Betway Sportsbook Review (2024)

Registration Process 5/5

• Simple three-step process
• Basic information required
• Deposit limits

Creating an account with Betway is a quick and easy three-step process in which only basic information is required. Step one merely involves you giving your name and date of birth.

A click of the ‘Next’ button advances you to step two: ‘Account Information’. This is where you create your Betway username and password, while also providing an email address.

Just like that, you’re one step away from completing the process. Step three, or ‘Contact Details’, is where you enter your address and mobile phone number.

A subtle emphasis on responsible gambling is clear right from the start, too. Punters must set daily, weekly and monthly deposit limits before completing the process.

To finish, confirm your preferred language and currency (likely done automatically) before accepting the terms and conditions and deciding whether you’d like to receive messages regarding the bookie’s promotions and exclusive offers.

Once you’ve completed the above, a click of the ‘Register’ button concludes registration. Congratulations – you’re now a part of the Betway family!

Welcome Offer 4.5/5

• £30 matched free bet if your first acca loses + 100 Bonus Spins on Gold Blitz
• Qualifying bets at odds 3.00 (2/1) or higher
• Debit card depositors only

Betway’s welcome offer gifts customers a £30 matched free bet if their first acca loses, as well as 100 free spins on Gold Blitz.

To ensure you qualify for the new customer offer, place a first bet on a football or horse racing multiple with 3+ selections at odds of 3.00 (2/1) or higher. The offer is available for debit card depositors only, and will expire seven days following the creation of your account.

Pre-Match Offer 5/5

• 27 sports offered
• Competitive and consistent odds
• Impressive esports and specials coverage
• #BetYourWay

27 sports can be found on Betway’s sportsbook, depicting a vast coverage. Events are covered from across the globe, with a multitude of markets accessible on the most popular events.

The above image shows the pre-match offering for a Premier League contest between Manchester United and Fulham. While there are a plethora of markets to enjoy, as well as plenty of Betway Boosts, the bookie also provides neat little features to enhance your betting experience. For example, form guides of both sides are supplied, along with each manager’s previous starting XI. Subtle touches like this go a long way.

Nevertheless, Betway’s good work in this regard would be totally undermined if their odds failed to hit the mark.

So, to test the quality of their margins, we used the odds overround calculation. This is a percentage figure obtained when all the probabilities of an outcome of a bet are added together. Logically, this figure should come to 100%; however, this does not take into consideration the profit made by the bookie. For this reason, it is commonly accepted that an odds overround of less than 110% indicates good odds.

To carry out our little experiment, we picked out three random football matches from the English Premier League, La Liga and Serie A. They returned margins of 105.10%, 105.15% and 105.40% respectively, indicating that Betway’s odds are both competitive and impressively consistent.

Punters have the option to display their odds as decimals, fractions or American.

Esports

Betway’s esports offering is comprehensive with promotions aplenty. A number of games and events are covered by the bookie, including Counter-Strike, League of Legends, Dota 2 and Rainbow Six.

Their Esports Club follows a similar concept to the Free Bet Club. Punters can earn a £10 free bet if they wager £25 on esports markets (doubles, trebles and accas). There are also plenty of dedicated promotions to specific events, while in-play offers are commonplace as well. To add on to all this, there are sporadic boosted odds to enjoy as well!

Overall, Betway’s esports section is packed with excitement and intrigue.

Other Specials

Their specials offering is also impressive. Who would’ve thought you could bet on Doctor Who, eh?

Other TV programmes you can bet on include The Circle, The Masked Dancer, Masterchef Australia and The Voice Australia. A market for the Eurovision is also provided, with coverage of this event pretty robust.

In addition, Harry & Meghan specials are available, as is WWE betting. Their political offering is also very broad, with the upcoming Swedish and Norwegian elections covered alongside various events within UK, US, German, Danish, French, Australian and Scottish politics.

Cash Out & Bet Builder

You can take full control of your bets with Betway’s Cash Out and Partial Cash Out features.

Betway also boasts a Bet Builder, one that’s typically available with every football event. Punters can make multiple selections from the most popular markets (goals, cards, corners, etc.) and create one bet. The bookie’s #BetYourWay allows you to make bet requests via Twitter using the aforementioned hashtag. Betway will price up your desired bet, which you should be able to access under the #BetYourWay tab on the selected event.

Security 5/5

• Licensed and regulated by Great British Gambling Commission and Malta Gaming Authority
• Sufficient account limits
• Clear emphasis on responsible gambling

Betway is licensed and regulated by the Great British Gambling Commission for its UK operations and the Malta Gaming Authority for its exploits overseas.

There’s a distinct emphasis placed on responsible gambling, quickly depicted by the required deposit limits before the creation of your account. Betway’s responsible gambling page gives tips and advice to help monitor your betting, as well as external links if you feel you need further support.

To mitigate against problem gambling, the bookie has several account limits in place. These include Session Reminders, Take-a-Break, full Account Closure, Self-Exclusion and, of course, Deposit Limits.

A comprehensive Privacy Policy is accessible on the site for those who are concerned with what Betway is doing with, and how they’re protecting, your personal data.

Design & Usability 5/5

• Jam-packed interface
• Well-structured
• Simple design
• Betway Insider

On the surface, it appears that plenty is happening on the Betway homepage. However, its coherent structure ensures customers aren’t overwhelmed, allowing easy access to various components of the site.

A promotions slider is prominent in the centre, with the site doing a good job at ensuring all their offers/promos are well-advertised, while featured, in-play and upcoming events run vertically below. The bookie’s sportsbook can be seen down the left-hand side of the homepage, with popular links located above.

Further advertisements for the bookie’s promotions are also shown on the right-hand side, but these are crucially replaced by your bet slip once it’s activated – thus aiding the betting process.

The website is available in ten different languages, and has a fairly simple design overall. A mundane black-and-white colour scheme is followed throughout.

A feature we really love is Betway Insider, the bookie’s blog. A superb addition to the site, Betway themselves describe it as “an editorial blog featuring sporting insight, intellectual comment and informal betting tips”, and after taking a brief glimpse, we can hardly dispute that overview.

BI satisfies a variety of customers, with a diverse array of sports covered by their writers. US Sports are given special attention, with betting tips for MLB and NHL currently extensive. Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen sporadically contributes as well, discussing various topics in his sphere.

Betting guides are published frequently here, with multiple articles uploaded every day.

Other Products

While primarily a sportsbook, an emphasis is still placed on Betway’s other products, namely casino. Punters can enjoy an endless number of casino games, ranging from slots and table games to jackpots and penny games.

Promotions are commonplace here too. Betway’s ‘Lucky Numbers’ offer frequently rewards punters with £5 bonuses, while their Live Casino promo, called ‘Live Rewards Club’, gifts customers bonus spins, credits and free sports bets after depositing £20.

Virtual sports are also accessible with Betway. Football, horse racing, cycling, greyhound, motor racing, speedway and trotting virtuals are available to bet on, with such events very frequent.