We specialise in online sportsbook and bookmaker reviews. Check out our detailed independent bookie reviews at BookieLabRat.com. Make informed decisions on where to place your sports bets.
This week we've made updates to the following bookie reviews & dropped 3 sportsbooks who failed our first 2008 monthly assessment
Boyle Sports Review
- Popular Irish Online Bookie
- Sharp odds, great cash backs
- Special offer: £250/€200 free bets
Canbet Sportsbook Review
- Top Australian bookie
- Excellent LIVE football betting
- Big bet limits & highroller betting
Ladbrokes Review
- Safe and professional
[BetCRIS, Gamebookers, Sportingbet have been dropped from our 2008 recommended sportsbook list]
Bodog Sports is part of billionaire Calvin Eyre's digital entertainmant group. Bodog has a 10 year reputation for safe, fun online gambling & quick payouts at its sportsbook, poker room and online casino. There's also a fight club and digital music. Very fast-play Blackjack and table games. Players from around the world accepted except Canadians. Bodog is especially popular with US players (all US States accepted) - but also offers excellent betting lines on UK and European sports. choose NORTH AMERICA or UK & EUROPE as you enter for sports bets & promotions based on your location
LICENCED: Kahnawake Gaming Authority, Canada
OUTSTANDING: Great coverage of all US and North American sports with top live betting. Good bets on international sports events, great reputation. A gambling site with attitude.
PAYMENT OPTIONS: Instant Cheque, Neteller, Click2Pay, Moneybookers, eWalletXpress, NUcharge, or Credit Card
CURRENCIES: Play is in USD but most currencies accepted and converted at standard exchange rates.
JOIN BONUS: New players get a 10% First Deposit Match uncapped. EG: Deposit $500 for $50 in free chips. A x15 playthrough applies. Regular fun player promos too like iPhone giveaways and trips to Vegas.
(Sorry, no Canadian bettors)
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Bet365 Sportsbook is one of the UK's leading betting & gaming groups having held a UK licence since 1974. With over 600 employees Bet365 services close to a 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: Vast sports 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
PAYMENT OPTIONS: UK Debit Card, Visa, MasterCard, EuroCard, NETeller, Asia365, 1-Pay, Stone-Pay, MoneyTT, Moneybookers, paysafecard, FirePay, EntroPay, Click2Pay, Bank Transfer, FedEx, Mail Deposits and Money Transfers (Popular Branded Money Orders, Person to Person Transfers).
CURRENCIES: 27 accepted including 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: £200 in free bet basket special for the duration of Euro2008, or 15% 1st Deposit Match to $500
(Sorry, no US 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 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 £30 worth of free bets to place. (Place a £30 single bet and they will credit you 3 x £10 Free bets) Unfortunately Moneybookers & Neteller users can't claim the join bonus.
(Sorry, no US bettors)
Remember not all bookies are the same and there are rogue operators out there! We regularly get contacted by bettors who win big & then find their bookmaker either won't pay out or will only let them withdraw a small amount per day - or have endless hassle due to banks taking a black & white (& occasionaly grey) stance with credit cards & accounts used for online gambling.
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