BoyleSports Review

1982 wasn’t just a great year because the Ireland rugby team won the triple crown for the first time in 33 years and John O’Leary was victorious in the Irish Open. Nope, ’82 was also the year Ireland’s largest independent bookmaker was born!

Since opening its first betting shop forty years ago, BoyleSports has become a familiar name on the high street but more impressively, developed into a major player within the world of online gambling.

Today, BoyleSports is one of the top gambling sites in Ireland and enjoyed by many. And that’s little wonder with sports betting, casino, bingo, and lottery all offered under one (online) roof!

Be it on their user-friendly website, or, sleek and stylish betting app, BoyleSports has all your football and horse racing betting needs taken care of.

Football punters, for whom many will be familiar with the BoyleSports brand through their sponsorships with Birmingham City and Coventry City, can tuck into a range of promotions including excellent Acca loyalty and insurance offers, as well as must-have features, Bet Builder and Cash Out.

For racing enthusiasts, meanwhile, Extra Race Places, Best Odds Guaranteed, and live streaming for horse racing and greyhound racing, ensure that BoyleSports more than hold their own in this department too.

The cherry on top of the cake is undoubtedly the Combine Your Odds feature which, from a handy little dropdown, enables you to choose three selections and generate one price.

Along with football and racing, BoyleSports cover Greyhound Racing, Golf and GAA sports probably as well as any online bookmaker in Ireland.

They're on the money with their coverage of Darts, Tennis and Rugby Union too, giving the sportsbook a well-rounded feel.

BoyleSports isn’t just renowned for betting though. Their online casino ranks among the best in the business with an impressive catalog of new, exclusive and classic games.

If that wasn’t enough, BoyleSports accept a wide range of payments and they do a sterling job of looking after customers with a dedicated support team available around the clock.

All told, BoyleSports more than lives up to its tag as one of Ireland’s best online bookmakers.

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In addition to the terrific signup offer, BoyleSports has lots of money-back specials running, even giving Paddy Power (the self-proclaimed ‘Kings of the Money Back Special’) a run for their money.

There are heaps of betting promotions for existing customers at BoyleSports

Here are a few examples of the deals you can take advantage of:

• Earn a weekly €5 bet for Cheltenham between now and the start of the festival.
• Money back as a free bet if your backed horse finishes 2nd to the SP favourite
• Money back as a free bet if your backed greyhound finishes 2nd to the SP favourite

BoyleSports has betting promos for football, horse racing and golf. These can last for the season or get rolled out specifically for big games.

Some promos run all of the time including:

• Extra Place Races: 4 and 5 payout places for selected horse races

• Best Odds Guaranteed: Lock in the early price on any UK or Irish horse race as early as 8am and get paid out at the bigger price if the SP ends up being greater.

• Acca Rewards: When placing a 5+ acca, you can choose whether to boost your acca or insure it (ie. get money back as a free bet if one leg lets you down).

• Acca Loyalty: Opt-in and for every 5 accas placed you get a €5 free acca

BoyleSports Fantasy5

In addition to a very nice variety of promotions, BoyleSports has joined the growing number of bookies with free-to-play games.

BoyleSports Fantasy 5, which is based on the popular Fantasy Football game, gives punters the chance to win €10,000, free bets and other top prizes after each round of Premier League games.

The nifty article we've scribbled for you below explains how the game works:

As mentioned, racing and football are the two most popular sports BoyleSports covers and this is reflected in the side menu where you will find both sports placed prominently. Also high on the list and easy to tap into are Golf and GAA Sports.

The growing popularity of US sports is also clear with a good amount of coverage for American football, Basketball and Baseball. But as is the case with every top betting site, you can have a punt on pretty much any sport there is.

Even those sports you only show interest in when the Olympics swing around - bowls, rowing, swimming, water polo and the like - are part of an impressive A-Z menu of sports possible to wager on.

All betting sites in Ireland have horse racing as a core offering. However, when it comes to a sport with so many factors, it’s always best to seek a specialist in the field. BoyleSports is certainly that.

Their race card has all the basic information on each horse including Jockey, trainer and form. Under the current odds for each horse, BoyleSports also display the recent prices to show which horses are backed or drifting out.

As one of the top horse racing bookmakers, there are multiple pre-race and live horse racing betting markets to select from.

On top of standard Win or E/W, Forecast and Tricast Options, BoyleSports are a tad more inventive than other bookies.

Examples of alternative markets you will find include Betting W/O Favourite, I-Bet 4 Places (where you’re paid as a winner if your horse wins and your stake is refunded if it finishes in the named places) and Jollies V Rags (where you pick whether the winner of the runners selected by BoyleSports will finish in the Jollies group or Rags group).

In addition to showpiece events, like the Grand National, the Epsom Derby, and Cheltenham, BoyleSports offer cards for all single meetings in the UK and Ireland. Selected races in the USA, Australia, and France are also covered.

Not only can you bet on numerous races, but you can also watch them too - punters can stream hundreds of races live on the website and BoyleSports mobile betting app.

Unique to BoyleSports is their Combined Odds feature which works well for horse racing in particular. Here, you can pick three horses and see the odds for your selections generated automatically, before adding the combined bet to your bet slip.

Of course, no horse racing betting coverage is complete without an extensive Virtual Racing section where you can have a flutter on simulated races every few minutes.

BoyleSports Greyhounds

BoyleSports sponsor the most prestigious event in the Irish Greyhound Racing calendar, the Irish Derby.

And if you’re a punter whose thirst for racing extends to betting on the dogs, you’ll be delighted with BoyleSports’ coverage of Greyhound racing too.

A great variety of betting markets, free live streaming, free bet promotions and virtual races every 3 minutes are just a few of the highlights.

The main sponsor of Championship teams Birmingham City and Coventry City, BoyleSports is a prominent name within football betting. But how does its offering stack up against other top-rated football betting sites like Bet365, LiveScore Bet and Ladbrokes?

Let's take a closer look at some of the features that make betting on football at BoyleSports unique.

• Live Football Streaming: Some bookies’ live streaming capabilities begin and end with horse racing. But not at BoyleSports. You can watch games from some of Europe’s top leagues and further afield such as China. One slight criticism of BoyleSports’ live football streaming is the lack of a schedule to check on the next live games available as Bet365 has. But perhaps we’re being nitpicky here.

• Live match centre: Get an overview of the latest price changes, as well as updates on every goal scored in the day’s games.

• Cash Out: It’s a given that Cash Out is available but what’s not always clear is the markets available for cash out. However, BoyleSports does a very good job of pointing out which markets apply.

• Combine Your Odds: On selected markets like First Goalscorer and Correct Score, this neat little feature lets you back three different scorers/scorelines at the same time.

• Opta-powered pre-match stats: With each top game, there’s a slew of stats (from Opta no less) to base your bets on including various H2H for form, stats and previous meetings.

• Seamless navigation and betting: Matches and bets are easy to find and simple to place. You can search for games by popularity, those upcoming and matches where you can use the BetBuilder. Under that, there’s a list of in-play matches and ‘Top Bets’ here you can add the top 5 bets to your betslip with one click.

• Great selection (and presentation) of markets: Toggle between well categorised markets, all of which are packed with different bets. One notable absence from the list of markets is Asian Handicap. If this your go-to bet type, you may be disappointed.

• Price Boosts and Specials: Click on any game and there’s list of boosted odds for a number of markets and an even longer list of special bets that range from enhanced trebles, doubles and Next Manager markets.

BoyleSports Bet Builder

Along with cash out, the Bet Builder has to go down as one of the best online football betting features. And if like us, you love putting your own bets together, you’ll enjoy the little extras BoyleSports has added to its Bet Builder feature.

Pre-made bets (including up to a certain price, 5/1, 25/1+) enable you to pick out and place multi-bets in just a few seconds.

There are also Special Offers within the Bet Builder that can see your winnings doubled or your money back if there’s a red card or the game finishes 0-0, for instance.

Many bookies are neither here nor there when it comes to their coverage of Golf. At BoyleSports, however, it’s one of the most covered sports.

As you’d expect there’s no shortage of tournaments to bet on. From the US Open to The Masters, Open Championship to the Ryder Cup, BoyleSports - and even some of the smaller ones - BoyleSports covers them all.

Markets-wise, the range is very good. The ‘combine your odds’ feature mentioned previously is available for outright bets and a great way to cover three of the tournament favourites and still get a good price.

BoyleSports is also the industry leader for golf places, offering up to 11 places on some majors.

Despite the dominance of the other sports highlighted, betting on Gaelic football and hurling remains popular.

And like football, racing and golf, you have multiple markets for each game including outrights, handicaps, draw no bet, double result, as well as goalscorers, scoring specials and half markets.

You can ‘combine your odds’ by picking up to three selections on First Goalscorer and Winning Margin markets too.

Top/trending bets can be added to your bet slip in one quick tap of the button, while BoyleSports also offer numerous GAA Price Boosts and futures markets for All-Ireland Senior Football, Hurling and Camogie Championships and All-Ireland Club Championships.

Available to download on the App Store and Google Play, the BoyleSports app is functional and easy to use.

What's more, everything we’ve said relating to the betting site also applies to what you will find on the app. This includes live streaming.

As users have commented on the App Store, it’s very easy to navigate. And as the visuals below indicate - and we can also attest to - BoyleSports has one of the more polished betting apps on the market.

The wagering opportunities don’t just begin and end with sports betting. There’s a great deal more to this already great offering. This includes the BoyleSports Casino, packed to the brim with new and exclusive games, slots, scratchcards, popular Age of the Gods, and Sporting Legends titles.

BoyleSports also bring the full casino experience to you, with a number of live dealer games for you to sample - Roulette, Blackjack, Poker and Baccarat among them.

BoyleSports has many lotto and bingo games to complete a comprehensive set of online gambling options.