LuckyMate Sports User Reviews and Ratings

Full LuckyMate Bookmaker Review

I’ve review plenty of betting sites, backed by our team, and LuckyMate stands out as a bright new bookie, particularly with its impressive football coverage. Tennis is another strong area, with the welcome offer that is proving especially popular with players.

The verification process at LuckyMate is quick and easy, with seven payment methods available, the fastest being Instant Bank Transfer (near-instant), and customer support operating 24/7 via live chat.

LuckyMate is fully licensed by the UKGC under 48789, with a good fund segregation rating ensuring customer protection.

Luke Bradshaw Lee

- Your Sports Betting Guide 👍

I’ve reviewed LuckyMate with a bettor-first mindset, focusing on betting odds, withdrawal and deposit speeds, and strong licensing. My expertise ensures you get an honest, trustworthy take on this bookmaker.

• Established in 2025

• Anakatech Interactive Ltd

• UKGC licence number: 48789

• Payment Options include: PayPal, Debit cards, Skrill, Google Pay

• Withdrawal Time: Instant in some cases

• Customer Fund Segregation Rating: Medium

• Mobile Compatible: ✅

• Customer Support 24 hours

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.

First Impression of LuckyMate

My First Impressions

Straight off the bat this looks pretty impressive. There’s plenty on the homepage – top leagues, in-play markets, boosted odds and upcoming football fixtures – but it doesn’t feel cluttered. This may be down to the lack of promos, ads or banners, which leaves an altogether cleaner feel. Anyone familiar with betting platforms will find their way around here easily. You can also immediately tell which markets are live and have stats thanks to the supporting graphics.

- Luke Bradshaw Lee, - Your Sports Betting Guide 👍

Live Betting

There’s a decent amount of live betting to be had at LuckyMate, easily found from the main menu. Once there you can choose between sports and toggle on/off the options for live streaming (although it’s just one basketball game available at the time of review). At the time of review there is some tennis, football, rugby, baseball, esports and badminton, plus a few others. LuckyMate doesn’t quite make our list of best bookmakers for in-play betting, but they are not far off. There are some stats, and these are provided by SportsRadar, which comes up in a pop-up tab once selected.

Live Streaming

The only live streaming that I could find, as mentioned above, was for basketball. This was a Ukrainian domestic game. 

Betting Odds

After looking through some comparison sites – OddsChecker and a few others – as well as a further look across other bookmakers, it looks like the odds offered at LuckyMate are not bad at all. We checked some live football matches, tennis and table tennis games for in-play odds, plus horse racing and a few other sports for upcoming stuff. They’re competitive enough, and a lot of markets have price boosts, which is always good to see.

⚽ Football Betting

LuckyMate offers a very wide range of football markets, with odds that are competitive. There’s obviously the major leagues and competitions, but punters can also find domestic leagues as broad and varied as Angola, Armenia, Tanzania and Thailand.

LuckyMate utilises an Insights feature, which provides different specific markets based on a particular stat, recent form or data point, with the corresponding market below. For example, for a Premier league game at Anfield it has the statistic: “Both teams have scored in 11 of the last 12 Liverpool home games” with the BTTS market below.

Bet Builder 

Right at the top of most football matches you’ll see the Bet Builder option. Scanning through some Premier League games and the bet builder options for them presents a great deal of markets and they seem to have most things covered. Some markets – correct score, for example – allow you to toggle between list or tile displays, also. One downside is that the only player markets that I can find are for goalscorer, there is no assist, card, foul or to be fouled options.

Bonuses

There is a welcome offer here, but after that all the bonuses are casino focused. In terms of sportsbook promotions there is actually very little here.

Cash Out

Cashout is a very important betting feature for punters these days so it's crucial that bookies integrate this feature into their mobile betting apps. LuckyMate has done this well, allowing their customers to instantly cash out their bets on any device they like.

🏇 Horse Racing

In terms of functionality the horse racing isn’t bad here, with decent information of the courses, races and riders for most races. The big anomaly, however, is the lack of UK racing. There’s plenty from around the world – US, Argentina, Ireland, Mexico and more – but no UK meets whatsoever. On top of that, there’s nothing in the way of racing promotions such as Best Odds Guaranteed, enhanced each way odds, or finishing second to the favourite etc. Overall, I struggle to see racing punters staying here, to be honest.

🇺🇸 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 first thing LuckyMate serves (and this goes for basketball also) is the moneyline market and total. This isn’t what bettors want and overlooks how people bet on these sports. What would be much more useful is to have the moneyline alongside the points spread and the total. If you’re only going to choose one, then just choose the spread. That said, once you click through on a game, not only do you get the points spread, but you also get a nice toggle on that market (and the total) that allows you to slide the number higher or lower, with the odds changing accordingly. It actually works really well. In addition to that there is a huge number of markets, with plenty of player props. It’s worth checking out our best NFL betting sites to see how LuckyMate compares.

🏀 Basketball Betting

I’ve already raised the issue above regarding how the main markets are presented, and it’s the same for basketball betting. That said, there are some good things here, particularly the number of competitions. You can use LuckyMate’s bet builder function throughout, there are supporting stats, plus a live view of graphics and, finally, there are selected price boosts per game which is fantastic to see. I should say, however, that there aren’t many markets for the smaller competitions and leagues. You can also compare LuckyMate to the best basketball betting sites.

⚾ Baseball Betting

Obviously there is plenty of MLB taking up most of the space here, but they also have markets for the Japanese, Taiwainese and South Korean leagues, also. The number of markets per game is above average, and that goes across the aforementioned Asian leagues, not just MLB games, which can sometimes be overlooked. In addition, the same stats system can be used here to help inform betting. Keep tabs on the top baseball betting sites though, to see why they make it onto our list.

🏒 Ice Hockey Betting

This is maybe the most limited offering of the major US sports. There aren't as many competitions, or markets per competition, and there is nothing in the way of boosts or promotions of any kind. The good news is that you get quite a bit more in the way of statistics when compared to basketball or baseball, for example, but overall this feels a bit like it’s just ticking along.

🐕 Greyhound Betting

The greyhound betting here isn’t bad, with courses from the UK, Ireland and Australia featuring. All have most courses listed – there are 10 for the UK at the time of review – and there’s a decent bit of info listed per dog. There is live streaming available for some races, with three of those 10 tracks included. 

🎯 Darts Betting

Matthew Edgar

- Your Darts Betting Guide 👍

There are markets for Modus Series matches, as well as the PDC European Tour. Although it’s a way off there is also an outright market for the PDC World Championships later in the year. Within each game the number of markets isn’t bad, and this obviously increases for bigger matches. Most of these markets focus on 180s – most, totals, player 180s etc. This is pretty good, given that most bookies can overlook the smaller competitions.

Compare to the best darts betting sites in the UK. 

Snooker Betting

Steve Madgwick

Editor-In-Chief

Overall this is pretty limited from LuckyMate. We’re in the middle of the English Open and understandably there are markets for it – correct score, total frames, frame handicap and winner. That’s about par for the course across UK bookies so nothing to shout about, but better than some. The downside is that there are no outrights, or anything else, for the majors. Elsewhere you can get odds on the winner for the UK Championships, The Masters and the World Championships, so it not being here is disappointing.

Compare to the best snooker betting sites in the UK.

🏉 Rugby Betting (Union & League)

By Luke Bradshaw Lee - LuckyMate split rugby union and rugby league, which is common and completely understandable. All in all this isn’t that bad, the league markets look about right, and while there are all the expected competitions covered for union, and the markets are fine, there does seem to be nothing in the way of player markets, not even anytime tryscorer. See how they compare to our best rugby betting sites.

🏏 Cricket Betting

James Banting

Expert Guide

LuckyMate has international ODIs, the Asia Cup, and domestic competitions including the Caribbean Premier League and competitions in Australia, Pakistan, England and, somewhat surprisingly, Croatia. For Test series matches you get an okay number of markets. There are some player markets, but they tend to be specific, very defined ones, rather than giving bettors the ability to scroll through different options. Betway currently tops our Best Cricket betting sites right now, with huge market depth, great odds and lots of promotions, so perhaps LuckyMate can follow their lead and up their offering.

We list the 10 best cricket betting sites here.

🎾 Tennis Betting

By James Banting - Overall, I think the tennis betting at LuckyMate is very good. Across the site it’s definitely one of the better sports in terms of in-play coverage and it's nice to have a number of different odds boosts, plus, as mentioned earlier, they also do early pay outs on matches in which players go two sets ahead. There is also pretty much every competition listed here, so overall it’s pretty difficult to fault. Maybe if there were more markets per match, or there was live streaming, they’d be close to getting into the top 10 tennis betting sites on OLBG.

🏌️ Golf Betting

By James Banting - I can find odds for all the majors throughout the year and even the Solheim Cup two years from now. That’s on top of some smaller competitions that include some nice markets, with two-ball handicaps included, and that goes for most tournaments including those on the LIV tour. There are some supporting stats for most competitions, also.

🏎️ Motorsports Betting

Andy Powell

Expert Guide

As a motorsports bettor, I'm happy with LuckyMate’s variety. Everything is grouped together, so if you head to the motorsports section and you’ll find Formula 1, MotoGP, Moto2 and 3, Nascar and Speedway. Each one features a drop-down menu to specific races, meaning that overall there is a great deal to bet on. The only real issue that I can find is a big one, however, and that is that the only Formula 1 things that I can bet on are for the next, upcoming Grand Prix, rather than the Formula 1 season. So I can’t actually bet on the driver or constructor championships for the season.

Compare to the best motorsport betting sites.

🥊 Boxing Betting

Frank Monkhouse

- Your Boxing Betting Guide 👍

There are plenty of boxing matches to bet on at LuckyMate and, as with most bookies offering boxing matches, the number of things that you can bet on, depends on how big a bout it is. The smaller ones literally just have the option to bet on the winner, but for the bigger ones you’ll be able to bet on round betting, method of victory, knockdown markets and over/under options on punches thrown and landed.

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.

LuckyMate 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

LuckyMate political betting focuses solely on the UK and the US. You’ll find both listed under the Specials section of the menu, with some UK markets on next party leaders, and US markets down to state level. It’s not bad, spread quite wide, but not that deep. I can see people betting here if already betting on other things, but can’t see it competing with the best political betting sites.

Compare to the best political betting sites.

🎭 Entertainment and Specials

Jake Ashton

- Your Betting Odds Guide 👍

This is incredibly limited from LuckyMate, with just two events listed – BBC Sports Personality of the Year, and Strictly Come Dancing. I’d like to see a lot more if I’m being honest and this doesn’t compete with the best entertainment betting sites.

Compare to the best entertainment betting sites.

Account Opening Process

A reassuringly easy process. At the top-right of the screen LuckyMate has their “Join Now” 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]

There is no LuckyMate app, but the mobile version of the site is exceptional and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s been built with that in mind – it does exactly what you want and that is not to feel too far removed when you switch from one device to the next, but also being product-led, and designed to suit its purpose as a proper mobile version. 

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 LuckyMate 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 LuckyMate has got this part nailed.

LuckyMate 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 LuckyMate review by

• Darren Brett (Greyhounds expert) 

• 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

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