Betsafe is a young Scandinavian bookie (licensed in Malta) with a very large game selection, fine odds and last - but not least - an unprecedented guarantee for quick support, if a customer does not receive responses to its request within 15 minutes, triggering them a compensation of 20USD!
Betsafe is absolutely recommendable. The company opened its doors in January 2006 and immediately attracted attention, not least because of their promises of prompt support. The people behind - mostly Norwegians - have great professional experience and know how to tailor a bookie for Scandinavian players.
Bet selection
Betsafe covers a wide range of sports. Besides the mandatory football, handball, hockey, basketball and tennis, they also offer quite a selection of other sports especially winter sports, there are also odds on a little smaller but still important area such as trotting races, golf, baseball, cycling, athletics and motorsport. And since the target audience is primarily Scandinavian, covering also bandy and floorball. And you may even get odds on something as bizarre as Norwegian orienteering (!). In addition, they have other special bets, such as Eurovision Song Contest, and political bets.
They even cover the British specialties such as greyhound and canter games.
The supply of gaming has the priority at Betsafe. In the Soccer section you can find the leagues as far down the rows as the 3rd league matches, on selected countries (ie. England, Sweden, Norway).
Bet types
Betsafe offers a very nice selection of bet types on each event, where soccer is clearly the sport with the highest number of game variations.
It varies, however, a portion from league to league, where the big leagues has an enormous selection, the secondary and at a relatively sparse one of its kind. In many matches there are more than 20 different games, ranging from over / under (with several different lines) to first goal scorer and halftime games.
In hockey, there is often outcome-and-goal scorer in each period, while the variant games, ”who will score first” are also on the program. In tennis there can be played on set, while the over / under also is the rule.
Odds and back payment
Betsafe has stabile back payments, and especially in football they tend to be high, often even the market leader, the odds on favorites.
As well as many other Bookies, Betsafe have their best football back payment in the best known leagues, while less exposed leagues is a bit worse dressed odds wise. But they normally have a percentage of 93,1%, which is quite good.
Live betting
Betsafe has a live betting section covering the basic needs for the average player. The selectione is not the biggest but most TV transmitted football, handball and tennis matches are on the program.
The overview section is fine, although it is not possible to see the calendar for future events. However, you can quickly get an overview of today's supply live game, and while everything is on it's easy to switch from one match to another.
Website
Betsafe launched in early 2008 a brand new website, replacing the outdated Tain platform. The result has been impressive, and gives Betsafe an individual look and a good recognition.
The flow of the menu structure makes it easier to find sport and the league, and page structure for each league gives a quick overview of possible types of games when the league selected. An ongoing game coupon on the right side makes it possible to monitor the composition of the same coupon, and make it quick to place a bet.
For each event has Betsafe even statistics, which you access by clicking on the match.
Deposit and withdrawal
For payments you can use credit cards (VISA and MasterCard), bank transfer, Neteller and Moneybookers. And you will pay a fee of 2.5% when using credit cards.
By paying with Neteller or Moneybookers will transfer your country the following day, while the deposits and withdrawals of bank should be expected in 3 banking day’s turnaround time.
Support
Betsafe is very focused on having a functioning support. In a degree, so the company took the unusual step of issuing a so-called support-warranty, which means that if a customer asset (ie a customer who has made deposits) is not within 15 minutes (around the clock) have received replies to an email, they get £ 10 deposited into their account (unless there are technical reasons for the delay).
Betsafe is Norwegian based, and hence they can safely turn in Danish, if you need help with Betsafe support, since in addition to English they also understand Danish / Norwegian.
As a new feature Betsafe now also have live chat. You can now make direct connection to a support employee in a few seconds (between: 09-01 o’clock. Our experience is that Betsafe support functions really well.
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