A Real User Tested Bet365 Germany Review

Bet365 Review: Our Verdict

Is Bet365 Germany Any Good?

Let's face it, Bet365 is a great betting site. Whether you log in on your PC and dissect your bets with stats and research or you regularly load up their app and punch in a quick bet, they've got you covered. In this review, we'll dig deeper into the attributes of the brand, the betting tech and the bonuses, but if you need a quick endorsement then here it is.

Bet365 really is one of the best betting platforms in the world. I've been using the site for as long as I can remember (around 20 years) and have always had a bet365 account as one of my trusted platforms.

They've developed a fast, reliable product, its market leading, with no ridiculous gimmicks or tricks to get you spending more. They just do the basics really well and that's probably why most regular punters have an account already.

They've always got a good welcome offer and they are generous with the deals if you opt-in to marketing. They don't spam the hell out of your inbox and you can set spending limits with their responsible gambling tech.

If you're a regular but respsonsible punter looking for a reliable betting partner, we highly recommend bet365. 

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Bet365 Review: Common Complaints

Naturally, customers do have complaints and I had a look around at what people are saying. The thing you have to appreciate about sports betting is that most complain when they lose and they look for a reason to justify a heavy loss. I've been there and had to learn to be more reasonable and responsible with my spending.

So you'll see common review sites like Trustpilot or similar are plastered with angry customers who have lost their cash. Here are some of the most common issues.

• Getting banned for winning: This is a difficult one, you're not supposed to win every bet. A) it looks suspicious and B) the site won't lastif we're all winning. You've got to be a decent bettor and win a lot to get banned, but it does happen and is one of the unfortunate hazards of gambling
• I won but bet365 won't pay me my money: There's often a logical reason for this, for most it's KYC. Know Your Customer is an anti-money laundering process that we're all supposed to carry out in order to bet. If you haven't done it, some bookies can refuse your payout until you've completed the process. Sometimes (no often) they have to check for suspicious betting patterns around markets.
• I didn't get my bonus: This happens quite often and I can tell you in 99% of the cases it's user error and the 1% that aren't user error, rarely go onto review sites ranting, because they get it fixed through customer support. It's mostly players who were previous customers trying to (covertly) reactivate through a new account and get a new bonus. Other times a qualifying condition has not been met - always read the terms and conditions! Don't be a bonus abuser

Our Bet365 Review of Offers & Promos

Bet365 Germany New Customer Offer

This is a really good welcome offer with what is essentially a 100% deposit bonus. The capped bonus of €100 is really generous and crucially there's no wagering on winnings. So it's a pretty healthy offer from bet365 if you're a new player, plus what you win gets paid in cash. 

Bet365 have a great platform, so they don't need to lure you in with tricky terms or loopholes. The terms are pretty clear, your welcome offer gets paid into a separate bonus fund of bet credits and it's all very easy to follow. If you're looking for a betting bonus where the winnings are paid as cash, then this is the offer for you. 

You're not likely to walk away with thousands but in terms of accessing the site and using the bonus to test out the platform, it's fairly rewarding with very few qualifying limitations. It is a free bet, but remember, you do have to deposit a minimum and bet before you get the free bonus. 

Bet365 Review: Offer Tips & Advice

If you're looking for value in your free bet then this is one of the best high-value no wagering matched deposit welcome offers. The percentage-based bonus applies to qualifying bets that you chose, so you pick when to claim the bet credits. All you have to do is make a deposit and place bets to the same value. You don't need any additional qualifying bets to get the upper amount as long as your bets total the amount you wish to claim up to €100.

You can make multiple deposits and only claim one of those as a bonus. Bet365 will take the highest deposit value as the matched value, so you will need to stake the same amount as that deposit capped at €100.

If you don't normally deposit €100, its going to be more responsible of you to stick with your normal amount and claim that instead. So if you normally deposit €20, I'd stick with those good habits and keep your limits where they are. So deposit €20 and bet €20 and you'll earn €20. The minimum deposit option of €5 is always available if you're more mindful of your betting spend 

Once you've qualified and your bet credits are applied, don't just jump into the first bet you see. Choose something you're familiar with and look for favourable odds. Remember the bonus is designed to help you test the site with less risk to your money, so think about splitting the reward up into smaller bets and testing out some of the different betting markets, as once you have a bonus balance with bet365 you can use that around the site on different bets.

Look at the different singles markets and bet when there's more choice, like a soccer Saturday when there's plenty on. If you're going to place a risky multiple or a bet builder, choose a modest amount so you don't waste the whole bonus in one go.

When the market is limited, people tend to panic bet because they have a free bonus available.  You've got up to 30 days to claim the bonus when you join, so don't rush it if you can't see anything you fancy testing the bonus on. If you've claimed you can leave it for up to 90 days in the bonus balance. Free bets will be forfeited and removed if your account is inactive for 90 consecutive days. 

How To Claim This Offer From Bet365 Germany

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Bet365 Review: Existing Player Offers

Bet365 don't have what we'd call the gimmicky types of promotions, like a spin the wheel or pick a box. And that's why we appreciate them so much. You know you're gonna a free bet here and there, so what's the point in these spin-a-wheel daily prize draws?

NOT GUARANTEED: But Bet365 will sometimes sling you a free bet via text or email. There's no fluff or faff, just a friendly bonus if you've opted in to receiving marketing and promotions, its very random, so opt-in and you might get lucky. Aside from that no-nonsense approach to existing player offers, they have the following accessible promotions.

Special offers are subject to change, here are some examples of current and previous offers from Bet365. Please the extras section for up to date promotions on the bet365 website

• Bet Boost: Get a bigger price on a selected runner for every UK & Irish horse race and on chosen markets for other selected sports.
• 2 Goals Ahead Early Payout: Get selections settled early if the team you back goes 2 goals ahead
• Soccer Accumulator Bonus: Up to 70% win bonus available for successful accumulators
• Soccer Substitute Guarantee: If your player is substituted before half-time they'll return your stake as Bet Credits on selected markets – for multiple bets your remaining selections will be left to run
• Bore Draw Money Back: Get a refund for any Soccer game that finishes 0-0
• Full Time Result - Enhanced Prices: Take a bigger price on matches from the top competitions in England, the Champions League and Europa League

Bet365 Germany Betting Review

Bet365 Sportsbook Review:

Bet365 Germany Football Betting

Bet365 have a great football betting offering. They're a UK business, so we're still pretty miffed that they signpost the markets with Soccer instead of Football! But it is a globally popular betting brand and soccer is, unfortunately, the internationally recognised word for the game - mehhh!!

The prematch betting markets are packed with variety. Sometimes there are too many bets available, which could be overwhelming if you're a newbie. But with that said, game based betting is pretty easy to navigate with lots of categories like players, goals, cards, and corners keeping it neat. If you're betting on a single match, you don't have to leave the screen view to find a bet. 

The coupons could be a little easier to find, it's quite difficult to actually navigate to a daily coupon and get an acca on. We're fans of both teams to score ACCAs, so we feel this could be better as you have to trawl through different leagues or individual matches and build your ACCA that way.

The tools are great, listed as features on their site, which we'll go on to detail. But as expected they've got great live betting, cashout, live streams and even a decent bet calculator if you need it.

Bet365 Sportsbook Review: Free Bets

Bet365 regularly give out free bets as long as you have opted into their marketing comms. They're quite generous when it comes to deals, but don't expect free cash. They have a bonus wallet that is separate from your cash balance, so when you do get free bets and bet credits, they always appear in the bonus balance first. 

From time to time, you might see an enhanced bonus for a big game which might include free bets. But these are very random, so don't rely on them, things like placing a prematch bet before a match and get a free in-play bet.

There's no apparent structure to how these deals arrive, I'll guess the people at Bet365 calculate these promotions very cunningly in an attempt to get you betting on the big events. They can be useful if you like free bets, but the bookies have these priced up well and they're often the most volatile betting fixtures.

Bet365 Germany Bet Builder

Bet365 has an exceptional bet builder. It's a separate tool that you build independently of the bet slip so you can see what you're creating separately from any bets. It also adds the completed bet builder to your bet slip as a single item. Meaning it won't conflict with other bets on the slip and even better, you can use it as a single selection in other multiples - so you can double, treble, acca your bet builders.

You can bet build from the following markets: Match Result (Full Time or Half Time), Both Teams to Score, Number of Goals Scored, Players to Score (Anytime, First, Last, 2 or More, 3 or More), Corners, Cards (Total, Player Card or Red Card in Match), To Qualify or To Lift the Trophy, Match Shots, Player Shots on Target, Match Offsides

Bet365 has one of the best bet builder tools out there and has a solid team of people working on the functionality, it's been updated a lot over the last couple of years as they work on it constantly to innovate and advance the features.

Bet365 Sportsbook Review: In Play & Live Betting

In Play - Bet365 live fixtures are available on the Bet365 homepage as soon you log in. But a lot of the games are tucked away in tabs, so you might have to go looking. The homepage has a prominent inplay link that takes you through to a coupon page where all the listed live games are available.

Match Live - The Bet365 live match console is a really detailed visual graphic display with fast descriptions of the action as it unfolds. We've all sat and watched our bets win or lose on the Attack >>> Dangerous Attack prompts. They were ridiculously addictive. Its no alternative to the real things, but is quite handy if you're a proper liver better, you get a good feel for the attacking pressure.

Stream Live - Some of the top European leagues are licensed as streamable events on Bet365, the quality isn't the best compared to TV and you have to have a bet on the game, but its a feature that not many other sportsbooks can boast.

Inplay Betting Markets - There's a huge amount of live betting markets and with data in the Match Live console, you're looking at the best in play service from available sportsbooks in our opinion.

Edit Bet - Bet365 edit bet is very innovative! And gives you the ability to add, swap or remove selections and increase the stake on unsettled bets both pre-match and In-Play

Bet365 Sportsbook Review: Accas & Coupons

Bet365 are great for accumulators and multiples in general. They were one of the first betting sites to let you combine multiples into accas - which is pretty cool. So if you placed a bet builder for example, they let you double it up with another acca and create multiples of multiples. 

The edit bet tool is super useful, naturally, your odds reduce when you edit your bet as they're essentially buying your bet edited bet back at more favourable odds to them, but if something's gone wrong in your multiple and you think you can save part of the bet, its definitely worth it.

Coupons are one of a small set of of negatives we found for Bet365, I find it really difficult to get all the leagues I want to put an acca on in the same view. Sometimes you just want a basic coupon section and despite lots of top class innovation, bet365 just don't have a decent coupon betting feature.

Bet365 Sportsbook Review: Cashout

Cashout is a really simple feature of the modern betting experience, but did you know that bet365 has 3 ways to cash out! It just amplifies what we've already suggested about the brand, that they're quite simply one of the best. 

• Cash Out has always been fast, you get a slight delay while the system processes your request, but it's been useful for me. If you're trying to tick the system expect it to play up. It's designed for those who have a knack for predicting the outcome of their bets while they're running, it's not designed to catch the bookie out with split second updates
• Partial Cash Out can be worthwhile, it's not something I use regularly unless I'm pretty sure I can get the value out of a bet. If you're using it to place a desperate bet, then you're playing into their hands by reducing the value of the original bet and running the risk of the next bet losing
• Auto Cashout Out For advanced bettors (I almost wrote traders there), that's exactly what it feels like. Setting yourself a price point for a cashout and if it reaches that level, the feature cashes out for you. I'm not a fan of this, it feels like you're backing out of the bet before it's even placed, so I've not really used it. I can see the appeal, but it's not something I've had any luck with

Bet365 Sportsbook Review: Odds

We found Bet365 were pretty average for odds on key markets. It's not a huge difference, but they weren't the absolute best for football odds. If you're not an odds comparer you probably won't notice, but I'd say some of the rival bookies will often have a slightly better price from time to time. 

Bet365 makes up for pricing bets shorter with better deals and in my view a better service. If you only bet a small amount the difference is very minimal.

Bet365 Sportsbook Review: Virtual Betting

Virtual betting is not available on Bet365 in Germany

Does Bet365 Germany Have Free To Play Games?

Bet365 do not offer fantasy or free-to-play games in Germany

Is Bet365 Germany Good For Begginers?

If you're a beginner to betting, we do recommend joining bet365 at some point. But if you're an absolute newbie, it could be seen to be more advanced, simply because it is. They've got more useful features for betting, lots of variable betting markets and it could come across as complicated. It's almost like picking up a new piece of software on a computer, or installing a new app and having to learn how to use it from scratch.

If you do join Bet365 and you're new to betting. Start with something simple like a football match and pick a result, like a win or a draw or maybe a player to score anytime in the game. You'll want to learn more about betting before you learn more about Bet365. They have a handy betting rules section or why read some of our betting guides to help you on your way. 

It's a great betting site and definitely a platform you should use at some stage in your betting career, just be wary I'd suggest it was an advanced betting site and should be respected in that way. 

Bet365 Germany Design & Mobile Usability Review

Bet365 Germany App Review

The Bet365 mobile betting experience is no different to betting on a desktop. As a more advanced punter, I'm usually placing my bets on a desktop where I can see info more clearly and look into the stats. However, the mobile experience comes into its own when checking the bets in play.

The Bet365 app is lightning fast and feature full. I like the simple layout with a stripped down top bar that gives you just the basic info. It's not too cluttered which is how I think it's supposed to feel. It's a very simple layout compared to other sportsbook apps that have opted to throw everything and the kitchen sink in their app layout.  

The live scores in-play and Match Live environment are again fast and reliable. Live streaming on mobile is quite high-res, even where the design is meant for small devices, the visuals are still high quality.

Review: Design & Usability

Bet365 have gone through a number of technical redesigns over the years, but they have always kept the layout simple. And in fact, it's been getting more simplified over the years making it very unique from other sportsbooks. 

It's a bit more like a software application nowadays, with lots of different sections and subsections, so it's best to work out what you're betting on before you log in and you can either navigate through to the section you need or use the handy search bar in the menu which finds every betting market if you type close match words. Personally I use the search bar every time, it's quick and gets you straight to your bet with no messing. 

Green and grey all day! You know the colours, it's an unmistakable brand pallet and that likely creates some kind of loyalty to the brand. The logo is actually white and yellow again unmistakable, but the simple grey and green sportsbook offers a sense of comfort, not too overwhelming, no glossy ads distracting you from your bets.

In the past when other betting sites change their branding, it can be disruptive, it gets on your nerves a little. But Bet365 have absolutely nailed their look and it rarely changes. 

Bet365 Germany Banking Review

Review: Banking

Bet365 have an ultra-fast banking process if you use a popular payment method like a debit card or through one of their 3rd party payment processors like PayPal or Paysafecard. They split your bonuses from your cash balance which is really useful, so you're not misled by promotions like on some betting sites where you accept a promo and then your balance is locked until you hit the wagering.

The banking section is once again super simple, you've got your balances, deposit and withdrawal sections and somewhere to manage your cards, really subtle and really simple. Bet365 put lots of emphasis on responsible spending and you can easily access the gambling controls through the banking section of the site.

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Payment Highlights

Minimum Deposit 5 Fastest Withdrawal Time Within 24hrs

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Review: Depositing

As of June 2023 these were the deposit limits for bet365. It's pretty extensive as a list of payment methods goes. So lots of deposit options if you're a German punter.

 

Review: Withdrawals

Withdrawal times are normally pretty fast, when I withdraw money to the same debit card I paid with, I get the cash in my bank pretty quickly usually less than 24hrs. I'm a standard punter so stick with pretty trusted methods like Visa Debit or Master Card Debit these types are pretty fast for processing withdrawals, but other debit cards have been known to be slower up to 3 business days. 

 

Review: Cryptocurrency

There's no crypto depositing on Bet365, but I guess you could convert cryptocurrency in PayPal and fund your account that way. But you're probably going to run into PayPal fees, so it's not recommended just for the sake of using your digital currencies.

Bet365 Germany Support & Customer Service Review

Review: Customer Support

I've never had any issues with Bet365 and over the years I've always found them quite responsive. Issues tend to be related to confusion over betting rules or often some bets taking longer to pay out because of delayed results. But I can't say I've ever had any issues related to payment or payment processing as I stick with my trusted debit card methods. 

With that said Bet365 comes across as quite transparent in their approach to support with access to live chat, email and web messaging, which is like raising a ticket in your account admin area. They have their support information listed on their contact page where they'd prefer you to access them from: https://help.bet365.com/en/contact 

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Bet365 Review FAQs

• Is Bet365 Legal In Germany?

  Yes, bet365 is legal in Germany. The brand has been granted permission to operate online sports betting (sportsbook) services within the country. However, bet365 currently does not offer casino and games (slots) in Germany. As a result, individuals can legally engage in sports betting activities with bet365 in compliance with German laws and regulations. It is essential for users to familiarize themselves with local betting laws and responsible gambling practices while using the platform.