Livescorebet

Who Are LiveScore Bet?

LiveScore has been around for a while, primarily as an app football fans used to check, as the name suggests, football scores live. They launched their sportsbook recently, backing their solid reputation in one market, to help them in another. 

• Established in 2020
• LiveScore Betting and Gaming (Gibraltar) Ltd.
• UKGC licence number – 56859

First Impression of LiveScore Bet

This review will reflect the service offered at the time of writing. I signed up on the desktop version of LiveScore Bet, but also used the mobile version to compare, as well as downloading the LiveScore Bet app. 

It’s very hard not to really like LiveScore Bet from the off. It’s something that immediately puts you at ease – things are where you want them, nothing alarms, the navigation flows as you would like, and then, bit by bit, you start noticing and appreciating some very nice touches, indeed.

LiveScore Bet Live Betting

As you’d expect, the live betting here is really very good. LiveScore Bet does that very easy thing (but not something everyone does) of letting you know how many live markets are running at any one time – in this instance, 66. 

Among the expected selection of sports covered, there are some great features, live streaming being one of those things. You can filter in the in-play events by “Streaming”, to see which of the markets features live streaming. But on top of that, LiveScore Bet has “Market Movers”, a list of in-play events where the odds on the pre-match favourite have drifted significantly in the match. There are also head-to-head records, form, in-game stats and more.

LiveScore Bet Live Streaming

This is an excellent part of the product. LiveScore Bet has live streaming on a number of sports, including tennis, badminton, horse racing (French, US and South African, not just UK and Irish), football and basketball.

LiveScore Bet Betting Odds

After looking through some comparison sites – OddsChecker, plus a few others – as well as a deeper look across other sportsbooks, it looks as though the odds offered at LiveScore Bet are good, but not incredible. We checked football, tennis and cricket for in-play odds, plus horse racing and a few other sports for pre-match stuff. They’re very competitive but not exactly where line shoppers will come to hunt specific value.

LiveScore Bet Betting App or Mobile Site 

I love LiveScore Bet’s app. This may sound a bit odd, but I’m not entirely sure why, other than it being such a well-put together product. I guess like not noticing a referee in a football match being an indicator that they had a good game, it’s a bit like that. There’s so little fuss and even small things, like turning odds from fractional to decimal after signing up, took 10 seconds, because it was an option in the Settings, which was already easy to find. It’s just very difficult to fault.

LiveScore Bet Football Betting

LiveScore Bet offers a very broad range of football markets, with odds that are mostly competitive. There’s obviously the major leagues and competitions, but bettors can also find domestic leagues as varied as Saudi Arabia, Uruguay and Costa Rica. There is a good range, but it wouldn’t be right up with the very best. There are also some decent promotions running that are football-specific.

Each market also clearly lists whether there are price boosts and/or stats for those games.

Bet Builder 

There’s a good amount of markets within their bet builder feature, not loads, but good enough. I would  like to see a few more (there are no player fouls committed, or player tackles), but to be honest, these might be added closer to the time. On top of the bet builder, there are also Pre-Packs – small, pre-made bet builders of two to five legs that people can take advantage of.

Bonuses

As well as the welcome offer there are a few different promotions to take advantage of. LiveScore Bet’s punters can get best odds guaranteed, plus acca offers (a free acca when you place two accas), and these are on top of free to pay games.

One of these games is LiveScore Bet Squads. Here, you pick five players to represent your “squad”, and these will earn you cash each time they score in listed matches. Once you select players, a prize wheel will determine how much money you’ll win if they score a goal. While it may not be the thing sharps are after, it’s quite fun and at least a different approach to free to play games.

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. LiveScore Bet do this well, allowing their customers to instantly cash out their bets on any device they like.

LiveScore Bet Horse Racing

The horse racing section at LiveScore Bet is nice. The odds are competitive enough, and the market coverage is great – South Africa, the US, France, Australia and more on top of UK and Irish meets. In terms of promotions there is money back as a free bet if your horse places (in selected races), and extra places on certain races

LiveScore Bet also has BOG (Best Odds Guaranteed). This is on all UK racing, with multiples included. Unfortunately it’s only from 10:00am, but the good news is that their cap is set at £50,000.

LiveScore Bet US Sports Betting

A full range of American Sports is available. Of the major leagues in the US, there’s no MLB season currently, but it’s good to see some futures and outrights, regardless. 

American Football Betting

I’d like to see the three main markets for an American football game from the off, here it’s just the spread, and what I (and most NFL fans) is to see the spread, moneyline and total. If you can only see one, then spread is the best, but there’s no reason not to show all three straight up.There are some nice pre-made bet builders and plenty of markets, including a variety of player props.

Basketball Betting

There’s an exceptional selection of leagues here in terms of global coverage. There’s obviously the NBA, but LiveScore Bet covers a wide range of EuroCup, FIBA tournaments and similar. There are also events in South Korea, Poland, China, Brazil and more. There are loads of player props, selected price boosts on a few different markets and decent odds generally. 

Baseball Betting

Fafabet’s baseball section is fine, but it’s a bit tricky to tell right now given the lack of games. The markets that they do have for games are decent aside from that, but there are some games from the Dominican Republic, which you won’t find in many other places.

Ice Hockey Betting

The NHL takes up the bulk of space here, as expected. But there are also some French, Austrian, and Danish fixtures included. I selected an upcoming NHL game and there are loads and loads of markets listed. For the smaller leagues that reduces a bit more, which is understandable. Overall, I think this is a very good standard. Once again, some of these games have price boosts, which is great to see.

LiveScore Bet Greyhound Betting

There’s live streaming on most UK races, and there is also Best Odds Guaranteed for greyhounds from 10:00am. I’d say of all the meets listed on LiveScore Bet, probably about three-quarters had live streaming as an option. Overall, the odds seem pretty good for antepost stuff, so definitely worth checking out and coming back when you can. What’s fantastic, are the in-built Racing Post picks and litter summarizers for each dog in the race.

LiveScore Bet Darts Betting

In terms of darts betting sites in the UK, LiveScore Bet is a pretty decent option. There are lots of competitions listed, and then once you select particular matches, there are lots of markets to choose between. For a few Premier League games coming up there were plenty of additional markets on top of the expected ones, whether that be on 180s, Legs/Sets or Checkouts.

LiveScore Bet Snooker Betting

As with the best snooker betting sites, there are markets for a few different tournaments, including the World Championships, the Masters and World Grand Prix. LiveScore Bet are starting to muscle in on other bookies in the industry with their product, showing the industry that they are absolutely a bookmaker that you should have an account with. Their in-play service for snooker is a real standout, while you can get some snooker price boosts depending on the matches or competitions at the time.

LiveScore Bet Rugby Betting (Union & League)

This is pretty good from LiveScore Bet. Obviously there are Six Nations outrights, alongside the Gallagher Premiership, Champions Cup, URC and Top 14, but there is also Pro D2 in France and Japan’s Rugby League One. That said, within games there is a disappointing selection in markets, with only five or six per match, but these increase the closer to kick off that you get.

LiveScore Bet Cricket Betting

This is generally pretty good. Ideally I’d like to see some more events covered, but there’s a decent amount nonetheless. The odds are really good, and this is probably somewhere I will return to for my cricket betting because the actual number of markets listed per event is better than most I reckon.

LiveScore Bet Tennis Betting

Overall, I think the tennis betting at LiveScore Bet is very good. There are some competitions beyond the Slams, as this goes down to Challenger and ITF level. At the time of review there’s an Australian Open game going on and I can live stream it, while making my bets, and I can also switch the live stream to in-play stats if I choose.

LiveScore Bet Golf Betting

I really like the golf betting here. There are so many competitions and events listed, and within that the market depth is great. The odds let it down a little bit, as I can definitely find better value elsewhere plus there’s no promotions to speak of, so if they could add some more, that would be great.

LiveScore Bet Motorsports Betting

Motor Sports bettors should be happy with the mixture of events here. Understandably, the F1 grand prix takes centre stage, although it doesn’t have its own tab and is housed within the “Motor Racing” section. Here you’ll also find Formula E, MotoGP, NASCAR and Speedway. F1 is definitely the deepest here, which should come as no surprise, with plenty of markets and driver specials for the next Grand Prix of the season.

LiveScore Bet Boxing Betting

There’s lots of boxing bouts to get stuck into here, and the markets look dependent on timings. Those this weekend and over the next few weeks have a decent offering, whereas the further away they get the less markets on offer. That’s understandable, and I wouldn’t expect to find round by round and the like for fights that are months away. Overall, I like what LiveScore Bet is doing, but there’s definitely some other stuff I’d like to see, as everything feels a bit safe.

LiveScore Bet 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 LiveScore Bet looks okay. What is nice to see is as many women’s events as men’s events, with the Women’s World Championships, European League, Women’s Bundesliga, and more. That’s on top of me’s leagues in Sweden, France, Denmark and more. Handball is increasingly popular and LiveScore Bet looks to be struggling in terms of providing a platform for punters to bet on various handball events and tournaments worldwide. 

Cycling Betting

LiveScore Bet 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.

Aussie Rules Football Betting

As far as LiveScore Bet is concerned, their event coverage is pretty standard – they have most parts covered. Their markets and odds are good, but not as great as others, but overall they are still a solid option.

Political Betting

LiveScore Bet doesn’t offer any political betting at the time of review.

Entertainment and Specials Betting

This is okay, fairly standard across the board, really. There’s a couple of UK reality shows listed, plus Eurovision. Weirdly, however, there is nothing in the way of the big American awards ceremonies – even if you don’t have markets on the Golden Globes or Emmys, having nothing for The Oscars is a big miss.

Esports Betting

There is very good betting available for esports markets, with markets on games such as Call of Duty, DOTA 2, Counter-Strike, League of Legends and Valorant, 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 and you can find out if LiveScore Bet makes our best esports betting sites.

Virtual Sports

LiveScore Bet has an okay selection for virtual sports, listing football, greyhounds and horse racing. A properly good selection would have this, plus basketball, motor racing, and a few others on top of that. This is fine, but noting special. 

Casino

LiveScore Bet does have casino. Despite the name of the brand, it’s incredibly easy to find their casino offering from their sportsbook, with banners across the top. They also have some bonuses and offers that lead to casino spins should you win sportsbook bets..

LiveScore Bet Account Opening Process

A reassuringly easy process. At the top-right of the screen LiveScore Bet has their “Join Now” 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]

The LiveScore Bet app is so, so good. The desktop version of the site is already great, but the app does exactly what you want and that is not to feel too far removed when you switch from one device to the next, but also being product-led, and designed to suit its purpose, rather than just be a mobile version. The LiveScore Bet app feels really clean, and is super simple to navigate. I love it.

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 LiveScore Bet 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 was very indeed. 

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 LiveScore Bet has got this part nailed.

LiveScore Bet 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 Unibet 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. Unibet have a legal obligation to question your activity if they believe it to be suspicious.

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

LiveScore Bet Review Summary 

It’s a bit of a tricky one explaining this, because the short review is that LiveScore Bet is really very, very good. It’s excellent. However, the odds aren’t (they’re not bad, just not great either), which seems totally at odds (excuse the pun) with being a good sportsbook. Usually, when a bookie doesn’t have amazing odds they can supplement that with lots of promotions, but LiveScore Bet doesn’t even do that. So why is it good?

There are some price boosts, but it’s the actual product and experience that are so easy on the eye, and fingertips. The navigation is exceptional, the amount of different sports is more than most and the live streaming is a particular highlight. Even for events you can stream there is a little note saying where you can watch the event (Sky sports, TNT etc.)

The free to play games are an extra touch, but nothing that would make you choose LiveScore Bet over anyone else. It’s very, very product-led, and that’s obvious. Even if you don’t get the best value all the time, it’s such a nice betting experience.