Bookmaker Reviews

Before you can place any bets, you must join a bookmaker. There are hundreds of different bookies to choose from. The list is seemingly endless!

On this section of our website, we'll publish our bookmaker reviews. We'll cover all of the major bookmakers in Britain and Ireland, plus brands that reside in the European, South African, Asian and American markets. We'll also cover live casino websites and brands that specialise in Bitcoin betting.

Our reviews cover the registration process, any promotion codes you may need to qualify for free bets when signing up, payment methods, withdrawal times and much, much more.

If you're looking for a new bookmaker to join, or you're looking at switching it up a little, you'll find plenty of vital information and details about all welcome offers on this page...

All of the reviews on RacingInsider.com provide accurate, up-to-date information about licensed bookies from all over the world. We'll cover the best firms in the United Kingdom, leading names in Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa, plus the best US betting brands. 

Our reviews are designed to give you an impartial look at what is both good and bad about each particular bookmaker. Readers Can also give their opinion on a bookmaker, rating firms with a score from 1-5 (five being the best).

Our reviews leave no stone unturned. We’ll tell you about their odds and markets, the sports they cover (as well as the range and depth of betting markets available for each particular sport), how good their live betting coverage is, and whether they have live streaming. We’ll also tell you about any bookie specials that are available, in addition to covering customer service, any mobile apps, payment options and more!

We'll publish reviews for new betting sites that have only recently opened up. We also update/rewrite reviews for established bookmakers when they launch a new welcome offer if we acquire an exclusive promo code.

One of the many perks of joining a new bookmaker is welcome offers. This is a new offer that bookmakers hand out to new customers, in order to draw more users to their website.

Welcome offers come in many shapes and sizes. The most popular is a free bet welcome offer, where bookmakers will give new users a certain amount of free bets, sometimes matched to the size of their first deposit. Other popular welcome offers include money-back specials, bet-through-the-card deals for horse racing bettors, and free spins if the betting site also offers casino betting.

Some welcome offers can only be claimed if you sign up using a certain promo code. We work closely with a number of major bookmakers and our readers can claim exclusive welcome offers when they open a new account using the promo code within our reviews.

Because of certain restrictions and laws, betting firms in some countries cannot offer welcome deals. If that's the case, we'll tell you about it, before outlining the key features of that sportsbook.

Once you've chosen a new bookmaker from our list of reviews and signed up, you may have some free bets to spend, or be asked to place a qualifying bet to claim your welcome bonus. If you're struggling to figure out which bets to back, fear not, we've got all bases covered.

On RacingInsider.com, we'll cover every major horse race taking place around the world. As a UK-based website, we focus mainly on British and Irish action, providing a NAP, Daily Double, Racing Treble and a Lucky 15 every single day on the betting tips section of our site.

Our experts will also cover big races taking place in Australia, Hong Kong, the UAE and the United States. We also publish expert tips for South African racing on a daily basis and cover the continent's biggest races.

If you're on the lookout for Royal Ascot tips, Grand National guides, tips for the Breeders Cup, Melbourne Cup predictions and even Durban July selections, then you've come to the right place. Moreover, all of our tips and guides can be accessed completely for free. The only thing you'll be asked to do is enter an email address and you'll have full access to every page on our website!

One of the biggest events in all of horse racing is the Cheltenham Festival. Staged every year during the middle week of March, this world-famous four-day festival features some of the biggest races in all of National Hunt racing.

Four Championship races take place during the week. They are the Champion Hurdle, the Champion Chase, the Stayers' Hurdle and the showpiece event of the meeting, the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Other lucrative Grade Ones, such as the Ryanair Chase, the Supreme Novices' Hurdle and the Mares' Hurdle take place during the Cheltenham Festival, as do huge handicaps like the Ultima Handicap Chase, the Paddy Power Plate and the County Hurdle Handicap.

Free tips for all 28 Cheltenham Festival races will be published on RacingInsider.com in the build-up to this year's Festival. We'll also bring you through the card selections for each of the four days, plus breaking news articles, betting updates and the best bookmaker special offers to make the most of during "the greatest show on turf".

How wide a range of betting markets a bookmaker offers is important to many when it comes to choosing which bookmaker to bet with.

Many of you reading this will be mostly interested in horse racing betting. However, most punters dabble in different sports like football, golf and tennis too, so every bookmaker needs to have a good range of betting markets to tempt customers.

Good, competitive odds are also vitally important when it comes to online betting. The best betting sites are often ones that offer the highest possible odds. Some people may be under the impression that small margins don’t matter, but over time, getting the best odds can make a real difference.

Our guides to betting odds and bookmakers will help you understand where you can get the best possible odds. We’ll also tell you if a bookie is particularly strong on certain sports and if they are weaker on other sports – this is partly why it is always worth having several betting accounts.

There are many factors to consider when it comes to finding a genuine bookmaker. It isn’t always about the sports on offer, or how good the odds are at one bookie compared to another.

To find a truly reliable and trustworthy bookie, you'll want to know a bit of background information about that company. You'll want to know whether that brand is totally above board and licensed by a legitimate gaming authority, as there are plenty of brands out there that aren't - those such brands will not be covered on our website!

Here at RacingInsider.com, we’ll tell you about the Top UK sites that are licensed and regulated by the British Gambling Commission. We’ll also tell you about other betting sites with licenses outside of the UK. We only cover legal gambling and recommend bookmakers who are fully regulated.