Bet365 Review

Full Review

I have to admit I like to use the so-called “full service” online gambling outlets, as they have something for every part of the gambler in me: sports betting services, live streaming of games (not all games, though, and not all operators), casino games and soft games (for the chance of winning big or just spending a few fun minutes between the games), along with poker rooms and many other options. I also have to admit that bet365 is one of my favorite outlets, and in this article I would like to explain why.

What is bet365?

Well, in the real world Bet365 is a British company, with its head office in Stoke on Tent, home of the Stoke City FC. The company is owned by the Coates family – it was founded by Denise Coates, daughter of local businessman Peter Coates, who owns the Potters.

The company has become, in the years that have passed since its first day in a portakabin (a portable office) into one of the biggest names in British online sports betting, and gambling in general, with over 2,000 employees in its offices and over 14 million customers from 200 countries of the world.

What can you do at the bet365 website?

Bet365 is one of those “full service” operators I have mentioned before. Besides sports betting services – its original and core business – it features several other online gambling options for its customers. Besides online sports betting services (complete with financials and in-play betting), it offers its players an online casino, a poker room, a bingo hall and two separate soft games sections – Games and Vegas.

Sports betting

As I mentioned above, sports betting is bet365’s core business. It offers access to thousands of events in tens of categories, including the usual ones – football, tennis, baseball, basketball and similar, popular sports – and several more ‘exotic’ ones, like pelota, surfing, trotting and squash. Certainly, they have one of the most diversified offers on the market.

Users of the bet365 online sportsbook can place pre-game and in-game bets, and even watch the game unfold right before their eyes by using the live streaming service offered by the operator.

Besides a great variety of markets and events, live streaming and other goodies, bet365 also spoils its customers with a series of fine promotions – guaranteed odds, risk free bets, price promises and more, on horse and greyhound races, soccer and other sports – click here for a full list of promotions. Besides, the operator doesn’t forget about those willing to enjoy the game and the thrill of the bet when on the move, offering a 100% bonus on the first bet placed by the player using their mobile betting platform.

Games and Vegas

The Games section at bet365 contains a series of ‘instant play’ casino games, virtual sports and others, from a series of developers like Aristocrat, IGT, Microgaming’s Quickfire and others. The list of games includes slot machines, table games, arcade games, scratch cards, and more.

To make the deal even sweeter, bet365 also offers a 100% deposit bonus, up to €100, to new players at their first deposit in the Games section, for deposits of €10 or more. Players can deposit funds directly into their Games account or transfer them from their sports betting or casino account. Terms and conditions apply – click here to find out more.

The Vegas section of the bet365 operation is similar in nature, but very different when it comes to the games in it. All games in the Vegas section are ones developed by Net Entertainment, maker of some of the best online video slots I have ever seen.

The list of games at the Vegas section is much shorter, but what it lacks in numbers, it makes up in quality. It features some of my personal favorites – Gonzo’s Quest, Secret of the Stones, Jack Hammer 2 and EggOMatic, to mention just a few – and lots more, in several different categories.

New players at the bet365 Vegas are in for some attractive promotions: a 100% Opening Bonus worth up to €100 on their first deposit or transfer, free games, cashback bonuses and more – click here for details, terms and wagering requirements.

This brings us to another popular section of the bet365 operation:

The Casino

Bet365 runs a Playtech-powered online casino, with quite a few special offers for fans of online slot machines (like myself). It has all the popular games developed by the Israeli company – Marvel slots, live dealer games, card and table games, video games, keno and more, over 250 of them available in the downloadable casino package.

Any great casino needs great bonuses, you might say, and you would be right. The offers available to new and returning players sound mouth-watering: a welcome package bonus bundle worth up to €3,000, a special package for slot machine enthusiasts (like myself, for instance) for generating certain numbers of Comp Points for special cash prizes, special casino games tournaments for desktop and mobile players, cashbacks, special events and more.

In bet365’s Live Casino players can choose to play against young, attractive European or Asian dealers a game of roulette, blackjack, baccarat, casino hold’em or sic bo. They can enjoy playing live games on their desktop PC or their mobile device, using the bet365 live casino app available for iOS.

The Poker Room

Aaaaand last, but not least, the famous bet365 online poker room, with a great variety of tournaments every day, a new player bonus worth up to $1,000, a special giveaway with a prize pool of up to €100,000   and many many more.

The bet365 online poker room is part of the famous iPoker network, the most popular one on the internet, and uses Playtech’s software, as most of the other sections of the website.

Bet365 is one of those online gambling operations I always visit with confidence. For one, I like to know who I trust my money with – bet365 is a British company with a British and Gibraltar license (it’s kind of prohibitive), it has a face (do a Google search for Denise Coates, the company’s owner) and offers quality services for almost 14 years now. I would recommend it.

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