18Bet 7.9 / 10

“18Bet Review – Bonus, Mobile app and Website Info for India”

18Bet is a quite big international bookmaker, which is operating under the license from MGA (Malta Gaming Authority). The brand was founded in 2010, but its website (18bet.com) went live only two years later. The 18Bet bookmaker is a practically a clone of 1Bet. The latter is fairly popular in the Asian market, so as an 18Bet.

Interestingly, this bookie has been changing the jurisdiction quite frequently. Originally, 18Bet was operating under the license from the commission of Gibraltar, then it was UKGC, Curacao. And now they are operating within the gambling/betting law of Malta. Maybe they want to expand their presence in EU-market with that.

Website

Bookmaker’s website (18bet) is a carbon-copy of 1bet.com. Both these brands share the same platform, so even their coverage is the same. The dark-themed site will impress you with its simplicity and response time. You will find links to main sections of the website at the top, list of categories on the left, events’ section on the center, and the betting slip on the right. It is translated into more than 10 languages. Apps for Android/iOS are absent, but the responsive design is fully suitable for mobile betting.

Any visitor can choose a comfortable view of the sportsbook: Asian or European. Bookmaker has three channels for customer support: contact form, LiveChat, Email (csd@18bet.com). Maybe, the website lacks some additional features (search, bookmarks, flexible betting slip) but it’s fast and easy-to-use.

Sports, markets, odds

18Bet is well-liked not only among recreational bettors but also among professionals. This is because their betting offer is quite interesting. The bookie covers more than 20 categories, including Specials. The best sports judging by sheer numbers are football, tennis, ice-hockey, horse-racing, basketball.

The sportsbook goes far with its football coverage. For example, they add some exotic stuff: Indonesian Liga 3, Denmark U19 Superleague, Thailand University League, Burundi Premier League. So, if you are into betting on exotic football, then 18Bet will be a heaven for you. The number of leagues and tournaments in other major sports is pretty decent too.

The match coupons of top-events always have with additional markets: cards, corners, special combined bets. But they don’t go very specific and eliminate goalscorer markets or match-events options. On the other hand, this bookie is pretty enthusiastic about Outright betting, as you can even bet on who will win Hungary Premier Liga.

This bookmaker tends to offer better odds with less time left to the start of the event. 18Bet is quite generous in basketball (1.94-1.94 for NBA), and not so much in football (5-6%). Interestingly, football has probably the worst payouts in general because the margin for main markets in basketball, hockey, tennis is 3-4%.

In-Play

We can say that Live-betting is one of the strengths of the bookie, because:

• They have a quantity (20 000 events monthly);
• The platform is very comfortable with Event View, MultiView, Calendar;
• Bookmaker offers live streaming and play-by-play animations.
• The odds at In-Play refreshes pretty fast and are lover only for 1-2% compared to the pre-match.

Money & Bonuses

The bookmaker accepts more than 30 currencies, which is quite impressive. List of supported payment methods includes Visa, Mastercard, Skrill, ecoPayz, Skrill 1-Tap and some local systems like SOFORT, QIWI and so on. The withdrawal time is 24-48h.

New players can get an 18Bet welcome bonus for first deposit: 100%, 100 euro. There are some other promotions too: deposit bonus for NBA betting (50$), cashback, free bet, and personalized offers.

Conclusion

From the 18Bet review, it seems like it’s a good bookmaker. It’s a clone of 1Bet, but who cares if both are high-quality operators? But are they high quality, one may ask? Many players disagree with that, as 18Bet can be not very friendly for clients. The bookie restricts successful players, may void some bets and can be very annoying during the id-check. Some problems here and there, which is typical for the average bookie, not the safest and the best one.