Fun Sports

Who Are Fun Sports?

Having launched in 2018, Fun Sports has established itself within sports betting, building a reputation as a sportsbook that offers plenty of markets, and plenty of different sports, to bet on. As an L&L brand, there is plenty of experience in the industry behind it.

• Established in 2018
• L&L Europe Ltd
• UKGC licence number – 38758

First Impression of Fun Sports

This review will reflect the service offered at the time of writing. I signed up on the desktop version of Fun Sports, but also used the mobile version to compare, and downloaded their app. 

There’s no escaping that this is a casino first. Whether on the app or on desktop you have to navigate from the casino first before you can start checking out the betting markets. The branding and style won’t suit everyone, but I actually quite like the light teal and pink – it definitely sets it apart from pretty much every other sportsbook out there. If you’ve used other L&L brands such as Yeti Bet or Pub Sports, the layout and product will all feel very familiar.

Bet Mentor and Insights 

Fun Sports has recently added two nice new features to their betting markets that can be used across different sports. Insights provides different specific markets based on a particular stat or recent form or data, with the corresponding market below eg For a Premier league game involving Liverpool it has “Both teams have scored in 11 of the last 12 Liverpool home games” with the BTTS market below.

The Bet Mentor tool allows you to say how much you’d like to stake, and how much you’d like to win, and then provides the markets that would allow you to do that. These can automatically be added to your betslip with one click.

Fun Sports Live Betting

This is extremely easy to find, as the pink “LIVE” icon pops against the teal background. Not only can you head straight to the live betting part of the site, but all sports that currently have live markets feature the same red icon in the menu bar. I can immediately see that there’s plenty of live markets, and there can’t be many other bookies offering in-play odds on beach volleyball and E-ice hockey markets like Fun Sports does.

Fun Sports Live Streaming

Fun Sports has some decent live streaming options. The “LIVE” menu, or even a single live event, has a small toggle on the right-hand side, where you can flick between live streaming (if available) or graphics. Not all live events have the streaming option, but a good few do. There are no requirements to watch other than being a registered user and being logged in. You don’t have to bet on the event in question and you don’t have to have money in your account. 

Fun Sports Betting Odds

After looking through some alternative sportsbooks, as well as going through some comparison sites, it seems as though the odds offered at Fun Sports are generally decent. Some seem to be around what you’d expect but you can definitely find some extra value, especially on some longer shots, in particular markets. For example, one Serie A game that has a heavy underdog listed at around 17 or 18, is at 22 on Fun Sports.

Fun Sports Betting App or Mobile Site 

Like the desktop, there is one app for the casino and sportsbook, and you have to get to the sportsbook from the casino to begin with. I find the app a bit cluttered but it does work quite fluidly, and moving between markets is easy enough. It may just take a little getting used to, however, because the more I use it, the more I like it.

Fun Sports Football Betting

The menu panel is telling me that there’s over a thousand different games that I can bet on at this moment in time, and that’s as good as anyone in the industry. There’s a great option to bet on whether there will be a card, corner or goal in the next five minutes of a match and another nice touch is their Insights feature. This is a particular stat based on recent form or data, with a corresponding market below eg “Both teams have scored in 11 of the last 12 Liverpool home games” and the BTTS market below.

Bet Builder 

There’s a bet builder option at Fun Sports, and it’s okay, but could definitely be improved with some tweaks. I’d say it’s pretty standard, and if there were some more markets to add into builders they’d be more appealing. Generally market depth is a strength of Fun Sports’, so this surprises me, perhaps these will increase the closer we get to kick-off.

Bonuses

This is the most limited part of Fun Sports’s product. There is no real welcome offer that isn’t casino-focused, but there are a really good amount of price boosts for a variety of markets, particularly football ones. Their Acca Boost (just for football) boosts accas from four legs, to 12 legs, by a bigger amount the more that you add, so 5% for four selections, up to 50% for 12 selections.

Cash Out

Cashout is a very important betting feature for punters these days so it’s crucial that bookies integrate this feature into their mobile betting apps. Fun Sports has done this well, allowing their customers to instantly cash out their bets on any device they like.

Fun Sports Horse Racing

Fun Sports doesn’t offer horse racing at the time of review.

Fun Sports US Sports Betting

A full range of American Sports is available. We’ll check out the major leagues, but also look into the sports further down the pyramid and, as well as across the globe. 

American Football Betting

Thankfully Fun Sports shows the spread immediately when you land on the markets. It’s something that annoys me quite a lot when it comes to American football – that being that when you see the event (a specific game), and it only lists the winner market. You can see all the other markets once you click through and there is an absolute tonne here, including next season’s outrights and NFL Draft markets, which is great to have.

Basketball Betting

Covering the NBA, WNBA, college basketball, Euro League, FIBA Champions League, as well as a few more, Fun Sports has an exceptional basketball offering, with well over 200 different markets to choose from, making it a great place to come to for basketball betting. In fact, like a lot of L&L sportsbooks, the number of international leagues covered is impressive and includes the likes of Australia, the UK, Brazil and Turkey.

Baseball Betting

The MLB, understandably, is a large part of Fun Sports’s baseball betting, but they also have markets for the Japanese, Taiwan and South Korean leagues. The markets, and the odds, especially on the outrights, appear to be really good. The MLB season is well underway at the moment, and there is an impressive amount of markets here, such as individual awards and other futures, on top of the individual match markets such as pitcher lines, batter hits and over/unders on triples.

Ice Hockey Betting

The NHL takes up the majority of real estate here, as one would expect. But there are also some Austrian, Swedish and Australian fixtures included, among others. I selected an upcoming NHL game and there is a really impressive number of markets available – more than pretty most other sportsbooks I’d wager. For the lesser leagues that reduces a bit more, which makes sense. Overall, I think this is impressive from Fun Sports.

Fun Sports Greyhound Betting

Fun Sports doesn’t offer greyhound racing at the time of review.

Fun Sports Darts Betting

If you’re comparing this to the very best darts betting sites in the UK, Fun Sports matches up well overall. I went through some of the upcoming Premier League match ups, as well as some smaller events such as the Modus series, and there are plenty of markets for each game. What’s great to see, also, is some boosted odds sprinkled about, but for the smaller games the number of markets is very limited.

Fun Sports Snooker Betting

there are markets for some small upcoming events, plus futures on the World Championships, UK Championships and Masters.. There aren’t a lot of markets here per match, which is a bit of a shame, but I do like the statistics in the bar down the right-hand side – there’s a good selection of stuff here and the fact that you can toggle between different types of data is fantastic.

Fun Sports Rugby Betting (Union & League)

This isn’t great I’m being totally honest. Firstly, it’s worth knowing that rugby league and rugby union are split and so are housed in different places, which is absolutely fine to do and not an issue. What is an issue, however, is that within match events there is a pretty limited selection of markets to bet on – just results, handicap and a scoring markets, with nothing in the way of player markets such as try scorer or points scorer.

Fun Sports Cricket Betting

Overall, it’s pretty nice because Fun Sports offers a brilliant selection of competitions, and that goes for tournaments across the world, as well as more niche leagues in said countries. I do love how many markets are available here for each game assuming it’s a big fixture – it reduces a lot for minor games – but the value here is just okay.

Fun Sports Tennis Betting

This is maybe the one of the best parts of Fun Sports. You can stream live tennis matches, the bet builder option is great, the supporting statistics are on point and there’s brilliant coverage across a whole host of events. They may not have quite the same number of markets as the very best when it comes to sheer quantity, but this is a brilliant option for tennis bettors.

Fun Sports Golf Betting

Fun Sports’s golf offering is a bit disappointing. There are lots of competitions covered, but limited in terms of markets. There are a few smaller tournaments happening right now, or due to start soon, such as the Phoenix Open, Astara Championship or Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, and  these are listed in some capacity. I’d like to see a good bit more for me to consider using them consistently. 

Fun Sports Motorsports Betting

There is loads here. For the next upcoming Formula 1 Grand Prix there are so many markets to choose from. Obviously there is the winner, but also how many times the safety car will be out, head to heads on driver finishes, and absolutely tons of yes/no question based markets to choose between. On top of that there are also markets for Nascar, Indycar, Rally, Speedway and Formula E.

Fun Sports Boxing Betting

There’s plenty of boxing bouts to get stuck into here, and the markets look dependent on how far in advance they are. Those this weekend and over the next few weeks have an okay offering, whereas the further away they get the less markets on offer. That’s fair enough, and I wouldn’t expect to find round by round and the like for fights that are months away, but I would definitely like more options for big fights happening this week, and that’s definitely limited based on my experience with Fun Sports.

Fun Sports Other Sports Betting

Whilst these sports might sound very niche, there is still a large enough 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 dig in a bit further.

Handball Betting

Betting on handball at Fun Sports looks very impressive. There’s actually over 90 games to bet on at the time of review, and that’s way more than most bookies. There aren’t loads of markets per game, but the odds are great and there are competitions in Bahrain, Portugal, Romania, Greece and more listed. Handball is increasingly popular and Fun Sports looks to be struggling in terms of providing a platform for punters to bet on various handball events and tournaments worldwide. 

Cycling Betting

Fun Sports offers betting on cycling for sports bettors who like to dabble in cycling betting, and comparing it with others out there it’s what we’d expect. There isn’t a load of markets, but that’s true of anywhere to be honest. What you can get is odds on next year’s Tour de France winner, plus the Classics like the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and Milan-San Remo.

Aussie Rules Football Betting

As far as Fun Sports is concerned, their event coverage is pretty standard – they have most parts covered. The games, competitions and odds are good, but the actual list of markets isn’t huge per game. It’s not as great as some others out there, but overall they are still a solid option.

Political Betting

Fun Sports houses its political betting under “Specials”, along with entertainment. Their political betting is pretty good overall. There are some US Presidential markets, but not loads, and odds on the next Mayor of London. In terms of UK General Election markets, there are next Prime Minister odds, majority odds and next party leader markets, too.

Entertainment and Specials Betting

This is pretty poor from Fun Sports, with just a market for BBC Sports Personality of the Year. For a bookie with “Fun” literally as their name I’d expect a bit more of a light-hearted approach to Specials betting, with markets in music, film, awards ceremonies and even some super-specific seasonal stuff. 

Esports Betting

The esports betting at Fun Sports is very good. There is an “Esports” tab in the menu  and this will take you to markets (inclungi in-play) for a huge range of games including, but not limited to, Dota 2, Counter-Strike, Call of Duty, League of Legends and Overwatch. On top of this, in the menu you’ll find e-versions of sports – football, basketball and hockey – that include games like GT Sports League, E-battles and E-Rivals. 

Virtual Sports

Fun Sports offers no virtual sports betting at the time of this review.

Casino

Fun Sports does have casino. It’s incredibly easy to find their casino offering from their sportsbook, with banners across the top and, as mentioned, it’s where you’re directed to from the off. They also have some bonuses and offers that lead to casino spins should you win sportsbook bets.

Fun Sports Account Opening Process

A reassuringly easy process. At the top-right of the screen Fun Sports has their “Register” button. Bettors just need to select this and follow the simple steps as guided through. You’ll be asked for the usual information – name, date of birth, address etc – and once complete be sent a verification email. Clicking this from your inbox will redirect you to the site, and then you’re free to get betting.

Navigation and user experience [desktop v mobile]

Overall I prefer the desktop version to the app, but both are decent, if not market-leading. There’s the issue of having to get to the sportsbook via the casino that is mentioned above, but once you’re there everything seems in order. One thing I think would make it much better is the ability to click on a sport and see all markets at once. If you select “Football” for example, you get the drop down of all the different leagues to then select, but what I want is to be able to see all at once and then decide. 

Placing a bet

This section should only really highlight if there are issues, as the process is almost identical on every site. Within a few minutes of signing up to Fun Sports I placed a couple of bets on different sports, one of which took advantage of the welcome offer, and I used their bet builder feature, which worked well. 

Managing your account

As mentioned above, the design really helps this along. On the desktop version, it’s stuff to the  left of the screen. On the app, it’s all at the bottom, with just the login at the top. I haven’t experienced any issues logging in, or finding customer service options, either. Overall, it feels like Fun Sports has got this part nailed.

Fun Sports Responsible Gambling Features

As with all online betting companies, responsible gambling should be and will be an essential element of the service provided.

Expect KYC procedures and document supply as a matter-of-course, to confirm your account after you have deposited a certain level of funds and in the event of any large wins.

You can set limits for yourself across depositing options and daily staking options too, so you can set your levels and keep control of your gambling.

Expect Fun Sports to contact you via your preferred communication method if there are suspicious activities on your account. This protects your account from being accessed by someone other than you and ensures you control your gambling activity. Fun Sports have a legal obligation to question your activity if they believe it to be suspicious.

As part of Fun Sports’ commitment to safer gambling, they aim to make zero revenue from harmful gambling by the end of 2023.

Fun Sports Review Summary 

I’d absolutely recommend Fun Sports as an account that you should have among other accounts for two main reasons: the sheer quantity of markets and the coverage of smaller sports.

A big issue is the lack of horse racing and greyhounds. It will absolutely be something that will put off a lot of punters given the importance they hold in UK betting. But, for most other major sports (although there are some exceptions) there are way more markets than most other bookies, and there are smaller sports here that aren’t covered by the majority of competitors such as bandy, chess, lacrosse, water polo and winter sports. 

Another downside is that there is a real lack of promotions, which means that it may struggle to attract users in the first place. Just something that rewards regular bettors, free bets based on the number of bets placed and the like would make a real difference. 

That said, there aren’t a lot of bookies that can match Fun Sports for coverage and it’s a really impressive product overall, particularly for tennis and esports.