Best Betting
Sites: List of top betting websites
There
is nothing more frustrating for a bettor than landing on a rogue
sports betting website, to help you avoid this, today we will
take a look at the best betting sites for US and UK players. If
you've been betting online for a while you already know that not
all betting sites accept US players, hence we have made the
distinction between the US and the UK websites. Note that
players from almost all over the world (except USA, of course)
can bet at the top UK betting sites.
Here is the current list of the best
betting websites:
How did we decide which are the best
betting sites? Trust me, we did not just pull the names out of
thin air. And people in the UK – don't be fooled that just
because a bookmaker has paid a popular football team to put
their name on their shirts – it makes them any better. You'd be
surprised by the horror stories you can hear about those
bookies. If you don't pick the right betting site, but simply go
on which one is famous – you will pay the price. US bettors
think that just because sports betting is legal in some parts of
Europe, that all their online betting websites are top-notch,
but that couldn't be further from the truth. It's just that
those awful experiences don't really get to the US forums and
blogs, that's all. Don't think that UK punters have it made,
they are facing the same problems and issues bettors in the US
are dealing with. Let's look at some of the most important
criteria when selecting the best betting websites. For the UK
punter, see this guide to the
good betting sites
in the country.
Reputation – there is no better way to
gauge the sportsbooks but by reputation. Trust and reputation
are built over many years and are certainly not something one
can obtain with advertising dollars, promotions, free plays,
etc. To be listed among our bets betting sites you must have the
cleanest reputation among the sportsbooks, both for UK and USA
players, but especially for the US customers, since the choices
of reputable betting websites in the United States are very
slim. I dare anyone challenge our list above and claim that the
betting sites listed are not the most reputable and trusted
entities in online sports betting today! Sure, there are plenty
of other sportsbooks and bookmakers, but none of them have the
reputation those above do.
Easy Deposits, Fast Payouts – very
important factor and the only reason online bettors may turn
back to the traditional sportsbooks and betting shops. People
want to be able to deposit money right away and to receive their
payouts in a timely matter, i.e. fast. It's real shame, but some
of the most popular betting sites will take months to send
people their payout money and we say popular, since those sports
betting websites have simply spent a lot of money for
advertising, not that they are anything special. If you don't
want to sit around waiting for your payout to be processed and
sent, sometimes never to get the money, choose only from the
best betting sites.
Plenty of bonuses, free bets and betting
markets – we are grouping all in-site options into one here. We
and every bettor like to see good bonus offers with decent
rollover requirements. What good is a bonus when the rollovers
are so high – you don't have a chance to withdraw any winnings
from it? A 4x rollover is to protect the sportsbook from bonus
abusers, but a 15x rollover is plain theft. Which brings us to
another point – limiting players. A top betting site will not
limit the amount people can lay on a bet just because they won a
couple of wagers. You can avoid this type of robbery by simply
selecting one of the best betting sites from the list above.
Old Fashioned Customer Service – yes, we
do underline the old-fashioned part, you know, the one where
everything is done to leave the customer happy that they chose
your company over the competitors? Some betting sites ride such
high horse, don't even think for a minute that you will get a
decent resolution should a problem arise. With them is their way
or the highway, banking on the low number of really good
sportsbooks and limited options. The best betting sites here
will never think of pulling stuff like that, which goes right
back to the point of reputation. You don't risk losing the
reputation you've built over many years just by refusing to
honor your bonus terms and conditions, for example, or worse –
grading bets as you see fit, rather than the correct way. And
while we are on the customer service, can anyone explain the
reasoning behind hiring people to answer the phone of a sports
betting website without the basic knowledge of sports betting?
Yeah, hopefully you'll never came across them (and you won't
with the betting websites above). Sometimes it just gets
ridiculous what some sportsbooks think they can get away with.
Published
on 06/19/2013
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