Bookies & Free Bets

Best Bookies

Welcome to Bookies.tv, where we review the top online bookies and detail their introductory free bets.

The best free bets are listed to the right, just click on a link to go straight to that bookies website. But if you want to read an in-depth review of a particular bookmaker then then use the menu on the left.

These are all perfect bookmakers for you to place your bets with. Every bookmaker listed on this site also provides much more than just sports betting. Every one offers poker and casino as well.

We only review the best bookies. These are the best of the bunch. We can recommend them to you safe in the knowledge that all of the recommended betting sites here offer a trustworthy and exemplary service.

You may look at the list and say, hey, there are some notable names missing from your top sports betting firms. True, in fact there is one huge high street name missing from our list, and that is deliberate. We have only listed the very best. Some online bookmakers are not up to scratch and that is why they are not on this site.

We have written in-depth reviews of each of these online bookies. We realise that when it comes to deciding which bookmaker to join you will not simply be bribed by the free bets, much though they are appreciated. We have already done the hard work for you by narrowing the list down to a dozen, all of them excellent.

How to claim bookies free bets

We will start off with the bad news: you do not receive a free bet just for registering. But you knew that already. Depending on the online bookmaker, you need to either:

1) Deposit funds into your bookies' account.
2) Place a bet.

The free bets are triggered by one of those two events. You will discover from our review of each bookmaker that they tend to match the first deposit you make or they give the same amount to you that you place as a first bet.

The funds they give you are a free bet, so you need to wager it rather than just withdraw it. However if that free bet wins then you can withdraw it back to your credit or debit card or bank account.

Some bookies give you a succession of free bets. Normally something like your fifth bet will trigger the second free bet. This is obviously done to reward clients who keep betting regularly with the bookie.

The good thing is, whichever bookie you join from this site you won't be frustrated and looking to swap to another bookmaker. These twelve really are the cream of the crop.

Bookies methods of deposit and withdrawal

Some punters who are new to online betting have concerns about how to deposit and withdraw with online bookmakers. The security is second-to-none and much safer than paying in a restaurant or the like. Even the bookmakers' staff do not see your card details.

If your card is signed up to 3D Secure, the online version of chip and pin security, then that is an added security and reassurance. Don't worry if you are not enrolled with that, or you don't know what that is, as your credit or debit card will automatically bypass that check if you are not yet part of that scheme.

It is very quick and easy to deposit funds from any manner of means such as credit or debit card, paypal, neteller, moneybookers, ukash, western union or bank transfer.

More importantly these recommended bookies will return your funds by the same method, or by BACS bank transfer if your prefer, in a jiffy. They don't hang about when you request a withdrawal from your betting account. These huge, largely publically-listed, bookmakers' firms appreciate that getting funds returned hassle-free is absolutely top of any client's priorities.

We can assure you that you will have no financial disagreements with any of the online bookies we recommend. If you do then contact us, but we won't be hearing from you!