Betfred Review

Betfred is an independent British based bookmaker which was founded in 1967. Betfred describe themselves as “the world’s largest independent Bookmaker and the UK’s biggest high street retailer”. They have over 700 betting stores and around 5000 employees worldwide. Betfred was founded by Peter and Fred Done who has earned the nickname “The Bonus King” because of the frequent bonuses and specials he has offered to punters. They were also the first to offer daily early price races in the UK.

Registering on Betfred is an excersice in simplicity. Registration is a quick 5 mins process, meaning you can be up and betting in absolutely no time. Betfred favour the one page registration process and should you run into any trouble, they have a live chat option for you to quickly chat with one of their knowledgable customer services respresentatives.

The BetFred website has a clean and uncluttered look, especially if you compare it to a number of their competitors. Navigating to your preferred sport and placing your bet is clear, easy and intuitive. You also have the liberty of changing the odds into whichever format you prefer, fractional, decimal or American. They also have a very handy Football predictor tool which will provide you with indepth information, enabling you to easily make a decision on where you want to place your bet.

BetFred has a decent coverage of sports although their Football and Horse Racing markets are the most developed reflecting their British heritage; unfortunately their coverage of European markets still leaves a bit to desired. They generally have really competitive odds especially for some of the biggest matches. Keeping up to his name of “the Bonus King”, the bonuses and offers on BetFred are amongst the best in the business with extra places on the big horse races, 100% bonuses, free bets and money back specials on a monthly basis.

Betfred has a reputation to uphold as the "Bonus King" and the available promotions reflect that.

Welcome Bonus: Betfred will match any new customers initial bet up to the value of £50

Enhanced Sunday Treble: Betfred will give you increased odds if you make a multiple bet within a select number of matches shown on the site.

Cashback: Betfred regularly give cashbacks if a certain predetermined event should happen within the match. This could be someone scoring a goal, a draw, a particular score line or any other event like that. Meaning you could end up with your money back even if you lose the bet. The cashbacks usually relate to first goalscorer, last goalscorer, correct scores and scorecast bets.

Double Delight: If the player you bet on to be the first goalscorer, scores first and then goes on to score another goal, Betfred will double your winnings.

Hat-Trick Heaven: If the player you bet on to be the first goalscorer, scores first and then goes on to score a hattrick, Betfred will triple your winnings

Goals Galore: This promotion pay out when all the teams in a treble multiple bet score a goal.

Treble the Odds for One Winner: Treble odds on one winner when betting on all Lucky 15s, 31s and 63s.

Super Bonus Races: This only applies to selected horse races. You could get big bonuses on up to ten different races per day, such as a bonus of up to 100%. A 10% bonus is applied to all forecasts and tricasts.

Fantastic Forecast Offer: All winnings on forecast and tricast bets are rounded up to the nearest pound. So if you win £24.35, you will receive £25 in winnings. Greyhounds only.

BetFred is a good, safe and secure bookmaker with a strong Uk and Ireland Focus. So if you are interested in UK sports, Betfred is the way to go as you will be hard pressed to beat their bonuses. They really do give you good value for your money. However, if you are looking for a broader coverage of the European market, then BetFred might not be the right option for you.

This review is based on a non-weighted average and while, more often than not, the overall score is an average of the individual review categories, the editors at Free 25 Bet reserve the right to tweak the overall score if we feel it does not reflect our assessment of the bookmakers.

Betfred's Ratings

Ease of Use10

Promotions10

Market Range8

Betfredby Free25Bets

1 9 10

Pro

• Largest Independent Bookmakers
• Very good and regular bonuses and promotions
• Good Sport Event Coverage
• Great multiple bet promotions
• Competitive horse racing and football odds

Cons

• Can be slightly Uk Biased
• Limited European presence