SkyBet Review

Had been betting with skybet for about 2 years.I was on a good winning run and because of this I was betting more than usual.They phoned me and asked me about it and I explained it to them.they put a limit on my spending .Then out of the blue my account was suspended until I sent them verification. I sent them all they asked for 3 or 4 times heard nothing.As I had £14 in my account when it was suspended I emailed them after hearing nothing for 6 months and asked for my money back.A week later my money was returned and my account closed citing 18.2 of their t & Cs illegal betting?????.avoid this company they are crazy.

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One of the worst betting sites, if i could give this a 0 i would , keep well clear of , today it royally ripped off a load of people including myself who wanted to cash out early on bets and due to their incompetence that option was not possible , keep well clear of this site unless you wanna get ripped off ! Their response after sending them an email is literally oh well s*** happens , they also offer an option called accafreeze , but when your winning , they suddenly appear to have issues with one of your bets , so u cannot cash out , then fix it after the bet has lost , meaning you do not get paid out ! Also they have been scamming customers out of funds , by allowing people to pick 5 teams for an accafreeze , then taking the money for the bet , and then the accumulator you wanted to use as an accafreeze option , is only a normal accumulator ! they have such an abysmal reputation on here , my advice would be to keep clear of this fraudulent betting site and stick to something with a more reputable reputation ! Even its customer service never respond to you either !

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With the skybet daily free spin would often win a single bonus spin. I haven’t one once this year. It’s now a scam that they keep it going but never pay out.

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They claim to offer acca freeze on certain matches but then take the freeze option away after you’ve placed the bet when it suits them. Man City women were leading from the 15th minute against Chelsea and no once was I able to freeze this leg of a 5 Team accumulator. Acca Freeze is false advertising.

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Be careful all!! Been Skybet customer for over 20years but identified that £65 had been removed from my account yesterday (15/02) and reported that I believe I have been hacked. (Driving at time bet placed on Poker site). I only use Sky bet so concerned yet no response from Skybet Customer Service team and no opportunity to call helpline.UPDATE – another victim who suffered same issue identified via social media yet no update from Skybet. Please all check your accounts

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Just had a generic conversation with Christopher s.took 32 minutes to get through to be reassured there were no restrictions on me accessing promotions.only to then be told I’m unable to because there’s restrictions.really.ive got 50 mins of video to prove what I just had to deal with.pile o shi’ite.

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I wouldn’t even give 1 star. Total crap! A joke! Bet more than 50 pounds on a 20p bets and didn’t even get 3% back. I wouldn’t advice anyone to fall for this stupid casino! They give you 250 free spins and you get nothing! Waste of money and waste of time! Thieves!

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Rip-off avoid I had two bet 1-1 making 2.37-1 i betted £490 winning cash was £1,880 I won one of my bets bet 15min in second half which should’ve raised my cash out to £750 while I only had two bet remaining in the second one my cash out did not rise after winning my first bet infact it drop to £88 unlike most betting sites like bet365 and William hill after winning your higher odd bet increase your cash out with skybet it doesn’t do that

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Why are sky bet prices so ridiculously low compared with the rest of the industry ?

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Totally agree with other comments about Skybet. Been a customer for years and years and was very loyal,even though year after year to receive my £5 free bet the expenditure increased year on year and it is now £30. They’ve also changed the free bet to 2×£2.50 build a bet if you don’t nominate what bet you want to use your free bet on. I don’t ever use build a bet, I bet mainly on horses or individual football results not the near impossible build a bets!!! Also free bets have expiry dates on them now of 1 week. Also on horseracing no synopsis anymore on any race. Have they sacked the man/woman that does these write ups. Very very disappointed is an under statement. I am leaving Skybet as from now after all these years because of this shambolic treatment of us punters. Shame on you Skybet!!!!!!

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Fed up of sky bet. Moving on. Their odds are shorter than others , also now your free £5 bet ,which you could bet on anything once , is now limited to even more in their favour. No more.

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Wow! I’m heartened to see the negative reviews for this site, has gone from being one of the best to THE WORST betting site inside 4 years! Extra place races, they rip people off on prices, at least a point and a half shorter than other rivals and isn’t best odds, and even in non extra place races you still don’t get best odds unless you’re a skybet bonus customer who’s topped up £30 in a week! Horrendous betting company, avoid them like the plague as now they obviously have hit there customer quota they now just rip customers off!

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A decent, reliable site. I’ve used them for years and having had issues with other companies, this one has never given me any problems. The odds might not always be the highest available and the promotions are rather limited but I count reliability and trust very highly and so I’m very happy to stick with them.

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They claim to offer acca freeze on certain matches but then take the freeze option away after you’ve placed the bet when it suits them.

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The sky Bet Club went from £25 to £30 just before the last Footie World Cup.It’s now stayed to £30 for half the free spins and split lower bets Took part in the bet builder club, only to figure out as I thought when I got my £3 free bet I had stake £10 on EACH category for the points but £5 games and £25 price booster isn’t enough

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Absolutely rubbish. I’ve been a Customer with sky bet for donkeys years, I would NOT recommend using this site. I deposit good money into their site week after week to get nothing in return, I spend £30 and don’t even get the free bet credited anymore. I have other accounts from Paddy’s and bet 365 who give me loads of free promotions. I’m just about done with sky and will more than likely be closing their account by the end of the day

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Absolute joke. Acca freeze didn’t even work and I’ve lost money through it…. Embarrassing and need to sort it out

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As part of my weekly loyalty to sky bet I got 75 free spins at sky Vegas. 10p a spin I finished up with 10p. I have been a loyal customer for year.

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Customer service, is none existing just send you off in a merry go round FAQ no contact details what so ever . 30 minutes in a queue for live chat then cut off because I took too long to answer bull###t !! Took Natalie minutes to reply to me !! It takes 10 seconds to deposit £5 -£50000 but can’t help me over £5 never been so frustrated, but ha that’s exactly what they want, take your money happily, then fu##i#g ignore you @@

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I can only endorse reviews entered it is impossible to contact them to correct minor errors with your account.When I attempt to do a lucky 15 bet I get a pop up telling telling me I have exceded my limit on that type of bet.It only allows me a 10p lucky 15. when trying to contact them I described this to them about ten times.They just send you round in circles getting nowhere.It should be a minus 5 review.

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Sports are there for you to lose everytime ya can’t even withdraw 7 euro stupid casino sky bets club more like sky robbery club promotions too dear get nothing back for them literally would be pennys or a horse racing free bet would be the full 5 on one horse they have it well suss for you to be treated like dirt put money on your app and not one thing has worked out yet these really high odds like 1/14 end a draw and low odds just end a draw why would anyone wanna stay somewhere that the casino always wins and has one up On you exactly the same as the rest pathetic

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The £5 free bet kept many punter using Skybet including myself, odds were better elsewhere but this bonus stopped me shopping around and using other bookmakers. Replacing this offer with a very misleading Skybet club where you now get to choose a reward is the perfect example of using glossy advertising to fool the customer into thinking they’ve got something better when in fact all Sky are doing is securing their own profits. The default, 2 x £2.50 buildabet is a deliberate strategy by Sky to screw the customer. I can count on one hand the number of buildabets I have won on. No one I speak to wants this buildabet, if Sky had any customer service they would can this new club and go back to what works

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Used to be good, but the free bet system now is barely worth doing

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It’s virtually impossible to communicate with skybet . There is no telephone number to customer service. Their live chat is never working . On live chat ,You will get the agent , however there is no facility for the message to be sent. You are simply timed out. And emails are never replied to.It’s outrageous for a company to behave in this manner.Their C.E.O is on record has saying . We are not a public service. And do not want accounts that are not profitable. But it should be a commitment for this C.E.O. To reply to customers concerns.Rowland Bell

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The so called free bet is impossibly hard to put on or understand.. I’m going to coral after 30 years loyal patronage

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Since Sky Bet club was changed this weekI will be spending money elsewhere Wrong Move Sky Betting treating loyal customers badly

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Don’t bet on football but my free bet has to be used on build a bet crap on football. Running down my account and they have now lost a customer..

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Don’t use this account much but spent £30/week thorough January,and seen £5 free bet diluted to £2.50 free spins or some ridiculous bet builder bet.Then to add insult to injury you have to contact them to enquire why my “reward”is not evident on the account and thats if you can contact someone.

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I would avoid this company, there are plenty of other sites which are much better than this.They bombard you with offers and free bets and when you use them and win, they restrict your account with no explanation.Safer gambling??!! Dont make me laugh, as long as you keep losing they will leave you alone.

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Account is being deleted.I’ve been on many sites but this one is special. Their slots are incredibly rigged were you don’t win a thing. You hardly get a bonus round and when you do like I did on horus, I got 24 spins and walked away with 40 pence. The first 22 spins nothing. These people are crooks and I hope to god they get shut down. I wrote about betfred a few days ago but seem to actually win more on that site than this one.. Next step is they will ask for my details then they will make sure I don’t even win 40 pence. So my account will be shut down by me now.. please don’t use their slotsOnly use skybet for sport betting

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All the changes SKYBET have made to their terms and conditions over the last few months, mean they are probably the worst of the major bookmakers. You get far better deals with all of the others. I won’t be giving them my custom anymore

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The final straw in a continuous decline of being punter friendly. I have used Skybet for over 15 years. Now my weekly free £5 bet has been withdrawn and replaced by some newfangled bet builder I don’t understand or want. This follows removal of double odds one winner in luckies and always tightening of odds as soon as selections show and other little perks. All in the name of corporate greed.

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I have been a long term customer of Skybet. I was not offered a refund today when a player did not start a match I had a bet on,I was yesterday in a different match.They have also changed the way they offer bonuses which goes in their favour and not a loyal customer. I would shop around for other sites if you want to open an account .

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I am disgusted at the very poor new free bet from sky bet club that they state is improved.I have been a customer for many years and regularly received a free £5 bet or more recently a free £6 racing bet after gambling £30 minimum a week.This week its been reduced to 2 x £2.50 free accumulators on racing (other sports available)or to put simply a minimum of a treble.No Thanks Sky bet I am moving my business elsewhere from today to a company that actually offers me best odds guaranteed on all uk racing and free bets totaling £15 a week if I invest £20 on selected events.Goodbye Sky Bet.Very Unhappy Customer.

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One of the worst betting sites , keep well clear of , today it royally ripped off a load of people including myself who wanted to cash out early on bets and due to their incompetence that option was not possible , keep well clear of this site unless you wanna get ripped off !

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If I could give zero stars I would, I get that the gambling world is a gamble but something about the games just seems to always take your money and I mean surely the luck would be on your side at some point but I don’t think I’ve ever walked away a winner in the last 4 years. Just seems so fixed as if they use the games to claim back money they lose on the live games or other sports but as others have said the suspended games are also fixed to avoid you cashing a good win out. Just a big scam and yet they get away with it. Closing account and would never use again

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I had been a skybet customer for 6 years and I rated them the best due to the extra place offers with B.O.G and all the casino promotions. But for the last 3 years iv had my slot promotions stopped because they said ‘I manipulated the offers’??? They offered promos, I used the free spins and won minor amounts a few times so they cancelled all promos saying I wasn’t being fair! Then the B.O.G on the horse races were scrapped because they added an extra place. Worst of all I just noticed that my favourite bet doesn’t pay double the odds 1 winner on a lucky15!!! Also to get a weekly skyclub free bet went from staking £30 to now £35 pounds and the free bets on offer now are a lot worse with just mug accumulator bets with not much hope of getting a return. I closed my account yesterday after playing the slots and again losing with even no pretence that I could get a win or a bonus. Before writing my review, at first I was surprised to see so many people complaining about skybet but I’m glad it’s not just me that feels aggrieved and it’s now clear to see that skybet have made drastic changes for the worst.

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Bunch of scammers. I complained as the offer they gave wasn’t the one I signed up then hen I called him a scammer he said he was suspending my account for the name calling. I called him a scammer. Joke of a company

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Had account for 8 years, mug betting relatively small amounts. Decided to up stakes and take it more seriously. A week of winning, account restricted and continued to be restricted to the point where not viable to bet with them. No explanation other than a generic email, never reply to emails. Obviously happy to let you continue if losing. Advice look elsewhere, I thought bookies were happy to take on a bet, not these scammers.

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Used to like sky bet for it rewards but now you have to bet more to get them same rewards, they make millions and now they are encouraging you to bet more for the same rewards, I’m changing to another betting site

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Absolute Crooks. Misleading info on the site which encouraged a bet I would not have made otherwise.I placed a bet on a player to score a hattrick after it showed that he had already scored 2 goals on the site and it was a suggested bet at boosted odds. After placing the bet one of the goals was credited as an own goal so I went on live chat to ask for the bet to be voided as I had been mislead with the wrong information on their site at the time of placing the bet. Not only did the person on the chat not acknowledge my issue at all but after I posted a screenshot with evidence they then cut me off and passed me to someone else to start again. Then after I explained the issue to them they said there was nothing they could do and just cut me off while I was mid typing. Sohan and Sai (if you’re even real people), that is the worst customer support I’ve ever received. That sends a strong message that they couldn’t care less and I will definitely be shutting down my account and using another provider. Poor business practice SkyBet and I suspect illegal, which I will be escalating to find out for sure.

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Subject: Extremely Disappointing Experience with SkyBetI am compelled to share my recent, thoroughly disappointing experience with SkyBet, which has left me utterly disillusioned with the company. The abrupt closure of my betting account without any clear explanation is not only frustrating but reflects a complete disregard for customer loyalty.SkyBet’s decision to terminate my account has been handled with a lack of transparency and communication, leaving me in the dark about the reasons behind this drastic action. The absence of a proper explanation has fuelled my frustration and disappointment, turning what was once a seemingly reputable betting platform into a source of deep dissatisfaction.This experience has eroded my trust in SkyBet’s commitment to fair and transparent practices. The lack of customer support and the seemingly arbitrary closure of accounts is an affront to the principles of good business and customer service. I strongly caution potential users to reconsider placing their trust in a platform that lacks regard for its customers.In light of my experience, I cannot, in good conscience, recommend SkyBet to others. Regrettably, a once-promising betting service has chosen a path that undermines the trust and satisfaction of its customers.

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18/1 team scored so I was going to freeze this score but the bet was suspended for 13 minutes straight until the other team scored. All of a sudden the game wasn’t suspended now. Sky bet say it was a ‘technical issue’ strange how this issue happened once the 18/1 scored all the way until the other team scored. As soon as the opposing team scored the suspending stopped. Sky bet robbing money off people again!

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Ripping folk off with these new nonsensical skyclub promotions. Also suspending games to suit them so you can’t cash out. I’ve done from now on. Greedy B******S.

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Sky bet suspend games for no reason mostly say VAR decision but the game is ongoing. They suspend to stop cash out and freeze on accas. Also a lot of delay for some score updates makes the site a waste of time and your money

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I have used so many online bookies mostly for sports betting but Skybet is one of the worst . Everything will be fine as long as you keep loosing and making deposits , Once you start winning they will feel pain in their ass. They will ask you for non ending requests of documents , selfies, lots of bank statements , enhanced documents they called, They will make you feel like a beggar but they will never pay you easily. They will keep you chasing for your funds which you have made with your hard work and will give you lots of stress.Please don’t play with them..If you decided to play with Skybet, i know how to make money their, everyone is wellcome to contact me and i will help you in making money in skybet as they have gave me tough time for my funds.Its so funny when they say that the bet is placed after the outcome of the event is already know. Haha ..If that was the case then i would won every bet . Anyways they are like Hungary dogs now. They will bark on everyone who is winning ..

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The heavily promoted acca freeze is a scam. Skybet frequently suspend the odds indefinitely when a huge underdog takes the lead. For the odds to miraculously reappear once the other team equalises. Of course skybet make up the rules to cover their own back and just steal your money, using terms and conditions mumbo jumbo to justify themselves. When infact we all know its skybet suspending the odds for the own gains. Avoid.

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They have Acca freeze on quick boys game who are winning 0 v 1 Mysteriously game is suspended until home team scores to make 1 v 1. Perhaps something to do with odds of 25/1. This firm is a joke robbing the betting public

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Bitterly disappointed with the withdrawal of the free £5 free bet if you spend over £30 in a week, they have also stopped the write up and opinion for each race, will not be using sky bet again!!!!

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I’m very disappointed with the new Sky Bet Club which in their words was “being taken to the next level”.The next level must be garbage then!Instead of being awarded a non time limited £5 bet you now have the option of 3 very poor bet offers which must be used within 7 days for staking the same amount. Also, best odds guaranteed races have been removed in some instances. I’m afraid after 6 years using this site I will now look elsewhere.

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