Luxbet is a Racing and Sports corporate bookmaking operation, licensed by the Northern Territory Racing Commission.
Luxbet.com have a neat website and a pretty strong online sportsbook which is worth checking out. The site loads nice and quickly, with navigation and bet placing as good as any of their competitors.
If you’re a fan of betting on the Australian horse racing, then it’s imperative that you open an account with this firm, especially with their equivalent Best Odds Guaranteed promotion that gives punters that extra edge. It’s also nice that you can log into your account and place a bet just seconds before the off using Luxbet’s quick links.
The sports betting coverage is pretty good, although they will have to look at branching out more into live In-Play betting if they are to compete with some of the leading global players in this market. What really lets them down is the lack of customer service, especially as one of their mission statements appears to be treating clients with a specialised service.
However, they do have the unusual benefit to horse racing owners or trainers of offering them a 12% bonus on top of race winnings when they place a bet on their horse!
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Hits
- Fantastic service for Australian horse, dog and harness racing
- Website allows customers to place fast racing bets
- Excellent racing odds, made better by their guaranteed prices promotions
- Nice coverage of other sports, housed in a separate section
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Sportsbet (www.sportsbet.com.au) claim to be ‘Australia’s Number 1 Betting Agency’ on their website and it’s easy to see why.
They have a website jam-packed with sports, markets, odds and special offers, with lots of promotions available for new and existing customers alike.
Sportsbet is Australia’s oldest licensed bookmaker, with young chief executive Matthew Tripp at the helm, having sold off previous betting companies that he has established.
Sportsbet has operated in Australia for more than 14 years and is licensed in the Northern Territory by the Northern Territory Racing Commission (NTRC).
Sportsbet accepts wagers on Australian and international horse, harness and greyhound racing as well as all manner of local and international sporting, political and entertainment events. City Best, Country Best, Fixed Odds, Top Fluc, SP, Quinellas and Trifectas are available for thoroughbred racing and harness and greyhound are paid at Home Tote.
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Hits
- Nice quick website with no flash graphics to slow down page loading
- A breathtaking array of horse racing markets and odds at your fingertips
- A wide range of promotions and offers listed on the homepage, including $200 free bet for new customers
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Centrebet went online earlier than most (1996) and were the first out of any sportsbook in the southern hemisphere to accept bets over the net.
They are an Australian bookmaker and are therefore licensed by the Northern Territory Government's Racing Commission. The company were originally founded in 1992, offering bets on the telephone and growing their customer base fairly rapidly, especially in Australiasia. More recently, they have grown the business in Scandinavia and parts of central Europe, although their product offering still leans towards the country where they are based. Read full review »
Hits
- First-class racing service, which is seperate from the other sports (both in website terms and range!)
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Bet365 are regarded as being one of the best around for horse racing betting and were one of the first to offer Best Odds Guaranteed on every horse race – every day.
They also have a set of featured races each day whereby if you back any single winner at 4/1 or more on one of these races, you can have a free bet to the same stake on the next bet365 featured race.
When you join you'll get A$200 free from bet365
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Hits
- Free Live Streaming
- Quick, easy-to-use website taking you to wide range of markets
- Strong In-Play betting service, covering virtually every live event.
- Very reputable brand, fair-minded and efficient customer service.
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Paddy Power, considered one of the best bookmakers for thinking outside of the box, offer typically strong incentives if you choose to bet on horse racing with the Irish firm.
Unsurprisingly they offer Best Odds Guaranteed on all of their races and should be applauded for being one of the first bookmakers to get their early prices up on the board. As well as paying out on both disqualified horses and the official winner, the offer their own betting markets, unavailable with other bookies.
These include betting without the favourite, InsureBet, a way of getting money back if your horse finishes second or third and Match Bets between two different horses.
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Hits
- They have some excellent traders who provide tight odds and a vast range of markets
- Ridiculously early pay-outs – sometimes on matches which haven’t yet taken place! Superb range of special bets
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As you’d expect off one of the biggest high-street bookmakers in the country, Ladbrokes have a very strong hand in horse racing betting and offers. They too offer Best Odds Guaranteed on every race in England and Ireland, early and competitive prices, but have also introduced a new betting innovation called SP Boost. In essence this means that Ladbrokes will, each day select four key races where they will pay enhanced odds on whatever bet is made. The enhancements are equal to that of the next price up, meaning that if the SP is 2/1 they will pay out at 9/4 and if the SP is 7/2 they will pay you 4/1, giving a much greater return for your bet. This can proves popular and profitable if you are betting on accumulators with the Magic Sign.
Use the Ladbrokes promotion code / RAF ID FB50 when you sign-up to Ladbrokes to get their top bonus which is currently A$50.
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Hits
- They are a massive betting company and, as such, they’re pretty much the safest ones to bet with.
- Strong customer service, always seems to be well-manned.
- Huge range of languages available and plenty of European focus on sports and markets
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One of the first on the scene when it came to high-street bookmaking in Britain Victor Chandler pride themselves on customer loyalty and are high up there in horse racing betting with the regular specials they offer punters. The firm guarantee at least three racing offers a week as well as being one of the first with their early prices, up as early as 10am every day. Like some other bookmakers, they also pay out on both the disqualified horse and the official winner if there is drama on the course.
Victor Chandler are based in Europe but offer high stakes punters the ability to bet on the Australian Horse Racing at the very highest level. They have a reptuation for paying out on winnings so you can bet with confidence with them.
You can have your account in Australian Dollars and you can get a free bet when you sign-up worth an incredible A$50.
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Hits
- You won't find your account restricted if you hit a winning run
- Impressive range of Asian Handicap markets (where margins are traditionally tighter than normal odds)
- A bookie who look after their customers in terms of cashback offers and good customer service
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Bwin are based in Gibraltar and are not particularly big in the UK. However, they can boast a huge presence across Europe, in countries such as Germany and Italy and now claim to have over a million customers worldwide. This is important as they are keen to attract horse racing punters from all around the world and unlike other bookmakers; they price up the head of the market and then offer odds on any other winner.
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Hits
- Comprehensive In-Play product – possibly the most dynamic and complete in the industry
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