing. His daughter Denise worked in her father’s company as the managing director. With a new millennium, come new opportunities, as she decided to open an online gambling website. Denise bought a domain bet365.com in 2000 and so begun the new era of the Coates family. An internet page that was started by two family members employs around 4300 people after almost 20 years of its launch.

Overview

Being big means attracting more attention to anything’s going on inside and outside. It is easy to create an account on Bet365, but you might have to wait some time until your profile will be verified.

Bet365 covers a wide range of different sports from football to darts. Want to bet on live events? Jump into «In-Play» section and see detailed statistics on any match so you won’t need any other resource opened to check on what’s happening in the game. Just in case you are curious about things happening in the sports community, there is even a Betting News section, where you can find all of the latest popular events covered.

What are the odds?

Pretty good compared to the rest of the market, especially when it comes to live bets. You can also choose any odds format you like from fractional, decimal and American. The profit margin of this bookmaker is about 4.5% which is pretty good compared to the amount of available events. Bet365 also offers its odds around 4 days before the games, and even earlier for the popular ones.

Is there enough lines?

From Bet365’s start, it was one of the first places where you could place a bet on second or third tier football leagues. This bookmaker now covers lots of different not just football leagues, but many-many others from all over the world, no matter what tier league that is. In addition, just by clicking any sports tab at the left side of the screen, the first thing you will find yourself in the detailed filter, which will help you to sort any market by the exact lines. If you, let's say, want to see all of the offered bets for the 1st quarter of upcoming NBA games — you can do just that with a couple of clicks. It is really handful because you will eventually lose oneself in quantity of presented lines due to there are just so much to choose from. So you may definitely answer there is more than enough bets to choose from.

Live Betting

Bet365 is an innovative company and it always tries something new. Some things that are seem to be a standard now were first invented by this site. Like «Cash-Out» function, presented back in 2014, which allows you to get your winnings before the event even happened or reduce the amount of your wager, just in case you are not so sure about it after some time. Of course, you won’t get all of your money back due to a small fee, but it is still better, than eventually losing every penny. Apart from that, live betting on Bet365 is flawless and easy, you won’t wait a lot until your bet is closed. Bookmaker provides a live detailed map of the game, where you can see the main stats and even movement of the ball, if there is one, of course. Or you can turn on the live stream and enjoy almost any match just like that. It will probably take you some time to scroll to the bottom of offered bets in live.

Mobile Apps

Desire to make a wager while you are away from your computer? Not a big deal with a Bet365 app for your iOS or Android device. Although, the website does not content direct links to download them, the iOS app can be easily found on AppStore. Play Market rules do not allow gambling apps on the platform, so downloading the Android app is a little bit quirky and you will need to contact support to receive a download link. You can also use the mobile version of the website, since it has all of the desktop features, just on a smaller screen.

Summary

Bet365 has a lot of nice and small features to offer. Website’s design is straight and clear, there are no annoying pop-ups or animated ads. It might not have the best odds, but you probably won’t call them low. It is a good and stable bookmaker overall with a rich history of two decades and a huge amount of experience behind.