Betsafe review

A really nice layout with a black, grey, red and white layout on the main page. They have a main menu at the top of the page with a sub menu under this. Like many sportsbooks you have the left side menu with all the sports listed showing number of markets for each sport. This is an excellent layout and promotions are available to view from the sub menu.

Page load times for the main page and sub pages are very good and the overall look of the home page is simple yet classy.

One of the great things we like about the Betsafe site is that if you are searching for anything on the site then just go straight to the footer section. Here you will find links to anything you need: FAQ’s, terms and conditions, payment methods and links to live chat.

On the very right side of the footer you also have access to all of their social media channels including an excellent You Tube channel and some very cool videos.

Their overall betting margin runs at 4.8% which for a modern day sportsbook is pretty competitive. Margins on Football are a little high at 5.1% but we have seen much worse with other bookmakers. Where they do stack up as competitive is on Tennis at 4.6% and on American Football where they have a really competitive margin at just 4.1%

For horse racing punters their is a very competitive range of odds on UK, Irish, American, French, South African, Australian and Indian racing.

Their horse racing odds are drawn from the sister company site Racebets who are a specialist horse racing “only” betting site.

They also offer NRNB (Non Runner No Bet) on major race meetings like the Cheltenham Festival and Aintree’s Grand National meeting in April.

Overall their odds offer is strong and, as part of the Betsson group this is not surprising.

Betsafe provide many sports to bet on and overall market coverage is very strong on Football and Horse Racing. At any one time you are likely to see between 16,000 to 20,000 markets on football.

Their horse racing coverage is also very strong as they seem to have merged their sister company Racebets into the sportsbook platform.

E-sports is also strongly supported and the main sports from the United States (American Football and Basketball) always have a deep market coverage.

In terms of page loading we did find the In-play interface a little slow to load, especially when their are a large number of football markets that are In-play and live.

It is a minor issue but may affect some punters view of the site. Apart from the traditional In-play markets, Betsafe also provide a “special” markets section as well as Asian “minute” markets (something new)

The interface itself once inside an event is good on the eye and all markets and prices are laid out clearly. As mentioned, we have seen a number of people mention slow load time so this is something to be aware of.

The bonus and promotion selection on sportsbook is limited with Betsafe, with only their 100% matched bonus up to €30 available.

Deposits and withdrawals are straightforward with a wide range of options available. Of course the deposit and withdrawal times depend on the payment method being used but here is some more information on this point.

All of the deposit options offered by Betsafe (Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, Entropay, Neteller, Skrill, Citadel, Paysafe Card, Visa Electron and Bank Transfer) all have immediate deposits.

For withdrawals, cards take 2-5 days whilst e-wallets are instant.

Brilliant live chat service and the customer service reps we have dealt with when using some of our test questions have been very good from the main knowledge perspective and also in terms of courtesy.

The chat service seems very quick and our chats were all answered within 30 seconds which is perfectly acceptable.

Being part of the very large and Betsson group you can definitely feel at ease using Betsafe. They are of course licensed under the UK Gambling Commission and also hold licenses in Ireland, Malta and Alderney.

Their use of 256 bit SSL technology insures all personal and financial data is totally secure.