Sky Bet Mobile Sportsbook Review
Sky Bet mobile sportsbook review
8/10Introduction to Sky Bet
Sky Bet are relatively new, having been formed in 2002, but with the might of the British Sky Broadcasting empire behind them it’s safe to say they know a thing or two about sport and have the financial muscle to offer a great product and are 100% safe and trustworthy.
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Sky Bet are licensed and regulated by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission in the Channel Islands but most of their operation is in the UK, in Leeds and in London. Their connection to Sky TV gives them many unique advantages in terms of offers and broadcasting tie-ins and overall they are a superb all-round bookmaker.
Their mobile site and app are superb, nicely designed, fast and easy to use and with the huge financial backing they have they are able to improve all the time. They are one of the few sportsbooks to offer an ongoing free bet every week and that makes them ideal for beginners to betting as there is a small free bet available weekly.
With the reputation and muscle of FTSE 100-listed BSkyB ownership, you can be certain that betting with Sky Bet is 100% safe, secure and fair and this, and their solid odds and great bonuses make them one of our top five bookmakers.
Sky Bet app overview
Free bet: Bet £5, get a £20 free bet, plus get £5 free bets every week
Devices: iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry and others
Best feature: £20 free bet and a fiver every week make them are a must for EVERYONE
Worst feature: Can claim only one welcome bonus across Sky’s products (sport, casino, bingo, poker)
Sky Bet free bets and bonuses
Sky Bet seem to be constantly changing their free bet offer but hopefully they’ll stick with this one for a while as it’s a belter! Simply place your first bet of £5 (minimum odds of evens) and they will match four times over with a free bet of £20. The free bet is added immediately and in addition the Sky Bet Club is still running. In addition to the £20 free bet this is a major selling point and makes them unique among pretty much all bookmakers, with a £5 free bet on offer weekly – something you won’t find anywhere else and worth £260 per year!
Yes, you read that correctly: they offer a £5 free bet every single week. To qualify for the free bet just place bets worth a total of £25 each week at minimum odds of evens (2.00 in decimal betting odds).
The Monday after you have placed your qualifying bets the £5 free bet will be added and is valid for a further seven days. The freebie is stake not returned and if you miss a week you will have to place bets worth £40 (just for one week) to get back into the Free Bet Club and earn your £5 free bet from Sky.
As well as great offers and bonuses, their tie-in with Sky Sports provides access to the popular Soccer Saturday Super 6 game, which is free to enter and yet offers guaranteed prizes of £5,000 each round with a jackpot worth £100,000 also on offer every time. Sky Bet also have daily racing offers, with selected races offering enhanced each-way terms as well as bonuses on forecasts and tricasts. In addition they also have daily price boosts on specific horses as well as other major sporting events. Now they are the main sponsors of the Football League they also appear to have upped the odds on the lower leagues and have always been competitive for Premier League and Champions League matches, so they are the place to go for football betting fans.
However, it is the £20 400% matched free bet that is likely to attract most punters and it really is a great offer. Just make sure your qualifying bet is at odds of at least evens (2.00 in decimal betting odds) and then as soon as that’s placed your bonus free bet of £20 will be added. Note the stake is not returned with the free bet.
So how good is the Sky Bet mobile site?
Whether you opt to use the app or simply access the site in your phone’s browser, betting with Sky on the go is a real pleasure. The site is fast, slick, easy to use and exceptionally well laid out. Given the overall investment the parent company has made in its various mobile apps – for example Sky Sports and Sky News – it comes as no surprise that the Sky Bet mobile experience is so polished.
The homepage lays out all the major current betting opportunities whilst the A-Z option – which is really easy to spot on the homepage – allows you to easily access the smaller sports or those events taking place further in the future. Top marks Sky Bet!
Sky Bet odds and markets
Sky Bet cover around 30 sports as standard, including a good selection of TV and film specials and smaller sports such as UFC and volleyball. American sports receive reasonable coverage too but as you would expect, why Sky Bet really excels is the sports that are covered on Sky Sports. Whilst that actually includes pretty much everything, the like of football, horse racing, F1, tennis and golf are especially well catered for. In those sports you will find a huge range of markets, for example there are loads of team specials for all the Premier League sides and for many of the drivers in Formula 1.
The odds are also very strong, with the efficiency of Sky’s odds-makers and the financial strength the company has meaning their margins are tighter than some smaller rivals, meaning more value for you.
Sky Bet customer service and contact details
Customer service is available 24/7 by live chat – the gold-standard of customer service – freephone telephone, email and even post.
In multiple tests we never had to wait at all for live chat to become available and answers were given very promptly. Some more complicated queries required brief checking but simple questions were answered immediately, whilst email response time is also good. Customer service is UK-based and overall is very, very good.
Sky Bet overall verdict
Sky Bet were not our favourite bookie as recently as two years ago but they have improved massively and continue to do so. They are strong in every area and now the free bet of £30 has been added their free bets and bonuses compare well with most online and mobile bookies too. The mobile site is superb and continues to improve from an already great starting point. We reckon everyone should take advantage of the weekly £5 free bets offer which is available to new and existing customers alike and is sure to please both serious punters and occasional dabblers equally. So give Sky Bet a try – if only for the £20 free bet – and we are confident you will not be disappointed.
