Betfair

WSN's Special Offer

WSN's Exclusive Bonus: £1000

Open a new account with Betfair through a link on this page and get a Sign Up Bonus Up To £1,000!.

Claim Bonus Now

WSN guarantees you the world's BEST BONUS offer!

View all Betfair Promotions

Awards

  • goma2008
  • goma2008
  • goma2007
  • goma2007
  • goma2007
  • goma2007
  • goma2006
  • egr2008
  • egr2007
  • egr2008
Info
Betfair

Name

Betfair

Web site

www.betfair.com

Established

1999

License(s)

UK, Australia, Malta, Italy, Austria, and Germany

Phone

UK: 0844 871 0000
Ireland: 1800 944 000
Australia: 1800 644 738
Intl: 0044 20 8834 8060

Email Support

info@betfair.com

Address

Betfair PO Box 34467 London W6 9WS United Kingdom

Score
8.91 / 10
Total Weighted Score
98
Web site
9
Odds
10
Event Coverage
10
Betting Options
10
Phone Customer Service
8
Email Customer Service
8
Loyalty Program
8
Financial Security
10
Depost & Withdrawal Options
9
Horse Racing
N/A
Poker Offering
8
Casino Offering
8

Betfair Review

Rating
8.91 / 10
User Rating
6.33 / 10
  • Competitive odds
  • Matches 15 million bets per day
  • Quality site with reputation to match
Betfair is the world’s leading online sports betting exchange. Here bettors are able to play at the odds of their choice, which are, on average, 20% higher than those of traditional bookmaking. Winner of numerous awards, Betfair is backed by a solid reputation and cutting-edge software, making it one of the most highly respected sports betting sites in the world. Read full review »

Pros

  • Recipient of 2008 Queen's Award for Enterprise
  • 15 million bets matched everyday
  • Extremely liquid
  • Low min. deposit (£25) and low bet requirement (£2) so you can learn how exchange works

Cons

  • 5% commission - highest of all online betting exchanges
  • Takes time to learn how to use betting exchange

Special Features

FULL REVIEW - Betfair (8.91)

Betfair is a player-to-player betting site. No bookies are involved, so you get better odds and bigger payouts. Punters have the ability to set their own odds and can choose to bet for (back) or against (lay) an outcome.

Betfair provides extensive coverage of events, including a wide range of sports (especially good coverage of football and horseracing because of Betfair's UK roots), financial bets, politics and novelty bets. Betfair also offers live in-play betting, Poker, a zero house edge Casino and numerous exchange games.

Betfair charges a commission on your net winnings on a market. If you have a net loss on a market you do not pay commission. Commission is calculated by multiplying your net winnings by the Market Base Rate (MBR). For example, if you win £100 on a market with an MBR of 5%, you will pay £5 in commission. However, you can earn discounts from this rate for betting more. The size of this discount, or your Discount Rate, is determined by the number of Betfair Points you have accrued on your account.

If you are a UK registered customer you are betting through the UK exchange, which means that your bets are being matched by other Betfair customers. In this case, although Betfair knows who is on each side of every bet matched, you never know who you are betting against, as it may be a number of people matching your one bet. If you are registered with Betfair from outside the UK you are betting directly against Betfair rather than other Betfair customers , but in all cases your privacy and the confidentiality of your bets is maintained by Betfair's secure site.

Betfair customer service has a quick response time, and the site also features an in-depth FAQ guide, to help newcomers who may not be familiar with exchange betting .
Visit betfair
User Reviews

Do you have an opinion or experience with Betfair you would like to share?

Write your own review

No registration necessary

Name:
The Truth

Location:
London

Report

1.0 / 10
Betfair hijacks bookmaker reviews...-

All one star ratings except for Betfair which has marketing comments for review. A shame as it would be good to find out what people really thought about the bookmakers.

Name:
ledna72

Location:
Slovakia

Report

10.0 / 10
Betfair sportwetten casino-

Sign up with Betfair Casino today and receive an exclusive welcome bonus, only for poker4player.com visitors, of £200. Not only that, you will automatically be eligible for an exclusive monthly reload bonus of at least £20. You won’t get these offers anywhere else! Betfair Casino also offers the unique 'Zero Lounge' where players have a better chance of winning at traditional casino games such as blackjack and roulette. A great casino from a trusted name. BetFair is a great name in the online gambling word, and rightly so. The site hosts any form of betting, wagering, or gambling that you could possibly want, and has earned a reputation for fairness and honesty.

Name:
henryg

Location:
London

Report

8.0 / 10
Brilliant - for the web savvy sports betting trader-

Betfair is amazing, its like a stock exchange between people who want to bet for or against something - usually a sports event. they take a commission of between 2 and 5% only on winnings, so ite transparent and fair. because of the way it works you can jump in and out of positions, like a stock exchange, so it does make betting far more dyanmic. however if you want to just put a bet on and youre not that great with the internet you wil probably find the interface a bit confusing and you may just end up on some site like bet365 or whatever. all in all its an 8 stars from me

WSN.com »Online Bookmakers »

Betfair Review

Your Review of Betfair

   
Please finish filling in the form to submit!
   
Your name:
or nickname (will be shown on your review)
   
Email:
  (Optional and not published. This will only be used for
contacting you about your review.)
   
   
Location:
   
Rating:
   
Review Title:
   
Review:
   
Submit Review
Cancel
   

Thank you!

If you enjoy WSN Sign up here for our free newsletter.

Report User Review

If you find this user review to contain inappropriate or incorrect content, please click the button below.
 
  Cancel

Thank you!

This review has been reported to WSN moderators.