138 Review

WELCOME TO 138.com

Already a market leader with a massive foothold in the Asian continent, 138.com have we have brought together what they call a gaming and betting offer with a unique Asian experience to their European customers.

Licensed in the Isle of Man, which is one of the most highly regarded gaming jurisdictions in the world, gives you the comfort that you can enjoy your sport betting with 138.com in a safe and secure environmentansd have the opportunityt o bet on a wide range of sports with some of the best odd available within the sports betting market today.

The customer service at 138.com is truly excellent and you can contact them at your convenience 24/7 365 days a year by Email, Telephone or Live Chat in English and Mandarin.

The website itself is very uncluttered and uses a lot of white space to make the various sections stand ourt clearly. Because of this it is a very easy site to navigate around.

138.com also has invested in it’s own app which can be downloaded for both Apple and Andriod devices.

taking alook around their site they have a very cool results tool which shows results of every sporting event right across the world and this can be accessed in the bottom left menu along with their useful sports statistics tool. On our site you will also find information about 138.com bonus and 138.com mobile app.

Deposit & Withdrawals

The deposit options at 138.com include the main cards which are VISA and Mastercard along with two of the main e-wallets, Neteller and Skrill

Customer Service

Live Chat: Available

Email: help@138.com

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License Information

You can check out the 138.com gambling license here.

138.com offer both fractional and decimal odds on their site. You can find out more about odds types in our online betting guide.

Betting limits

The maximum winnings payable to any Player for a single days betting on any single, combination of bets including multiples is a maximum of £100,000.

Types of bets

138.com provide all the standard types of bets such as combination and system bets plus of course single win and each way bets. Live in-play betting is available with more than 80 markets available on each event as an average.

Sport coverage

138.com currently have 36 different sports that you can place a bet on. Each sport has a wide range of markets and bet types to enjoy.

In-play experience

The 138.com live offer includes in-play, fast markets, 3W (Three way) Handicaps and Asian Handicaps and a wide range of goal markets on football. The live interface at 138.com is really easy to use and laid out with dark text on a grey background. It makes for easy reading and navigation.

Live streaming

138.com does not currently supply live streaming of events.

When you enter the site you are greeted with a splash page with a large background image of the Watford Football club shirt. 138.com are a major sponsor of Watford. On this splash screen you will just select your language and then this will take you to the main site.

The site has a very minimalist look to it. It is a modern design with a primarily white interface with black and red colours used to break up the site into different sections.

The menu structure is very good as it allows you to get to any part of the site quickly. The top menu has the main product offerings. Below the main menu is a dark black band that provides prominet links to support and 24 hour live chat. Then below this you can quickly find Live Betting, Today’s Events and Results.

The main content area is broken into three sections with sports and events on the left, the main odds and betting interface is in the centre and the bet slip can be found on the right.

A nicely designed site that makes navigation very easy

Being a major sponsor of a Premier League football club, it is no surprise to see that the football betting offerv from 138.com is very strong.

Their betting margin on football averages out at 3.9% which is very competitive indeed and even their overall margin of 4.9% across all sports is in the top 30% of all online sportsbooks.

Their tennis betting offer is decent with a margin of 5.2% with US sports accounting for the higher margins that they offer, saying that, baseball is very competitive at 4.2%

Again as you would expect, football is a core offer from 138.com. Being a sportsbook established in Asia, you will see that the influence of Asian handicap betting and their football sponsorship interests mean this is a major part of the sportsbook offer.

When writing our review it was the end of the major European football season but still, 138.com were still covering more than 60 countries and leagues with between 80 – 100 markets on each event.

Other specialist competitions like the World Cup also featured highly with no less than 48 different markets available to bet on.

The In-play betting interface is one of the best ones we have seen online and it is very easy to find an event by using a scrolling horizontal menu which is made up of icons for each sport. This visual element makes it very simple to find the sport you wish to bet on.

Odds are contained within a white and grey background with red and black header sections displaying the sport and market clearly. Nothing flashy here, just a nice simple interface.

The speed of the live interface is also very good with minimal delay when making a transaction. This means that you are more likely to catch the price you want.

Currently, 138.com have four main offers and these include:

– The £10 welcome offer
After you have deposited into your account you must stake 1 qualifying bet. For example: If you stake £20/€20, you will receive a £10/€10 bonus token.

– 40% matched betting acca boost
Place an accumulator with 4 or more legs on selected leagues this weekend and if it wins, we’ll boost your winnings as bonus tokens, up to a maximum bonus of 40%.

Qualifying markets: Match Result, Both Teams To Score, Match Result and Both Teams To Score, Over/Under Total Goals, Correct Score, Match Result and Over/Under Total Goals, Half Time/Full Time and Handicap Match Result.

– Best Odds Guaranteed
This means that every day, when you place your Horse Racing bet with 138.com, take an ‘Early’ or a ‘Show’ price on your selection – and if the SP is bigger they will pay you out at the bigger odds.

You cannot lose out by taking the price – For Example:

Take 4/1 and if your selection wins at 6/1 you get 6/1!

Take 4/1 and if your selection wins at 6/4 you get paid at 4/1!

– Acca Insurance

Place a six fold accumulator or above and if one leg lets you down then 138.com will give you a free bet bonus token to enjoy as another bet.

138.com have one of the strongest selections of payment methods of any bookmaker we have reviewed. With client security at the forefront of what they do, 138.com use only trusted providers when it comes to payment processing.

You can use VISA, Mastercard, Neteller or Skrill. These four methods are all very safe and make it easy to deposit and withdraw funds from your betting account quickly.

Live chat is really very good. When checking out the service we had some questions about the betting for the World Cup and the agent answered the questions very quickly and also was extremely knowledgeable.

All the services and games of 138.com are provided and licensed for the use by Fesuge Limited of Clinch’s House, Lord Street, Douglas, Isle of Man IM99 1RZ which is regulated by the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission under the Online Gambling Regulation Act 2001.

LICENCE ISSUED ON 8TH AUGUST 2014

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