BetGoodwin Sports Betting Review (2024)

BetGoodwin was launched by the independent bookmaker Goodwin Racing in 2021, bringing all of its expertise into the world of online betting. Its speciality in horse racing🍸 is evident from its stellar coverage of the sport, including a wide array of bonuses as well as impressive versatility to make it a solid all-rounder. Find out more in our in-depth review below!

ꦺ BetGoodwin is a relative newcomer to the online betting industry, but it’s clear that it has used its extensive experience from its traditional phone betting service in its website.

🅠 As someone who enjoys betting on horse racing, I was extremely impressed by its outstanding horse racing coverage, featuring an incredible array of markets, competitive odds, and unique £100 free bet bonuses. Having sampled a number of betting sites, I feel there are few operators that provide a more comprehensive experience for betting on horse racing.

🌱 Although the rest of the product is fine for betting on other sports like football, but you will find a better experience elsewhere as it lacks detail, especially for bonuses. I do feel there are other areas of improvement regarding the quality of the overall betting experience both on the desktop platform and the mobile app.

BetGoodwin provides a safe and trusted platform🎃 for customers to bet online, offering the latest encryption software to protect personal and financial details. It also provides two-way verification to ensure that only you can access your account online on its desktop and mobile apps, including a PIN code and face ID.

With over 25 years’ betting experience, BetGoodwin established itself as a reliable operator and is licensed in the United Kingdom through the UK Gambling Commission.

It promotes responsible gambling through 🃏 and GambleAware, as well as through various tools such as deposit limits, time-outs, and self-exclusions, along with the ability to block gambling payments made from your bank to their platform.

🍨 You’ll find all the details of its responsible gambling methods on the site itself, along with a privacy policy that highlights all of the security measures in place.

꧑ A look at Trustpilot shows that there have been no issues regarding security breaches online. As a new user, I found the security protocols to be solid, while customer support agents were fast to answer any questions I had.

I found the registration process with the bookie straightforward and easy to complete.

🎶 It requires only two steps where you have to fill out your personal information and create your account with a username and secure password.

🍨 No further details or steps were required, and there is no promo code required to unlock the welcome offer either.

ღ To start the sign-up process, click the ‘Join’ button on the desktop site or app. After you do so, the below pop-up will appear.

🅷 The first step requires your personal details. You’ll need to fill them in in order to advance to the next stage.

🌸 You then have to fill out your email address before creating your username and password.

ܫ After agreeing to the terms and conditions, you’ll have completed the final part of the process!

ꦅ There are no KYC requirements for BetGoodwin to complete your registration.

ꦯ BetGoodwin has a number of horse racing welcome offers that give users up to £100 in free bet refunds. The minimum stake to qualify for these offers is £10, and free bets are credited within 24 hours. These offers apply to cash stakes only.

No promo code is required to unlock the offers𓄧, making the process of obtaining and using the bonuses straightforward.

Welcome Offer Key Terms & Conditions

18+ If you place a win or each way single bet in any UK or Irish Horserace and your selection finishes second beaten by the official distance of a nose we will refund the win part of your losing stake as a free bet. Minimum stake to qualify for this offer is £10 win or £10ew. Full T&Cs apply. Bet Responsibly. .

♔ You can easily transfer funds to your account by clicking the ‘Deposit’ button on the desktop site or app. Then, complete the simple steps outlined below.

Step 1:𝐆 Confirm your address, proving that you’re a UK resident.

Step 2:🌳 Select your chosen debit card from Visa, Mastercard, or Maestro before entering your deposit amount.

Step 3:𒉰 Tick the receipt box and click the yellow button to confirm your deposit.

I found the process to be simple given the relative lack of options. However, you’re limited to only using a debit card💜, which is disappointing given the range of alternative methods that are available on other betting sites, including e-wallets.

🐲 In better news, though, the minimum deposit of £10 is slightly higher than the rest of the industry, where you can be expected to deposit as little as £5, depending on whether you need to unlock the welcome bonus with a qualifying amount.

🌠 The welcome offer has no obligatory deposit bonus, but bear in mind you do need to bet at least £30 with three £10 wagers to participate.

🍬 You need to place your three bets on the first day of your registration with the bookie, and you can expect up to 50% of your losses returned as a free bet with maximum value of £25.

How To Place a Bet

Placing a bet with BetGoodwin is straightforward༺, and follows the same overall process for any online bookie. Simply enter the event page of the game or outright market you wish to bet on and select the odds, or multiple odds for a bet builder.

🌠 Your bet slip on the site will appear on the right side of the desktop screen and at the bottom of your mobile screen. After that, enter your wager amount and confirm your wager.

💫 In a nutshell, I found placing a bet with BetGoodwin to be very swift and efficient.

Withdrawing Funds

The withdrawal process🌳 follows the same pattern as depositing funds. You simply need to click the ‘My account’ button at the top right of the screen before selecting ‘Withdraw’.

💖 You’ll then have to select your withdrawal amount and payment method, although this part is simple because you can only use a debit card. Once you’ve confirmed your amount, confirm your withdrawal from BetGoodwin.

💧 However, the negatives outweigh the positives here. I find it disappointing that there are so few payment methods available, and the processing time to secure your withdrawal can take up to five days, depending on your chosen bank.

🍎 I also don’t like the fact that withdrawal fees are charged for a lack of betting activity or funds that amount to less than 50% of the amount you deposited. On top of this, the charge is at least £3.00 and can be up to 5% of your requested withdrawal amount.

💯 It’s not good enough compared to BetGoodwin’s rivals, who don’t apply charges for withdrawals.

If you love horse racing, BetGoodwin offers the perfect promotions for your betting needs. There are four outstanding offers for betting on a wide range of races, with up to £100 in free bets if your horse loses on the track.

🍸 You can claim these offers for beaten by a nose, beaten by under a length in a chase, falling at the last, and when second after losing to a horse 50/1 or more.

🌞 These promotions all follow the same principle, refunding your wager up to £100 should your horse lose by those four results.

ꦐ You must place a minimum bet of £10 on the winner or each-way to qualify for all four of these promotions. Lucky 15 and other multiple wagers are not eligible in the offer.

Other than these, BetGoodwin also offers a Best Odds Guaranteed promotion for all UK and Irish races involving horses or greyhoundsꦰ. If the starting price has greater odds than the price you used after 10am on the day of the race, the bookie ensures that it will pay out at the best prices available so you won't miss out on the optimum value of your wager.

﷽ Unfortunately, there are no other betting promotions available at this time on other sports, including football.

VIP Programme

🦩 At the time of writing, the bookie does not provide a VIP programme at the time of writing. When I asked customer support about this, they were hopeful there would be one available in the future, directing me to their promotions page as an alternative for the time being.

Loyalty Progamme

𓆏 There is currently no loyalty programme available for BetGoodwin. Again, this is disappointing as many of its rivals have such schemes in place to reward loyal customers. I was again directed to the promotions page upon enquiring further.

Sports

༺ BetGoodwin provides coverage for 30 sports on both desktop and mobile, with its main focus being on horse racing and football. Other sports include American football, basketball, cycling, darts, and even alpine skiing.

Football is covered in great depth, featuring over 100 betting markets for Premier League wagering. You can bet on match results, over/unders, handicaps, props and outrights. One aspect that could be improved is its offering for specials such as manager and player transfers markets.

ꦉ Horse racing is also extensive with markets available on races around the world. The more notable the race, the more betting options will be available. For a standard race, there will be options for betting on the winner, each-way, top two or three finish, and betting without the favourite. For leading races, you can expect a lot more detail, with usually over 20 markets provided.

Both football and horse racing have excellent coverage of outright markets🅘, especially for football where there are over 50 options available.

Horse racing covers all major races over a year in advance, such as the Epsom Derby and Cheltenham Festival.

ꦕ The other sports available do not have such extensive coverage, but there are still a good range of bets available. For outright betting, the American football section caught my eye with over 30 betting options available on the NFL season.

BetGoodwin provides competitive value across the board on the prices of its odds. Comparing against one of the leading betting sites bet365 for a slate of upcoming Premier League games𒁃, there were minimal differences between the two operators for a wide selection of games that I reviewed. This was the same across the board for all sports.

⛄ In addition, while there is a minimum stake of £0.10, there is no maximum value.

Esports

Coverage of esports🌺 is limited to only a few markets and leagues such as League of Legends, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, and VALORANT.

🦹 At this time, the markets are limited to match winner and map winner which is underwhelming compared to other betting sites that cover esports more extensively. However, the odds are competitive in the few markets that are available, though you won’t be able to livestream any matches you bet on.

Others

BetGoodwin offers specials betting on politics꧂, focusing on markets from the UK and the US. There are a couple of outright markets available for betting on the UK such as the next prime minister and most seats in parliament. The US market is straightforward, taking outright bets on the next president for a select number of candidates.

Cash-Out and Bet Builders

Cash-outs🎶 are widely available on a variety of sports. Both full and partial cash outs are possible, with the latter allowing you to take a portion of your winnings out while leaving the rest pending on the full outcome. This is a solid offering overall, although it would be better if cash-outs were universally available on all sports offered by the bookie.

Bet builders🌳 are known as ‘Create A Bet’ on BetGoodwin and are only available on football matches, where you combine multiple markets from the same game into one large bet. However, it could stand to improve its offerings on this feature to include other major sports, however.

𝔉 There is a good variety of options for live betting, including football, tennis, cricket, baseball, American football, basketball, and many more.

For major sports such as football, there are a wide range of markets, almost as many as you would have pre-game.

The odds are just as valuable as you would find before the beginning of the event🔯, although bear in mind they do change to reflect the tone of the game as it unfolds in real time. There are also no differences for the minimum and maximum stakes involved.

✅ At the time of writing, livestreaming is only available for horse racing. I would like to see this improved to match other betting sites where streaming for football and others is readily available.

෴ I found the customer services team extremely helpful with my range of queries.

ꦆ I asked about deposits, withdrawals, promotions, and features such as the bet builder. My queries were answered promptly and politely by the customer service agents, who were also informative about the issues at hand.

𝕴 The only issue is the lack of phone support, which is not available for all customers.

Customer Service
Details
Duration
Availability

Live Chat (on mobile)
Toolbar on the right side of the betting site and bottom of mobile app
5 minutes
24/7

Email
Email address
One day
24/7

Social Media/Other
@BetGoodwin
30 minutes
24/7

Quality of Customer Service
🐭 The only language available for customer service is English. The agents were helpful and informative. There is also an FAQ section to use for basic queries.

🎶 It’s clear from the home page that BetGoodwin is geared towards horse racing, with the latest markets and odds for the sport being the first thing you see when entering the site. It does make it a tad cluttered and tough to find other options.

♒ Navigation across different pages can be slow and a bit laggy, especially if you’re using livestreaming, while the overall design could use some freshening up to improve the platform’s appearance.

ౠ To sum up, BetGoodwin’s site is decent and allows you to find the key areas to place wagers, register and deposit your funds. However, there are areas for improvement to fine-tune the overall look of the betting site to make all processes that bit smoother.

💯 I found BetGoodwin’s app to be a good product when I tried it out on my iPhone 12, allowing me to use all of the functions available on its desktop counterpart, including livestreaming and cash-outs.

🌱 The aesthetics are the same as the betting site on desktop, and overall, the app functions well enough, although there are still a couple of issues with the layout being overly focused on horse racing.

🐼 However, when it comes to design and usability, things are a bit rough around the edges when compared to others on the market.

🔜 You may have trouble finding the ‘Contact Us’ page, for instance. They made need to look into these issues on iOS as there have been a few complaints regarding its quality. The same is apparent on Android too.

🧸 BetGoodwin only has a sportsbook as this moment in time, although that could change in the future as the company seeks to expand.

ℱ I’ve given BetGoodwin a score of 3.4 in my review. I feel that there is a lot there for fans of horse racing betting, especially with its range of outstanding promotions and livestreaming. You’ll struggle to find a better product in this regard.

🧜 But elsewhere, it’s lacking in regards to quality with its range of bets and promotions. The product outside of horse racing needs refining and bringing up to the standard of other betting sites.

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