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Sportsbooks who've failed our latest assessments: Globet, BetCRIS, Gamebookers, Sportingbet, WillHill, BoyleSports & Stan James have all been dropped off our recommended sportsbook list over recent months
Bookmaker.com is a corporation registered and licensed in San Jose, Costa Rica. It has a solid reputation and has been trading for over 10 years (established in 1996).
Bookmaker.com services customers globally but especially focusses on residents of the United States of America, who are welcome to place sports bets, play poker online or enjoy a range of casino games. Bookmaker.com offers secure, confidential, tax free sports betting.
LICENCED: Costa Rica
OUTSTANDING: Great coverage of all US and North American sports. Safe betting on all major international sports events.
PAYMENT OPTIONS: Person to Person Transactions (Safe, quick international money transfers - contact them for more details), BankWire, Bank Draft, Credit cards: JCB Card, American Express, Mastercard, VISA, iPoint. Neteller, PIC-Club, Moneybookers, Click2Pay, ECOCard, ClickandBuy, eWalletXpress, PaySafeCard Any hassles, call them!
CURRENCIES: US Dollars, EURO, Canadian Dollars, Swedish Krone, or Norwegian Krone. (All transactions in USD)
JOIN BONUS: Claim up to $500 as a new member. It's a 20% Sportsbook Bonus and you need to use the bonus code 20GOONER when signing up (standard offers are 10% or 15%). No bonus is available for Moneybookers or Neteller deposits.
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Bet365 Sportsbook is one of the UK's leading betting & gaming operators. They've been around since 1974, have over 600 employees & service over 1 million customers in 140 countries.
Bet365 is a very professional 24X7 operation with a reputation for fair play, quick payouts & great promotions. Bet365's recent web site makeover is stylish with mobile betting, the best Live betting console on the net, Live scores and stats, plus the ability to watch many sports & horse races live from your PC. A top sports bookmaker, Europe's busiest online poker room & top-of-the-line Playtech Casino via one account.
LICENCED: UK and Gibraltar
OUTSTANDING: Extensive coverage, consistently best or near best odds, safe. Around since 1974. Manage your account in one of 27 different currencies so less exchange rate hassles.
Very popular with Canadian bettors.
PAYMENT OPTIONS: UK Debit Card, Visa, MasterCard, EuroCard, NETeller, Asia365, 1-Pay, Stone-Pay, MoneyTT, Moneybookers, paysafecard, EntroPay, Click2Pay, Bank Transfer, FedEx, Mail Deposits and Money Transfers (Popular Branded Money Orders, Person to Person Transfers).
CURRENCIES: 27 accepted - ARS, AUD, BRL, BRL, CAD, RMB, CZK, DKK, EUR, HKD, HUF, ISK, JPY, MYR, MXN, NZD, NOK, PLZ, RON, SEK, SGD, ZAR, CHF, TWD, THB, GBP, USD
JOIN BONUS: Geotargeted bonus offer - UK: £200 free bets, Europe: 100% bonus on your first deposit, ROI: €320 in free bets, ROW: 15% 1st Deposit Match to $500
(Sorry, no USA, German, Dutch, Hong Kong or Turkish bettors)
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We aim to help you to find the best and safest sports bookmakers & betting exchanges on the Internet.
As industry professionals we objectively evaluate bookmakers and betting exchanges (the good, the bad and the high risk ones) against formal test criteria. We publish Sportsbook Reviews on the top 20 online sports bookmakers so you don't have to risk losing your shirt to dodgy operators or waste your time searching for the site with the odds, game coverage and betting systems that suit your style of punting or payment method.
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Paddy Power Bookie
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Paddy Power is Ireland's largest bookmaker and one of the UK's fastest growing bookies since launching online services in 2000. Parent company, Paddy Power plc, is listed on both the London Stock Exchange & Irish Stock Exchange. .
LICENCED: UK & Isle of Man
OUTSTANDING: Consistently good value prices, Money back specials, promotions and comptitions. A fun sports betting site with a European and UK sports betting focus - good range of markets including Entertainment, Finance and novelty bets .
PAYMENT OPTIONS: Cash (at a shop), Visa, Mastercard, Laser, Switch and Solo cards. Bank Transfer, Cheques, An Post Billpay, Western Union, Neteller, Moneybookers
CURRENCIES: EUR and GBP
JOIN BONUS: New account holders at Paddy power can get £50 worth of free bets to place. Unfortunately Moneybookers & Neteller users can't claim the join bonus. This bookie is renowned for the fun competitions, promos and giveaways. Lots of stake-back betting options too.
(Sorry, no USA, Canadian or Australian bettors)
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