Full 888Sport Bookmaker Review
I may have this wrong, but I feel 888Sports gets slept on a little. People obviously bet with the big behemoths in the UK gambling industry (bet365, Betfair etc.) and also take a punt on newcomers with half-decent sign up offers. It leaves someone like 888Sport somewhere in the middle.
I genuinely think 888Sport is one of the best UK bookies out there. It’s a standalone bookie, not unlike a Progress Play or AG sportsbook, it doesn’t feel like more of the same, and the actual platform is fantastic. There are loads of odds boosts and promotions, the in-play offering (with great graphics and stats) is impressive and you can tailor your account as you go along.
Lastly, I love betting on the NFL and no UK bookie does NFL betting better. I can’t speak highly enough about 888Sport – it’s one of the best around.
888Sport Review Summary
Fantastic bookie that is particularly good for American sports.
Advantages and Disadvantages
All explained in greater detail in this review, these pros and cons allow users to scan and understand where 888Sport's strengths lie quickly.
Pros
- No.1 bookie in the UK for American football betting
- No.1 bookie in the UK for baseball betting
- Rank in our Top 10s for six different categories
- Decent Best Odds Guaranteed product
Cons
- Poor TV/Entertainment betting
Who Are 888Sport?
888Sport has been around for a while, but sometimes gets a little overlooked. It’s neither a big legacy bookie (William Hill, Fitzdares etc.) or one of the batch of new ones on the block. Owned by Evoke PLC, it provides sports books mainly to European markets.
First Impression of 888Sport
My First Impressions
I really like the set-up at 888Sport. There are the usual array of promotional banners and current offers, but within that the markets and sports are easy to find and the different menus work very well. Everything is branded in 888Sport’s orange and black unless you switch to Casino (green) or Poker (blue) – it’s a nice way of always knowing you’re in the right place.
- Luke Bradshaw Lee, Senior Sports Betting Editor
Live Betting
There’s plenty here. The menu along the top of the Live Betting section displays which sports have live markets, and how many there are of each. Expect to find football, tennis, golf, basketball and more. Within these events are live stats (as well as pre-game stats beforehand) regardless of sport. See if they make it into our best bookmakers for in-play betting.
Live Streaming
888Sport offers plenty of live streaming options – horse racing for UK and ROW meets, selected football, basketball, cricket, ice hockey, rugby and darts. Just look for the small TV icon next to the event.
Betting Odds
After looking across other bookmakers in the UK, plus going through some comparison sites, it seems as though that the odds offered at 888Sport are fairly competitive. We checked football, tennis and cricket for in-play odds, plus horse racing, basketball and rugby for pre-match and ante post odds.
Also, remember that it is always worth checking alternative betting options, including best spread betting sites and betting exchange sites, depending on who you are as a bettor.
Betting App or Mobile Site?
There is a very good 888Sport app. The mobile version is nearly identical to the desktop version of the site. One thing I really like is the main sports menu is an additional menu bar (I can’t see anything like this on desktop) of news-relevant tournaments. So right now there is the Super Bowl, the Six Nations, AFCON, the Premier League and a few others. There’s no separation of sports, just the most relevant right now, and I assume this updates automatically. It’s a great little feature.
Compare to the best betting apps in the country.
⚽ Football Betting
888Sport offers a huge variety of football markets, with odds that are super competitive. There’s obviously the major leagues and competitions, but bettors can also find domestic leagues as varied as Saudi Arabia, Uruguay and Costa Rica. There is a good range, but it wouldn’t be right up with the very best. There are also some decent promotions running that are football-specific. We rank every bookie, at every sport, and 888Sport is just a bit off our best football betting sites in the UK, but it’s still very good.
Bet Builder
888Sport has a fantastic bet builder feature, and makes our best bookies for bet builders in the UK. They offer both pre-match and live markets in which to create your bets, across different sports, with football the pick of the bunch. The bookmaker offers cash out on bet builders, assuming all markets are still winnable, as well as running specific bet builder offers like their Bet Builder Blitz, which enabled users to get their stake back as a bet if their NFL bet builder lost.
Bonuses
888Sport is a bookie that runs multiple offers and promotions all the time, on top of their welcome offer. There are free bets to be earned any time you bet on a different sport, including tennis, baseball, American football and more. In addition to those there is bet builder insurance, seasonal tournament offers, acca insurance and more. It’s a really strong part of 888Sports’ product.
Cash Out
Cash out is a very important betting feature for punters these days so it's crucial that bookies integrate this feature into their mobile betting apps. 888Sport have done this well, allowing their customers to instantly cash out their bets on any device they like.
🏇 Horse Racing
888Sport (as well as VBet, and Coral) offer Best Odds Guaranteed on race day anytime. If you place a bet at 2am, and those odds go way out by the time you get to the race, 888Sport will give you that starting price. It’s a standout part of their service. They also have no cap on benefits, another excellent feature. No Best Odds Guaranteed on greyhounds and no option to add to multiples stops it from being higher on the list of best bookies for Best Odds Guaranteed.
🇺🇸 US Sports Betting
A full range of American Sports is available, including all the major leagues, plus college games and the same sports across the globe.
🏈 American Football Betting
The best way of describing 888Sport’s American football service is that it’s what you’d expect from all sports in that nothing has been removed because it's a different sport. That means great odds, bet builders, cash out, acca insurance, promotions such as bet boosts and even live streaming. It’s such a bugbear when you’re used to certain features, but those are removed when you switch to other sports for no reason. At 888Sport you get everything you’d want whether it’s the NFL, college football or the CFL. It’s worth checking out our best NFL betting sites to see why 888Sport tops out.
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🏀 Basketball Betting
I think 888Sport has a great selection of basketball leagues to bet on, there are hundreds and hundreds of markets. There’s obviously the NBA, but 888Sport covers a wide range of EuroLeague and domestic world competitions, including competitions in Turkey, Indonesia, Finland, Slovakia and Argentina, among others. There are also plenty of markets per game, with game, team and player markets covered really nicely. I also really like seeing the NBA logos next to the team name – little things like that make a difference. You can also compare 888Sport to the best basketball betting sites.
⚾ Baseball Betting
Based on the rankings of all our data points, no UK bookmaker recorded a better score than 888Sport. Their odds are good (maybe not exceptional), but their event coverage and market depth within those events is ridiculously good. You can get each way terms on their baseball outrights, as well as bet in-play. On top of that, their stats are great. The 888Sport “Stats Center” gives punters incredible head-to-head stats, form guides, result history and plenty more. Keep tabs on the top baseball betting sites though, to see why they make it onto our list.
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🏒 Ice Hockey Betting
The NHL takes up the bulk of space here, as expected. But there are also some Finnish, Swiss, and German fixtures included, among others. I selected an upcoming NHL game and there are loads of markets listed – more than pretty much anywhere else. For the smaller leagues that reduces a bit more, which is understandable. Overall, I think this is better than most from 888Sport.
🐕 Greyhound Betting
888Sport has a pretty standard greyhound section within its library. There’s the day’s meets, but also some ante post stuff. There isn’t a great deal beyond that, plus there is no live streaming or Best Odds Guaranteed, so it wouldn’t surprise me if greyhound fans look elsewhere. It’s pretty solid, without being anything more than that, and a bit off the best greyhound betting sites.
🎯 Darts Betting
Matthew Edgar
Darts Editor and WDF Professional
I really like what 888Sport do. There are markets for all the main competitions, regardless of how far away in the year they are and plenty of markets per match. For some upcoming Matchplay games, for example, I can see total legs, handicap, 180 markets, correct score and leg betting.
Compare to the best darts betting sites in the UK.
Snooker Betting
Steve Madgwick
Editor-In-Chief
There are markets for a few different tournaments, including the World Championships and the Champions League, plus some smaller, upcoming tournaments such as the Wuhan Open. I do like the amount of markets per game that they offer – with Race to 2 (or 3) frames, Break 100? And correct score markets, among others – and generally the odds are pretty nice. This is definitely one of the better snooker bookies out there.
Compare to the best snooker betting sites in the UK.
🏉 Rugby Betting (Union & League)
By Luke Bradshaw Lee - This has pretty much every competition – domestic and international – that you’d want to bet on here, which is great. And that goes for rugby union and rugby league. If I were being super picky it would be great to see the Japanese league here, given how popular it is becoming, but that is me being hyper critical because overall, this is excellent event coverage compared to other bookies. The number of markets is fine, with a decent selection, although there is a lack of player markets such as try scorer or points scorer / total on player points. See how they compare to our best Rugby betting sites.
🏏 Cricket Betting
James Banting
Tipster Competition Assistant
This is really nice because 888Sport offers all the competitions that I’d expect to see, plus some more in addition to that. I also love how many markets are available here for each game, assuming it’s not miles away in the future before teams are announced etc. On top of that the in-play graphics and stats are great, and some selected matches are live streamed, also. Expect to find Odds Boosts, also, with a few different markets getting bumped.
We list the 10 best cricket betting sites here.
🎾 Tennis Betting
By James Banting - At the time of review their tennis section has loads of different events, including plenty of in-play options. One nice thing – and this is repeated for a few sports – is that as well as the virtual sports section, you can find virtual betting in each sport’s section, so the tennis section has virtual tennis within it, for example. I love the popular bets that they list – it’s always good seeing where money is flowing and the in-play graphics are great also. Overall, this is very impressive.
See if they make it into the top 10 tennis betting sites on OLBG.
🏌️ Golf Betting
By James Banting - 888Sport’s golf offering is fairly standard. There are markets for the majors and the Ryder Cup, plus a few more. There are a few smaller tournaments happening right now, or due to start soon, such as the Phoenix Open, Astara Championship or Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, and none of these are listed in any form. I’d like to see a good bit more for me to consider using them consistently. It’s worth checking our best golf betting sites to see how 888Sport compares – but generally this is fine.
🏎️ Motorsports Betting
Andy Powell
Content Editor
The motor sports here are okay. Everything is it’s own thing, rather than housed under a “motor sports” banner, but I can see Formula 1, obviously, on top of NASCAR and MotoGP. There’s nothing in the way of bikes, such as Speedway, or any Formula E, which is a little annoying. Overall I am impressed with the detail in the Formula 1 markets, however, and I do like the Top 5 Motor Racing Bets banner that is displayed across the top of the page.
Compare to the best motorsport betting sites.
🥊 Boxing Betting
Frank Monkhouse
Boxing Editor
What ensures 888Sport makes it on our list of best boxing betting sites in the specificity of its markets. Plenty of bookmakers offer over/under bets on rounds within a boxing match – over/under 6.5 rounds, for example, and then not a huge amount else. What’s great about 888Sport is you can bet on anything from over/under one round, right up to over/under 11 rounds. It’s definitely something to take advantage of, particularly when betting in-play.
Compare to the best boxing betting sites.
Other Sports Betting
Whilst these sports might sound very niche, there is still a large enough market for fans, and millions of them in the UK, so good coverage of niche sports and events is key to be reviewed on OLBG; let’s dig in a bit further.
Other Sports at 888Sport 🌍🏀🏐🚴🎮
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888Sport offers extensive betting options for handball, volleyball, cycling, AFL betting, and esports. Handball includes global competitions; volleyball,covers European Championships and various tournaments; cycling features future tours and current races; AFL betting has comprehensive stats and esports offers all major games like League of Legends and CS:GO.
🗳️ Political Betting
Nigel Skinner
Blog Content Manager
888Sport houses its political betting under its own section, not along with Specials. The political betting is decent, maybe a little limited perhaps. There are some US Presidential markets, understandably, and odds on the next Mayor of London, plus a couple of more. Then there is also a smattering on Irish political market, including next Taoiseach and most seats at the next election.
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🎭 Entertainment and Specials Betting
Jake Ashton
Senior News Editor
This is a very basic from 888Sport, with just one Strictly Come Dancing market housed under “Novelty Bets”.
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Casino
888Sport does have casino. Despite the name of the brand, it's incredibly easy to find their casino offering from their sportsbook, with banners across the top. They also have some bonuses and offers that lead to casino spins should you win sportsbook bets. Check our Casino Sites page for dedicated new online casinos and slot sites.
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Account Opening Process
A reassuringly easy process. At the top-right of the screen 888Sport has their “Sign Up” button. Bettors just need to select this and follow the simple steps as guided through. You’ll be asked for the usual information – name, date of birth, address etc – and once complete be sent a verification email. Clicking this from your inbox will redirect you to the site, and then you’re free to get betting.
Navigation and user experience [desktop v mobile]
I really do like the user experience of 888Sport, and I think that’s down to the interface that they use maximising the product on show. It can take a little getting used to – especially the way the menu drops down, rather than takes you through to another page, but once you get the hang of it I think it works really well, and does a great job of conveying what is available very quickly.
Placing a bet
This section should only really highlight if there are issues, as the process is almost identical on every site. Within a few minutes of signing up to 888Sport I placed a couple of bets on different sports, one of which took advantage of the welcome offer, and I used their bet builder feature, which was very indeed.
Managing your account
As mentioned above, the design really helps this along. On the desktop version, it’s stuff to the left of the screen. On the app, it’s all at the bottom, with just the login at the top. I haven’t experienced any issues logging in, or finding customer service options, either. Overall, it feels like 888Sport has got this part nailed.
888Sport Responsible Gambling Features
As with all online betting companies, responsible gambling should be and will be an essential element of the service provided.
Expect KYC procedures and document supply as a matter-of-course, to confirm your account after you have deposited a certain level of funds and in the event of any large wins.
You can set limits for yourself across depositing options and daily staking options too, so you can set your levels and keep control of your gambling.
Expect 888Sport to contact you via your preferred communication method if there are suspicious activities on your account. This protects your account from being accessed by someone other than you and ensures you control your gambling activity. 888Sport have a legal obligation to question your activity if they believe it to be suspicious.
Responsible Gambling
888Sport has a full suite of responsible gambling tools for your protection and may request further identification after certain depositing levels are exceeded or stakes are increased quickly.
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✍️ Written by - Luke Bradshaw Lee - Commercial Content Manager
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