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Written by Alleks   
Tuesday, 16 October 2007

Website:

www.Bet365.com

Online since: 1999

Our Rating

4.6/5

Bet365 Bookmaker Overview

Bonuses: 5/5

Reliability: 5/5

Customer support: 5/5

Betting line: 4.5/5

Odds: 3.5/5 

Review summary:

One of the most branded online bookmakers. Very recommended for soccer punters especially fot those who like to bet on Asian handicap markets or on additional markets like corners, over/under 2.5, yellow cards and so on. Also Bet365 could be very profitable for basketball punters because basketball is not their strong side sometimes they have huge difference with other bookies so you get more chances to find better line. Another group of punters who might be interested in bet365 are live-betting fans. Bet365 have many video streams during a day so you may watch basketball, tennis and horse racing on your PC LIVE simply by registering with this bookmaker.

About Bet365

Bet365 is Internet and telephone betting division of the bet365 Group Limited, one of the UK's leading betting and gaming groups. The group has held a UK license since 1974 and now has more than 600 employees. 

The bet365 Group Limited operates a 24/7 customer contact center and a thriving Internet operation (based in Stoke-on-Trent), where they provide service to more than 900,000 customers in 140 different countries. The website is available in a wide range of languages with a comprehensive customer service for each and every one.  Currently following languages are available: German, Polish, English, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Greek and Dutch. So if you live in Europe you will find a way to understand this site better. Some problems may experience users from Russia but if you know English and reading this Bet365 review you would not have any problems with Bet365 interface understanding.

As well as sportsbook, Bet365 also have a first-class casino and poker room on the Internet. Bet365 use simple one-wallet system, meaning you as a customer have the same username, password and payment method to play at all of the above with the minimum of fuss. No need to move funds from one betting account to casino or poker room.

Bet365 Special offers

Bet365 15% deposit bonus

Bet365 offer incredible 15% match up bonus up to 500 USD. In order to qualify for your 15% Bet365 bonus, please follow these simple instructions:

1. Open an account, make a deposit and Bet365 will credit your account with 15% bonus of your qualifying deposit. The amount of your qualifying deposit, your bonus amount and Offer Code which ended in NCDBR will emailed to you after you open account at Bet365. If you have not received this or would like to update your email address, login and click the ‘Obtain Offer Code’ link above.

2. After making your qualifying deposit, simply visit the bonus code page in the Members Area and fill in the ten digit Offer Code - click the ‘Enter Offer Code’ link above.


100% Bonus from Bet365 on Euro Soccer Accumulators

Place a pre-match Accumulator of 3 or more selections combining teams in Primera Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga 1 and Premier League leagues, and if successful Bet365 will add the following bonuses to your returns:
 
Trebles - 5% bonus
4-folds - 7.5% 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 - a massive 100% bonus!

Bore Draw Money Back Bet365 Bonus

Unique chance for football punters who like to bet pre-match on Correct Score, Half-Time/Full-Time or Scorecast bet on ANY match. If the game you have bet finishes 0-0 we will refund all losing bets on these markets! In multiple bets the selection will be treated as a non-runner. This offer is available pre-match on every game where we offer any of the above markets.

Also Bet365 offer many promotions and special offers for horse betting and poker rooms but in this Bet365 sportsbook review we would not write about them. You can do this by registering at Bet365 yourself.

Review of Bet365 Betting Line

Euro Soccer

Bet365 sportsbook have wide betting line, which cover most popular sports. Most punters who have accounts tells in their Bet365 reviews that they like their additional bets for every market especially in Bet365 European soccer betting line. I talked to many professional soccer punters and most of them have open account at Bet365 sportsbook due the several reasons. The main reason is their odds on big events like Champions League, World Cup and Euro champ. For domestic leagues their odds sometimes don’t represent value but for big events this bookmaker hold high odds and that’s why soccer punters admire Bet365.

Another reason is wide soccer markets choice and many additional bets offers where professional punters have ability to find value bets (i.e. corners, fouls, yellow cards and so on).

Also Bet365 is only one bookmaker which offer their customers to choose additional Asian handicaps. In example iyou are not satisfied with –0.5 Asian handicap on your favorite, Bet365 allows you to change it to –0.25 without searching for another bookie.

Another good point soccer punters admits in Bet365 is their money line odds. It’s not a secret that most money goes on who will win this match market and most of us seeking for better odds. Here at Bet365 you will always have balanced line and respectable odds. Some bookies can reduce price after few large bets, others can offer higher odds but lower limits but at Bet365 you usually have respectable odds (sometimes highest on the market) and big limits.

Tennis

Tennis is one of the most popular sports people like to wager because of its good coverage on TV, everyday markets, hundreds of players in different sporting forms and other factors. Bet365 tennis line rarely has best offers because Bet365 on tennis market looks into other more respectable tennis bookmakers before they roll out their own line. Usually their odds is somewhere in the middle between best available price and worst one. They also react quickly to all line movements in other bookies so it’s hard to find a best offer in tennis line before tennis match have started. But if you like to bet tennis matches in-play Bet365 could be could for you.

One of the best advantage their have over other bookies is their tennis matches video streams. In other words you can watch tennis match you want to bet on your PC if you are Bet365 customer. Sure only top games have such video stream but at other bookies you don’t have it all. Also Bet365.com specialize on live betting and you will find many live betting propositions here especially for tennis, soccer and basketball.

European Basketball & NBA

Finally I entered my zone of betting. Let’s talk about Bet365 basketball odds and line in overall. Bet365 have wide selection of markets including small leagues. You always will find something to bet at Bet365. Also Bet365 allows to buy spread points and you if you are not satisfied with –8 points Asian handicap in basketball match you can change it to –4 for lower price. Sometimes it helps us to avoid loss but unfortunately this feature is available only on big markets like Euroleague, NBA and national championships. Another very important point I need to notice in this Bet365 review is that Bet365 basketball sometimes could be different from other bookies. In other words you can find best offer here and from my experience this happens quite often. In example you can find  -8.5 spread on the market for CSKA against Barcelona at home, but Bet365 CSKA spread could be only –6.5. Sure odds could be only 1.80 instead of 1.95 at Pinnacle, but sometimes it’s much safer to take  CSKA (-5) @ 1.78 instead of CSKA –8.5 @ 1.95. And this is most important reason why basketball punters must have accounts at Bet365.

Also there is one disadvantage in Bet365 basketball markets – it’s their profit margin on basketball market. Looks like knowing their weak side Bet365 decided to increase their profit margin on less popular markets like German, French, Russian and other countries basketball lines. From long-term period 8.5% profit looks tough to beat but from other side often at Bet365 you can find better offers in basketball lines. Here is a fresh example: all bookmakers have CSKA handicap set at –30.5 in away match against Russian Basketball Superleague newcomer Enysej. Bet365 handicap at this moment was only 22.5 points. So what will you choose to bet one CSKA –30.5 @ 1.95 or CSKA –22.5 @ 1.83? I think that Bet365 offer would be much more attractive.

So as conclusion of Bet365 basketball betting line review I would like to say that their line often have very nice offers where you can find value bets. They are very good for betting on Euroleague matches and NBA but not so good if you will use them only for your basketball bets.

Bet365 Reliability

When it comes to the reliability Bet365 is one of the best bookies available online. Many bookmaker review services insert Bet365 bookmaker into “A” (highest class) category. For sports betting, Bet365 licensed and regulated by the UK Gambling Commission.  Bet365 casino, games and poker operations are licensed and regulated by the government of Gibraltar. Also bet365’s sportsbook is affiliated to IBAS (Independent Betting Arbitration Service) and agrees to abide by its decision on any dispute that may not be resolved to customer satisfaction.

Bet365 Customer Support

Bet365 have world-class customer 24/7/365 support team and there is plenty of option to get help from Bet365. You can do it in live chat, by email support or by phone.


Bet365 Disadvantages Review

Honestly speaking there are not a lot of things why to hate Bet365. At least I don’t know and have not heard about them something like I have heard about small companies. I can define only 2 disadvantages: 8.5% profit margin on some markets (but its normal for sportsbook to have weak points) and site usability. But site usability is a personal thing for some punters it’s not important for some (usually new players) it’s not comfortable to browse difficult in browsing sites.Bet365 web site is not difficult to browse or to place a bet but probably they can do betting process more habitual and instinctive. I think it would enough just to click on odds to copy bet to your bet slip and there is no reason to click bet button. But that’s only personal opinion, maybe some other people like this but not me.

Bet365 Review Summary

This bookmaker is very responsible and reliable. If you’re doing many soccer bets you must have Bet365 in your betting portfolio. Also Bet365 it could be very useful for those who bet on basketball because of their value rich basketball lines and ability to buy spread points. For tennis punters Bet365 is not so valuable  but tennis punters may open account there to watch tennis live video streams on their PC.

All in one Bet365 is very good and responsible bookmaker with great customer support. I highly recommend you to open account at Bet365 if you are seeking safe betting opportunity. You can get additional bonuses by clicking on banner below:


 
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