Sky Bet Review

Not got the time to read the entire review? No worries, here's a quick overview of what's in store on Sky Bet.

What’s the Sky Bet Sign-Up Offer?

Sky Bet welcome new customers with a straightforward bet 10 get 30 deal. You get 3 x £10 free bets to use on football when you place a qualifying bet at odds of 1/1 or more.

Read more on Sky Bet's new customer offer

What other betting offers does Sky Bet have?

From money-back specials and extra places for horse racing to enhanced acca odds and the 2 UP early payout football offer, there are plenty of promotions to keep existing customers happy. And that’s without mentioning the Sky Bet club which you can opt-in and claim free bets each week.

Read more on Sky Bet promotions for existing customers

Is the Sky Bet mobile app any good?

Sky Bet is renowned for having excellent mobile apps. Whether you have an iOS or Android device, you can expect a high-quality application with which to do your online betting.

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What sports can I bet on at Sky Bet?

Sky Bet has a strong A-Z list of sports. Football and racing are obviously the most prominent, with tennis, golf and cricket featuring heavily too. Bets can also be placed on lesser-known sports such as bowls, handball and volleyball, while it's also possible to wager on Esports.

Does Sky Bet have live streaming?

Yes, which is no surprise when you consider how much live sport Sky Sports broadcasts. As is common for UK betting sites, every UK and Irish horse race is streamed live. The coverage of football, cricket and tennis is also very good.

What’s Sky Bet’s bet builder like?

Easy to use and intuitive, the bet builder allows you to compile your own bet within one game and use Sky Bet’s Quick Pick feature if you’re seeking inspiration. You can even send a link of your bet to your mates!

New Sky Bet customers triple their money in free bets when they register, deposit £10 and place £10 on any single bet.

You can read more on the finer details of this bet 10 get 30 offer, below, or find out how to claim it right here, right now:

• Get 3 x £10 free bets
• Transparent offer & easy to claim
• Free bets can be used on football only

The bet 10 get 30 Sky Bet new customer offer is undoubtedly a competitive one. The terms of the offer are transparent and getting your £30 worth of free bets is easily achieved.

All newly registered customers must do is deposit £10 to their new account and place a single bet. This can be on any sport but at odds of 1/1 (2.00) or greater.

Once the qualifying wager is settled, Sky Bet will credit the account with £30 in free bets, issued as 3 x £10 free bets. The free bets come with a 30-day expiry period and can only be used for football.

How does the Sky Bet welcome offer compare with other UK bookie welcome offers?

For context, we think it’s always helpful to show you how each offer compares with the competition.

Here’s how the Sky Bet new customer offer fares alongside other bookie sign-up offers.

• Weekly free bets through the Sky Bet club
• Super 6 free-to-play football game
• Racing money-back specials

A betting site without promotions is like bread without butter - bland! Fortunately, you don’t have to worry about that being the case at Sky Bet.

Even after you sign up at Sky Bet, you get a wide selection of promotions including weekly free bets, money-back specials, extra race places and enhanced odds offers.

Here is the pick of the ongoing promotions available:

Sky Bet Club

Free bets and free spins can be earned every week via the Sky Bet club.

Providing you meet the staking requirements by 23.59 the following Sunday your free bets are then credited by 7 pm every Monday.

Examples of the weekly rewards available:

• £5 free bet when you bet £3+
• £6 racing free bet when you bet £30+
• £5 free bet when you bet £20+ on football accas or BuildABets
• £6 in-play free bet when you bet £30+
• 50 free spins when you bet £30 or more

Now, the variety and volume of rewards alone make this the best bookie loyalty program around. But it gets better:

All free bets earned through the Sky Bet Club come with no expiry period.

This is an excellent perk, unique to Sky Bet. Instead of having 7 days to use your free bets (the standard period offered by most UK bookies), you can pick your moment and use them at a time that suits you.

Kudos to Sky Bet for giving punters more control and flexibility here!

What other offers does Sky Bet have?

You’re almost spoilt for choice. Log in to Sky Bet at any time of the day (or night) and you’ll always find a selection of promotions including:

Odds Boosts

Sky Bet is particularly known for having many odds boosts. Enhanced prices can be found for the majority of sports and can’t be missed as the image below demonstrates.

Football odds boosts are usually ramped up (and often more generous) ahead of big Premier League and Champions League fixtures with shots on target and player-to-score markets regularly offered. Acca trebles are boosted frequently too.

Money Back Specials

More frequent around the big racing festivals like Cheltenham and Ascot, Sky Bet offers racing punters money back as cash if, for example, your horse finishes 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th to the SP favourite.

Once again, Sky Bet goes one better than its competitors by offering customers their cash back, rather than free bets (like BoyleSports and QuinnBet do, for instance).

Extra Places

Sky Bet is prolific in offering extra places for horse racing. Paying 4 Places instead of 3, for example, means Sky Bet will pay out if your horse finishes in positions 1, 2, 3 or 4, instead of the top three places.

Sky Bet is also one of the most consistent at offering extra places for big golf tournaments such as The Masters and The U.S Open.

• Available on iOS and Android
• Clean design, easy to use
• 4.6 on the App Store, 4.5 on Google Play

Regardless of the device used to download the Sky Bet app, users get an intuitive, fast to load and simple-to-navigate mobile application to browse and place bets.

The layout of the app is similar to the website making it easy to switch between devices and aesthetically, you won’t find many betting apps as easy on the eye.

You get all the same features and promotions found on the website including Live streaming, Bet Builder and the Sky Bet Club on the app too.

There’s little doubt Sky Bet has one of the best sports betting apps for UK punters and its 4.6 rating on the App Store and 4.5 on Google Play back this up. However, Bet365’s betting app still rates higher (4.7 and 4.6 respectively).

• Easy-to-use website
• Quick links to most popular pages/offers
• Great use of colour to catch the eye

Sky Bet’s sportsbook is one of the best there is in terms of user experience. It feels like every step of the customer journey has been carefully considered to make online betting as seamless as possible.

Your eyes will be drawn most to the central part of the homepage. Here, you will first find the latest betting offers and odds boosts. Three offers are presented on a loop which can get repetitive but isn’t overkill.

Just below those, links to the most popular sections of the sportsbook such as In-Play, Next Races, Accumulators and Popular Bets make for easy navigation.

Underneath, the odds for the day’s most popular events are listed, starting with the most popular, horse racing and football.

Sky Bet is particularly good at drawing the eye to the page and making information stand out via its brand colours. For instance, they display the number of odds boosts available for each sport in bright yellow (Sky Sports breaking news yellow), which as you probably know certainly catches your attention!

• 35+ sports
• Football, horse racing covered extensively
• Novelty bets available

You will find odds for all the sports UK punters enjoy betting on the most with football, horse racing, tennis, greyhounds, cricket and golf getting the most coverage.

On the left-hand side of the screen, you can pull up odds for the sports mentioned and many other sports including American football, boxing, darts, formula one and snooker.

In total, Sky Bet has over 35 sports to wager on. It's also possible to place novelty bets on politics, TV, music and film events including the Eurovision Song Contest, who will headline Glastonbury and who will be the next James Bond, for example.

• Debit card accepted
• Apple Pay, Google Pay among options
• PayPal no longer accepted

You can deposit and withdraw using a debit card (Visa, MasterCard, Maestro) and have three cards linked to your account at any one time. Apple Pay and Google Pay are also accepted.

However, Sky Bet no longer allows new Paypal accounts. Nor do they accept e-wallets. While this isn’t the end of the world, it certainly makes the options feel limited.

On the plus side, the minimum deposit on Sky Bet is low. £5 is the minimum for depositing using a debit card, while for PayPal it is £10.

How long does it take to withdraw money at Sky Bet?

Withdrawals to debit cards can take 2-5 days (excluding weekends) to process. PayPal withdrawals are a lot quicker, taking up to 24 hours in most cases.