When comparing the top online betting sites, Betway is an easy choice for the top 5! Being a relative newcomer hasn’t stopped Betway providing what the discerning punter wants, good value odds, great customer service and a welcome offer that doesn’t have a wagering requirement.

This means anyone who is on the look out for a premium online bookmaker will be rewarded with an exciting betting experience on both computer and mobile platforms. The site is easy to navigate with all the markets laid out in a simple yet effective way. When speed is of the essence, Betway is our betting website of choice!

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Overview of Markets and Bet Types at Betway

Betway offers a great choice of markets, it’s fair to say that if an event is on, you can bet on it at here. All the normal betting sports are here such as football, snooker, tennis golf, darts, boxing and rugby but also the more obscure events such as handball, American football, Aussie rules and even Pesapallo!

Many online betting sites offer the same array of sports but are difficult to use due to poor design, thankfully Betway’s site is easy to use with the screens logically set out so you never feel lost or overloaded with information. What we really love is the massive array of bets for a market, let’s have a look at some of them;

Land a Knockout Bet at Betway

Boxing, you possibly wouldn’t have thought there is a lot you can bet on! Either boxer A wins or boxer B or there is the remote possibility of a draw right? But Betway offer 14 markets for a fight. You can of course bet on the winner but also the round the fight ends in, how many total rounds there will be, method of victory (knock out, total knock out, disqualification, technical decision), will the fight go the distance and who (if anyone) will get knocked down at any point.

Football Fantasies

If we look at football then the choice of bets becomes even more extensive, for a Champions League game you get an eye watering 114 markets such as;

Win/Draw/Win, match specials (these are unique doubles such as Zlatan to score first and PSG to win), odds to qualify, double chance (you get the draw as well), handicap betting (one team gets a goal or more head start), draw no bet, both teams to score, match winner and both teams to score combos, total amount of goals (more than 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5 etc.), exact number of goals, Win/Draw/Win and Total Goals, correct score, half time – full time winners, which team will score the first goal, 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, team to keep a clean sheet, winning margin, Scorecast, first goal scorer, last goal scorer, anytime win cast and many, many more!

Bonus Offers and Promotions at Betway

Betway’s offers are always evolving and often rotate to reflect what sporting events are taking place at that time, this means the promotions always feel fresh and it encourages you to check back often to see what’s new.

Welcome offer – Betway’s new customer offer is thankfully simple, they will match your first deposit pound for pound up to £30, it is paid in the form of a free bet.

Some online betting companies impose what is called a wager requirement or play-through amount, we cover this in more detail on our main page but in layman terms, it is the amount you have to bet until your winnings become available for withdrawal. This can have a huge impact on the amount you have to spend with the company. Betway do not have a wagering requirement on their welcome offer, this is a huge plus and we applaud Betway for this, we hope more online bookies follow this lead.

Other Promotions at Betway Sports

Football acca insurance, have you ever been in a situation when just one result has prevented you from acca glory? If so, then this promotion has your name written all over it! Place at least a five-fold accumulator on any football match and if one result lets you down then Betway will refund your stake up to a maximum of £25. This promotion also runs for Ice hockey, Premier League darts or a variety of US sports (NBA, NCAAB, NHL, NFL, NCAA and MLB matches), for the non-football events you only need to place a four-fold to qualify.

“Check out” the Darts Special

As we have just mentioned darts, Betway also do a cool “Checkout Special”, if you place a win/draw/win bet on any Premier League darts match and the final checkout in that game is 100 or more then Betway will refund your losing bets stake with a free bet of up to £25. As I write this I suddenly have an image of Jim Bowen saying “here’s what you could of won”, maybe I’m working too hard!

Great Bonus for both teams to score

The both teams to score market on football has always been a favourite of ours and any online bookmaker that has any offers on this is always going to be popular with us. So it goes without saying really that we are huge fans of the 20% boost they offer on the both teams to score acca’s. As it’s a four-fold rather than a five-fold is also a welcome bonus in our eyes.

Betway also offer topical promotions on current events, for example during the Masters in golf, if you back a player pre-tournament and they are the leader at the end of the first, second or third round, you receive a £10 free bet.

Live Betting with Betway

As internet speeds have become faster and the average smart phone is more powerful than the PC’s that were used by NASA in the moon landings, this has led to an explosion of new ways of engaging the betting public. One such innovation is live betting!

Once upon a time, there was very few games that would be featured in the live market. Usually only the top football games, things have certainly changed in the last few years and almost all sports feature the ability to bet on them live.

For example, at the time of writing this review there is an amazing 62 football games for a Saturday that you can bet live (also known as in-play) on, and that is just football! You can bet on almost any sport live, Ice hockey, tennis, basketball, volleyball, snooker and even water polo are available and the list changes by the hour.

If you have never bet live then we recommend you give it a try, I find it fascinating that the prices fluctuate in front of your eyes as the odds change to reflect what is happening in a game or event. The fun is increased even more when you watch the action either on your TV or streaming to your PC or tablet/phone.

Bet on the Go with the Mobile App

Many of us live busy lives and anything that can be done to make life easier for us can only be a good thing right? Long gone are the days of rushing around a supermarket with the Mrs to try and get time to nip to the bookies before a 3pm kick-off, now you can just use your phone in the middle of Asda’s to place a bet!

It’s not just about placing bets either! The Betway app does much more than that, let’s have a look at some of the highlights:

• Live scores, no matter where you are or what you a doing, the app from Betway keeps the connected to all the latest news and scores from just about any event and is easy to access. Just a couple of taps will let you know how your selections are doing. A little tip, if you are attending a funeral, do not shout “yes” halfway through the service, even if Lukaku has scored his third goal to bring your over/under bet in!
• Quick Bet, ideal for the Asda scenario we mentioned earlier! Whilst browsing the tinned veg section, whip out your mobile and within a few taps you can stick a pony on the big Merseyside derby that’s on later.
• Cashout, suddenly you are not feeling as confident as you were about the result! You’ve been watching the live scores and the opposition have had 80% possession since going a goal down and have had 15 shots, surely it’s only a matter of time before the inevitable happens right? Don’t panic, in a few taps of the screen you can take the money and run.
• Multiples/Accumulators, you would imagine that creating multiple bets over different markets would be difficult but using the app to manage your selections is really easy. We have perfected the art of pushing a trolley with one hand and adding bets with the other, who says men can’t multitask?
• Fast Search, need to find a certain race or event in a hurry? Not a problem, the super-fast search will find what you need in a matter of seconds.

Payment Methods to Suit You

Your flexible friends are more than welcome at Betway but it’s not just credit and debit cards that are accepted. You can also use a wide range of e-wallets from a wide range of providers such as ecoPayz, Neteller, Skrill and pre-pay cards including Astropay, EntroPay, Neosurf. Betway will also happily accept PayPal for both deposits and withdrawals.

Whichever method you choose, once you have registered your payment method it will be securely stored on Betway’s servers which means you only have to go through this process once.

Support when you need it at Betway

Some online sports betting sites make it incredibly difficult to speak to a real person when you have a problem, they would rather you self-serve yourself with a long list of frequently asked questions.

Thankfully this is not how Betway see things! They offer a 24-hour Freephone number and our experience of contacting them has always been very positive. The staff are very friendly but perhaps more importantly they are knowledgeable and were able to deal with any questions we had no matter how obscure or difficult.

Return to sender?

They don’t have a mailing address to write in to but this isn’t really a negative as not many of us use the old snail mail method of communication any more. Live chat support was almost instantaneous and again all questions were answered in a polite and efficient manner.

Email support is another area that lets down many other betting sites but again Betway excel in this with an above average response time of 4 hours when we tested this. This is one of the fastest replies we have ever had! Many of us will thankfully never need to contact customer services but it is reassuring to know that if needed then the level of customer care is to this high standard.