Recommended Bookies

(alphabetically ordered)

Although this list should be in alphabetical order, there are 4 bookies that stand out from the rest. 4 bookies you really need to have in your portefolio of bookmakers. The reasons are a combination of hihgh reliability, excellent odds, and swift customer service/payouts.
Bettingadvice.com recommends having active accounts at 3-6 bookmakers simulataniously. Pinnacle, Bet365, 5Dimes, and certainly Gamebookers must be one of these bookies, in our opinion. All very solid enterprises, with years of experience. They deliver good odds, excellent number of events, and pay out fast and efficient. What more do you need?

Pinnacle is a well known and respected name among the heavy punters, because Pinnacle offer probably the highest limits in the business, and they offer superb odds on typical American sports like NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. Also got a super range of soccer bets, but they are best in American sports, in our opinion. Swift payouts, and known as a "paradise" for big spending punters. A must for punters who like to bet on basket, hockey, football, baseball, etc, and a nice portefolio bookmaker for the average soccer punter. Usually healthy bonuses, up to 500 USD!!Sign up for an Pinnacle account here

This HIGHLY recommended bookmaker has grown in popularity since its launch in 2001 due to it's ease of use and variety of markets. Infact, they have grown immensly, and is now among the biggest bookies in the business. Bet365 offers prices on most European and American leagues as well as a plethora of other sports. One of BA's most used bookies, alongside Pinnacle and Gamebookers, due to their superb number of events, and excellent allround caabilities. Bet365 features in-running betting for fixed odds and asian handicap on televised games. Everyone who opens a new account can also help themselves to a FREE £20 bet...Get your BET365 account and read more here

Well..even though this list shoud be alphabetically ordered, I have to mention Gamebookers among the Top 4 bookies. This is an essential bookie because it offers a fantastic range of markets for all football matches. You can back under/over, half time bets, ht/ft bets, which half with most goals, correct scores, handicaps (straigth and Asian, even quarter ball Asian), special events like number of bookings, corners, etc. Gamebookers has a lot of features which are simply not available at many other online bookmakers. Good payin/payout possibilities. Whatever you deposit when opening an account, Gamebookers will add an extra 10% to it.
Bettingadvice dare our credibility and integrity when we say that this should be one of your premium and most used bookmakers. I want a Gamebookers account!!

With top-of-the-line software and a reputation of being safe, solid, and with a tremendous number of betting options, 5Dimes brings the Las Vegas atmosphere right to your home.
Established in San Jose, Costa Rica in 1998, 5Dimes surpasses other Internet sites by offering a giant selection of lines, some of the best odds, 24-hour customer service, reliable payouts and secure transactions. Known for being a sportsbook for bigspenders.
5Dimes offer a 50% up to 200 USD welcome bonus for new signups, and up to 500 USD reload bonus for excisting clients.
5dimes are often mentioned as being in the same mould as Pinnacle, and rightly so. Highly recommended by BA. more

888 is a huuuuge company, and they recently put their sports betting branch into 888sport.com, while casino and poker continue to run through 888.com. Really great odds, as you would expect, but the size of this bookie also makes it more secure for most punters. Definitively a nice bookie to have in your portefolio.

EXPEKT is a very good bookie in our view. They don't usually offer juicy promotions, but don't have to either, because people come here to bet anyway due to their excellent number of betting offers (rivalled only by Gamebookers), and very solid approach. Add quick payouts, very good odds, friendly customer support, relatively high limits and a very nice refer-a-friend program (recommended), and you got almost the complete bookie!! In our Top 5 list! Read more, or sign up here


BetSafe is a Scandinavian bookie (Norwegian, to be more precise), only opened in January 2006, but is run by people with long experience in the bookie business, from Centrebet, Nordicbet, etc. Licenced in Costa Rice, but the service center is in Riga. Offer fantastic service, even a answer-in-15-mins guarantee to regular customers. If no response in 15 mins, you get 10 EUR in your account! Very good offer for Scandinavian football, but also excellent in other sports like winter sports, hockey, handball, trotting, etc. Very wide range of offers.
Odds is quite good, often very early in the market, produced by themselves not some odds company, and generally very competitive. Odds on favourites are usually higher than with other bookies. I'll try Betsafe!!


Betfair is a betting exchange, not a bookmaker. This means you'll find MUCH better odds here than with ordinary bookies. Bet against others, not the bookie!. The slight drawback is that there sometimes is no bets available on lesser known leagues, but then again, it is plenty on more well-known leagues. Also, Betfair got more users than other exchanges, meaning better limits on the bets presented (you are able to stake higher). 25 EUR cashback (free bet). Recommended !! more


So, what's so special about Interwetten, you might say? The answer is....nothing. They've been around for ages, almost since Internet began. It is simply a very solid bookie with minimal fuss. They pay when you want a payout, they deliver the odds and events you expect, and you generelly get what you expect all over. Recommended for the standard, average punter. Not the place for huge stakes, but a solid allrounder recommended for 95% of the worlds betting public. more