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 HISTORY

'Bwin International Ltd.' was founded in the year 1999 under the name of 'Simon Bold (Gibraltar) Ltd'. The founder of the company, Simon Bold, has more than 26 years experience in the international betting industry. The company was taken over in its entirety in 2001 by the Vienna-based, publicly listed company 'bwin Interactive Entertainment AG'. Until 2006 the website operated under the name of betandwin.com.

 COMPANY INFO

'Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG' was founded in December 1997 with the objective of developing online gaming products for the global Internet market. The company has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since March 2000, and carries out central functions for its subsidiaries, 'bwin International Ltd. (Gibraltar)', 'Playit.com Ltd.', and 'WEBSPORTS ENTERTAINMENT Marketing Services GmbH'. With a team of over a hundred staff, the company takes care of the Group's bookmaking business, its risk management and customer support. Postal address: bwin International Ltd., c/o Börsegasse 11/Top floor A-1010 Vienna, Austria.
Category evaluation: Excellent

>>> sub-category: REGULATION

'Bwin International Ltd.' has European licences issued by the Government of Gibraltar entitling it to offer sports betting, casino games, poker products and games. The Gibraltarian standard of regulation is largely consistent with that of the United Kingdom, though bwin International Ltd. does more than meet the stringent conditions laid down by the Government of Gibraltar. Furthermore, the company adheres to the code of behaviour defined by the European Betting Association (EBA), which prescribes rigorous standards with respect to security as well as a responsible attitude towards gambling.
Category evaluation: Excellent

 ODDS

Odds are slightly below the average. Odds on favourites are quite low as a rule, in exchange for better outsider odds. Bwin operate with 8-9 % margin for the big soccer markets, other popular sports (tennis, basketball, ice hockey, etc.) also with 9-10 %. Smaller and unknown markets' margins are bigger though - between 13-15 % usually. Odds are released very early, bwin is a leader in this area. Many small bookies copy/paste odds from them, especially for some smaller leagues. Bwin don't change their odds too much (as other books do), they have good oddsmakers and trust them.
Category evaluation: Should be better

>>> sub-category: SOCCER

Soccer odds don't make exception from the general course, as mentioned above. Bwin is mostly bookmaker for leisure punters and for the big clubs fans (Milan, Real Madrid, etc. wear bwin's logo on their shirts). Still their soccer odds can be used as a reference at least. Moreover they offer many additional markets and special bets for a given event, which are hard to find elsewhere.
Category evaluation: Poor

>>> sub-category: US SPORTS

Bwin's American sports odds are average for the industry, mostly 1.91/1.91 style. You have to look elsewhere if you bet on US sports mainly, not their strongest side.
Category evaluation: Average

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 OFFER

Bwin's has extremely wide list on offer, this being their main market advantage. They offer some markets and events that virtually can't be found elsewhere. Sports offer include: American football, Australian rules, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, chess, combat sports, cricket, cycling, darts, floorball, futsal, gaelic sports, golf, greyhounds, handball, horse racing, ice hockey, lacrosse, motor sports, rink hockey, rugby league, rugby union, snooker, soccer, tennis (court and table), volleyball, water polo, winter sports . Some politics and entertainment bets are offered too. Betting types include straight odds, handicap bets, money lines, totals, double chance, Ht/FT bets, goalscorers, corners, winning margin, etc.
Category evaluation: Excellent

>>> sub-category: SOCCER

It's hardly possible to find a bookmaker, offering more leagues from all around the world, than Bwin. They cover soccer leagues from any part of the world, and more significant ones - down to the lowest level possible. It's worth mentioning that they offer all major leagues form Middle East and Arabian world regularly (these leagues' betting popularity has grown up recently).
Category evaluation: Excellent

>>> sub-category: US SPORTS

All major US sports are covered: american football, basketball (NBA and college basketball), baseball (MLB), ice hockey (NHL).
Category evaluation: Excellent

>>> sub-category: LIVE BETTING

Bwin's live offering is second to none, at least regarding European-based bookies. It's very unusual to see their live console empty at any given time. Events from all parts of the world and all sports are covered. Quite many betting options are available for live betting too.
Category evaluation: Excellent

>>> sub-category: CASINO, POKER & GAMES

Customers have two options for accessing bet365's casino and poker: downloading and installing the respective client (stand-alone application) or playing directly in their browsers. All major categories of casino games are offered: card and table games, video slots and video poker, progressives, keno, etc. The poker client offers Texas Hold'em (Fixed, Pot and No Limit), Omaha and Stud poker (5 or 7-cards stud). You can play at cash ring tables, sit'n'go tables and many tournaments (including freerolls). It's easy to find more than enough opponents for every preffered game and limit. Poker and casino games can be played only for fun too, with 'play' money. Different skill and luck games are available as flash applications through the website (in skill games players compete against each other and not against the bank!).
Category evaluation: Excellent

 BETTING PROCEDURE

As mentioned above users have all-time access to the betting menu. Bet search button is very useful, saving users from some additional scrolling. All betting options for a single event can be revealed with a single button. Your betting slip is always visible in the upper right. Very rich list of combination bet types and systems are available in case of multiple selections in the slip. Overall betting procedure is quite fast, reliable and secure. Inexperienced users may have some troubles though and will need some time to adjust to the diversity of the site. There has been quite a worrying tendency about live betting settlement lately. Many customers report similar problems, i. e. wrong settlement of live bets, mistaken odds, etc. Bwin should take the required actions to prevent such misunderstandings in future.
Category evaluation: Very Good

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