Complete Betway Review: A Comprehensive Guide to its Sports & Odds

Free Bet for New Customers and Other Promotions

Betway doesn’t have the huge amount of promotions that other companies have. That is not always a negative as we find that sometimes you can have too many choices. If you have watched the Simpson’s episode where Mr Burns spends 5 minutes in a supermarket trying to decide between “Ketchup” and “Catsup” you will know exactly what I mean.

The welcome bonus available at Betway is pretty simple. Any bet up to £10 is matched by the bookmaker in the form of a free bet bonus. This means you get 100% extra on your first bet with the bookmaker.

How to Claim Betway’s First Bet Bonus:

Open an account

Bet up to £10

Receive your free bonus

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Football Acca Insurance Special – The name tells you everything you need to know about this offer. Place a win/draw five-fold acca (at least five-fold but can be more) on any football matches and if one of your selections loses Betway covers your stake (up to £25).

This acca offer isn’t just for football fans though! They offer the same deal on basketball, ice hockey and even darts of all things!! Talking of darts, during our Betway review, we loved the checkout special; place a win/draw/win bet and if the final checkout is 100 or higher then it refunds losing bets with a free bet of up to £25 (depending on the stake).

This is great for Premier League Darts action! Here is how the Betway checkout special works:

• Place a fivefold accumulator
• One leg lets you down
• Receive up to £25 as a free bet

For the nags, they offer a racing outsider insurance special. In certain races, if your horse finishes second and is beaten by a horse with a starting price of greater than 10/1 you get a free bet for your stake up to £25. No bookmaker can afford to miss out on the highly rated and hugely popular Channel 4 racing.

Live Betting Console and Other Sportsbook Features

We have said many times in our reviews that we wish we could watch the sports we’re betting on. However, the multitude of licensing hurdles makes this an idea that currently, we can only dream about. Unfortunatley, it’s the same for all bookmakers at the moment.

Betway SUMMARY

A look at Betway’s website

Sports Market Coverage

American football, athletics, bandy, baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, bowls, boxing, cricket, cycling, darts, floorball, futsal, Gaelic sports, golf, greyhound racing, handball, horse racing, ice hockey, martial arts, motor racing, poker, pool, rugby, snooker, soccer, table tennis, tennis, UFC, volleyball, winter sports

Mobile App	iOS, Android
Bet Exchange	No
In-Play Console	Yes
Live Streaming	Yes
Streaming Requirements	Account must be in credit.
In-Play Cashout	Yes, Limited markets
Other Features	News, Blog, Tip Advisor
Minimum Bet	£0.30

So then, what exactly does Betway stream? While you won’t get the top-flite leagues like the EPL or La Liga, you get a multitude of tennis, basketball, ice hockey, handball, snooker, and eSports matches to watch. While not completely ideal, Betway’s live streaming platform is one of the best around.

During our Betawy review, we found it offers the usual cash-out options that you see at just about all online bookmakers nowadays. We did chuckle when we read within their terms and conditions that “cash-out” is offered exclusively at Betway. This is now standard fare at most betting sites, so it’s likely the terms need a bit of an update.

The cash-out function is available on the Betway mobile sportsbook for single, multiple and system bets and you can take advantage of these offers both before a game as well as in-play. This is exceptionally useful when you misclick or find better odds elsewhere.

Banking at Betway

Betway offers a reasonable amount of ways to deposit. It supports all the major debit cards and if you are looking to use e-wallets then the chances are it likely accepts the one you use.

Withdrawal times are in line with what you would expect at any major online bookmaker, and you can expect the money in your account within 1 to 7 days. As with all operators, you are asked to provide proof of identity.

At Betway, the minimum deposit for all options is £10, which we find on par with the rest of the industry.

Support Team at Betway

The support options are more limited than other operators but in all honesty, many of us will never write a letter to a bookmaker in our lives! The available options are more than adequate for the vast amount of players.

Live support is always our first port of call when it comes to questions. We tested the service and our questions were answered quickly. Plus, the agents were not as pushy as other companies.

We must admit that we didn’t have much confidence in the first person we spoke to. When asked about the minimum bet we were told 30 cents. We don’t expect support to be sat in Camden High Street in London when we contact them, but we would at least expect them to know what country we’re in, or at least ask first! We’re probably being slightly picky as the person we spoke to was polite and eager to help.

Next, we tried email support, our least favourite way to contact any company if we’re honest. You normally wait for 8 hours to receive an automated reply. Betway did better than most other operators in this case.

Of course, we did receive the dreaded email stating they would get back to me, however, the lead time of 6 hours is better than most companies. Telephone support was fine, with a minimal answering time and a polite and friendly guy called Christian helped with a few simple betting questions.

Betway History Lesson

We think it’s pretty fair to say that not many of us had heard of Betway until it signed a £38 million shirt sponsorship deal with West Ham United. When foreign exchange broker Alpari was forced into liquidation, Betway agreed to a deal with the Premier League club.

The timing of the deal couldn’t have been any better for Betway, as West Ham was due to take over the fantastic Olympic Stadium site. This move alone will ensure the eyes of the football world are fixed firmly on shirts bearing their name.

The deal, which is the biggest in the club’s history, means the Betway logo is featured on the front of West Ham’s shirts and will also include the training wear, along with naming rights to the current Boleyn Ground’s West Stand before the move to the new stadium.

The group is also expanding their non-sport catalogue with the brands Betway Casino, Betway Vegas, Betway Bingo & Betway Poker.

Summarised Overview / Conclusion Top Rated

Betway was quite a difficult one to rate if we are totally honest, there is nothing wrong with the site. It’s easy to navigate, functional and has everything you’d expect. Some people will crave more fancy features but the Betway site is great for most people to make a fuss-free easy bet.

Like most sites, it lacks the humour of Paddy Power, and Betway isn’t feature-rich with extras like we mention in our Ladbrokes review. We do, however, like the blog-type stats and information that you can see squeezed between markets. This enticed me a few times to bet on something topical like a Ronaldo first goal bet.

One section we would recommend you check out if you are a football stats geek like me is the Useful Stats link, although this is likely to be a branded outsourced link (football suddenly becomes soccer!!!). We found the wealth of information highly useful.

Although not the exceptionally pleasing to the eye, the depth of information was great and allowed me to plan weeks for my football accumulator.

We like my betting sites to have a community feel and we like to be engaged when we’re betting. Betway achieves this with the small little tips it places in between the markets. This gets our betting juices flowing and gives us an insight into other markets we wouldn’t normally touch.

In short, Betway is a very useful addition to your sportsbook collection, it’s simple but more importantly, it is fast and easy to use!

Frequently Asked Questions

Now we have come to the end of this Betway review, we hope to have covered all of your questions. Even so we listed the more popular queries below. Check them out!