Sportsbook review - Bet-at-home - betting markets
Next up in this sportsbook review we are taking a look at bet-at-home's sportsbook product. As one of the big gaming companies in Europe, we expect their sportsbook to be solid and offer everything that you as a punter are interested in. Bet-at-home does not dissapoint in this regard, and can compete with most other sportsbooks when it comes to sportsbook functionality, available sports and betting events, and attractive odds.
Bet-at-home.com started out as a pure sportsbook, and the sportsbook product has remained one of the core products. In terms of numbers, the sportsbook accounts for approx 27% of the total turnover and 43% of their profit, it is only casino that is higher with 65% and 47% respectively (according to 2010 numbers). The design and functionality of the sportsbook is very good, it is easy to use and loads fast. For more on layout and functionality, we covered the website in our previous article.
Sportsbook review - bet-at-home's selection of sports
The sport that is the most popular with the customers is without a doubt football (soccer). But bet-at-home offers a wide variety of sports equal to most other top European sportsbooks, so you will find all the usual sports including all popular ball-sports, US sporting events, and all major motorsports and wintersports. Other less usual sports are available too, such as darts, futsal, or cricket. The total number of sports on offer is approx 30. Non-sporting events can be bet on as well, and you will often find bets on politics and entertainment, for instance the US presidential election, the Oscars, and the Eurovision song contest. All in all, bet-at-home offers a wide variety of sports, the amount of sports available is in line with the top companies, perhaps not the very best of all, but acceptable and recreational punters should have no problem finding lots of things to bet on.
Sportsbook review - bet-at-home's events and betting markets selection
When you look at the events/leagues available to bet on per sport, it is evident that football is the major sport on offer. Bet-at-home's football coverage is very good and one of their key selling points, as they have a very wide range of football events/leagues available across Europe and the rest of the world. The betting markets available per football match is good, but a bit limited, and you can find a few other sportsbooks with better selection of markets. This depends mostly on the league, the top leagues and the leagues in the regions/countries where bet-at-home is very strong have plenty of betting markets, but some of the other (minor) leagues could do with more markets. Other sports are well covered also. The number of events and betting markets available for other sports of course vary depending on the sport, but in general the selection per sport is good. Some sports could do with better selection whereas other sports (that are important to bet-at-home's main markets) have very good selections. As a recreational punter you will have no problem finding all major events and betting markets to bet on, but as a professional punter there might occasionally be some sport or football league where you wish the betting market selection was better.
Sportsbook review - bet-at-home odds
The prices offered on sporting events and their various betting markets are above average. However, bet-at-home tends to go a bit lower on big favourites, so if you are looking for value on big favourites it is (as always) recommended that you compare with other bookies for the best price. This should in our opinion not stop you from having an account with bet-at-home.com, normally they offer above average odds and this in combination with the wide range of sports and events available means that you will find plenty of betting opportunities.
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