Mr Play Reviews and User Ratings

Full mr.play Bookmaker Review

For most major sports (although there are some exceptions) there are way more markets than most other bookies, and there are niche sports here that aren’t covered by the majority of competitors such as bandy, chess, lacrosse, water polo and winter sports.

However, there is a real lack in terms of promotions and odds boosts, which mean that it may struggle to attract users in the first place. But if you do get there, there’s a very good chance that you’ll find what you’re after and end up loving it.

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.

Who Are mr.play?

• Established in 2017

• AG Communications Ltd

• UKGC licence number - 39483

First Impression of mr.play

My First Impressions

You could be forgiven, thanks to the name, that everything at mr.play is very jovial, but the presentation is quite data-driven, even the font feels very business-like. Once you’ve selected “Sports” at the very top menu, you’ll immediately be taken to all the in-play markets. The menu down the side immediately conveys just how many sports, competitions and events are covered here. I also really like the slider on the menu bar to move from different time frames: today, three days, this week etc.

- Luke Bradshaw Lee, Senior sports betting editor

Live Betting

There’s so much here, and most of it is very likeable. As mentioned above, the in-play markets are where you’re directed to from the off, something that is fairly standard across most sportsbooks and you can navigate from there. There are some sports not featured here, snooker for example, which does suggest that the coverage isn’t quite as broad as I first thought, but there’s three different esports covered, which is refreshing to see. See if they make it into our best bookmakers for in-play betting.

Live Streaming

mr.play doesn’t offer any live streaming at the time of this review.

Betting Odds

After looking at some other bookmakers, plus going through some comparison sites such as OddsChecker and the like, it seems as though that the odds offered at mr.play are pretty good. We checked football, basketball and tennis for in-play odds, plus horse racing and some other sports for pre-match and ante post odds. They’re generally pretty competitive and, as a result of covering sports like floorball and bandy, will have odds on events that other bookies simply don’t cover at all.

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 

Straight off the bat there are a couple of things that I love about the mr.play app. The on/off switch at the top between casino and sports is such a simple concept and yet I’ve never seen it before. Also, above 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. See how it compares to the best betting apps in the UK.

⚽ Football Betting

Mr.play doesn’t quite make our best football betting sites in the UK, but they’re not far off to be honest. The menu panel is telling me that there’s 1143 different games that I can bet on at this moment in time, and that’ll compete with anyone. Beyond that, you can’t argue with the market depth, which is mighty impressive.

Bet Builder 

There’s a bet builder option at mr.play, and it’s okay, but could be a little better to be honest. I’d say it’s about average, and would definitely be improved if there were some more markets to add into our bet builders. That said, they may increase the closer we get to kick-off.

Bonuses

This is pretty limited. There is a welcome bonus to take advantage of, but beyond that the only thing I can find is an odds boost on accas, called “Playboost”. If you place an acca with four legs or more at odds of more than 1.5 your wins will be boosted by up 77%. That’s a huge boost, bigger than most, but it’s actually broken down by the number of legs. A four leg acca is boosted by 4%, and it climbs until a 15-fold acca at 17%.

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. mr.play have done this well, allowing their customers to instantly cash out their bets on any device they like.

🏇 Horse Racing

The horse racing section at mr.play is okay. There’s not much in the way of promotions, and not all meets are listed. For example, today there are three meets on in the UK (Market Rasen, Taunton and Wolverhampton), but only two are listed here, which does seem a bit odd. The actual odds are pretty good, but there’s no BOG (Best Odds Guaranteed), which is a bit of a let down. See how they compare to our top 10 best betting sites for BOG.

🇺🇸 US Sports Betting

A full range of American Sports is available. We’ll check out the major leagues, but also look into the sports further down the pyramid and, as well as across the globe. 

🏈 American Football Betting

Unfortunately, mr.play does something that is a real bugbear of mine when it comes to American sports, well certainly American football and basketball. When you see the event (a specific game) it only lists the winner and total. This is better than just displaying the result market, which some do, but what it really should show is three markets: spread, total and moneyline (result). You can see these once you click through, but it’s not how bettors on these sports bet. 

That said, there are an absolute tonne of markets here, including next season’s outrights and NFL Draft markets, which is great to have. It’s worth checking out our best NFL betting sites to see how mr.play compares. 

🏀 Basketball Betting

Bet £10 with mr.play on basketball, and in return you’ll get £15 in free bets on top. MrPlay would be higher up this list, maybe even top three, if it offered the same statistics that those above it do. The option of markets, and highly competitive odds, keep it as one of the best NBA betting sites in the country, despite the lack of stats, and that’s down to how great the rest of the service is. 

You can see in the chart below, in greater detail, why certain bookies rank among the top for basketball betting sites, and what mr.play is up against.

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⚾ Baseball Betting

mr.play obviously covers the MLB, but they also have markets for the Japanese and South Korean leagues. The markets, and the odds, especially on the outrights, look really good. The MLB season hasn’t quite kicked off, but there is a healthy amount of things to bet on, such as individual awards and the like. Keep tabs on the top baseball betting sites though, to see why they make it onto our list.

🏒 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 impressive from mr.play

🐕 Greyhound Betting

mr.play 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 looked elsewhere.

🎯 Darts Betting

Matthew Edgar

Darts editor and wdf professional

In terms of darts betting sites in the UK, mr.play has some strengths and weaknesses. The outrights on future events are great, but once you click through to the match ups, this then falls quite a bit down, and I can’t stack any bets within that. Maybe they increase the market number and variety closer to the time of the match, but I’d ideally like to see more from the off.

Compare to the best darts betting sites in the UK.

Snooker Betting

Steve Madgwick

Editor-in-chief

As with the best snooker betting sites, there are markets for a few different tournaments, including the World Championships and the Champions League. At the time of the review we’re in the middle of the Champions League, which I can’t live stream unfortunately, but I do like the amount of markets per game that they offer, and generally the odds are pretty good.

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 fantastic. 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 nit-picking because overall, this is excellent event coverage. What lets it down, and seems at odds with other sports, is market depth per game isn’t great. In short, it’s wide, but not that deep. See how they compare to our best Rugby betting sites.

🏏 Cricket Betting

James Banting

Tipster competition assistant

This is pretty nice because mr.play offers all the competitions that I’d expect to see, plus a few more on top of that – not everywhere covers the Oman D10 League, for example. I also love how many markets are available here for each game, assuming it’s not quite a bit in the future before teams are announced etc.

We list the 10 best cricket betting sites here.

🎾 Tennis Betting

By James Banting - At the time I reviewed their tennis section, mr.play had 302 different tennis games to bet on – that’s mightily impressive. These games obviously cover the world, with the Grand Slams right down to smaller Challenger events. The odds are good, and there’s plenty of markets, but I’d like to see more in-play markets. There’s no live streaming, but the stats that feature are pretty good. See if they make it into the top 10 tennis betting sites on OLBG.

🏌️ Golf Betting

By James Banting - mr.play’s golf offering is a little disappointing. There are only markets for the majors and the Ryder Cup, and those are just basic outrights. There are a few smaller tournaments on 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 capacity. I’d like to see a good bit more for me to consider using them consistently. 

🏎️ Motorsports Betting

Andy Powell

Content editor

The motor sports here is fine. Everything is it’s own thing, rather than housed under a “motor sports” banner, but I can see Formula 1, obviously, on top of Speedway and Indy racing. There’s nothing in the way of bikes, such as MotoGP, or any NASCAR, which is a little annoying, but, that said, I am impressed with the detail in the Formula 1 markets.

Compare to the best motorsport betting sites.

🥊 Boxing Betting

Frank Monkhouse

Boxing editor

There’s lots of boxing bouts to get stuck into here, and the markets look dependent on timings. Those this weekend and over the next few weeks have an okay offering, whereas the further away they get the less markets on offer. That’s understandable, and I wouldn’t expect to find round by round and the like for fights that are months away, but I would definitely like more options for big bouts this weekend, and that’s definitely limited based on my experience with mr.play.

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.

mr.play 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

mr.play houses its political betting under “Specials”, along with entertainment. The political betting is fine, but a little limited. There are some US Presidential markets, understandably, and odds on the next Mayor of London, but it fizzles out after that. I’m surprised that there’s nothing in the way of the UK General Election, or next Prime Minister odds, but for US stuff it’s not bad.

Compare to the best political betting sites.

🎭 Entertainment and Specials Betting

Jake Ashton

Senior news editor

This is okay from mr.play, with some music, award ceremonies and TV programmes covered. It’s tricky trying to work out what determines the offering because things like The Oscars and BAFTAs make sense, but Big Brother Brazil and Festival Di SanRemo seem a little out of place.

Compare to the best entertainment betting sites.

Casino

mr.play 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.

mr.play Account Opening Process

A reassuringly easy process. At the top-right of the screen mr.play has their “Open Account” 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 mentioned earlier the extra menu that you get on the app, with the trending tournaments, regardless of sport, and I found it very useful as I went away and came back to the app – it’s an excellent additional feature. Both the app and desktop version do a good job of organising what is actually a huge amount of sports and markets within those sports. I also love the “switch” at the top between casino and sportsbook. The menu that runs along the bottom of the app also has a “more” option to expand, which works really well.

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 mr.play 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. 

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 mr.play has got this part nailed.

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