Betway Review for 2024

In this Betway UK review, we will take a deep dive into the operations of Betway. They are a big brand, but do they back it up with their services? What are the Betway sports betting odds, promotions and features? 

Read on, and let’s find out.

It’s only fair to look at both sides of the coin in this Betfair review. So here, we give unbiased opinions about what we find, even if it’s a perceived weakness.

Betway Strengths

✔️ In-Play Betting - For live in-play betting action, particularly football, Betway have a lot to offer. It’s a great portal to browse and has a stack of market options which is a real asset for your betting.

✔️ Promotions - Betway ranks highly for their promotions. They put different welcome bonus offers out there, so punters have a choice. There are rewards and great games like their 4 To Win contest.

✔️ Mobile Betting App - We always enjoy a solid betting app as they are secure and convenient for betting. Betway’s is very good, allowing you to quickly get into all the betting markets.

Betway Weaknesses

❌ Limited Live Streams - Betway do provide live streams of different sports. It’s a relatively limited experience, however, mainly covering horse racing.

❌ Promotions Hidden - To see current promotions that Betway have, you have to log in. So if you are browsing and want to explore the type of promos they have, then you can’t. The obvious solution is to sign-up for an account.

So let’s get into the meat of the Betway review. What are they all about? The best way to study everything is to break it down into chunks.

Welcome Bonus

It’s super quick to register with Betway, and then you have an option to take their £10 in Free Bets welcome bonus. We appreciate straightforward rewards, and this is one - get your first deposit matched up to £10 after betting that same amount to release the Free Bet.

Betway changes their welcome bonuses, and sometimes they run different ones simultaneously. 

Sports Markets

I don’t personally stray too far from football, horse racing, and cricket as a punter. Those are staples of my strategies and are the first things I look for.

I was more than happy with the coverage of football markets at Betway. Global markets are great should I want to veer away from the Premier League and UEFA Champions League. 

Their cricket coverage was excellent compared to other bookmakers I’ve encountered - down to Betway’s substantial market variety.

Overall, the variety of Betway sports builds an extensive sportsbook. I didn’t find anything amiss - there was plenty of racing there, some boxing, F1, specials and minor things that I would likely never dip into, such as Padel Tennis and Kabaddi.

Odds and Margins

Swinging neatly back to football, the heart of the Betway sportsbook, I examined their bookmaker margins on some upcoming matches.

For a UEFA Champions League match between Ajax and Liverpool, the 1x2 market was at a 5.95% bookie margin. On the other hand, a Championship fixture between West Brom and Sheff United jumped to a hefty 8%, a similar case for the Manchester United v West Ham Premier League fixture.

The summary is that the margins weren’t terrific on the matches I looked at. But the caveat was that the latter ones were fixtures for markets that were still five days away from kick-off. So I’d expect them to come down a bit. 

Banking Options

Onwards to the banking options at Betway. There’s no problem with this, as they provide many convenient options to get your cash into the account. Of course, that’s from Debit Cards, which are always a personal preference and e-wallet options like PayPal.

Requesting a withdrawal is straightforward enough. A quick dip into account management will get you to a withdrawal link. There are four stages of a Betway Withdraw - Pending, Processing Commenced, Processing Completed and Paid. You can easily see the status of a request in your account.

Customer Support

To be honest, I hit a little bit of a wall here. I was searching around for the Betway live chat link, and it wasn’t until poking around in the help section that I found it. So that could be better for sure. They have telephone support from 8 am until midnight, plus a helpful FAQ section. However, it feels like they want you to find your answers first there before contacting them.

Mobile App

Their mobile app looks good and functionally fantastic - the Betway mobile app checks plenty of boxes for betting on the go. The markets scroll quickly. The layout makes it easy to click on the odds selection you want, and the bet slip management that pops up is smooth. It’s quick and secure, and gets you into all their services, including Betway offers.

Summary

So as a summary of this Betway review before moving on to other details, they have a good thing going on. The significant positives I took away were the functionality and design of the website, their mobile app, plus the market and sports variety. Stronger bookie margins would have lifted things further.

Time to add some ranking to the different areas of Betway that come under the microscope in this Betway review. 

Bonuses & Offers ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Variety gets Betway a good score in this area. They do offer a lot of different promotional offers.

Betting Variety ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Betway sportsbook is packed with everything the casual punter will ever need. Strong areas are football and horse racing.

Banking Options ⭐⭐⭐⭐

There is nothing to fault in this area, with various payment options available.

Mobile Experience ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

It feels like a lot of work has gone into the Betway app. However, it’s straightforward to operate and is available for iOS and Android.

Payout Speed ⭐⭐⭐

As average as you would expect for most of their platforms. Not the greatest range of e-wallet options, though.

Security ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Betway are regulated and licensed and have strong security like encryption to protect accounts and payments. 

Software & Games ⭐⭐⭐⭐

There is a Casino and a Live Casino at Betway.

Betting Experience ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Overall it’s a good betting experience at Betway. It all looks good, the sportsbook has variety, and the in-play markets are excellent.

Customer Support ⭐⭐⭐

It could be better in terms of accessing customer support. It feels more complicated than it should be to get into.

Betway is legit. They are licensed by the UK Gambling Commission and regulated by the body.
They are associated with organisations like BeGambleAware and Gamstop to help punters manage their betting. Betway are also licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority and linked to the IBIA (International betting integrity association). It’s a legitimate legal betting site that UK punters can use.

Now having looked at some of the prominent features and summed up the general experience at Betway, let’s jump back to look at the Betway welcome offer in more detail.

The Betway new customer offer is easy to pick up. The maximum free bet through their main offer is £10. When you begin the registration process, you will see options for other Betway sign-up bonuses, which we’ll look at after this main one.

Betway Welcome Bonus

Get £10 in Free Bets

The maximum bonus amount picked up in free bets through the Betway welcome bonus is £10. 

That can only be claimed by depositing via a Debit Card. Deposit at least £10, then hit the Betway sportsbook and bet £10. That releases the free bet. 

The Free Bet will expire seven days after your first deposit, not once the bonus has been credited.

How to Claim Betway Welcome Bonus❓

Here’s a quick breakdown of how to get the Betway Welcome Offer

•  Register an account with Betway
•  Select the Get £10 in Free Bets Promo from the list
•  Deposit £10 minimum via Debit Card
•  Place bets totalling the value of the first deposit (up to £10)
•  Bets have to be placed at odds of at least 3/4 (1.75)
•  Each Way bets and System Bets do count towards the play-through requirement
•  Once the qualifying bet reaches the Free Bet value, the bonus is released.
•  Free bets expire seven days after the 1st deposit.

Betway Welcome Bonus Terms & Conditions📝

New customers only. Min Deposit: £10. The first deposit matched up to £10. 1 x wagering at odds of 1.75+ to unlock Free Bet. Debit Card deposits only. Deposit method restrictions apply. This offer is valid for seven days from your new account being registered. 18+. BeGambleAware.org. Bet The Responsible Way Terms apply

Other Betway Bonuses for new users

Betway has alternative options for a Welcome Bonus offer. Let’s look at the others:

£30 Matched Free Bet if your first Acca loses

Create an Acca (football or horse racing) of at least three legs with odds of 2/1 or higher overall with a minimum stake of £5. If that Acca loses, receive a Free Bet to a maximum of £30. Full terms apply.

Betway Esports - Get up to £10 in Free Bets

Casino - Get up to a £50 Welcome Bonus

Live Casino - Get up to a £50 Welcome Bonus

Vegas - Get up to a £50 Welcome Bonus

You can also not take any welcome bonus offers - you have a choice.  

Now you’ve seen the different bonuses you can pick up as a new Betway customer, what about the nuts and bolts of everyday betting? 

What are the Betway odds like? I’m a little on the fence with this area. Betway certainly are not the worst, but they don’t often come in as the best when comparing odds against other bookmakers like bet365.

For starters, dropping some margins from around 8% on big football matches would help - you generally expect a 5-6% margin on more significant football matches.

At the end of the day, it is going to be about placing your bet at the right time - markets change, and so do the odds. 

One area which I did see in which they were competitive was horse racing. Betway was good with posting early prices and overall racing value on cards, so they get a plus for that.

So you like the Betway welcome bonus and are cool with their market variety and odds. The sportsbook hits the nail on the head for you too. 

So what's the next important thing? Those fantastic sportsbook features.

In-Play

I'll probably keep raving about the Betway in-play section because, in my opinion, it's great. The interface that they have for fixtures is fantastic. For example, for a live England cricket match, there was complete score information, graphics indicating a boundary and where that boundary was scored. 

That's the tip of the iceberg, however, with a stack of information about the match you are following. In-play markets were superb, too, even getting as refined as the First Ball Of The 2nd Innings market.

Cash-Out

The Betway Cash-Out tool runs throughout their live markets. In addition, pre-match markets that have cash-out available are marked.

To see your active bets, visit your account's 'My Bets' section - the current cash-out price, if available, will be shown there.

Betway Boosts

Take advantage of some bigger price boosts that Betway have. They have an entire section of daily odds boosts on most football markets.

Betway 4 To Win

This is a free-to-play horse racing prediction game - try to pick the winners of each of the four nominated races to win the jackpot.

Betway 4 To Score

The football version of the Betway 4 To Win offer. Pick the correct First Goalscorer in the selected matches in the free prediction game.

Bet Builder

Dip into the Betway Bet Builder for a football match and collate your selections from preset markets to fine-tune a bet.

Live Streaming

There is live horse racing streaming to enjoy at Betway. They do stream other sports like cricket and basketball. But Betway live streaming arguably isn't as extensive as other bookies like Unibet. 

Everything that I expected to find in the Betway sportsbook was there. But, of course, the first port of call was the football section, which primarily contained Champions League and Premier League action.

That’s understandable from a UK-facing betting site, of course. However, the coverage of sports does go a lot deeper than that. Rugby Union and Rugby League were represented well, plus F1 and MMA.

Everything from the big major sports league and events down to slightly more unexpected sports like Table Tennis and Winter Sports were available at the time of this Betway review.

Betway Football ⚽

One of the valuable design aspects is that Betway puts a focus on the Top Leagues and Competitions. So if you click on the Betway football section, you will more likely see big upcoming games from the Championship or Europa League than from league matches in Argentina and Japan, even during the middle of the night in the UK when nothing is happening.

That’s not a bad thing at all. It doesn’t immediately show the overall depth of Betway’s sports coverage, but it puts a clear market focus on where most punters will want it.

Betway Horse Racing 🏇

There’s excellent coverage from domestic and international horse racing cards. You’ll get plenty of coverage from the likes of the Grand National, Cheltenham Festival and the likes of the Melbourne Cup.

Betway MMA 🥊

It’s hard to keep MMA out of the sports headlines - a massive North American export that has enjoyed successful nights in London. 

Betway Rugby Union 🏉

The main focus of Rugby Union betting rests with the Premiership and European Champions Cup at club level. Then there are the massive international contests like the Six Nations.

Betting options for the high-octane thrills of the F1 circus that travels the world can be snapped up at Betway.

Other Popular Betway Sports include:

•  Cricket
•  Tennis
•  Golf
•  American Football
•  Darts
•  Boxing
•  Basketball
•  Snooker
•  Specials
•  Politics

Moving on from looking at popular sports, we will scour through some of the markets and types of bets found at Betway.

Betway Betting Markets

•  Match Outrights - The pick of which player or team will win a fixture.

•  Over/Under - This total market is popular across many sports. It could be the number of goals in a football or rugby match or games in a tennis match.

•  Handicaps - The handicap markets give punters more of a level playing field in terms of odds vs outcome. It’s a great market to explore for alternatives to match outrights.

•  Both Teams To Score - This is a popular football betting market. Punters select whether or not they think both teams will score in a fixture. An expansion of it is the Match Result & BTTS market.

•  Asian Handicaps - Like handicaps but with smaller, refined goal options, including quarter-balls.

•  Double Chance Markets - On a three-way market, like in a football match, two outcomes are combined into one bet. So you could back West Ham To Win or Draw as a Double Chance pick.

Betway Types of Bets Available

•  Pre-Built Bets - In a rush to get a bet down? Check out Betway’s Pre-Built Bets section. An example of a Pre-Built bet is Named Player A or Named Player B To Score.

•  Acca - The ever-popular Acca is a shot at a significant return from a small stake. Build a bet of at least three legs, like the winners of five football matches on a Champions League night.

•  Each-Way - Common to horse racing, each-way is backing a horse to place inside the top three or four in a race (depending on the number of runners). You can make an each-way bet on things like the World Cup winner market too.

•  Lucky 15 - One of the most popular horse racing full coverage bets. Pick four horses, and all 15 possible bets (singles, doubles, trebles and Acca) are played.

•  Single - The most common type of bet - your stake is placed against one outcome, such as the winner of a horse race or a football match.

If you want thousands of sports markets at your fingertips, then you'll want the Betway app. You can visit their site on a mobile browser or get the app. The Betway Mobile App page on their site will direct you to the relevant link for iOS or Android.

The app has an excellent feeling about it. First, you get the vast Betway sports betting experience. The full sportsbook is there, plus features like live streams, the bet builder tool, bonus offers and their live in-play.

The live betting at Betway is where the app comes into its own. The amount of data presented for a live match allows you to get deep into the action. 

I did notice that during a busy time, the app seemed to slow down a little bit - however, that was on a busy afternoon of Premier League football.

There's a lot of vertical scrolling when looking through bigger events, but that's just down to the number of bets available on a Premier League match, for example. 

But it's laid out very well - the odds are big green squares, so clicking them is straightforward. 

The Betway online casino layout is excellent, with a good menu so you can skip to different game types.

Examples are New Games, Table Games, Slots, Penny Games, Instant Wins, Roulette and Blackjack.

There were a lot of ‘New’ games on the site when I visited for the Betway review. Games like Amazon Kingdom, 9 Skulls Of Gold and Aquanauts were up. 

Vinnie Jones Blackjack was available as an exclusive to Betway. This is because there’s so much variety throughout the Betway casino. 

For example, Auto Roulette, French Roulette, Real Roulette, Three Wheel Roulette options and more are all available with roulette. Throw in dice games and Betway Bingo, and it’s a full house there!

You don’t need to download any software to play the Betway casino. Instead, it can be accessed through the web browser or the dedicated Betway Casino app. With their app, you can get Vegas in your hand, including real-time gaming via HD streams.

The Betway casino has more than 450 real money games. To get started, you must sign-up and verify your identity for security purposes.

New customers can collect a 100% Match Bonus of up to £50 on the first casino deposit.

There are basic steps to follow to open a betting account. You need to register first and then get some funds into the account.

The most common form of payment method is a Debit Card. They are secure, quick to process and are generally my go-to option.

How to Deposit at Betway❓

•  Register an account - fill out the short registration form to get started.
•  Go to Banking in your account and click on the deposit link.
•  A list of deposit options will be presented.
•  Click the preferred payment method
•  Enter the amount that you want to deposit
•  Enter the card details, bank details or details to link the e-wallet
•  Process the payment

Most deposit methods are instant. Bank transfers may take a bit longer. Betway doesn't charge any fees for deposits or withdrawals. Check out their terms for complete details.

How to Withdraw from Betway❓

•  Ensure that your account has been verified first (see below).
•  Go to the Bank link after a Betway login.
•  Select the Withdrawal link.
•  All of your available options will appear.
•  For example, if you have deposited via Debit Card, that will be the withdrawal option.
•  Select the withdrawal method
•  Enter the amount. 
•  Process the transaction. 

Processing times will vary. The Betway team will check the request and release it to you, and it will take time to hit your financial institution. A debit card, for example, may take up to 3 days to process, while e-wallets such as PayPal could be quicker.

Note that in some instances, Visa Direct transactions are available for withdrawal. That allows Debit Card withdrawals to process in less than 12 hours on average.

The Betway customer service wasn't the easiest to find on their website. I ended up scrolling to the bottom of their main page and clicking the help link.

From there, I was directed to their Help and Support page. Different areas like Deposit Queries, Verification Login Problems, Technical Support and more can be exploited - in each section, there are commonly asked questions.

But it did feel like I was being kept away from customer support. So I finally got to a live chat and, after clicking a link, asked if I had another query. 

The Betway live chat, albeit very late at night, was not much more helpful than the help section. That's because it went through a lot of automated questions. It was a little bit of a frustrating experience dealing with a bot. I didn't get to link up with a customer service rep before I backed out.

Having covered a lot in this Betway Review, it’s time to offer a refresher on some crucial points. First, here’s a quick, handy how-to.

How to Open an Account at Betway❓

Click any link on this page to find your way to Betway and hit the ‘join now button. From there, you will get straight into the section to Create Account.

Pick your Betway welcome offer. Enter your details (name, address, dob), account information (Username, password, email) and then your contact details. It’s a super quick and straightforward sign-up process. They use SSL encryption to keep details secure. 

How to Verify Your Account❓

The first thing to do before making Betway withdrawals is to verify your account. This is a required security step at all online betting sites.

To verify your account, log in and click the verify your identity link (which is likely seen at registration).

Upload or take a photo of a Valid Passport, ID Card or Driving Licence with your phone. A passport is the quickest method, and Betway will do their check and let you know, usually within 24 hours. 

If they need anything else from you, they’ll ask. Meanwhile, you can carry on with Betway online betting but not withdraw.

How to Place a Bet at Betway❓

Sports betting is easy at Betway. That’s down to their great layout. After registering with them and signing in, you will make the deposit.

Then if you want to pick the winner of the 3:30 from Newmarket, for example, browse to the horse racing section.

Find the race. Check out some of the form and other race details that are on the card. Next, pick your horse, and the selection will be added to your slip. Then, enter your stake and bet!

Betway has been operating for a long time. So they’ve built an extensive customer base and have attracted attention.

Below are some of the most common Betway FAQs.