Betfred Review

Betfred are one of the most recognisable names in British betting. They are one of the few firms to have a high street presence as well as an online one and have been in business for over 50 years. In fact, the firm was started off the back of a winning bet after brothers Fred and Peter Done used their winnings from England’s world cup win in 1966 to open their own betting shop in 1967.

Today, while they maintain their high street betting shops, they have firmly established themselves as one of the best and biggest online bookmakers in operation. Their customer base is one of the largest because, as good as the sportsbook is, Betfred also excel in other areas. There is a top-notch online casino available for Betfred customers to enjoy as well as an extensive lottery offering. Betfred account holders can also access online poker cash games and tournaments too at one of the world’s biggest online bookmakers.

Getting started with Betfred

Step 1: Newcomers will find it a really simple process to register for a new account at Betfred. Firstly, enter your chosen username and password before moving on to the next page where you are required to enter your name and date of birth. From here you need to enter your email and telephone number and finally answer a security question to aid in the case of any potential future lockout.

Betfred Creating an Account

Step 2: Finally, you are required to add in any remaining details such as your postal address. Of course, your account needs confirming and verifying after which you are good to go. Next step, funding!

Betfred Deposit Options & Terms

Now that your Betfred account is up and running, the next logical step is to fill up that bankroll and unlock the juicy welcome bonus. At Betfred, there are a decent amount of banking options available for you to top your account up with. All of the options are fast and safe and ensure to keep all payments protected.

• Visa debit card
• Mastercard debit card
• Neteller
• Skrill
• Skrill 1-Tap
• Visa Checkout
• PayPal
• paysafecard

Betfred Selecting a Deposit Method

When you are ready to add funds to your account, choose the option with which you wish to do so. Let’s say that you are planning on using your debit card to add these funds. Your first step is to select that option from the list above and adding your card details – the 16 digit long number, expiry date, and three-digit security code – before nominating an amount and currency. When you are ready, hit Add Funds and before you know it, your account will be in credit and you are ready to bet.

Betfred Deposit Terms & Conditions

Betfred accepts a minimum deposit of £5 on debit cards which is nice and low and keeps things affordable. The good news is that £5 is also the minimum on all of your other options too. Not only is this a nice limit that everyone is comfortable with, but the fact that it is the same for all accounts makes it easy to remember too.

Betfred Withdrawal Terms & Conditions

£5 is also the magic number when it comes to minimum withdrawals and the maximum withdrawal is £20,000. Withdrawal processing times start at around 24 hours and funds, depending on which option you selected, should appear in your nominated account between 1 to 3 working days. As for fees, we are pleased to report that there aren’t any. The only time we can see where Betfred will apply a fee is when a user makes more than one bank transfer withdrawal in a 28 day period. Players are permitted to one withdrawal by this method within this time period without charge.

Betfred Sportsbook Bonus Offer

The Betfred welcome offer is a good one and very simple to understand and activate, especially in comparison to others available elsewhere. The bonus that welcomes you into the Betfred family is a £30 free bet, which can be redeemed as soon as you have placed a bet of at least £10 on odds of evens or better on your choice of sports market. This being your first bet, there are a few requirements that you need to know about regarding the deposit in order to activate the bonus.

Pre-paid cards and e-wallet first-time deposits will not be eligible for this promotion so, if you can, for this first deposit only, try to use a debit card or alternative qualifying method of funding. Other than that, you will be ok and your free £30 bet will be credited to your account within 10 hours of the settling of your bet.

Here’s how to claim this awesome Betfred welcome bonus:

1. To trigger your free £30 bet, just make a deposit and bet £10 on any sports market you choose so long as the odds are evens or better.
2. Once your bet has been settled, your free bet credit should be with you win 10 hours.

Bonus Terms and Conditions

New customers and first-time bets (at odds of evens or more) only.

Bets must be at least £10 to qualify.

Customers may be required to confirm their participation by responding to an automated SMS validation process via an SMS message.

Bets must be placed on Sportsbook only. Totepool, Games, Casino, Numbers, Lotto, Virtual, Poker and Bingo do not qualify.

Cashed out bets do not count towards this offer.

All free bets must be used within seven days of issue.

Customers depositing using prepaid Visa’s and Mastercard’s, or e-Wallets will not qualify for this promotion.

Over 18’s only.

Additional Bonuses & Promotions

Betfred sponsors many major events in British sport, from darts to snooker to golf to Super League. As such, many of their promotions are based around these events. They are also known to run promotions around other mega sporting events around the world such as money back specials on Tennis majors and extra places paid on Golf majors.

Betfred also runs ongoing promotions that can be enjoyed throughout the year or various sporting seasons. Among these are the following.

Pre-Match or In-Play Double Delight Hat-Trick Heaven

Betfred Pre-match Bonus

This one can be enjoyed in-play as well as pre-match, and it is a nice promotion based on first goal scorer bets. If your player scores the first goal of the match, then goes on to score another within 90 minutes, Betfred will double the odds. That’s the Double Delight part so it figures that if your pick nabs a hat-trick, then Betfred will treble your first goal scorer price.

Acca Insurance

Betfred Acca Insurance

Acca Insurance promos are pretty standard these days but always welcome. At Betfred, when customers place a pre-match 5-fold match result football accumulator and their bet falls by one selection, then Betfred will refund stakes as a free bet up to £10.

Free Bet If Second

Betfred Free Bet if 2nd

Each day at Betfred, the bookie will nominate some selected races for which this promotion will apply. Place a win or each-way single on any of the nominated races and if your selection finishes second, Betfred will give you your win stake back as a free bet up to £10.

Extra Place Races

Betfred Extra Place Races

Similarly, races will be named each day in which Betfred will pay more than the typical amount of places on each way bets.

Best Odds Guaranteed

Betfred Best Odds Guaranteed

If your horse’s SP is higher than the early price you took when you backed it and it wins, Betfred will pay you at the bigger price so that you don’t miss out.

Betfred Sportsbook

At Betfred, you will find that there are just shy of 30 sports available to bet on so you really should find what you are looking for. Certainly, all major sports are covered here at one of the UK’s biggest bookies. Everything from football to rugby, snooker, darts, golf, boxing, and horse racing is given the time and dedication needed to keep punters happy. Plus, as noted above, there is no shortage of promotions to maximise your fun. Of course, like any modern-day bookie worth their salt, there is also room for specials betting which is where you will be able to bet on TV shows, current affairs, and politics.

Sports available for betting on with Betfred include American Football, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Cricket, Cycling, Darts, eSports, Football, Gaelic Football, Golf, Greyhounds, Handball, Horse Racing, Hurling, Ice Hockey, Lottery Specials, Motor Sports, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Snooker, Tennis, UFC/MMA, and Virtual Sports.

#PickYourPunt Bet Builder

Like all good bet builders, the #PickYourPunt Builder makes creating a personalised bet a simple process. To pick your punt at Betfred, look through the relevant markets including Match Result, Both Teams To Score, First + Anytime Goal scorer, Total Corners and many more and add in those you like to your betting slip. Once you have your desired bet in place, check your slip to see the odds your crafted bet generates. If you are happy with those odds, add it into the slip and make a bet with a stake you are comfortable with.

Betfred #PickYourPunt Bet Builder

With Super League betting, Betfred are the main sponsor of the league and they have a price promise in-place, where they will pay the top price on all 1st Try scorers on televised Betfred Super League games, from 9 am the day of the match until kick-off. Betfred are also known as the Bonus King mainly because these are the guys that bought you the Lucky 15 bet and the bonus paid on winning coupons. Well, Betfred goes one further these days and applies a bonus to Luckies with just the one winner too.

This top online bookmaker will pay 3 x the odds on a Lucky 15 with one winning selection, 4 x the odds for a Lucky 31 with one winning selection, and 5 x the odds for a Lucky 63 with just one winning selection. Plus, Betfred will still honour bonuses paid on all winning selection multiples by way of the All Correct Bonus where, if you pick an all correct Lucky 15/31/63, Yankee, Canadian or Heinz bet, Betfred will pay a 10/20/25% cash bonus on top.

Betting & In-Play Markets

Betfred offers a good selection of in-play markets for most of their sports offering. This is important because in-play betting has become a huge avenue of betting interest. Rightly so given the new dimension, it adds to betting. Of course, football is where in-play betting is at its biggest but many of Betfred’s other sports are also available for live betting.

Betfred In-Play Markets Example

In the above IPL example, Delhi Capitals are 196/4 after the first innings. Now their opponents, Royal Challengers Bangalore are now batting but do we think they can reach their target of 197. Seems unlikely and we wouldn’t necessarily have backed them pre-match but at least we now know what’s needed for them to win. This is how betting in real-time can inform the bets that we make.

Betfred Betting Slip Example

To bet in-play is exactly the same as betting beforehand. We choose the selection we want and add it to the slip. Just like in the example above, where we can see that, after a little over a half-hour, these two Peruvian teams cannot be separated. That said, the away side have created more chances and have had the majority of shots so far. With that in mind, we will back the visitors for £20. Accepting odds of 5/4, we can simply click on Carlos Mannucci to add them to the betting slip, adding value in stake section before placing the bet and awaiting confirmation.

Betfred Cash Out

One part of the In-play betting that we should mention in this online bookmaker review is cash out. The cash out feature at Betfred allows customers to cash out their bets before they have been settled. There are several reasons why this might appeal to bettors. For starters, it gives them a bit more security when placing bets by allowing them to minimise losses and cashing out for a small return which is better than no return on a bet that appears on its way to losing. With the popularity of live and in-play betting, the cash out option is great but can still be a gamble in itself. While you might be watching an event unfold in real time and decide to act, the cash out can backfire if your original bet ends up winning and you have already checked it in. That though is your call.

Betfred Live Streaming

Another element of live betting is live streaming and we’re pleased to say that Betfred excels at this. Generally speaking, so long as your account is in credit you should be able to stream the majority of events in football, snooker, basketball, tennis, darts, volleyball, badminton, beach soccer and horse and greyhound racing. For horse racing and greyhound streams, customers need to place a minimum £1 bet on the specific race that they wish to view.

VIP & Loyalty Rewards

Betfred does offer a multi-tiered VIP scheme which is known as Betfred Elite. The three tiers available are Elite Premium, Elite Platinum, and Elite Black. Each and every member will receive a dedicated personal account manager who will be able to offer them unique rewards such as days out, boosted offers, free spins, cash back, points bonus, prize draws, shopping vouchers, festival giveaways, and birthday bonus rewards. The higher the level that you reach, the better the rewards are. Similarly, levels play a part in points accumulation. For each £10 spent, players at Betfred will receive one point but points are accumulated faster if your level is higher.