Not particularly well known in Ireland except for the TV advertising that you may have seen is the bookmaker Bet365. Bet365 is one of the last surviving independently owned bookmakers based in Stoke on Trent, England; it is owned by none less than Peter Coates who is also Chairman of the Premier League football club Stoke City. Despite this, Bet365 is no small time operation, in fact they boast more than 4 million customers in more than 200 countries, operate in 17 different languages and employ well over 1000 people so the gambling opportunities are many and to cap it all Bet365 won the Operator of the Year award at the eGaming Review Operator Awards in 2010 which means that the company is highly regarded amongst its peers. The online operations of Bet365 are licensed and regulated by the Government of Gibraltar and in the UK by the UK Gambling Commission . Bet365 offers a full range of gambling including Sports, Casino, Poker, Games and Bingo.

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Sports gambling is where it all started for Bet365 and as you might expect they cover a huge variety of sports including special sections on Gaelic sports such as hurling and very extensive coverage of greyhounds and horse racing including most of the Irish meetings. Rather strangely Bet365 have included their lottery gambling in the sports section so if you are looking for that you can find it there. The lottery section does include the Irish Lottery as well as those from New York, Spain, Germany, Canada and Australia. The sports section at Bet365 also includes a very good form and stats pages to help with your gambling decisions. Bonuses are available for first time players and although these will vary over time a 100% match bonuses are often available with a play through requirement of only three times your deposit plus bonus but for the latest offers go to Bet365. As with most of the top bookmakers Bet365 has as part of its sport gambling the “in play” option on any number of matches and games including football, tennis, golf, snooker etc and not only the result can be bet upon but also a number of different options. Bet365 may be family owned but they are right up there with the best in their sports gambling.
The casino gambling section of Bet365 has either instant or download versions and although the download version does have more choice of games the instant version will provide enough gambling for most players with no less than 60 slot options including 15 jackpot games; card games including Baccarat and several version s of Blackjack, table games such as craps and roulette; 10 different video pokers and a variety of other games including Keno, Hi-Lo, Heads or Tails and Rock-paper-Scissors. As already stated the download version has even more choice but if you do not want to download for whatever reason there should be enough here to keep you occupied. Joining bonuses at Bet365 casino are some of the best in the industry and at the moment (but this might change) there is a massive €3000 available in a month which is achieved by matching deposit bonuses up to four times each week; see Bet365 casino site for details. Bet365 operates a VIP scheme for regular casino players which as well as providing additional incentives and bonuses can also result in VIP invitations to top events; all players start at Bronze status and can work their way up from there based on playing history. Progressive jackpots at Bet365 are all listed on one page with the actual jackpot value shown thus enabling you to choose which slot to play; “Gold Rally” is generally the one with the largest jackpot although the well known “Beach Life” can also be right up there. For those of you that enjoy the atmosphere of live casino then Bet365 has a live dealer option which offers Roulette, Blackjack and Baccarat but also more unusual games such as Sic-Bo and Craps which are not usually available in live dealer format. The casino gambling pages from Bet365 are very complete.
If you want instant excitement and fancy yourself as a bit of a stockbroker why not try your hand at Financial gambling at Bet365; here you can bet on a number of different markets including the London FTSE but also Wall Street and a number of currency exchanges and you can take a daily punt or even an hourly wager; not for the faint hearted but if you know something about it this could be a good option.
Bet365 Poker is also one of the top offerings around with thousands of players online at any one time playing a wide range of table stakes and poker games. If you prefer tournament play there are always a number of scheduled and sit and go tournaments available at Bet365 with valuable prizes the biggest being an entry package into the WSOP (World Series of Poker). Poker at Bet365 is only available on download but it is free software and only takes a few minutes and there are generally joining bonuses available of up to $500 (Poker play is always in $ ay Bet365).
Bet365 Bingo has games of 75 ball, 80 ball and 90 ball ongoing most of the day and night and there are free games with cash prizes on a daily basis. Some Bingo jackpots often reach more than €1,000,000 which coupled with a number of side games to keep you busy while waiting for a game to start provides excellent gambling entertainment.
Finally under the Games heading from Bet365 there are a number of interesting alternatives such as Keno and fixed odds Bingo games and of course TV games such as Deal or No Deal and Millionaire in various formats plus X Factor, Money Drop, Family Fortunes, various scratch cards and so it goes on.
Bet365 might be a little known gambling provider in Ireland but that should not deter you from what is an excellent offering; it is well legislated and controlled making it a perfectly safe and honest environment in which to gamble.