Sportsbook Reviews

Welcome to the Predictem sportsbook reviews section where we provide you with an easy to use list of all the best places on the web to bet on sports including their bonus offers and betting information.

While we'd love to be able to give you ratings on the books, it simply wouldn't be fair as many are top notch and there's not much difference between them. We can say however, that we have listed them in order of our preference.

What does our preference matter? We've been in the sports betting industry since the late nineties and are very familiar with the inner and outer workings of which online bookies are credible, reputable and worth calling "recommended." You better believe we tell it how it is because our name depends on it! With that being said, our integrity is not for sale and we actually turn down more sports book advertising deals than we accept. When your playing with a Predictem recommended sportsbook, your wagering at a place that is ROCK SOLID!

BODOG LIFE
Phone Number: 1-888-263-0000
Email: service@bodoglife.com
In Business Since: 1995
Location: San Jose, Costa Rica
Minimum Deposit: $20
Deposit Methods: Western Union, Visa, Master Card, Click2Pay, eWalletXpress, Phone Card, Neteller (Non U.S.), Moneybookers (Non U.S.), Bank Wire
Sign-up Bonus: 10%
Minimum Bet: Online: $5 Phone: $50

Reasons to Bet There: Bodog Life has the most excellent customer service you'll find at any online bookie! Clerks you can actually understand! Bonuses are credited to accounts INSTANTLY! One stop shop for all your gambling needs as they have all the major sports wagering such as football, basketball, baseball and hockey as well as casino action, horse racing and online poker! Sorry, Canadian players are not accepted here. Open an account today by clicking here!

BETED
Phone Number: 1-877-772-3833.
Email: help@beted.com
In Business Since: 2005.
Location: San Jose, Costa Rica.
Minimum Deposit: $10.
Deposit Methods: Instant Checks (ACH), Visa, Money Transfer, Neteller, Moneybookers, Bank Wires,
Sign-up Bonus: 15% or 50% depending on style you choose and 10% reloads. Must request bonus before making first play!
Minimum Bet: Online: $10 Phone: $25 per play and $50 per call.
Wagers Offered: Point spreads, straight bets, single bets, moneylines, totals, true odds parlays, teasers, pleasers, point buys, if/win bets, futures, props and more. Types of bets include but are not limited to: NFL and NCAA football betting, NHL hockey, soccer, boxing, golf, tennis, auto racing, olympics and mixed martial arts. Entertainment bets available from time to time as well.

Reasons to Play at bet Ed: This online sportsbook does it all right. From top notch customer service to easy depositing to some of the best odds on the net, top to bottom this is a first class online sports book. Not to mention their generous bonus offer, which allows you to select from a flat 15% bonus or 50% of your first bet. What's better than gambling for a bigger bonus? (Max bonus $250.) This bookie also has personality as their clubhouse offers the babe of the week, sports analysis from Gavin McDougald's "view from the couch," stats to help you handicap the games and they even have some comedic gambling cartoons (funnies). Open an account and join today by clicking here!

SPORTSBOOK.COM
Phone Number: 1-800-632-6088
Customer Service Email: cashier@sportsbook.com
In Business Since: 1996.
Location: San Jose, Costa Rica (Offices Worldwide.)
Minimum Deposit: $25.
Banking: Visa, Mastercard, Credit Cards.
Sign-up Bonus: 10% (posted instantly to your betting account.)
Minimum Bet: Online: $10.

Reasons to Wager There: A little tip for you all.. This is a sportsbook that has a tremendous volume of players. They also offer an online poker room. Many of these sports bettors hop over to the poker room once the days games are over. Many of these sports bettors are just that and NOT good poker players. In summary, often times you'll be able to get into some lower limit games with some very ripe fish in the late evening hours resulting in some very easy pickin's and nice wins.

Speaking of poker, they offer satellite tournaments where you can win a free seat to the World Series of Poker! Be sure to check out their cycle, no hitter and slaughter rule refunds too! Open an account today by clicking here!

SUPERBOOK
Phone Number: 1-800-996-5833
Email: custserv@SuperBook.com
Online Since: 1996.
Location: Antigua.
Minimum Deposit: $25.
Deposit Methods: Credit Cards, Visa, Mastercard.
Sign-up Bonus: 10%. Sometimes they offer a super-sized bonus of 15% if you deposit over $500. See site for details.
Minimum Bet: Online: $10.

Reasons to Gamble There: You have to see their no hitter, cycle hitter and slaughter rule promos for baseball. Worth a laugh and probably a few bucks throughout the MLB season. They offer supersized bonuses of 15% if you up your minimum deposit to $500 or more. Lay -105 on Friday NBA! Contests during the NFL football season!

Offers live help online chat customer service. Endorsed as one of Predictem.com Staff favorites. Open an account today by clicking here!

5DIMES
Phone Number: 1-800-305-3517.
Email: info@5dimes.com
In Business Since: 1998.
Location: San Jose, Costa Rica.
Minimum Deposit: $50.
Deposit Methods: Visa, Mastercard, 900 Pay, eCheck, Bank Wires, Click2Pay, Western Union, e-gold, check via courier and book to book transfer.
Sign-up Bonus: They offer a 20% and a 50% bonus. Which you receive depends on your deposit amount and method of deposit.
Minimum Bet: Online: $1 Phone: $50 but only $25 if it's a teaser or parlay.

Perks: They are a must have if your into baseball betting as they offer MLB dimelines up to -176! Other baseball bets of interest include being able to turn the favorite into an underdog with their alternate runlines! Like Teasers? 5 Dimes offers you not only the standard full game teasers but the ability to bet on a first half or second half teaser! This includes monster teasers as well!

They offer tons of promotions including the up to $200 free play, Big G $1000 free play for large bettors, lucky 7 lottery promotion where you can receive 77 chances to win in their pick 3 and pick 4 payouts, 50% rake back in their poker room and reduced juice offerings.

They also have what the players have called the fairest online casino on the web as well. Along with fair play comes great promotions like reversed commission pai gow Tuesday's, radical roulette Wednesday's, 100x odds craps Thursday's, 2 to 1 blackjack payouts on Friday's and more. Sports betting is simply more enjoyable here! Open an account today by clicking here!

MYSPORTSBOOK
Phone Number: 1-866-238-6648.
Email: support@mysportsbook.com
In Business Since: 1999.
Location: Antigua.
Minimum Deposit: $20.
Deposit Methods: Credit Cards, Visa, Mastercard
Sign-up Bonus: 10% sign up, 5% reload on Thursdays, 21% referral.
Minimum Bet: Online: $1 (horses) Sports are $10.
Wagers Offered: Sides, totals, parlays, teasers, if bets, reverses, round robins, poker games, casino action, horse wagers

Reasons to do your Betting There: Because they are a one stop full service online bookie offering sports betting, a racebook, online casino and a poker room where you can play against others for real money! Want to bet a cross sport or mixed prop parlay here? No problem!

Promotions include 5% added to redeposits placed on Thursday's, lay -105 on bets when placed on Friday, get a 21% bonus on your buddies first deposit when you refer a friend, get a free $10 bet each week (no risk bet,) move the line with their buy points option, enter contests which huge prizes bet on games live during the games with their in-game betting option and more! Open an account today by clicking here!

BETUS SPORTSBOOK
Phone Number: 1-800-973-6659.
Email: newaccount@BetUS.com
In Business Since: 1993
Location: San Jose, Costa Rica.
Minimum Deposit: $25
Deposit Methods: Credit Cards, Visa, Mastercard, Direct Bank Wire, Money Transfer, Check.
Sign-up Bonus: Up to 50%.
Minimum Bet: Online: $5
Wagers Offered: Sides, totals, parlays, teasers, point buying, futures, props.

Reasons to Play There: In addition to all their great wagering options, Betus takes it to a new level offline as well as they mail their clients wagering guide magazines, rotation schedules and their famous swimsuit calender and DVD. The rewards program they offer is exceptional. Accrue points according to how much action you place and redeem those points for free plays and prizes. Open an account today by clicking here!

SBG GLOBAL - CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP!
Phone Number: 1-888-BET-EASY (1-888-238-3279)
Email: customerservice@betsbg.com
In Business Since: 1996.
Location: Costa Rica (Offices located in UK as well.)
Minimum Deposit: $50.
Deposit Methods: Credit Card, Visa, Mastercard, Bankwires.
Sign-up Bonus: Up to 30%!
Minimum Bet: Online: $10 Phone: $50.
Wagers Offered: Straight bets, parlays, teasers, if bets, reverses, round robins as well as moneylines, totals, point buys, quarter and half wagering, first half wagering and 2nd half bets.

Reasons to Gamble There: Need to place bets away from home? No worries! SBG offers wireless betting for PDA's!.Need to speak to customer service but can't do so over the phone? No problem! Simply click on LIVE HELP to speak to a representative online! Their loyalty program allows you to earn points every time you make a bet. These points can be turned in for cash rewards that will be added to your account! Simply call customer service at any time to find out what your loyalty points balance is!

Want more promos? In the last 2 weeks of November they off no vig teasers! Like contests? They offer a 500k March Madness "King of the HIll" contest! They offer a fat NBA contest as well in which 10k/week is given out and 150k over the course of the season! If that's not enough, they also offer a 500k Annual Turkey Bowl, a 500k college bowl bonanza and a score phone with no ads! (1-866-score-11.) Open an account today by clicking here!

LINESMAKER
Phone Number: 1-866-66-BET-LM (23856).
Email: cashier@linesmaker.com
In Business Since: 1997.
Location: Antigua
Minimum Deposit: $20.
Deposit Methods: Credit Card.
Sign-up Bonus: 20% on deposits over $20. Maximum bonus is $400. Bonuses are credited instantly upon deposit! Promo code bonuses are updated once per day.
Minimum Bet: Online: $10

Reasons to Play There: Like contests? They offer a huge pigskin contest every football season. Are you one who admits that their not the best sports gambler in the world but bets anyway for recreation? If so, they offer redeposit bonuses every Thursday that range from 7 to 10%. They also offer cash back bonuses on losses. See their site for more details on those. Lastly, Linesmaker offers risk free bets to their loyal clients!

More reasons to play at Linesmaker.com include: Live in game betting, their sportsbook demo option allows you to try them out without depositing any money, they have a credit card processor that can get credit cards to work; even from Americans! You can parlay different sports together too! Every now and then they offer "no juice" games too! This means that your betting at even odds on specific games the book puts out! Like poker? Linesmaker Poker is part of a the Cake Poker network which has a high volume of cash game and tournament players around the clock. This means that you'll be able to find a game that at YOUR limits at any hour of the day!

Open an account today by clicking here!

BOOKMAKER
Phone Number: 1-800-290-7951.
Email: cs@bookmaker.com
In Business Since: 1985.
Location: San Jose, Costa Rica.
Minimum Deposit: $5 when using credit card.
Deposit Methods: Credit Cards, Visa, Mastercard, Western Union, Bank Wire, Bank Draft, eWallet Express, MyCitadel, Click2Pay, Neteller, Instadebit and Moneybookers.
Sign-up Bonus: 20% free play when sending more than $300.
Minimum Bet: Online: $5 Phone: $50.
Wagers Offered: All the regular wager types plus the hard to find action points wager.

Reasons to Bet There: Customer service here is top notch. Speak to reps on the phone or utilize their live chat which rarely ever has a long wait. This book offers huge limits. $5000 for online bets and $20k over the phone. They'll take larger wagers over the phone too, you just have to get authorization. Parlay and teaser payoffs are standard. Unfortunatley this book doesn't offer a dime line in baseball either (they have 20 cent lines.)

Their one of the best at getting credit card deposits to work, even for bettors from the USA. They cover fees when using Western Union if you send more than $300. Open an account today by clicking here!

WAGERWEB - CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR AN ACCOUNT
Phone Number: 1-888-464-2387. (1-888-GO4-BETS)
Email: support@betcg.com
In Business Since: 1998.
Location: Costa Rica.
Minimum Deposit: $20.
Deposit Methods: Credit Cards, Visa, Mastercard, Cashiers Check, Bank Wires, 900Pay, EWalletXpress, Western Union, Moneygram, Moneybookers, My Citadel, Neteller.
Sign-up Bonus: Offers a 30% "progressive bonus." See their site for details.
Minimum Bet: Online: $5.
Wagers Offered: All the normal wagers are offered here. The question is what don't they offer? You can bet on MMA, the Olympics, Policital Issues, Reality TV, Celebrity Props, Cricket, Cycling, Hand Ball and even joing fantasy sports contests and office pools here. This really is a bookie that wants to make it fun for you the bettor.

Reasons to Gamble There: Because their a fun sports bookie! They offer EVERYTHING making them a one stop shop to place your bets with. They also let you view their live odds without having to log in or be a client.

Want more reasons to gamble here? They even have stats so you can do your handicapping on their site! For you horndogs out there they have a special section devoted to Wagerweb Babes too and whoever posts these pics ain't got bad taste! Open an account today by clicking here!

SPORTBET
Phone Number: 1-800-430-5896.
Email: help@sportbet.com
In Business Since: 1997.
Location: San Jose, Costa Rica.
Minimum Deposit: $50.00
Deposit Methods: Credit cards, Visa, Mastercard, Western Union, Moneygram, Direct Money Transfer, Person to Person.
Sign-up Bonus: 50%, 20% or 10% depending on what method you use to deposit.
Minimum Bet: Online: $1 Phone: $25.
Wagers Offered: straight bets, over/unders, parlays, teasers, proposition wagers and more.

Reasons to Gamble There: They have some great promotions such as the ability to get a free half point on Thursday's, they offer rebates on MLB action placed, 5% horse rebates and offer -105 reduced juice sports betting if you place your bets on Tuesday's. Open an account today by clicking here!

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