Fafabet Reviews and User Ratings

Full Fafabet Bookmaker Review

In short, if you can find a market here, the odds will be some of the best around, and well worth betting with because of the value that you’ll get. The downside is that you may not find that market in the first place, and that comes down to market depth, rather than event coverage, because while Fafabet is spread very, very wide, it’s not that deep.

For example, you may want to bet on a particular cricket match, and while Fafabet will have that match listed, it may only have 5-10 markets for it, and the one that you’re after may not be there. The flipside of this is that you’ll find some markets here that aren’t listed anywhere else. 

Here you’ll be able to bet on water polo markets, ski jumping markets, hurling and others, that Fafabet will be only one of a handful of sportsbooks that provide them. And for that reason, plus the odds, they are absolutely worth your consideration.

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 2021

• Taichi Tech Ltd

• UKGC licence number - 57385

First Impression of Fafabet

My First Impressions

This review will reflect the service offered at the time of writing. I signed up on the desktop version of Fafabet, but also used the mobile version to compare, as well as downloading the Fafabet app. Fafabet feels very clean. Aside from the promotional carousel that runs along the top of the screen (more of that later), the rest of the site features a tonne of white space, clean lines, and a general design that is at-odds with most bookies who cram as much as possible in. A quick glance down the side bar menu suggests that the variety in sports is exceptional – I’m not sure where else I’d find alpine skiing, futsal and water polo.

- Luke Bradshaw Lee, Senior sports betting editor

Live Betting

The live betting at Fafabet is excellent. Head to their In-Play section and you’ll see all their live markets, as well as upcoming and featured markets. At the time of review there is some football, tennis, cricket and table tennis, but the upcoming markets show a far broader selection, with snooker, darts, esports, ice hockey and volleyball all on their way.

Overall, Fafabet doesn’t quite make our list of best bookmakers for in-play betting, but they are not far off, and it’s still an excellent part of the Fafabet product.

Live Streaming

As it stands Fafabet offers live streaming on UK and Irish horse racing. Punters just need to login to their Fafabet account, bet at least £1 on the race, and start streaming. That’s the only sport with streaming offered.

Betting Odds

After looking through some comparison sites – OddsChecker and a few others – as well as a deeper dive across alternative bookmakers, I can see that the odds offered at Fafabet are decent enough. We checked football, tennis and table tennis for in-play odds, plus horse racing and a few other sports for pre-match stuff. They’re very competitive, and a must for line shoppers out there. Crucially, because they have some sports that other bookies don’t, you’ll find odds for niche sports here that you won’t elsewhere.

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 

Fafabet’s app is fantastic. Often, you get a few different menu options on apps – on the top, with other parts down the side, an extra collapsable menu elsewhere. Fafabet keep it really simple and just have everything (apart from the login) at the bottom, freeing up the entirety of the screen for the betting product itself.

The promotional menu at the top is big, but it disappears as soon as you scroll down from it, and one extra nice touch is the way the section titles (“Live Now”, “Upcoming” etc.) freeze as you scroll so that you still know where you are when moving through quickly. See how it compares to the best betting apps in the UK.

⚽ Football Betting

Fafabet offer a very broad range of football markets, with odds that sit right up there with some of the best going. There’s obviously the major leagues and competitions, but punters can also find domestic leagues as broad and varied as Algeria, Peru, Northern Ireland and Syria. There are also plenty of promotions running that are football-specific.

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

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Bet Builder 

There’s an absolute load of markets within their bet builder feature – called Create-A-Bet on Fafabet. There’s a decent enough selection of markets within this, although I like to see a few more (there are no player fouls committed, or player tackles), but to be honest, these might be added closer to the time.

Bonuses

As well as the welcome offer there are a few different promotions to take advantage of. At the time fo writing the African Cup of Nations is on and there are a tonne of associated offers: daily free bets, an extra free bet if you 3+ leg acca wins, bore draw money back and money back if your Create-A-Bet fails by a single leg. These are all general football promotions, but it’s great to see them incorporated into current competitions.

While most free bet club and loyalty promotions like to focus around weekly offers, you can get a daily free bet with FAFABet. Here’s how it works. Place an in-play bet – on any sport – with odds that are at 3.0 or greater, and they will credit your account with a free bet up to £10. The great news is that accas are included in their promotion. FAFABetcranks no.3 in the best free bet clubs in the country.

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

Free Bet Club

While most free bet club and loyalty promotions like to focus around weekly offers, you can get a daily free bet with Fafabet. Here’s how it works. Place an in-play bet – on any sport – with odds that are at 3.0 or greater, and they will credit your account with a free bet up to £10. The great news is that accas are included in their promotion. They rank as no.3 in our best free bet clubs in the country.

🏇 Horse Racing

The horse racing section at Fafabet is very good. You can live stream selected races in the UK (50% of the races on the day I double checked), just look for the small  icon. There’s the usual selection of Winner, Each Way, Forecast and Tricast, all at impressive odds. There are extra places on selected races and you can use Fafabet’s acca bonus when making your selections. You can also get a casino bonus for betting on US racing.

There are some nice promotions, too. A free bet if your horses finishes second to the favourite, as well as if it’s beaten by a length. Fafabet also have BOG (Best Odds Guaranteed). This is on all UK racing (and greyhounds), with multiples included, and from 8:30am each day.

🇺🇸 US Sports Betting

A full range of American Sports is available. Of the major leagues in the US, there’s no MLB season currently, but it’s good to see some futures and outrights, regardless. 

🏈 American Football Betting

UK bookmakers can Anglicise American sports in an attempt to make them more attractive to UK users, and in my opinion, it never works. One example is just posting the moneyline odds for games on the main page. Fafabet doesn’t do this, which is great to see. You see exactly what you want: moneyline, spread and total markets for each game, and then more if you want to click through. I’d like to see more markets within the game – I can’t see any player props, for example, but it’s worth checking out our best NFL betting sites to see how Fafabet compares overall.

🏀 Basketball Betting

I think Fafabet has about as many basketball leagues as I’ve seen anywhere else. There’s obviously the NBA, but Fafabet covers a wide range of EuroLeague and domestic world competitions, also. I expected Italy, Greece and Spain, but not leagues in Portugal or Uruguay. I can’t see much in the way of outrights, or player markets, so perhaps the depth isn’t as good as the width, but I still like it nonetheless. Keep tabs on the top basketball betting sites though, to see if they make it onto our list.

⚾ Baseball Betting

Fafabet’s baseball section is fine, but it’s a bit tricky to tell right now given the lack of games. The markets that they do have for games are decent aside from that, but there are some games from the Dominican Republic, which you won’t find in many other places.

🏒 Ice Hockey Betting

The NHL takes up the bulk of space here, as expected. But there are also some French, Austrian, and Danish fixtures included. I selected an upcoming NHL game and there 12 markets listed, which is okay. For the smaller leagues that reduces a bit more, which is understandable. Overall, I think this is middling offering. 

🐕 Greyhound Betting

You can live stream greyhound racing on Fafabet (alongside horse racing). They have a full offering of UK and Irish races, and of the seven different meets I saw, all of them featured live streaming (all clearly visible with a green play icon on each). You can sort through quick picks, build a racecard or go through their ante post markets.

🎯 Darts Betting

Matthew Edgar

Darts editor and wdf professional

In terms of darts betting sites in the UK, Fafabet is a pretty decent option. There are markets for the Bahrain Darts Masters, European Tour, and Modus Series, and the upcoming Premier League, with an okay selection of markets within. There are a good amount of options in-play, with odds changing swiftly. It’s good to know that the site and its odds are properly reflecting the action going on in what is a European Tour match.

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, the Masters and World Grand Prix. On top of that, the odds look quite competitive, and that goes for outrights on next year’s World Championships, as well as upcoming matches in some smaller tournaments. Although the odds are generally good across the board, there is definitely a lack of markets. For one selected match Fafabet has result, handicap, correct score and total frame markets. There isn’t anything for race to (frames) or any more novelty bets like odd/even total frames etc. which means that there are a fair few other sites who can offer more.

Compare to the best snooker betting sites in the UK.

🏉 Rugby Betting (Union & League)

By Luke Bradshaw Lee - This is pretty nice from Fafabet. Of course there are Six Nations outrights, alongside the Gallagher Premiership, Champions Cup, URC and Top 14. But there’s also the French D2, which you don’t see often. There is, however, a disappointing selection in markets, with only five or six per match. See how they compare to our best Rugby betting sites.

🏏 Cricket Betting

James Banting

Tipster competition assistant

This is generally okay. Ideally I’d like to see some more events covered, but there’s a decent amount regardless. The odds are really good, and this is probably somewhere I will return to for my cricket betting, but that’s only if the markets are listed, because there are definitely some missing here that I could find elsewhere.

We list the 10 best cricket betting sites here.

🎾 Tennis Betting

By James Banting - Overall, I think the tennis betting at Fafabet is nice. Across the site it’s definitely one of the better sports in terms of in-play coverage. The odds are good, especially the in-play ones. It’s nice to see a Retirement Guarantee (your selection paid if their opponent retires hurt) and a tennis acca bonus of 50%. If they could add in more markets, and some tennis-specific promotions, they’d definitely be closer to getting into the top 10 tennis betting sites on OLBG.

🏌️ Golf Betting

By James Banting - In terms of current events, this does look pretty good, with lesser competitions – such as the Sentry Tournament of Champions – listed among odds for the majors, Ryder and Solheim Cups. On top of that, you can select specific holes, see their layout, and how the current players on that hole are going round. Generally, it’s all pretty excellent, and I’ll be coming back.

🏎️ Motorsports Betting

Andy Powell

Content editor

Motor Sports bettors should be happy with the mixture of events at Fafabet. Understandably, the F1 grand prix takes centre stage, although it doesn’t have its own tab and is housed within the “Motor Sport” section. Here you’ll also find Formula E, MotoGP, NASCAR and Speedway. F1 is definitely the deepest here, which should come as no surprise, with plenty of markets and driver specials for the next Grand Prix of the season.

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 a decent 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. Overall, I like what Fafabet is doing, even if there is a little bit of room for improvement.

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.

Fafabet 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

This is pretty solid, but nothing incredible. There is decent enough event coverage for UK and US politics, including General Elections, next party leaders and next Prime Minister, with similar markets for the US. But it stops there. There are no by-election or local betting markets, or nothing from anywhere else in the world.

Compare to the best political betting sites.

🎭 Entertainment and Specials Betting

Jake Ashton

Senior news editor

This is quite basic. There’s a market for Dancing on Ice, but that’s it. No other TV shows, no sports awards shows, usual market type stuff (the next James Bond, for example) and, most surprisingly, none of the big film/TV awards odds such as the Oscars, Baftas or Emmys.

Compare to the best entertainment betting sites.

Casino

Fafabet 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.

Fafabet Account Opening Process

A reassuringly easy process. At the top-right of the screen Fafabet 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]

The Fafabet app is very good.. The desktop version of the site is better than most, but the app does exactly what you want and that is not feel too far removed when you switch from one device to the next, but also being product-led, and designed to suit its purpose, rather than just be a mobile version. The Fafabet app feels really clean, and is super simple to navigate. 

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 Fafabet 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 Fafabet 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