Paddy Power

Who Are Paddy Power?

Founded in the late 1980s, Paddy Power is an Irish bookmaker with its recognisable adverts and branding being a staple of the UK gambling industry. Like other bookmakers they started out with shops and entered the online sphere. Today it is one of the biggest bookies in Europe, particular after their acquisition of Betfair in 2016.

• Established in 1988
• PPB Counterparty Services Limited, PPB Entertainment Limited, PPB Games Limited and PPB GE Limited
• UKGC licence numbers – 39439, 39426, 39411 and 52819

First Impression of Paddy Power

This Paddy Power review was conducted across the desktop and mobile versions of the site, as well as on their app, so will reflect all three platforms.

Pretty much anyone who’s ever gambled a bit will know about Paddy Power thanks to their aggressive marketing strategy and, as a result, I always find their site, and app, a lot cleaner than I think it’s going to be. At OLBG, we’re constantly reviewing bookmaker performance, collecting data and presenting it to show which bookies do what well. As it stands, Paddy Power makes our top 10 in the country for football, greyhound racing, snooker, tennis, darts, politics and entertainment, as well as bet builders and acca insurance. There aren’t many bookies that can match Paddy Power for this consistent high level across the board. 

Paddy Power Live Betting

Live in-play betting is available on Paddy Power, just look for the in-play section of their main menu. The offering is great. There’s some football, tennis and cricket, plus handball and esports, plus some more – essentially, they have most things covered.

Paddy Power Live Streaming

With live betting comes live streaming and Paddy Power do this better than most. When I went there (on a weekday morning) there was tennis, snooker and darts, but other sports are included. All sports that Paddy Power live stream are completely free, assuming that you are logged in. The one exception is horse racing – to live stream racing you need to have placed a bet on the race.

Paddy Power Betting Odds

Paddy Power are one of the biggest betting sites online, as well as one of the leading high street bookmakers and are instantly recognisable. Here are details on which sports Paddy Power were most competitive last month. The percentage figure demonstrates how often they were one of the best odds bookies, or joint best odds for each sport when compared with other bookmakers.

EG: 60% means if you used only this bookmaker for a sport, you would have got the best odds 60% of the time. You can quickly see where Paddy Power outperformed their main rivals.

In many of the OLBG reviews listed below, their customers say that Paddy Power has  great odds on football accumulators, HT/FT betting, horse racing and a few others.

Paddy Power Best Odds Rank By Sport

Paddy Power Betting App or Mobile Site 

The Paddy Power mobile app does an excellent job in covering all your betting requirements when on the go. As well as the Paddy Power sportsbook, there is gaming, slots, tables and casino options available, once you have initially downloaded the Paddy Power app.

The A-Z sports tab was in the right place and the black coloured headers stood out and separated the different sections of the app. The menu was incredibly user-friendly, no whistles or bells, just a list of sports, exactly what you want. The Paddy Power app didn’t all meld into one, which made finding what you were after simple. The Paddy Power app was one of the best apps we tested in the navigation category, in other words everything I was looking for on the Paddy Power app I found easily. 

The Paddy Power app could not be faulted for ease of use. Take a look at the carousel of screenshots below, we think you will agree that it looks intuitive, even for novice bettors we expect there would be no issues. The Paddy Power quick bet facility is a boon, when you select a price on an event a quick slip instantly opens, meaning you can get on in seconds.

Paddy Power Football Betting

Paddy Power is the third best bookmaker in the country for football betting, according to our data. They have early payouts, money back specials and crazy promotions on big sporting events, and offer a rewards club plus fabulous football betting options.

Bet Builder 

The Paddy Power bet builder is really good, and ranks in our top 10. Paddy Power’s #whatodds features allow punters to request specific bet builders if not already, in addition to the sportsbook’s premade options. If you choose to construct your bet builder with four or more selections, and one leg lets you down, Paddy Power will return your stake as a free bet.

Bonuses

You can obviously use the welcome offer to place football bets, but on top of that there were a couple of football-specific offers that I could find in addition to the bet boosts.

There are plenty of great football offers. You get a free bet if one leg of your acca lets you down (assuming it’s five legs or more). There are completely free bet builders for high profile selected matches, early payouts if your team goes two goals up and the ability to do multi match bet builders, also.

Paddy Power also makes our top 10 for Acca Insurance. They offersa maximum acca insurance refund of £20 credited as a free bet with a seven-day shelf life when one selection lets you down. Also, just four selections are required, with the total acca odds at a low 2.44 and a minimum stake of £1. A very tight decision to only come second in our table, but Betfreds cash refund nicks the top spot. You can include other sports on top of football but no horse racing selections.

Cash Out

Cash Out is, of course, available at Paddy Power. HIt’s not offered on everything, but it’s pretty safe to say it’s offered on most markets. All markets that offer Cash Out have it cleared labelled so you always know beforehand.

Paddy Power Horse Racing

Paddy Power offers Best Odds Guaranteed to its customers. You can get BOG after 8am on race day of all UK and Irish races, including in multiples, and with a maximum restriction set at £2,500.

They pay extra places in lots of races – there is even five places at a specific Cheltenham race on the day of this review when most other bookies are doing three. Also, keep your eyes peeled for any number of tipsters and ambassadors offering insight at the races on any given day.

Paddy Power US Sports Betting

A full range of American Sports is available. At the time of writing, all the major leagues are in full swing. 

American Football Betting

I’d prefer it if Paddy Power listed all three major markets (spread, total and moneyline) for individual games on their main American football section. As it is, they just list the moneyline, which forces you to click into games, rather than be able to scan across the entire league in one go. Be aware that Paddy Power call the spread “handicap”, another example of Anglicising their coverage. 

One thing I do really like is their NFL Redzone Specials, where you can get odds on specific markets such as Highest Scoring Game or Highest Scoring Team of the week.

Basketball Betting

At the time of review there’s a nice little NBA promotion, where if you palace a beet builder on any NBA game this week, you’ll get a free bet on top of that.

As well as the NBA, there are events for the top leagues around the world, including Greece, Spain, Italy, and Australia. In terms of specific markets, you’ll find moneyline, total points and handicaps, plus plenty more. You can also bet in-play, with odds available quarter by quarter.

Baseball Betting

For MLB, you can choose from markets such as the outright winner of the series, the two teams that make it to the World Series, as well as all the usuals – Run Line, Winning Margin and Team To Score First Run and so on. There are also markets for the Korean and Taiwanese leagues.

Ice Hockey Betting

The NHL is front and centre, understandably, in the Paddy Power ice hockey section. You’ll also find competitions in Poland, Norway, the Czech Republic, France and more, as well as US college competitions. Their betting markets include Puck Line, Money Line, Total Goals, Highest Scoring Period, Double Chance, Winning Margin, Win/Draw/Win Betting and a selection of 3-Way Handicaps. 

Paddy Power Darts Betting

I’m pleased to report that in terms of darts betting sites in the UK, Paddy Power is pretty good – in fact they’re the best in the country and come out number one when you factor in all aspects of darts betting. They have the best darts odds, with excellent event coverage and depth of markets to go alongside it. A big annoyance of punters is when bookmakers have features that they use, but then not across all sports that they offer. Paddy Power don’t do this, and offer darts punters their acca insurance when betting on darts matches. If one leg lets you down, you’ll get a free bet of up to £10 back.

Paddy Power Snooker Betting

Again, Paddy Power ranks in the best snooker betting sites and has become a destination bookmaker for punters seeking out promotions, and for good reason, because they’ve earned that reputation as a result of consistently offering their bettors creative and interesting bonuses to take advantage of. With snooker there is less of this, but you can use some of their general ones on your snooker bets which does make up for it, also their live streaming is really good, as is the market variety that they offer.

Paddy Power Greyhound Betting

Their odds are brilliant, they offer Best Odds Guaranteed and their live streaming is slick and polished. Maybe to diminish the horse racing association they offer a huge range of greyhound specific promotions and, what probably sets them apart from most other greyhound betting sites, is their extra markets: think things such as inside vs outside, top three and winning distance.

Paddy Power Rugby Betting (Union & League)

It’s nice to see what Paddy Power calls “Power Prices”, that is, enhanced odds, on a few different rugby markets, as well as some links to tips on their news site.

Rugby betting markets (across League and Union) offered for individual matches include 3-Way Handicap, Total Points, Winning Margin and a range of Try Scorer options. All the major leagues and competitions are covered across both codes which is great to see.

Paddy Power Cricket Betting

The event coverage is good at Paddy Power, with domestic competitions in India, Australia and the UAE all there, as well as outrights for future World Cups and the Ashes, also. 

There are some price boosts today for World Cup games, some of which are very generous. Betway currently tops our Best Cricket betting sites right now, with huge market depth, great odds and lots of promotions. Paddy Power actually matches them odds-wise, so hopefully they can up their market depth and they’ll be in with a shout of being one of the best around.

Paddy Power Tennis Betting

Yet another category in which Paddy Power is one of the best in the country. For tennis, only Bet365 scores higher in our top 10 tennis sites. They go toe to toe with Bet365 and match them in virtually every aspect in which a tennis punter requires – streaming, cash out, competitive odds, ante post, additional markets etc. Paddy Power, however, doesn’t offer the same retirement guarantee, and it’s this that just nudges it into second spot.

Paddy Power Golf Betting

Paddy Power’s gold product is pretty good overall. There are future markets on all the majors, as well as the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup. There are also LIV Golf Events, and Qatar Masters. You will find golf odds on the likes of Top 5 and Top 10 Finish, Round Leaders and Dual Forecast right here, and even Hole In One markets. 

Paddy Power Motorsports Betting

This has pretty much everything that you’d like. There is a motorsports tab in the menu and this includes Formula 1 (it doesn’t have its own tab/section like most bookmaker menus), MotoGP, NASCAR and Super Bikes. I’s like to see some Speedway, too, but this is still a decent offering none the less.

Paddy Power Boxing Betting

former professional boxer – I like betting on boxing with Paddy Power. There’s plenty of bouts listed, with loads of markets in each, including Round Betting, Total Rounds (Under/Over), Round Group Betting and Will The Fight Go The Distance. 

Closer to the time of each fight you get good bonuses and promotions added, too, and with some this weekend there are already Paddys’ famous Power Prices enhanced odds.

Paddy Power Other Sports Betting

Whilst these sports aren’t as popular, there is a massive market for fans, and millions of them in the UK, so good coverage of niche sports and events is key to be reviewed on OLBG; let’s see how Paddy Power fares.

Handball Betting

Handball is increasingly popular and Paddy Power looks to be offering plenty for punters to bet on various handball events and tournaments worldwide, including Iceland, France, Hungary and Portugal, on top of the World Championships and Champions League. Markets include Win/Draw/Win, Handicap, Total Goals, Win Match and Draw No Bet markets, all with in-play and cash out available. 

Cycling Betting

Paddy Power offers betting on cycling for sports bettors who love their cycling, and comparing it with other UK bookies it’s pretty good to be honest. There are markets for the classics like Paris-Roubaix, Milan-San Remo and the Tour of Flanders, and that’s obviously on top of the three major tours. 

Esports Betting 

Despite Paddy Power having a big presence when it comes to mainstream betting, they also have betting available for esports markets. Betting is available on games such as DOTA 2, Counter-Strike, League of Legends and FIFA as well as many others.

Esports betting is of course not as traditional as normal betting markets but it’s popularity is increasing as gaming grows in size year-by-year. All of the major matches and tournaments that are played in the games mentioned above are available to bet on on Paddy Power as one of the best esports betting sites.

Political Betting

You can compare Paddy Power to other political betting options and see if you agree – we have them at no.3. While Paddy Power’s offering in its number of markets available is brilliant, it does have slightly different stake limits to our top two. That said, it’s still an excellent option for political punters. UK, US and Irish politics all have their own sections, with its Rest of the World tab covering upcoming events in places such as Spain, New Zealand and Canada.

Entertainment and Specials

As with its politics offering, Paddy Power is fantastic for entertainment and specials, too, and is the 4th best in the country based on our ranking of the best entertainment bookmakers in the UK. It would be odd if Paddy Power wasn’t on this list, and didn’t offer a variety of novelty markets when it comes to entertainment and specials. Very much in keeping with it’s light-hearted brand, Paddy Power covers a decent range of betting opportunities in the TV and film world, not to mention awards shows and competitions – think Britain’s Got Talent, Eurovision, The Voice and the like. 

Virtual Sports

Virtual betting is growing in popularity seemingly year-by-year these days and it’s no surprise to see Paddy Power offer a wide range of virtual sports on their platform.

There are plenty of virtual sports covered, including horse racing, greyhounds, football, cricket and motor sports.

Casino

Paddy Power does have a full casino offering. You can read it in detail in our Paddy Power casino review. You can also check our casino sites page for dedicated new online casinos and slot sites.

Paddy Power Account Opening Process

You can register from this OLBG page or the OLBG App; either way, you will receive the latest offers. To create your new account, you will need to click the banner on this OLBG page. To register, you will need to:

1. Supply your full name.
2. Submit DOB and place of residence, including postcode.
3. Submit email address and phone number/s.
4. Create a memorable password for your new Paddy Power account; please make it different to other passwords you have. 
5. Deposit Funds and opt-in for your Paddy Power free bet.

Navigation and user experience [desktop v mobile]

Overall the navigation is very good. There’s a lot of information crammed into each page which may be a little disorientating for some, but I never found it hard to find anything and, to be honest, kept seeing little alerts or icons telling me about various things (if there is cash out, price boosts, live streaming etc) that normally you have to hunt around for. You definitely get the sense that people who bet regularly are involved in designing the product.

Reviews on both the App Store and Google Play are great, with both sets of users happy with the app.

Placing a bet

This section should only really highlight if there are issues, as the process is almost identical on every site. 

Placing a bet on Paddy Power is straightforward with the betslip instantly popping up on the side of your screen on the desktop site. This adds your selection straight into your slip with the speed of placing the bet after clicking it less than a second.

The app is fairly similar to the desktop site with the betslip going at the bottom of your screen as soon as you pick your selection on there. In-play betting will always be slower to place a bet but from the example bets that we did we found that the prices stayed the same for the few seconds it took for the bet to process in-play.

5 Stars

Great enhanced bets and very good refunds on the football, Usually get the early price I am after and PP is the modern punters pal..

Managing your account

An integral part of any betting site is the account management side of things with the ease of access to various account details always important. Plenty of options are available in the My Account section of Paddy Power including Bet History, Banking History and overall transactions.

Safer Gambling portals can be found in the account section too with Paddy Power’s safer gambling portal a brilliant tool to use on the site and app. Deposit limits, current time alerts, specific product restrictions and more can be found in the safer gambling section.

Paddy Power Responsible Gambling Features

This is an excellent part of the Paddy Power product, with their Safer Gambling page. Here there are plenty of links to internal and external tools and information, as well as details about their commitment to responsible gambling. 

Among their tools are deposit limits, loss limits, reality checks, budget calculators and self assessments.

Paddy Power Review Summary 

Paddy Power is an excellent betting option. Being in the top 10 for so many categories is testament to that, and there’s only one bookie in the country that makes more of these lists than Paddy Power.

You can tell from the sports that Paddy Power excels in – greyhounds, horse racing, darts, snooker etc. – that there is an old school, heritage feel about the product, despite the whimsical branding and marketing. They’ve been doing this a long time and doing it well, and are proving that they actually back up all the chat with a great betting product.