BetRivers Online Sportsbook Review

BetRivers online sportsbook review General

BetRivers online sportsbook review
83/ 100 Expert rating
Second Chance Bet of up to $250

BetRivers online sportsbook is the award-winning product from Rivers Casino and Rush Street Interactive. For years BetRivers has been sweeping the nation flowing into state after state — but is it worth your buck?

The options for both sports and bonuses are staggering and there are some nice iRUSH and VIP rewards to go along with all of it. On the other hand the platform could certainly use a bit of cleaning up especially within its help section.

Find out what you can expect in our BetRivers online sportsbook review backed by expert insights.

Pros and cons

✅ Extremely user-friendly

✅ Award winner

✅ Tons of promotions

    ❌ Broken help center

    ❌ Few payment options

    ❌ Live payouts on the weaker side

BetRivers online sportsbook review General ratings

83/ 100 Expert rating
80 bonus rating
94 safety rating
65 support rating

BetRivers online sportsbook review Playscore

86% Playscore

100

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91

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90

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88

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88

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86

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80

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62

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BetRivers online sportsbook review General Info

Launch date
2020
Company behind
Rush Street Gaming

The BetRivers Second Chance welcome bonus offers up to $250 as a bonus bet. Deposit at least $10 and use the promo code ‘SPORTS’ to avail of the offer.

If your first bet you place loses your account will be credited with a bonus bet of the same value (up to $250).

BetRivers also frequently offers sport league and event-tailored promotions like NCAA parlay boosts to give you a leg up in March Madness betting.

You’ve got parlays odds boosts profit boosts ‘bet and get’ a VIP program refer-a-friend and even a weekly $1000000 prize pool! The number of bonuses presented to the players is staggering and there’s something in there for everyone.

bonuses facts

Welcome bonus
Second Chance Bet of up to $250
Bonus code
SPORTS
Wagering requirements
1x qualifying bet at odds of -200 or greater
Minimum qualifying bet
Yes
Risk-free bets
Yes
VIP rewards
Yes iRUSH and then VIP
Other bonuses
Parlays Odds Boosts Profit Boosts Bet and Get Refer-a-Friend $1000000 prize pool

Bonus rating

80/100 Staggering amount of options available

✅ 12 different promotions

✅ Daily boosts

    ❌ Underwhelming welcome bonus

I can’t remember the last time I’ve come across this many promotions at a US sportsbook. Not just with the number of options available but also with the variety as well. Parlays are everywhere nowadays but everything else is far less common. Honestly it’s nice to see a sportsbook put this kind of effort in — it’s a really promising sign for the future of US sports betting.Daily odds boosts alone are enough to keep players coming yet BetRivers also offers profit boosts for different sports everyday. These kinds of bonuses give bettors incentive to experiment with different sports and give the experienced bettors an extra challenge to go for.Speaking of challenges the $1M prize pool is also incredible giving players points for betting on NFL pregame spreads and allowing them to win cash depending on their position in the leaderboard. In short pretty much any bet you make is going to be tied with some kind of promotion on offer so everyone wins here. On the whole there’s more than enough to put BetRivers on the list of the best sportsbook offers.It’s not all sunshine and rainbows however. The welcome bonus is unfortunately quite standard and I’d certainly have liked to see something a little better there. Yeah a $250 bonus bet is always a plus but when other sites are offering double that amount  it’s understandably not the high point of the bonus section. BetRivers players can also earn Loyalty Points by making real money wagers. These points will then increase their Loyalty Level on their iRUSH account and at level 7 they finally become a VIP.

Payment methods

There’s a lot to say about the section however we should warn you that if you want to try and double check the information yourself actually getting said information is a nightmare. There’s more to say about this lack of information in the expert section but for now the focus will be on the little that was found.

There are a fair few methods of depositing money with most of the standard ones that you would expect such as VISA or Mastercard. However withdrawing money is far more limited with players only able to withdraw with the BetRivers Play+ card VIP Preferred or a check in the mail. Withdrawing with the Play+ card is instant but players will have to wait a minimum of 2 days for VIP Preferred or over a week for the cheque option.

Full list: PayNearMe VIP Preferred Play+ (VISA Mastercard Discover) PayPal Credit/Debit Card

Some good news is that there are no deposit or withdrawal fees from BetRivers’s end so you can safely perform these actions without losing money to the sportsbook. You can also make some large cash deposits of $10K a month so if you have a spare $10K in hard cash lying around feel free to waltz over to your local 7-Eleven and drop it off there (though you’ll have to do it $500 at a time).

We ended up having to get some of the numbers presented here from SugarHouse BetRivers’s sister brand. They’re accurate but BetRivers certainly lose a point for transparency on that front.

Payment facts

Number of payment methods
8
Popular payment
Play+
Minimum deposit
$10
Maximum deposit
$50000
Average deposit time
Instant
Minimum withdrawal
$10
Maximum withdrawal
$25000
Average withdrawal time
48 hours
Deposit fees
None
Withdrawal fees
None

Deposit methods

PayPal

PayPal

PayNearMe

PayNearMe

MasterCard

MasterCard

Play+

Play+

Discover

Discover

Visa

Visa

Withdrawal methods

PayPal

PayPal

Play+

Play+

PayNearMe

PayNearMe

MasterCard

MasterCard

Discover

Discover

Visa

Visa

Safety features

Thankfully things are back on track for BetRivers online sportsbook and in one of the most important segments as well. We can comfortably say that BetRivers is an extremely safe and secure website so there’s nothing to fear here.

The main thing that BetRivers has going for it is the sheer number of states that it’s licensed in. The more states that a sportsbook is in the more eyes it will have looking at it. We normally get excited to see a sportsbook be licensed in 3 or 4 maybe even 5 states so seeing BetRivers come in at 11 states is very impressive. They had to pass a lot of safety tests to pull that off and we’re all for that.

As for the site itself it does its due diligence to help keep its players safe. There is a separate page just for Responsible Gambling which can be accessed through the sticky toolbar at the top and the site allows for self-exclusion and spending limits.

It also has the number for the NCPG which players can call if they feel like they need help. Add in a strong SSL encryption and 2-step verification and players have no reason to feel unsafe while playing at this online bookie. BetRivers is definitely a king of safety across the US whether you’re talking about Virginia online gambling New Jersey sportsbooks or somewhere on the West coast.

safety facts

Auditing seals
N/A
Responsible gaming seals
Gamblers Anonymous RG NCPG American Gambling Awards EGR Awards Global Gaming Awards
Licenses
CDG (CO) IGB (IL) MGCB (MI) PGCB (PA) IGC (IN) VL (VA) WVLC (WV) ADG (AZ) LGCB (LA)
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
Daily from 7:30am-12am (MDT)
Live chat
Yes
Email
Web form
Contact number
N/A
On-page support
FAQ and Help section

Support rating

65/100 A broken mess saved by a hardworking support staff

✅ Friendly and helpful support staff

✅ Live chat even available for non-registered users

    ❌ Few other contact methods

    ❌ That blasted help center

The support staff for BetRivers are the real champions here. Without them the score would be far lower as there is unfortunately very little positive to say about my experience with this segment.This is pretty much just an extension of what was said in the payments section. The help center is in dire need of a makeover as it is very hard to find what you’re looking for in it and that’s assuming that it works. In one particular instance a link took me from BetRivers CO online sportsbook to BetRivers IL online sportsbook. Seeing as I had not just run 800 miles from Colorado to Illinois in the time it takes for a page to load I do not see why this should have happened to me.However despite it all the support staff did try their best to help. They were patient and professional and worked hard to give me the information I needed. This almost works against them as it’s clear most people are turning to them instead of the help center which results in queues. Still the poor souls soldier on and help out as much as they can wherever they can. This unfortunately is not always enough. As seen in the payments section we were unable to get some of the information and were instead told to refer to our bank. Since this is not a review of the bank support I decided to end it there but it’s a shame that these people weren’t simply given the right info so that they could help me.

Features

BetRivers online sportsbook has been impressing quite a bit in this review but the betting features are where it truly gets to shine. Every feature imaginable is here and it’s all neatly organized and user-friendly.

You’ve got your Cashout which for some reason BetRivers has decided to call Buy-Out. It’s a bit odd to just change an accepted term to something else but hey it works and that’s all that matters. You’ve also got an internal bet builder that calculates the odds of parlays for you. It’s all very smooth and straightforward allowing players to simply make bets and let the tools do all the work.

The real stand-out though is the BetRivers online sportsbook live betting options. BetRivers is pulling out all the stops here for its live betting with every feature imaginable. Quick bets allow you to rapid-fire bets whilst the action is ongoing with odds being updated at lightning speed.

The navigation is incredibly smooth with all the data you could ever need on the right-hand vertical sidebar and bets updating on the left. There’s even a live stream that lets you see and enjoy the game

The data presented to the player is overwhelming. We always appreciate when extra data is shown such as the number of attacks versus dangerous attacks in soccer but BetRivers goes the extra mile and features a pop-up window with the entire team’s history together.

Do you want to bet on Juventus vs Inter? Just click on their history see their previous matches together and make your own decisions as you please. It’s a handy feature that enhances live betting and makes it significantly more comfortable to participate in.

features facts

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

features rating

98/100 Excellent features all round

✅ User-friendly tools

✅ In-depth data

    ❌ No other systems than parlay

BetRivers nailed the features here especially with live betting. It’s all here it all works great and it’s all user-friendly. I mean honestly with a score of 98 there’s barely anything else to say. Again more great work from these guys and a great sign for the future of online sports betting in the US.I was particularly impressed by how fast the odds were updating on live. With a fast sport such as tennis the numbers were flying across the screen so fast that I barely had time to make a bet. With most sportsbooks there’s a slight delay with odds updating but here it was nearly instantaneous. It’s clear that BetRivers is going all out with live bets and they certainly nailed it features-wise.The only thing stopping BetRivers from scarpering off with a perfect score here is the lack of betting options other than parlays. Unfortunately this is just how things are in the US where  sportsbooks have  this obsession with parlays that makes them ignore everything else.Hopefully BetRivers goes against the crowd and implements something new and fresh which could fit in nicely with all the promotions they already offer but until then BetRivers will have to settle for an ‘almost perfect’ in this section.

odds

So far this BetRivers online sportsbook review has been getting better and better. As always we’ve taken a bunch of odds and calculated them into percentages and for the most part we’re very happy with the results we’ve found. Here are the findings that we got for BetRivers.

First up the general payouts. We tend to consider 93% to be on the low end and 97% to be on the high end so a general payout percentage of 96.44% is excellent. It comes so tantalizingly close to cracking the 97% mark especially with football that comes in at 96.86% but even without that it’s still a great position to be in. Basketball came in a little lower at 95.79% but it’s still enough for us to consider it as excellent.

However live payouts are a different story. So far this BetRivers online sportsbook review has shown just how excellent the live betting of BetRivers is and it’s clear the sportsbook is going all out on live bets. Unfortunately there’s a caveat as a live payout percentage of 92.90% is abysmal. Normally we accept that live payout percentages are always going to be a bit lower since players have the benefit of actually seeing the game but the discrepancy here is far too much.

*data gathered 15th January 2021

odds facts

Average payout
96.44%
Boosted odds
Yes
Parlay boosts
Yes
Line movement
Moderate

odds rating

86/100 Solid on the whole

✅ Excellent general payouts

✅ Easy to see odds and make in-play bets

    ❌ Weaker live payouts

I find it strange how a sportsbook can have both one of the best general payouts that I’ve seen and one of the worst live payouts that I’ve seen. Normally a sportsbook tries to give players value or it tries to be greedy but I can’t say that I’ve seen a sportsbook hit and miss the mark at the same time before.The general payouts are great and they pair well with the several promotions that BetRivers have. I certainly feel more comfortable going for the Beat the Spread challenge knowing that the payout percentage odds are so much in my favor. I would have liked basketball not to trail behind so much especially since it has 2 profit boost offers running but it’s still a good number so I’ll accept it.For live payouts however it’s disappointing. BetRivers nailed every aspect of their live betting platform. Hell I just spent the previous section singing their praises for this very reason.However it’s hard to recommend that people go for this option when the payout percentages are so low. It’s a massive letdown as I would really like to recommend the live section for all of the great features it has. However I don’t think I can excuse the payouts here and I certainly hope that BetRivers will raise them in the future.

markets

No sportsbook would be complete without of course the sports. They’re the beating heart of any sportsbook and the reason we make our way there in the first place. With this in mind we’re very happy to say that BetRivers delivers here in a spectacular fashion.

BetRivers offers a staggering 30 different sports. From the most popular sports like football basketball and baseball to the more niche options like curling speed skating and table tennis. There’s practically every sport here under the sun including seasonal sports like the Winter Olympics so fans will almost always find what they are looking for here.

Of course with a great number of sports comes a great amount of sports markets. Football and Basketball dominate here with markets going in the 400+ and 200+ respectively but other sports also shine through.

BetRivers is also willing to adjust quickly to accommodate ongoing large events. At the time of writing tennis is seeing a surge with 76 different markets  (going up to 180 markets live) to bet on for one of the tennis grand slams which shows that BetRivers is capable of adjusting and providing for big sporting events.

BetRivers has the numbers on its side here and its willingness to accommodate for ongoing events shows that it’s not slowing down anytime soon. Comparing it to other US sportsbooks BetRivers is in a league of its own.

markets facts

Number of sports
30
Betting markets — Baseball
180
Betting markets — Basketball
230
Betting markets — Football
420
Esports
Yes
Other markets (politics/event betting)
N/A

Featured betting markets

Basketball

Basketball

Football

Football

Soccer

Soccer

Baseball

Baseball

Boxing

Boxing

Golf

Golf

Hockey

Hockey

Tennis

Tennis

Available events

NFL

NFL

MLB

MLB

NBA

NBA

NHL

NHL

markets rating

91/100 A massive selection of sports to choose from

✅ Plenty of betting options for football

✅ House Specials boosted odds

    ❌ Sports come and go

    ❌ Esports vanishing into thin air

When it comes to pros what else is there to say? The numbers speak for themselves both with the sports on offer and with the score for this section. The daily boosted odds on several different sports with the House Specials can also be added to the pile of praise. This is a top choice for sports variety when it comes to US sportsbooks hands down.There are some nitpicks however. As stated before it’s clear that BetRivers is dedicated to accommodating ongoing large events. However it also seems to remove some sports once the season is finished. When leagues on the less popular sports are not running the sport itself is hidden from view. I find it puzzling as the more popular sports do offer future bets for future leagues. It just seems weird to me to remove an entire sport instead of offering future bets and makes it seem like BetRivers is not offering these sports when it is just hiding them.One of these hidden sports was e-sports much to my annoyance. US sportsbooks tend to ignore other less standard options like e-sports and politics so I was excited to have e-sports listed as an option. Unfortunately BetRivers giveth and BetRivers taketh away and so e-sports was hidden by the end of the review. It’s still a pro that it was there as it will most likely make a return once a major event is running but it’s still strange to hide such a unique category.

BetRivers online sportsbook is the award-winning product from Rivers Casino and Rush Street Interactive. For years BetRivers has been sweeping the nation, flowing into state after state — but is it worth your buck?

The options for both sports and bonuses are staggering, and there are some nice iRUSH and VIP rewards to go along with all of it. On the other hand, the platform could certainly use a bit of cleaning up, especially within its help section.

Find out what you can expect in our BetRivers online sportsbook review, backed by expert insights.

FAQ

Which states is BetRivers legal in?

At the time of writing BetRivers is available in 12 states: Arizona Colorado Indiana Illinois Louisiana Maryland Michigan New Jersey Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia. In Connecticut BetRivers operates as the SugarHouse brand. Full list of differences in the ‘states’ section.

Is there a promo code for the BetRivers sportsbook?

The BetRivers online sportsbook bonus code is 250MATCH which is used for the welcome bonus. Simply put it in whilst making your first deposit to activate the welcome bonus and have your deposit matched 100% up to $250. More bonuses can be found in our ‘bonuses’ section.

How many sports can I bet on at BetRivers?

At the time of writing you can bet on a staggering 30 different sports. There’s pretty much a sport for everyone here with all the popular ones such as football and basketball as well as less popular options such as speed skiing and cricket. A full breakdown of this can be found in our sports section.

How to contact BetRivers customer service?

Customer service is quite easy to locate. There is a sticky toolbar at the top with a button labeled ‘Support Chat’. Simply click on it and be taken to the live chat to speak to one of BetRivers’ many helpful support staff members. Other contact methods are listed in our support section though for the most part it is just an email web form and the help center.

How do I download the BetRivers sportsbook app?

BetRivers is available in a lot of states and each one has its native iOS and Android app. To be on the safe side go on the sportsbook of the state you are in from your phone’s internet browser first. Then download the app from there. It’s a bit of a roundabout way of going about it but it guarantees that you’ll get the right app for the state you are in. More information can be found in the platform section.

Does BetRivers sportsbook have good odds?

The general odds for BetRivers are excellent clocking in at 96.44%. This unfortunately drops off quite a bit once it moves to live with the odds coming in at 92.90%. We always expect percentages to be a little less when it is live betting however the difference is quite large so you may want to stick to general bets. To see a further breakdown of the odds go to the odds section.

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