Sportingbet has been around since 1998 and this makes it one of the older, longer-running online sportsbooks going. Licensed in the UK, Malta, Greece, and Romania, Sportingbet provides its services across Europe, Australia, Canada, South America, and South Africa, they serve a few million customers and are listed as a public company on the London Stock Exchange.
Whilst all that sounds (and is) impressive, how does their actual betting service compare? With a sports betting platform that has been built in-house, we have high hopes for Sportingbet.
Whilst Sportingbet’s website is very easy to use—its straightforward design means that you can quite easily get to where you want to be in a matter of seconds. Everything flows nicely and the light, fresh design is easy on the eyes, great news for people who want to play for extended periods of time and not get eye strain.
Let’s take a quick look at some of what they have to offer their punters.
Software Used by Sportingbet
As we just mentioned, Sportingbet utilises its own in-house software for their betting platform. There are no big-name software houses such as NetEntertainment being used here.
Whilst it is always great to see the likes of NetEnt and others because of the huge selection of markets and games available through them, Sportingbet’s own software platform is very good in its own right; you are not missing out on anything because of the lack of familiar names here.
Back to top ↑Selection of Markets Available at Sportingbet
Players at Sportingbet have thousands of different betting options to choose from each day. This number is, of course, constantly changing as different sporting events take place, however, the number is consistently high, higher than many other sportsbooks.
These betting options are spread out across over 30 different sports and special bets. Football, horse racing, basketball, F1, volleyball, snooker, and e-sports are all available here. Basketball players in particular will be pleased by the huge number of betting options, alternative handicaps, players points bets, and amazing odds available.
Sportingbet doesn’t do anything by halves either—every sporting market has a huge range of betting options and tournaments.
Back to top ↑Sportingbet In Play Availability
As you would expect from such a huge sportsbook, in-play betting is covered very well. There are several markets that can be played live in play and thousands of betting options, with several hundred often available per game.
Tennis in particular is one area where Sportingbet has a vast in play offering. Sportingbet offers extensive live betting markets on APT and WTA tour matches with a huge range of betting options available.
Live streaming is available for many in play tournaments and live cash out is available for them all.
Back to top ↑Sportingbet Odds Quality
Sportingbet dominates the sportsbook market. As a result, they offer some of the better odds going on competitive sports such as football, horse racing, basketball, and others.
Note that we said better and not best, though—Sportingbet manage to hold their own when it comes to odds, however, they are not usually at the top of the game with them and there are often other sportsbooks that offer marginally better odds. Sportingbet sits nicely in the middle.
What Sportingbet doesn’t deliver in terms of odds (odds that are not bad by any means, just not the best), however, they deliver everywhere else and many players are more than happy to stick around and use the platform because of this—it’s all about loyalty.
When push comes to shove, Sportingbet offers solid pricing for their customers. That’s what is important.
Back to top ↑Sportingbet Payment Options
There are several payment methods that you can use at Sportingbet; the website takes everything from your typical credit and debit cards through to e-wallets and some banking options.
Unlike some sportsbooks, Sportingbet does not charge a penny for any deposits or withdrawals, however, there is a slight delay depending on the payment method that you use. Withdrawals must also be made to the original funding source.
Current payment methods include PayPal, Skrill, Delta, UKash, Neteller, Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, PaySafeCard, Click2Pay, and bank transfer.
From those payment methods, you can withdraw via bank transfer, Neteller, Skrill, Visa, MasterCard, and Delta in addition to Visa Electron and cheque.
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