Boylesports Reviews and User Ratings

Full BoyleSports Bookmaker Review

BoyleSports is one of the best bookmakers available in the UK. As mentioned, they make our top 10 for eight different categories – football, racing, rugby, baseball, NFL, BOG, In-Play and Bet Builders. A big part of this is their odds, for most sports if not all, are often excellent.

Also, the fact that it covers individual sports, as well as product features, shows the focus on different parts of the product provided.

It’s great to see plenty of promotions, and especially good that they’re across plenty of different sports. Their early pay out – something you normally see on football and not much else – has been adapted to rugby union and league, the NFL, basketball and a few others. There is so much to enjoy about BoyleSports, and well worth having an account with.

Advantages and Disadvantages

All explained in greater detail in this review, these pros and cons allow users to scan and understand where the strengths lie quickly.

• Established in 1982

• BoyleSports

• UKGC licence number - 39469

First Impression of BoyleSports

My First Impressions

This review will reflect the service offered at a specific point in time. I signed up on the desktop version of BoyleSports, but also used the mobile version to compare, as well as the BoyleSports app. My initial reaction is that everything is a bit fussy, but I think that’s mainly down to the football markets that fill the right-hand of the screen, even when you’re checking out other sports. You don’t get this on the app, and things feel all a bit slicker. There seem to be plenty of promotions, too, which is great, and they’re easy to find, and what’s more, these appear to be across a number of different sports, not just football and racing.

- Luke Bradshaw Lee, - Your Sports Betting Guide 👍

Live Betting

This is a real strong point from BoyleSports. It has in-play betting for most sports, covering events across the globe. All of this is across a great interface, clearly sign-posted, with plenty of stats in-game to help inform your betting. In fact, it makes our list of best bookmakers for in-play betting for good reason, ranking no.4 overall.

Live Streaming

Live streaming is available on the BoyleSports site and app for horse racing. The quality of the stream is really good and if BoyleSports upped the number and variety of sports that it offers live streaming on then it would start making its way onto our best bookmaker for live streaming list.

Betting Odds

In most cases, where BoyleSports makes our Top 10s, odds play a big part in why it does so. BoyleSports is regularly one of the best places to find long odds for some more niche sports, as well as offering competitive odds on the likes of football and racing. It also has Best Odds Guaranteed for racing and greyhounds, which we’ll touch upon later.

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 

The BoyleSports mobile app is excellent. The iOS version of the mobile app receives reliable reviews and Android users also rating the app as very good. BoyleSports allows their ongoing promotions to be taken advantage of by their app users. A full live streaming service is available on the app. The mobile app has been optimised to give you a great viewing experience when streaming any of the events you have bet on. Never worry about missing out on any of the action. Compare to the best betting apps in the country.

⚽ Football Betting

BoyleSports' football section is very good. Covering all the major leagues around the world, as well as a load of smaller ones, you can find plenty of markets for each game. As well as game bets, there’s futures and outrights – top goalscorer, manager of the month, player of the season, and plenty more. Their odds are as good as pretty much anyone else out there, too, so they have to be considered when searching around for value.

Bet Builder 

You’ll find BoyleSports’s bet builder for events in most sports, just look for the gold bricks and B icon at the top of the market selection on each event. For one football bet I made, there were plenty of options – maybe not as many as some of the absolute top products out there – but a very good option, nonetheless. The game I was doing was still a good few hours away from kick-off so it’s likely more player markets would be added by the time the game kicked off. It’s one of the best bookies on our Best Bet Builder list.

Bonuses

All over BoyleSports’s site, you’ll see plenty of different promotions across most sports, but definitely football. There are early pay outs if your team goes two goals ahead, you can boost your odds, or insure one leg, in your football accas, and there is the very popular Fantasy Five free-to-play game. In addition to these, for every five accas that you place, you’ll get a free £5 acca (this is across all sports, not just football).

Boylesports have their own loyalty programme called BoyleXtra which allows you to bet with them however and whenever you want to. The service is across online, self service betting terminals in shop, general in shop betting, on the Boylesports app and Fon-a-bet. The BoyleXtra service gives exclusive offers, free bets, and prize draws to enhance your time as Boylesports customer in the best possible fashion. You also have instant access to your winnings in cash at a local Boylesports shop if you bet online rather than having to wait the classic couple of days for a withdrawal.

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Best Odds Guaranteed

Win or EW bets placed on UK & Irish horse racing only. Bets placed after the off do not qualify for this offer. Bets placed in-running will not apply. The offer does not include Ante-Post, Tote/Pools, Place Only or Match Bets. In the event of a Rule 4, we pay you at the bigger odds, after the Rule 4 deduction has been applied. Free bets, cashed out or voided bets will not qualify for this promotion.

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Cash Out

With BoyleSports, you have the flexibility to cash out your bets, including partial cash out. You can also use cash out on selected bet builder bets, giving you more control over your wagers and potential winnings. It’s one the best betting sites for cash out in the UK.

🏇 Horse Racing

BoyleSports ranks highly when it comes to horse racing betting, and makes our Top 10 horse racing betting sites. BoyleSports Best Odds Guaranteed offer is available daily on all UK and Ireland horse racing bets, from 8.00 am. For example, if you get a tip for horse racing,  take the 6/1 Early Price and your selection wins at 8/1, BoyleSports will pay you at 8/1. The BoyleSports BOG applies to single and multiple bets placed and although there are some bookies who offer BOG from earlier, not all do it on greyhounds as well, which BoyleSports do. BoyleSports do have a cap on benefits, at £1,000.

BoyleSports are currently doing a brilliant wallet builder in the lead up to this year's Cheltenham. Each week is a qualifying week and the sooner the customers get in the higher the pot share they can bank in their Destination Cheltenham offer. It's a great opportunity to increase your pot, all while getting ready for the biggest week in racing.

🇺🇸 US Sports Betting

A full range of American Sports is available. At the time of writing, only the MLB season isn’t up and running, with the other major leagues in full swing. Beyond that there are lots of international markets for these sports.

🏈 American Football Betting

Price boosts, after price boosts, after price boosts. You can’t move for odds on the NFL and NCAA being boosted at BoyleSports. That applies to prop bets, futures, outrights and game lines. You can’t put together your own bet builders, but four and five-leg accas have, unsurprisingly, been boosted. It more than makes up for not having great odds to start off with, plus they also have acca insurance and brilliant cash out options. They’re brilliant. When you land on an American football section (and the same for basketball, too), you want to see game lines, with spread, total and moneyline markets right there. That’s what you get at BoyleSports, although they have named them “handicap” rather than “spread, and “match betting” rather than “moneyline”, but that’s nitpicking from myself and what I prefer. 

It’s worth checking out our best NFL betting sites to see why BoyleSports ranks as one of the best. You can see this in more detail in the chart below.

Best NFL betting sites

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🏀 Basketball Betting

BoyleSports has fantastic basketball event coverage from all over the world and has a great offer: An early pay out to your team if they go 17 points ahead. There are plenty of NBA betting options as well as odds from the biggest matches in Europe, including France, Germany, Russia, the UK. In terms of markets, you’ll find money line, total points and handicaps, plus plenty more. You can also bet in-play, with odds available quarter by quarter. Keep tabs on the top basketball betting sites though, to see if they make it onto our list.

⚾ Baseball Betting

BoyleSports are the solid allrounder. They may not be able to pitch at 100mph, but they’re your relief pitcher that you can depend on. They are very good at everything, even if that means that they’re not spectacular at anything. As with a few on this list, you and get each way odds on baseball outrights, there is the odd boost here and there, but it’s their markets and events coverage that are really solid, keeping them as one of the best baseball betting sites in the country.

🏒 Ice Hockey Betting

You’ll obviously get a big NHL focus on VetVictor given the league’s status, but you’ll also find competitions in Finland, Germany, Sweden, Kazakhstan and more. Their betting markets include Puck Line, Money Line, Total Goals, Highest Scoring Period, Double Chance, Winning Margin, Win/Draw/Win Betting and a selection of 3-Way Handicaps. 

🐕 Greyhound Betting

BoyleSports greyhound offering is a nice, well-thought out package. The Irish bookmaker (and sponsors of the Irish Derby) offer best odds on your favourite greyhounds and have an excellent welcome offer. It’s an example of looking out for newcomers, while still offering incentives to loyal customers. There are also plenty of bet boosts and, according to our research, BoyleSports are one of the market-leaders when it comes to ante post markets. You also get your money back if your pick finishes second to the favourite.

A brilliant option all round and no.6 on our list of best greyhound betting sites, and you can see how it compares to other bookies in the chart below.

Best greyhound betting sites

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🎯 Darts Betting

Matthew Edgar

- Your Darts Betting Guide 👍

In terms of darts betting sites in the UK, BoyleSports is pretty good. I particularly like their offer of early pay outs if your player goes three sets up, and that includes bets in multiples. They offer markets for so many different tournaments. The big PDC events are a given, obviously, but on top of that you’ll find the Masters, UK Open, World Cup of Darts, World Series of Darts, World Grand Prix and the European Championship.

Compare to the best darts betting sites in the UK.

Snooker Betting

Steve Madgwick

Editor-In-Chief

No matter the time of year, you will find outright markets on the game’s three biggest events. Other events feature throughout the snooker season, with decent market depth consistently and you can utilise some general promotions, as well as attractive sign-up bonus, if you want to use them for your snooker betting. You can see how they compare to our best snooker betting sites.

Compare to the best snooker betting sites in the UK.

🏉 Rugby Betting (Union & League)

Brilliant for rugby league betting and rugby union betting, BoyleSports has a load of markets and is regularly offering rugby fans great promotions and boosts on their site. For anyone just signing up, or still relatively new to rugby betting, it’s worth factoring in that BoyleSports has a great rugby offer: an early pay out to your team if they go 17 points ahead. Check why it makes in our top rugby betting sites.

🏏 Cricket Betting

James Banting

Expert Guide

Cricket is a solid offering here. You can bet on individual matches, as well as things such as number of runs in the first over, or which batter will top score. As well as international matches – Tests, ODIs, T20 – there are domestic competitions across the world, including the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand and India.

We list the 10 best cricket betting sites here.

🎾 Tennis Betting

By James Banting - BoyleSports don’t offer retirement guarantee, or a bet builder option, but in terms of the best tennis betting sites in the UK, they remain one of the very best. The in-play offering is exceptional, easy to follow, clear and considered. The odds are up there with the very best in the industry and the live streaming of matches is incredibly reliable (something that other bookmakers can struggle with at times). They rightly take their place in the top 10 tennis betting sites on OLBG.

🏌️ Golf Betting

By James Banting - It’s difficult to fault the golf output here. There are ante post markets on all the majors, as well as the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup. There are also LIV Golf Events, the Andalucia Masters, BMW Ladies Championship, plus a few more. You will find golf odds on the likes of Top 5 and Top 10 Finish, Round Leaders and Dual Forecast right here, and even Hole In One markets. 

🏎️ Motorsports Betting

Andy Powell

Expert Guide

Speedway is a separate section on BoyleSports, but beyond the Formula 1 is included in the main Motorsports section, and it features the likes of NASCAR, Formula E and MotoGP. The general odds are very competitive, and there is some virtual racing to get involved in also.

Compare to the best motorsport betting sites.

🥊 Boxing Betting

Frank Monkhouse

- Your Boxing Betting Guide 👍

It’s great that BoyleSports has a wide selection of boxing markets for all the world’s top bouts in every weight division. I find that the boxing betting odds cover a range of markets. Of course, you can bet on the fight winner for all bouts, but there is also a vast range of other markets, including, but not limited to, Round Betting, Total Rounds (Under/Over), Round Group Betting and Will The Fight Go The Distance.

Compare to the best boxing betting sites.

Other Sports Betting

Whilst these sports might sound very niche, there is a massive 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.

BoyleSports 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

Expert Guide

The political betting section is very good. Split into US, Irish and UK, each section has a good depth in markets, with at least five per country. Often you get just the US Presidential odds, but this goes further here, and it’s the same for the UK and Ireland. You can compare them to other political betting options and see if you agree.

Compare to the best political betting sites.

🎭 Entertainment and Specials Betting

Jake Ashton

- Your Betting Odds Guide 👍

This is a brilliant selection for entertainment betting. There are markets on all the major reality shows running at the moment – that means Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing on Ice, Big Brother and the upcoming BBC Sports Personality of the Year. On top of that there are plenty of markets for next year’s Oscars and Emmys.

Compare to the best entertainment betting sites.

Casino

BoyleSports has a fantastic casino with all players from small to large stakers given the best experience possible on the platform. A huge range of slots and interactive promotions are on BoyleSports Casino to keep the most demanding of players happy and consistently able to use the services available.

You can see further information in our BoyleSports Casino review which takes a look at each individual sections on there.

You can also check out OLBG’s latest addition; our Best Bingo Sites. All of which are, obviously, sites fully licensed by the UK Gambling Commission.

BoyleSports Account Opening Process

Couldn't be easier and can be completed in three easy step

1. Click a sign up offer on this page

2. Enter your personal information

3. Set up your security info including passwords.

4. Add a deposit method and make your first deposit

That's it. You're ready to bet with BoyleSports. 

Navigation and user experience [desktop v mobile]

The BoyleSports site is good but I found myself using the app over the desktop more and more, which is no sleight on the desktop version, but the app definitely feels more intuitive. BetVictor is the number one betting app in the country, and BoyleSports uses the same platform, which is why it also makes our top 10 betting apps list. Our user reviews point towards the reliability of the site being impressive plus the app being good due to the fast sign up process there.

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 BoyleSports 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 good indeed. Placing a bet on BoyleSports is straightforward with the betslip instantly appearing on your screen when you click a selection.

Managing your account

As mentioned above, the design really makes this tick. On the desktop version, it’s stuff left and right of screen (menu and search to the left, account and bets to the right). On the app, it’s at the bottom, with search, account and bets at the top, with a main nav bar at the bottom that can get you to different sports, in-play options and casino (plus return to the home page).

Responsible Gambling Features

You can set your deposit limit while you’re signing up; long before you’ve got close to actually making a bet. 

There is also a Settings tab at the bottom of the page, no matter what page you’re on, that allows you to make changes to limits, as well as odds formats, or odds change preferences/notifications.

There are the following measures within its functionality: 

• Deposit Limit

• Loss Limit

• Session Limit

• Wagering Limits

• Reality Check

• Time-Out

• Self-Exclusion

• Support Groups & Organisations

• Advice on Keeping in Control

• Parental Controls

• Self-Assessment

All are explained in further detail on their safer gambling page. As well as this, on the same page they list links to the likes of the National Gambling Helpline, Be Gamble Aware and the National Gambling Treatment Service.

Bookie Review Expert Contributing Team

Opinion, research and data collection for this review by

• James Banting (Horse Racing, Golf and Tennis)

• Nigel Skinner (Football and Politics), 

• Matt Edgar (Darts)

• Frank Monkhouse (Boxing)

• Andrew Powell (Horse Racing, Ice Hockey and Motor Sports)

• Jake Ashton (Entertainment and Specials)

🛂 Fact Checked - Sam Darkens - Commercial Manager

✍️ Written by - Luke Bradshaw Lee - Commercial Content Manager

✏️📚 - Steve Madgwick - Editor-In-Chief

Please note: Betfair, Paddy Power and Skybet do not partner with us. As a result we do not have sufficient up-to-date information to provide accurate product comparisons with those specific sportsbooks.