Boylesports review

3.5

Boylesports is one of Ireland’s most successful bookmakers, and its online betting site has customers not just in Ireland and the UK, but around the world. Boylesports has improved its site over recent years, offering more features, a wider range of in-play markets and a betting interface with a more modern look and feel.

Boylesports offers decent prices and attractive promotions. Here we investigate Boylesports’s strengths and weaknesses in more detail.

Boylesports trust & financial stability
4

Boylesports is a large, well-established bookmaker with a loyal following, and it has been operating since 1989. The company is registered in the Isle of Man and is licensed and regulated by the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission.

Boylesports odds
3.5

Boylesports provides particularly competitive odds for UK and Irish horse racing, and its odds for football, tennis,golf and a range of other sports often provide good value. This bookmaker’s odds may not lead the industry, but they’re a decent proposition.

Boylesports also offers best odds guaranteed on Irish and UK horse racing, and on BAGS/BEGS greyhound racing.

Boylesports website
4

The current Boylesports home page is neatly laid out, if slightly lacking in “breathing space”, and provides immediate access to the most popular horse racing, football and tennis betting markets.

Scroll down just a little and you can also access popular golf, tennis, major league baseball, boxing, Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) football and even GAA hurling markets. You can access any other sports market, as well as in-play betting, daily news and specials, using a simple navigation pane.

The Boylesports site provides excellent features for horse racing enthusiasts, including Racing Post tips and statistics and a “Bet & Watch” feature, which provides live streaming of UK and Irish horse races. Boylesports also offers betting on virtual horse racing, with a virtual race held literally every 60 seconds.

Other useful features of the Boylesports site include:

  • a recently upgraded In-Play page, with a wider range of in-play markets, instantly updated odds and colour coding to show whether odds are going up or down during play
  • a Live Betting Diary, which provides a detailed schedule of upcoming live betting events
  • free use of a bet calculator, which makes it easy to calculate potential returns or losses for different bet types, ranging from straightforward singles and multiples to extremely complicated bet types like the Lucky 31 and Heinz.
Boylesports mobile
4

Boylesports offers a good mobile betting app for Apple (iOS) and Android devices. The app has a user-friendly design and provides access to all the main features of the desktop Boylesports.com site, including daily betting news and in-play betting.

The app, which was recently revamped, also provides an intuitive bet slip and access to Boylesports’s popular Bet&Watch feature, with live streaming of UK and Irish horse racing.

The main Boylesports website is also mobile friendly.

Boylesports customer service
4

We’ve found Boylesports’s customer service friendly and efficient. Live chat is available 24/7, and e-mails tend to be answered quickly.

The company’s pay-out times range from good to excellent, and a wide range of methods for both depositing and withdrawing funds is supported.

Boylesports specials & promotions
3.5

Boylesports offers a handy range of daily specials, including money back specials on racing and football, along with acca boosters and fair play payouts on races where your horse refuses.

Boylesports also offers a risk free bet when you sign up for an account. For details of the associated terms and conditions, see our Boylesports sign-up offer page.

Boylesports also offers:

  • best odds guaranteed on Irish and UK horse racing, and on BAGS/BEGS greyhound racing
  • frequent promotional offers for key football matches
  • regular cash back deals for tennis and golf, and place specials for golf.

The bottom line

We recommend Boylesports as a good addition to the set of online bookmakers you use. Its decent odds, useful web site features and generous sign-up offer make it a decent proposition for recreational punters.

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