About This Site

Betfred is a quintessential UK high street bookmaker. The company started in Salford in 1967 with one betting shop and has since expanded to become one of the largest operations in the country with a strong online presence alongside more than 1,500 shops. Online you they offer a full range of betting markets, casino, slots, poker and bingo. We are concerned here with the Betfred Games site.

Alongside an abundance of playing options a name like Betfred offers trust and security. If playing at a small white label with no brand integrity makes you nervous then a big name like this is a great alternative.

Highlights of Betfred

• Awesome sign up offer with 100 free spins for a £10 stake
• £5 minimum deposit
• Accepts Paypal deposits
• Trusted high street sportsbook brand
• Fast withdrawals

Across The Web – More Betfred Reviews

Betfred has an average score of 3.0/5 on Trustpilot from 4,039 reviews (09.01.23).

This is just above average for the casinos and slot sites we have reviewed. 45% of customers give the site a 1/5 rating and 35% give it a 5/5. As with most sites, many complaints come from those who have had losing streaks and are venting. There are also 17 complaints about slow withdrawals here. To be fair, that is a relatively small number for a site this big. Browsing through the comments on Trustpilot, it’s good to see that Betfred support team regularly reply to complaints which shows a proactive customer support team.  I talk about my own experiences with withdrawals later in this review.

Key Findings From Our Testing

• Registration Time: 2 minutes
• Account Verification: Automatic on sign up
• KYC Document Verification: In minutes using the Hooyu 3rd party system
• Withdrawal Time Mastercard:
• Withdrawal Time Skrill: 9 hours 15 minutes.

Is Betfred Legit?

Yes, Betfred is a legit casino. The company behind Betfred is Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited. The company is registered in Gibraltar and licensed and regulated in both Gibraltar and the United Kingdom.

These are the license details under which Betfred takes bets in the UK:

• UK Gambling Commission – Remote 039544-R-319290-008
• Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner – License number 36

Regulatory Action

On 8^th September 2022 Betfred was fined £2,873,750 million under section 121 of the Gambling Act 2005 (the Act) for anti-money laundering and responsible gambling failings. They were also issued with a warning and future breaches of their license conditions could result in suspension or withdrawal of the Betfred license in the UK.

Fines like these have been commonplace in the last 2 years as the regulator seeks to clamp down on bad business practices and ensure operators are abiding by new guidelines on affordability checks for high spending customers.

Website Design and Usability  

Betfred is a typical sportsbook that has expanded into casino, poker, bingo and slots. There is a lot packed in and a lot of navigation to work around so it can feel confusing. The site is designed for long lists of betting markets and odds. That design does not alter when you navigate into the games area. This makes it feels more crowded and intense than a dedicated casino or slot site and was not really to my taste. If you do lose your way you can just click the Games button in the top navigation to take yourself back to ‘home’.

Betfred Games – online slots played through a sportsbook site

In terms of performance, Betfred website was very poor. There were constant issues with pages loading slowly, sometimes taking up to 10 seconds. On a few occasions I clicked on the ‘Games’ link and a message came up saying, ‘No games available’. This is surprising for an operator of this size and something I haven’t seen before.

Putting those usability issues aside, when you do arrive on important pages like Promotions and FAQs all the required information was available and clear to read.

Sign-Up and First Deposit At Betfred

The registration at Betfred took a little over average at over 2 minutes. The sign-up form has five steps in it, rather than the usual three, and you’ll need to enter your full name and address, email, mobile number and date of birth. Unusually, you are also required to enter a Security Question. That gives an added level of comfort if you are concerned about someone hacking your account.

The form was processed without any glitches.

My account was confirmed in just over 2 minutes

I deposited £10 with Mastercard to qualify for the welcome bonus and received 100 spins for the Blueprint Gaming slots. Like much of the experience at Betfred, the cashier can feel a little clunky. The games and casino are not fully integrated with the sportsbook so you need to transfer your cash balance to a ‘casino chip’ balance before you can use it.

You must transfer between your cash and chips balance to play slots

Account Verification at Betfred

At Betfred, age and address checks on registration are done behind the scenes using 3^rd parties like Experian. I was able to pass the verification process and deposit and play immediately this way.

If your age and address cannot be verified or you are required to provide further proof at a later date, Betfred have integrated with the 3^rd party Hooyu system which uses automated AI systems to verify ID documents uploaded online. This significantly speeds up the notorious KYC (Know Your Customer) checks that have been a constant source of frustration for casino players in recent years. Find out more about Hooyu on their website.

My own experience with Hooyu has been mixed. Sometimes the system doesn’t recognise your documents, but you can only expect that to improve over time. It is still a good sign that Betfred have integrated this system for its customer and should reduce the number of complaints related to KYC checks and slow withdrawals.

Bonuses and Promotions

Sign Up Offer

Get 100 free spins on Blueprint Gaming slots: Beavis and Butt-Head, Eye of Horus, Fishin’ Frenzy, Slots O’ Gold Megaways Ted Jackpot King, The Goonies Jackpot King.

Significant Terms

You must deposit and wager £10 on slot games at Betfred Games before you receive your free spins. There are no wagering requirements associated with your free spins winnings and there is no limit on how much you can win.

Stake £10 to get 100 spins on top Blueprint Gaming slots with no wagering requirements

Is this a good offer?

This is one of my favourite slots bonuses for UK players right now. It’s a great deal if you are looking to make a deposit of just £10 and you enjoy the Blueprint Gaming slots, in particular their Jackpot King series. And with no wagering requirements and no win limit, it’s hard to find any fault with this offer.

Of course, it doesn’t give you a match bonus with your deposit and it is restricted to just those Blueprint games. If you are looking for something with a match bonus and you are depositing £10 then you could try Casumo where get a 100% match and 20 spins on Sahara Riches Cash Collect instead. Or, if you’re first deposit is likely to be much higher than £10 then you should try something like Spin and Win where you get a 100% match up to £500.

You can find more offers to browse through, and help finding one to suit your budget and your tastes on this page.

Other Promotions at Betfred

For regulars, there are weekly promotions that give you the chance to earn extra free spins. Quite a lot actually. Most work on the simple basis that if you stake x you’ll get x free spins. Typically, stake £25 and get 5 free spins, stake £10 and get 10 free spins, or collect up to 200 spins over a week by earning 1 spin for every £10 staked.

These are good offers because the winnings are always paid out in cash. However, as free spins deals they are restricted to just the games the spins are eligible for. Neverthless, Betfred appears to have a more active promotions calendar than many rivals.

Slot Game and Software

Online Slots

The Betfred slots catalogue includes games from around 35 suppliers. The main contender here is Playtech, but there are also games from big names like NetEnt, Microgaming, Thunderkick, Yggdrasil, Blueprint Gaming, IGT, Barcrest, ELK Studios and Pragmatic Play.

In total I estimate there to be around 750 games available. This is well short of dedicated casinos like Casumo (well over 2,500) or a white label operator like White Hat Gaming (well over 2,000 games on Temple Nile). However, there are still some very good titles including many Megaways games and jackpots like the Mega Moolah series from Microgaming.

I found the game menu to be very basic. It lacks the sophistication you find at big casinos like Play OJO where you can search by paylines, variance, game suppliers and other interesting filters. Instead, like much of the Betfred site, it’s no easy to find your way around. The games themselves also load up in a new window  in front of the site as you can see in the screenshot below which feels very old-skool. Most sites have been emedding games since at least 2010!

Betfred – slots open in front of the main website

Here are 10 of the best slots we found at Betfred Games:

• Bonanza by Big Time Gaming
• Big Bass Bonanza by Pragmatic Play
• Mega Moolah by Microgaming
• Book of Sam by ELK Studios
• Ted by Blueprint Gaming
• Dead or Alive 2 by NetEnt
• Raging Rhino by WMS
• Cleopatra by IGT
• Pink Elephants by Thunderkick
• Vikings Go To Hell by Yggdrasil

Other Games at Betfred

Signing up to Betfred also gives you access to the full suite of live dealer tables from Playtech. There are more than 20 Blackjack tables taking bets at any one time and 18 Roulettes and 10 Baccarats. Betfred does not offer the popular Evolution Gaming suite of tables that you can find at other casinos. If you do like those games then you should try another slot site from our lists.

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