MatchBook Review
Why Choose MatchBook?
- Excellent Sign Up Offer – Get £50 in Free Bets!
- Weekly Free Bet Offer
- Excellent Odds
Odds
As a Betting Exchange as opposed to a traditional sportsbook, we expected the odds available at Matchbook to stack up well against the competition. Happily, this great value site delivered on those expectations and more.
Looking back at the 2024 Cheltenham Festival, Matchbook offered the best price on a staggering 297 runners – more than the biggest exchange name in the game and over 200 more than many leading traditional sports books. Horse racing fans are advised to check Matchbook out ahead of any major racing festival.
That positive trend continued when looking at the leading football markets. Taking the fifth round of the FA Cup as an example, Matchbook offered the outright or joint best market price on at least one outcome in all eight ties.
Even factoring in the small commission on winning bets (2% on most markets), Matchbook offers excellent value. And don’t miss the MB Zero tab, which offers zero margin and zero commission markets on a selection of events – you won’t find better value than that.
New Player Offer
If you don’t already have an account, Matchbook offers an excellent incentive to dive into the action with this excellent New Player Offer:
- Open a new Matchbook account using Bonus Code: GET50
- Stake a total of £50 across four or more qualifying bets on MatchBook Exchange. Qualifying bets may be singles, multiples, or Bet Builders with total odds of Evs (2.0) or greater. Each qualifying bet must be placed on a different event.
- Receive 5 x £10 Free Bets
See the MatchBook site for a full list of terms and conditions.
Regular Offers
The added value doesn’t end with the great sign-up deal. Having opened an account, you will find a suite of promotions for regular players, including:
- Weekly Multiple Free Bet - Stake £30 on Multiples between Monday and Sunday to earn a £5 Free Bet. Available every week!
- PGA Tour Money Back Offer - Back any Golfer to win a tournament on the PGA Tour. If your player leads at the end of any round but fails to win the tournament, you will receive your money back as a free bet, up to a maximum of £100.
Markets & Features
Whilst best known as a sports betting operator, Matchbook also offers Casino, Live Casino, and Virtuals – all of which are easy to access via tabs at the head of the home screen. The Casino products operate as expected. However, for those unaccustomed to the betting exchange model, the sports betting area may take a little getting used to.
For the uninitiated, a betting exchange uses a peer-to-peer system. When placing a bet, a fellow punter lays your bet rather than the bookmaker. The exchange then takes a profit through a small commission applied to winning bets. The system will soon become second nature, but for those new to exchanges, the Matchbook video guides explain how it all works.
Moving on to the sporting menu, Matchbook offers markets on 19 individual sports and events. That’s a little less than the more all-encompassing traditional sportsbooks but still more than enough to meet the needs of most players. The big guns of Football, Horse Racing, US Sports, and Golf all feature, with the likes of Aussie Rules, Politics, and TV Specials adding a welcome dash of variety.
Turning to an individual event, Matchbook provides a solid array of options. Taking a major football game as an example, you can expect to find the traditional Match Result, Both Teams to Score, and Total Goals, alongside a good selection of handicaps and totals wagers. The number of markets doesn’t quite stack up to those sites which offer odds on every conceivable event in a game, but should again be enough to satisfy most players.
Bet Builders are available on many games, whilst cashing out is quick and easy once you become familiar with the back and lay system – provided the market has sufficient liquidity.
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Summary
If great value odds, an excellent welcome offer, and a slick modern site float your betting boat, we highly recommend trying out Matchbook’s excellent offering. Sports betting fans will find the odds very tough to beat, whilst the 2% commission is extremely competitive. Throw in Live Streaming across a range of sports, solid payment options, and added extras, including the excellent Insights section, and you have a betting site which is well worth your time.
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