Bet365 Online Sportsbook Review

bet365 online sportsbook review General

bet365 online sportsbook review
82/ 100 Expert rating
Bet $1 get $200 in Bonus Bets

For sports betting fans bet365 should require no introduction. Starting out from a humble portable cabin in the UK the ‘little sportsbook that could’ has spent the past 24 years turning itself into a global powerhouse spanning over 200 countries.

Recently it’s opened its doors to the United States starting with the state of New Jersey. Bet365 NJ online sportsbook not only has an impressive selection of sports to choose from (34 sports in total) but it is also one of the few sites that offer betting on virtual sports. It especially excels in football with 147 different markets on the NFL alone.

This doesn’t mean that the site is not without a few caveats. The interface isn’t really beginner-friendly with information overload after entering. It also lacks markets for esports and has few betting options for experienced players (beyond parlays).

Let’s kick off this bet365 online sportsbook review with a look at their bonus offerings.

Pros and cons

✅ Lots of football

✅ Good promos for existing players

✅ Strong parlay boosts

    ❌ No esports

    ❌ Email responses take long

    ❌ Faulty search bar

bet365 online sportsbook review General ratings

82/ 100 Expert rating
74 bonus rating
95 safety rating
93 support rating

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bet365 online sportsbook review General Info

Launch date
2019
Company behind
Bet365 Group

Click on the bet365 online sportsbook site and you’ll see ‘New Customer Offer’ – offering up to $200 worth of bonus bets. All you have to do to claim the money is deposit $10 into your account and place a $1 qualifying bet. Sounds good right? Well it is. The only real catch is that the money will be credited to your Bonus Bets.

But $200 in bonus bets isn’t exactly chump change and it’s always nice to be able to gamble without risking your own cash. However when it comes to welcome bonuses compared with other sportsbooks it’s a little on the lower end. Borgata for instance offers new players a risk-free first bet offer of $1000 a lot more than the amount bet365 is offering. Our betting offers page covers more of the good stuff running around the US sports betting scene.

New players will also need to jump through a couple of hoops before earning their bonus bets. Depositing money is unfortunately not good enough players will also need to bet the money on odds of -500 or greater. We should note here that bet365’s bonus bets are non-withdrawable — you can withdraw your winnings but not your stake. Also risk is excluded from any returns the bonus can’t be used for some bet types such as the parlay bonuses and it’ll expire in 90 days if the player’s account is inactive.

Bet365 does have a considerable amount of other offers available mainly a sizable amount of early payout offers which we’ll go over in more detail in the expert section below. 

bonuses facts

Welcome bonus
Bet $1 Get $200
Bonus code
No
Wagering requirements
Qualifying bet at odds of -500 or greater
Minimum qualifying bet
$10
Risk-free bets
Yes
VIP rewards
No
Other bonuses
Parlay boosts

Bonus rating

74/100 An average welcome bonus saved by other options

✅ Several early payout options

✅ Good parlay bonuses

    ❌ Need high-risk bets to qualify for the welcome bonus

Yeah things don’t seem off to a great start. However there’s still quite a lot to look forward to here. As we highlighted $500 is still a sizable amount of money and once claimed it is yours to keep so long as the account stays active. It’s also nice to see that bet365 online sportsbook bonus codes are not necessary here and you can instead just claim your bonus once you’ve met all the conditions.The downsides can however be hard to ignore particularly with the Bonus Bets. I’m simply not fond of how bets placed with Bonus Bets do not qualify for the parlay bonuses. Those bonuses are easily the best offer that bet365 has and being excluded from them just feels like being forced to stay outside while all the cool kids’ party indoors.Fortunately bet365 does have other offers up its sleeve. As stated before the parlay bonuses are particularly enticing allowing a player to even have a multi-sport parlay bonus of up to 70% on 14 team parlays and upwards. To compare Unibet sportsbook only allows you to go up to a 50% boost.There are also several early payout options that I particularly like as it gives you more chances to leave with your hard-earned winnings. With soccer for instance bet365 will pay out your bet in full if the team you back to win goes even just 2 goals ahead at any stage during the game. If the match finishes at a 0-0 tie and the bet loses you’ll get your risk fully refunded anyway which adds a nice little safety net to the whole experience. These options are all quite enticing and more than make up for the welcome offer.

Payment methods

Bet365 starts to make up for its payouts and bonuses with a more decent showing here. The sportsbook offers 10 different payment methods which is a nice bit of variety to have. It’s not really near the top for the US Borgata for instance offers a whopping 13 different choices. However bet365 does give the player quite a few options to choose from.

When it comes to payments bet365 offers Visa Mastercard and PayPal and players can even use good old internet banking if they’re willing to wait a few days for withdrawals. Bet365 even comes with its own Mastercard a handy little thing since it’s the only option that lets players withdraw instantly besides cold hard cash.

It’s not the most expansive list you’ll ever find but the ones that are here are of good quality and that’s always a plus in our book.

Full list: Visa (debit and credit card) Mastercard (debit and credit card) bet365 Mastercard Paypal PayNearMe Skrill paysafecard cash online banking Apple Pay.

Bet365 also thankfully has no fees for either deposits or withdrawals letting you hold onto that little bit more of your hard-earned cash. If you require more details then all of the info on payment methods is very easy to find. Simply click on the ‘Help’ button right at the top of bet365’s home page click on ‘Payment Methods’ and you’re there. All of the information a person could ever need on how to give their money to a corporation.

Payment facts

Number of payment methods
10
Popular payment
bet365 Mastercard Skrill
Minimum deposit
$10 (all)
Maximum deposit
$38000 (Skrill)
Average deposit time
Instant
Minimum withdrawal
$1 (Cash)
Maximum withdrawal
$38000 (Skrill)
Average withdrawal time
Within 24 hours (bet365 Mastercard PayPal Skrill Cash)
Deposit fees
None
Withdrawal fees
None

Deposit methods

PayPal

PayPal

Bank Transfer

Bank Transfer

MasterCard

MasterCard

PayNearMe

PayNearMe

Skrill

Skrill

Cash at Casino Cage

Cash at Casino Cage

Visa

Visa

Apple Pay

Apple Pay

Withdrawal methods

PayPal

PayPal

Bank Transfer

Bank Transfer

Cash at Casino Cage

Cash at Casino Cage

MasterCard

MasterCard

Skrill

Skrill

Visa

Visa

Apple Pay

Apple Pay

Safety features

We’ve highlighted a few issues in this bet365 online sportsbook review but thankfully safety is not one of them. Bet365 has been a mainstay for years so it should be no surprise that this site is approved legal and licensed in the state of New Jersey with licenses even in Colorado and New York (though it is yet to launch in either state).

The sportsbook also takes steps to help with addiction with links to both 800-GAMBLER and NCPG at the bottom of the website. There’s also a bright green link to responsible gaming at the top of the website attached to the sticky bar. Not only does this help remind the player to be careful but it also links to all the various tools that bet365 has at its disposal to help players deal with problem gaming.

Players can easily track their activity here and put limits on deposits spending and sessions. They can even do a full time-out or self-exclusion if necessary. It’s good to see bet365 taking active measures to keep its players safe. Add in a strong SSL encryption and 2-step verification and players have no reason to feel unsafe while playing at this online bookie.

safety facts

Auditing seals
NJDGE
Responsible gaming seals
800Gambler
Licenses
NJDGE
SSL encryption
256-bit
Two-factor authentication
Yes
Ever blacklisted?
No
Deposit wager time and loss limits
All available
Self-exclusion
Available
Cooling-off period
Available

support facts

Customer support availability
24/7
Live chat
Yes
Email
Web form
Contact number
(1-833) 754-8200
On-page support
FAQ and Help section

Support rating

93/100 Seemingly perfect but with an unfortunate dark spot

✅ Fast queueing times

✅ 24/7 live chat even available for non-registered users

✅ Easy to find and access contact page

    ❌ Slight waiting period between responses

Honestly this section is pretty straightforward. The wide variety of options available how easy it is to find all of them the concise and helpful staff all of this points towards a sportsbook that excels at customer support. There are a couple of nitpicks however.The first was the slight waiting period that I would occasionally get between responses. As stated before it was probably due to having to check in between different departments but it was just long enough that it is worth noting here. The second is that whilst the ‘Help’ button is on the sticky bar the live chat is not. This means a few more extra clicks to get to the live chat. Again this is nothing serious but with the amount of space left on the sticky toolbar it just seems strange to leave it mostly empty and not include an option for live chat.Still these are all very minor issues and bet365 does a great job overall in this department.

Features

So far bet365 has been giving an average showing but here is where it starts to really shine. The sportsbook has a number of impressive features that let it show off what it can really do.

Cashout? Check. Bet Builder? Check. Live streaming and live betting? Check and check. It’s all here and each one is decked out with a few extra quality-of-life options. Now players can partially cash out their bets leaving that little bit in just in case they think they might have a shot after all. The bet editor also lets them add swap or remove selections from a bet after it has been made. There’s even a handy easy-to-access schedule of daily events so that you can plan ahead. Bet365 is so dedicated to making the player’s life comfortable I’m surprised it doesn’t come with a free onesie.

On the bet365 online sportsbook streaming and betting has its own little section with ongoing data constantly being updated to help the player make better decisions. The layout also makes placing a bet quick and efficient even while keeping one eye glued to the game.

features facts

Bet Builder
Yes
Cash Out
Yes
Live betting
Yes
Live streaming
Yes

features rating

96/100 Nearly perfect. Nearly.

✅ Partial and auto cashout

✅ Bet editor

✅ Live odds updates

    ❌ No other systems than parlay

This really is the section where bet365 gets to truly shine. I’ve already gushed about the early payout options in the bonuses section and now I basically get to gush about everything else in this section.I’m a sucker for anything that goes out of its way to make me comfortable and bet365 certainly seems to be doing that here. It’s nice to be able to simply set auto cashout on and let my bets get settled in the background whilst I go about my day in peace. Not to mention the lifesaver that is the bet editor letting me change my bets after I inevitably mess up something and realize about it afterward. Bet365 is clearly going out of its way to not just have all the standard options but also improve upon them as much as possible.The live data itself is also above average giving a few extra little tidbits. Soccer  for instance showed stats like shots on and off target a bit of extra information that’s greatly appreciated. Seeing goals is good and all but it’s the tiny details like this that let me really judge how a game will go and adjust my bets accordingly. There’s certainly room for improvement mind you but it’s nice to see bet365 go beyond the standard data shown.Unfortunately there’s a bit of shadow to even this bright section of the bet365 online sportsbook review. New players will probably be overjoyed to see all of these quality-of-life features however experienced players who want to make a few riskier bets will find that there just isn’t really much in the way of betting systems beyond parlays. Sure the bonuses are nice and all but they have to be when parlays are pretty much your only option.Still what is there is excellent and I for one am more than happy to see bet365 pass this section with flying colors.

odds

We’ve taken a look at the average payout percentage that bet365 has to offer and from what we’ve seen what’s on offer here is exactly that: average.

Bet365 clocks an average of around 94% in its general payouts across the board. On the one hand this certainly makes life a little bit easier. No need to stay worrying too much about which sports have the best payout if they’re all roughly the same. However 94% is hardly a stellar number. It’s only slightly above the 93% which we like to classify as ‘low tier’. It’s not terrible but it’s not great either.

The good news is that live payouts are not too far off clocking in at around 93%. Seeing as how live payouts are usually quite a bit less in exchange for the added edge of seeing the sport play out live it’s nice to see that the live payout of bet365 is not trailing too far behind.

odds facts

Average payout
94%
Boosted odds
Yes on parlays
Parlay boosts
Yes
Line movement
Frequent

odds rating

65/100 Not great not terrible

✅ Difference between standard and live payouts is minimal

✅ Easy to see odds and bet Live In Game

    ❌ Near the low end of payouts

Honestly it’s not a great showing from a sportsbook as well established at bet365. It’s not the worst out there but it’s far from the higher-end percentages that I like to see. When I search for payouts I like to go a bit beyond “not rock bottom”.It’s nice to see live payouts not too far off behind. We always have to adjust a little for live payouts so the slightly lower percentage is understandable. Still all this means is that bet365 has a rather average showing across the board.As stated in previous sections though there are at least some nice parlay boosts to go along with all this. That 70% boost is still an extremely enticing offer and should at least make up a little for the average showing here.

markets

A preliminary scroll through bet365’s sports options will initially show 22 different sports. These range from the more popular choices such as football basketball and baseball to the slightly more niche options such as golf cricket and snooker.

This at first all seems pretty standard. However upon closer inspection a user may notice that there’s  a separate section exclusively for virtual sports. Here there are 12 more options. Some are virtual alternatives to sports already listed such as football and basketball whilst some other sports are completely unique to the virtual sports section — like horse racing and greyhounds. 

There’s also an impressive number of betting options on display with both football and basketball clocking in at 100+ markets. Football itself is at 147 markets only 3 shy of the 150 mark. Bet365 is pulling out all the stops here and its recent addition (at the time of writing) of virtual soccer to its roster of sports shows that it doesn’t intend to slow down anytime soon.

At present bet365 online sportsbook is all about sports. Meaning there isn’t anything else to bet on other than sports. Sectors such as esports or politics are unfortunately omitted from this sportsbook so players wishing to bet on those will have to look someplace else.

markets facts

Number of sports
34
Betting markets — Baseball
23
Betting markets — Basketball
117
Betting markets — Football
147
Esports
No
Other markets (politics/event betting)
No

Featured betting markets

Basketball

Basketball

Football

Football

Soccer

Soccer

Baseball

Baseball

Boxing

Boxing

Golf

Golf

Tennis

Tennis

Horse racing

Horse racing

Available events

NCAAB

NCAAB

MLB

MLB

NBA

NBA

PGA

PGA

US Open

US Open

markets rating

81/100 Impressive selection of sports that is held back by a lack of alternatives

✅ Several betting options for football and basketball

✅ Inclusion of virtual sports in its roster

    ❌ Fewer options on the less popular sports

    ❌ No esports or politics

When it comes to sports especially the popular sports markets bet365 excels. The sheer number of betting options for the NFL is overwhelming and it’s clear that bet365 doesn’t intend to stop here.There are naturally fewer options with the less popular sports. But anyone who wishes to make a wager will still find plenty to bet over regardless of the sport. For me the real sting comes from the lack of options other than sports with esports and politics being left out.This feels especially unfair as bet365’s UK counterpart features both of these markets with a particularly impressive selection of esports to bet on. So if I want to bet on Will Smith to be the next US president perhaps I need to take a flight to the UK.

For sports betting fans, bet365 should require no introduction. Starting out from a humble portable cabin in the UK, the ‘little sportsbook that could’ has spent the past 24 years turning itself into a global powerhouse, spanning over 200 countries.

Recently it’s opened its doors to the United States, starting with the state of New Jersey. Bet365 NJ online sportsbook not only has an impressive selection of sports to choose from (34 sports in total), but it is also one of the few sites that offer betting on virtual sports. It especially excels in football, with 147 different markets on the NFL alone.

This doesn’t mean that the site is not without a few caveats. The interface isn’t really beginner-friendly, with information overload after entering. It also lacks markets for esports and has few betting options for experienced players (beyond parlays).

Let’s kick off this bet365 online sportsbook review with a look at their bonus offerings.

FAQ

Which states is bet365 legal in?

At the time of writing bet365 is only available in New Jersey. It does however have licenses for Colorado and New York so perhaps it’ll expand there soon. Details can be found in our states section.

Is there a promo code for bet365 sportsbook?

There’s no need for a promo code for any of the bonuses on offer. They’re applied the moment the requirements are met according to the listed terms and conditions. More details are in our bonuses section.

How many sports can I bet on at bet365?

At the time of writing you can bet on 34 different sports which range from the popular ones such as football and baseball to the more niche options such as darts and pool. There’s also a nice selection of virtual sports to choose from. A full breakdown of this can be found in our sports section.

How to contact bet365 customer service?

The customer service is extremely easy to locate. We break down the full process in our customer support section. For the quick summary version simply click on the ‘Help’ button in the sticky bar followed by ‘Contact Us’. This will take you to a window where you can either get into a live chat send them an email or simply look at the phone number and call them. Though if you just want the phone number it’s (1-833) 754-8200.

How do I download the bet365 sportsbook app?

You can download the bet 365 online sportsbook app from the App Store for iOS or the Google Play Store for Android. Do remember however that it’ll probably not appear in the store if you are out of state so make sure you are in New Jersey before trying to download it. More information about how well bet365 works can be found in our platform section.

Does bet365 sportsbook have good odds?

The odds for bet365 are honestly pretty standard. There’s a full breakdown in the odds section but for the most part they average out at 94%. The good news is that live payouts are not too far behind at 93% so at least the difference is not too big between the two. Still I’d have liked to have seen better from a sportsbook such as bet365.

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