Fansbet Review

On the face of it, Fansbet is similar to most new betting sites that enter the market. It offers odds on a wide variety of events, plus a number of fresh and interesting features. What really sets Fansbet apart from the rest of the pack, though, is that it donates a share of its profits to football fan causes.

Why Bet With Fansbet?

🎗 Support good causes

⚽ Good promotions and features

🙌 Great options for football punters

Fansbet is a slick-looking sports betting site and its dark theme is particularly easy on the eye. It’s easy to navigate around the site and in particular to find out more information on the company’s Giving Back initiative.

Through its Giving Back initiative, Fansbet donates part of its profits to good causes and charities.

The layout is fairly standard, with a promotions carousel occupying the top section of the Sports home page and the latest in-play and upcoming event odds just below.

Fansbet’s football offering is fairly comprehensive, as is the coverage of other major sports like tennis and horse racing (for UK & Irish races at least). A reassuringly long list of other sports on the left hand side helps give the sense that few stones have been left unturned.

Those who bet on the go will perhaps be disappointed not to be able to download a dedicated Fansbet app, but every cloud has a silver lining: the mobile site is a satisfyingly smooth experience on both iPhone and Android devices.

The regular promotions for existing customers are welcome if not exactly jaw dropping in their innovativeness, and other neat features like Add2Bet, Bet Builder, Acca Boosts, Cash Out and Partial Cash Out ensure there’s something for every type of punter at Fansbet.

There are very few UK punters who would disagree with the assertion that Fansbet is a one-stop-shop for essentially all sports markets that are worth betting on in the UK. Dozens of in-play football and tennis markets are open for betting at most times, in addition to in-play markets on other less mainstream events such as esports, baseball, table tennis, and darts.

The breadth of the pre-match offering is also good. Featured links on the left-hand side detail the main events for betting on the day, with a comprehensive list of all sports listed below.

Fansbet Odds

In-play match odds for mainstream sports such as football and tennis are often not that far off the gold standard of Bet365, so Fansbet is often a decent option for wagering during events. Punters should note that the payout percentage is, however, often lower on fast markets.

Pre-match prices stack up pretty well against other bookies in the UK market.

Finding that extra tick or two of value can make a pretty big difference over the long term, or if you’re putting together a juicy acca, and at Fansbet you can be fairly sure that you won’t be getting a rough deal.

Fansbet Cash Out

Operators can offer the best betting signup offer in the world, the most free bets in the market, or the top ongoing betting promotions for existing customers, but they’ll still leak users if they don’t offer cash out.

On qualifying markets at Fansbet, you can cash out either your bet and, at the push of a button, lock in profits, even on bets that go on to lose. Fansbet also offers partial cash out, so if you’re not convinced your bet will win but you also couldn’t bear cashing out on a winner, you can have the best of both worlds and take some risk off the table while letting the rest of it ride.

Fansbet Football

As expected for a UK-focused online bookmaker, football is a central focus for Fansbet. There are hundreds of matches available to bet on daily, and this often remains the case even during the UK summer when the major European leagues are not in play.

Footy punters can expect at least 100 pre-match markets to be open for even the most obscure matches, with this number close to doubling for the elite clashes in international tournaments or heavyweight clashes in any of the top European leagues.

Fansbet Esports

Esports events continue to make waves, which is unsurprising when you consider the newer generation of sports fans have often played more fortnite than football. Esports is a multi-billion dollar global industry and it’s also fantastic to bet on thanks to its high standards of competition and quickly resolving matches.

Pre-match and in-play esports markets are available on Fansbet, and there is always a wide range of tournaments and matchups in the daily lists.

The Fansbet esports offering is more comprehensive than lots of its competitors: Major titles like CS:GO, Dota 2, and League of Legends are predictably well covered, but markets on the less mainstream games like Valorant, Starcraft and King of Glory are also there.

Fansbet Horse Racing

The Fansbet horse racing offering is perfectly good, if not outstanding. The main drawback here is the lack of live streaming, especially as this is available - at least on UK & Irish races - at so many other online bookies in the UK.

There is decent coverage of international fixtures, both in terms of the daily races and antepost markets.

Racecard, Forecast, Betting w/o Favourite, and Place Only 2 markets are available throughout the day on UK & Irish meets. The provision of a form and stats information would be useful, but the interface is otherwise perfectly fine.

At the time of writing, there is no dedicated Fansbet app available for UK punters. In one sense, this is better than Fansbet pushing out a half-baked app that struggles to load and is a general nightmare to use, as is the case with some online bookies trying to jump on the mobile bandwagon.

On the other hand, a well-functioning dedicated mobile app certainly lifts any online bookie to the next level and it’s worth keeping an eye out for any developments on this front in the near future.

In the absence of a dedicated mobile app, both iOS and Android users can instead create a home screen shortcut to the Fansbet mobile site to ensure quick access to in-play markets, online betting promotions, withdrawals, and everything else that the desktop site offers.

Fansbet punters get decent odds across a strong variety of sports and markets, but there's more to this bookmaker than pure prices.

Fansbet Giving Back

Arguably the feature for which Fansbet stands out most from the crowd is Fansbet Giving Back. Fansbet’s state mission is to give back to causes that impact sports fans, and it does this by donating part of its profits to charities and other socially beneficial causes.

Sir Kenny Dalglish MBE is among the names promoting Fansbet’s Giving Back model.

This is not a feature that will help you get extra value from your bet, or give you a risk free opportunity to wager on a match. It won’t help your betting at all, in fact. But a socially conscious online betting option will appeal to many who want to do their bit while having a punt.

Fansbet Promotions

In addition to the welcome bonus, Fansbet offers a stack of different betting promotions to existing customers.

On the sports betting side, these include free-to-play prediction competitions, as well as various free bet offers. Beyond acca boosts and free bets, though, there isn’t a great deal of variety in Fansbet’s promotions.

As well as full and partial cash out, other highlighted sportsbook features include the Bet Builder, Add2Bet (a feature that enables you to add selections to bets that are already open), and the interesting but perhaps a little gimmicky Pulse Bet feature.

Fansbet Live Chat

Customer service is rightly at the centre of many online bookies’ strategies, and it’s especially important to be responsive and helpful when you don’t have the strength of an established brand to fall back on - it could be the make-or-break user experience feature that sets a bookie head and shoulders above competitors.

Fansbet live chat is available seven days a week from 10.00-22.00, so you’ll rarely be left in the dark with an unsolvable query.

Live chat is a discreet and convenient way to field any and all questions - whether you want to know how to switch from fractional to decimal odds, or what the average payout percentage is for the in-play BTTS markets in the Algerian U21 League.

Fansbet also aims to respond within 48 hours to any email queries.

For all its positive features, Fansbet is let down somewhat by the limited number of payment options available for UK punters. The only way to deposit and withdraw money at Fansbet is via debit card (Visa/Mastercard).

Fansbet Withdrawal Time

Fansbet state that they aim to process withdrawals within 48 hours, excluding bank holidays and weekends. They note, however, that in some circumstances withdrawals could take from 3-5 business days.

Casino games are not Fansbet’s primary focus, but it still provides a solid casino option.

Over 150 different games are on offer at the Fansbet casino, including slots, tables games and jackpots from all the major providers.

Fansbet Live Casino

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