HISTORY |
Centrebet originated from Alice Springs, Northern
Territory and was the first bookmaker to be licensed in Australia in
1992 and the first bookmaker to go online in the Southern Hemisphere
in 1996. Centrebet was acquired by its biggest domestic rival, the 'SportOdds
Group' in 2003 for the sum of AUD$ 46.55 million. In 2005, SportOdds
merged its Centrebet, SportOdds.com and SuperOdds.co.uk businesses
into one entity, known as Centrebet. Con Kafataris is the CEO of the
company while Peter Foot acts as chief bookmaker. |
COMPANY INFO |
Centrebet is the largest private bookmaking
company in Australia and one of the biggest bookmakers in the world,
with betting across all sports (both within and outside of
Australia), horse racing and other events, including Australian
elections and television shows. The Centrebet Group offers over 4000
individual betting options every week. The Centrebet Group has
recently commenced expansion of its core operations to include
online gaming, including poker and casino. However, due to
Australia's Interactive Gambling Act 2001, the Group are not
permitted to offer gaming products to Australians. 'Centrebet
International Limited' is listed on the Australian Securities
Exchange (ASX Code: CIL). Address: Level 1, 34 Hartley Street, Alice
Springs, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia.
Category evaluation: EXCELLENT |
>>> sub-category: REGULATION
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'Centrebet Pty Ltd', Australian Company Number (ACN) 106 487 736,
is licensed by the Northern Territory Government's Racing Commission
under the Racing and Betting Act of the Northern Territory. The
Commission carries out financial and audit checks on a regular
basis. 'Centrebet UK Limited' holds a Remote General Betting Licence
issued pursuant to the Gambling Act 2005. Centrebet Casino and
Centrebet Poker are conducted by Centrebet Gaming NV, which is
licensed in the Netherlands Antilles. Centrebet Casino is powered by
the award-winning 'Playtech' online gaming platform.
Category evaluation: EXCELLENT
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ODDS |
Odds are definitely better than average. Don't be
surprised to see Centrebet's odds on top of any market or sport,
which they offer. Big markets are operated on 5-7 % margin, smaller
ones - on 7-10 %. These margins are quite reasonable and fair for
the players. Even better, the odds are stable and change in less
degree than some other bookmaker's ones. Time of release is
standard, 3-4 days before the event usually, and earlier for the
biggest markets. Centrebet's favourites and underdogs odds are
balanced, still underdogs offer better value in most cases.
Category evaluation: GOOD |
>>> sub-category: SOCCER
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Centrebet is a very good bookie to have for every serious soccer
bettor. High odds, especially on special markets like 3-way
(European) handicap, draw no bet, HT/FT bets, correct scores, etc.
Centrebet don't change the odds as long as possible, giving you the
opportunity to catch some value odds. Some underdog odds are
especially good too.
Category evaluation: VERY GOOD
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>>> sub-category: US SPORTS
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Centrebet's American sports odds are average for
the industry, mostly 1.91/1.91 style. These is one additional spread
line available, as well as good number of special bets like winning
margin, player performance, etc.
Category evaluation: VERY GOOD
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OFFER |
Centrebet offers a large variety of sports, ranging
from mainstream categories such as Soccer, Tennis and Golf, to
regional interests such as Cricket and Surfing. Sports offer
include: american football, athletics, australian rules, bandy,
baseball, basketball, boxing, cricket, floorball, golf, handball,
ice hockey, motor sports, rugby league, rugby union, snooker,
soccer, tennis, winter sports. Horse racing and greyhounds are
separated under website's 'Racing' tab. Two special categories are
available too, elections (politics bets) and entertainment
(different shows and competitions bets). Various betting markets are
available for most sports and markets, including many special bets.
Category evaluation: AVERAGE |
>>> sub-category: SOCCER
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Soccer list on offer includes: all
major International competitions, all major European leagues (UK -
covering almost all the levels of English and Scottish football,
Spain, Italy, Germany and France - all covered down to third level
divisions), Netherlands and Belgium, Portugal, Scandinavia, Czech,
Austria, Greece, Turkey, Israel, most major North and South American
leagues, Australian league and some asian leagues too . Betting
types on offer vary for the different markets - straight odds,
european handicaps, totals, spread lines, correct scores,
goal scorers, half-time/full-time, etc. Centrebet's soccer offer is
quite vast and versatile.
Category evaluation: AVERAGE |
>>> sub-category: US SPORTS
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All major US sports are covered: american
football, basketball (NBA and college basketball), baseball (MLB),
ice hockey (NHL). One additional spread line is available, as well
as specials like players performances, winning margin, etc.
Category evaluation: EXCELLENT
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>>> sub-category: LIVE BETTING
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Live betting events are viewable by clicking
'Today's Events' tab, right on the top of the betting menu. Live
betting offer isn't very rich though, only mainstream events are
covered usually.
Category evaluation: VERY POOR
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>>> sub-category: CASINO, POKER & GAMES
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Customers have two options for playing casino
games: downloading and installing the casino 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. Centrebet's poker
client offers Texas Hold'em (Fixed, Pot and No Limit), Omaha and
Stud poker. You can play at cash ring tables, sit'n'go tables and
many tournaments (including freerolls). Centrebet poker is part of
the big iPoker network, so it's easy to find more than enough
opponents for every preferred game and limit, action is running 24
hours per day. Poker and casino games can be played only for fun
too, with 'play' money. Different arcade games are available too,
most of them can be downloaded and played on your mobile phone as
well.
Category evaluation: EXCELLENT
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BETTING PROCEDURE |
Users have all-time access to the betting menu.
Major markets are easily accessible but for smaller ones users have
to pass some additional sub-menus. There is a search button, which
is very useful in these terms. All betting options for a single
event can be revealed with a single button, another good feature.
Your betting slip is always visible in the right. Very rich list of
combination bet types and systems are available in case of multiple
selections in the slip. Overall betting procedure is very reliable
and secure, although not very fast .
Category evaluation: VERY GOOD |
