Redbet Review

Redbet offer a top quality online sports book, which not only offers all the sports markets to bet on, but also many other gambling options including a top class online casino and poker room. They also have one of the best betting bonuses for new punters too, as well as continually offering fun and high-value promotions on a regular basis. Redbet Sports Betting has had a sound reputation since they launched back in 2004, but their high margin and quality service comes with some serious limitations. Aside from not allowing customers to use Paypal, unquestionably the most significant of these is the number of countries in which their service is not available.

These currently include the following; Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, China, Denmark, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Yemen, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Mauretania, Mauritius, Morocco, Norfolk Island, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Spain, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America (its territories and possessions, including but not limited to Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Deposit & Withdrawals

The deposit options available with Redbet are Visa, Visa Electron, MasterCard, Skrill, Qiwi, Neteller, Przelewy24, Trustly, Paysafecard, Direct bank transfer, Credit cards, but there is no PayPal availability at the time of writing. The only currencies that can be accepted are Euro, Swedish Kronor and Norwegian Kronor, which again limits options. All withdrawals take 24 hours to be processed, leaving Redbet trailing some of its competitors in this regard.

Customer Service

Redbet has offers support via email or telephone, while its live chat service is improving and offers help in English, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, German and Polish.

License Information

For customers in the UK, Redbet licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission, Licence Number: 39636

Redbet offers its odds in UK, European and US formats which are all easy to read. Their overall betting margin hovers around 5.9%, but notably rises to 6.3% for football bets and a hugely impressive 10% on their ice hockey book.

Betting limits

The minimum stake allowed is €1 while the maximum fluctuates somewhat based on both the sport book chosen and the type of bet placed but it must be noted that there are no stringent maximum winnings limits. You also have to deposit €20 to activate some of their bonuses.

Types of bets

RedBet have one of the best offers in terms of type of bets and at the bottom of their site you will see a link to “bet types” This is section is one of the best online for explaining system bets. They also offer a wide ranger of “Teaser” “Asian Handicap” and “Fast Markets” bets

Sport coverage

RedBet cover 32 different sports and have a strong betting coverage of all of the major European soccer leagues.

In-play experience

One of the perks of betting at Redbet is the fact they offer two different kinds of in-play betting, Live Betting and SuperLive Betting. The latter is intended for more specific options in a game, including things such as “goal within the next 60 seconds” or what’s happening “minute by “minute’ but there are a vast array of options available, which makes this kind of in-play betting rather thrilling. The Live Betting option, meanwhile, offers the standard sports opportunities you’ll find at most places.

Live streaming

RedBet does not currently supply a live streaming service.

The Redbet page is quite easy on the eye with a black, red and white colour scheme. We liked the fact that the buttons and navigation links were big with bolded text in all capital letters, it just makes for a nice navigation.

The main menu is on the left side and this contains two main sections. The first section is “Top Events” which focuses on some of the bigger UK and US sports, like the FA Cup and Premier League in the UK and the NBA and NHL in the United States. Below this is a section titled Live Betting and this is where all the other sports are shown.

Clicking on a sport will open up all of the leagues or events that are available for this sport and it makes it nice and easy to sort and filter.

Once you go into a specific game then the markets are laid out nice and cleanly, and you have different market types that can be reached by clicking a button at the top of each event. This section is held in the centre column.

The only thing we did not like about the interface is a support pop up tab at the bottom of the screen which cannot be switched off and this hides some content which can be annoying.

In terms of the odds offer Redbet are not very competitive at all. They have an overall average margin of 5.9% which is high but it is individual margins on some sports that are very extreme.

If we touch on Ice Hockey which of course is not that popular for UK punters. However, this is trading at a 10% margin which really is extremely high.

If we look at football which at 6.3% is one of the highest margins around and will not be attractive to more savvy football bettors.

Overall the margins on RedBet need improving and we will be keeping an eye on this and updating over the coming months.

Although odds are weak on RedBet, the same cannot be said about market coverage or the number of markets that are available on each event.

If we look at football first then you will find a huge selection of leagues to bet on. On this review we found 160 leagues and on each event you can find up to 120 markets being traded on each game with some even reaching as high as a 150 markets on the top level games from the leading leagues in Europe.

This is not just for football either. If we look at Tennis and some of the US Sports, you also have strong market depth here as well.

In-play rather than pre-match is a major part of the Redbet site and as we mentioned they have a very strong coverage across a wide range of sports.

The sign up offer with Redbet is Bet £10 and Get £10, but it is not just straightforward. To get your free £10 bet you need to place 5 wagers of £10 before your free bet is allocated. You have to place your 5 bets within a 7 days period to be eligible for the free bet.

Apart from this there are no other stringent rules or wagering requirements. This bonus is available twice for you to take advantage of.

RedBet make it straightforward to deposit and withdraw funds. The options are a little limited compared to other sportsbooks but they do only deal with highly trusted payment processors including: VISA, Mastercard, Neteller, Skrill, Trustly and a new processor called Zimpler which uses your mobile phone to facilitate deposits.

Support is quick (took about 15 seconds to get a support response) and the agents we dealt with when testing the Live Chat were very courteous and could answer a couple of difficult questions with no problem.

RedBet is part of the Evoke Gaming Group. This website is operated by Evoke Gaming Ltd, a company registered under the laws of Malta with a licensed registration number: C 38582, registered address: Evoke Gaming Ltd, 85 St John Street, Valletta, VLT 1165, Malta. This website is operated by Evoke Gaming Ltd under the following licences, issued and regulated by The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA): MGA/CL1/254/2008 (effective date Feb 16, 2010),MGA/CL1/438/2011 (effective date May 16, 2012), MGA/CL1/858/2012 (effective date May 13 2014), MGA/CL1/1279/2016, MGA/CL3/1280/2016, MGA/CL2/438/2010.