Pokerstars Sportsbook Review

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Free-to-play World Cup Promotion at Pokerstars Sports

Pokerstars Sports recently announced that they are running a special, Free-to-play World Cup Promotion. Please note that they are running this bonus alongside their regular bonuses and welcome bonus. The new promotion invites players to guess all 64 World Cup Matched a the 2018 World Cups tournament for a chance to win a £100.000.000 (Yes, you read it right that is £100 Million !) if they correctly predict the outcome of all games. They will be running TV adverts in all countries so this promotion has quite some potential.

Pokerstars Sports “Spin & Bet”

Spin & Bet is an interesting new feature that is exclusive to Pokerstars Sports. In a nutshell, bettors can enhance their potential winnings by up to ten times the original amount by virtue of a “Spin”. Interested? Here’s how it works:

Go to the Pokerstars Sports homepage and you will see the a box marked “Spin & Bet – WIN UP TO TEN TIMES MORE” left of center, just before the Bet Slip option. Right below that there is a sequence of three simple steps:

• You will find a selection of Spin & Bet markets – normally football matches – in the drop-down Spin & Bet option. Choose the game you want to bet on, and then add it to your betting slip.
• Enter your stake
• Click Spin and immediately multiply your potential winnings by up to ten times

There’s no additional charge with Spin & Bet, so you have absolutely nothing to lose and potentially plenty to gain. Looks like a nailed on winner!

What You’ll Find In This Review

Introducing Pokerstars Sports
Pokerstars Sports Betting Markets
Pokerstars Sports Mobile Betting
Pokerstars Sports Live Streaming
Pokerstars Sports Betting Offers
Sign-Up At Pokerstars Sports
Safer Gambling with Pokerstars
Pokerstars Sports Banking Options
Pokerstars Sports Website
Frequently Asked Questions
Our Expert’s Verdict

Pokerstars Sports

Anyone familiar with online poker will be only too aware of the behemoth that is PokerStars, the no.1 poker cardroom website on the planet. To get an idea of just how big PokerStars are, their sponsorship roster includes such global sporting icons as Barcelona striker Neymar, 14-time tennis slam winner Rafael Nadal, Real Madrid’s quadruple Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo, the Brazilian World Cup winning Ronaldo and tennis legend and current Svengali to world no.1 Novak Djokovic – Boris Becker!

To say that PokerStars is big would be an understatement. Right now in terms of online players they attract and business they do, they are the Premier League of poker.

The news that the owners of PokerStars – gambling and gaming giants Amaya Inc. – were venturing into the sports betting market must have made the established order of bet365, William Hill, Coral and Paddy Power quiver in their luxury penthouses. If anyone has the power to put out a sportsbook capable of not only competing with the current cream of the crop, but eventually taking over, it’s Amaya Inc.

Pokerstars Sports went live in early 2016, and the good news is that to use a sporting terminology, already they are looking like title contenders. Pokerstars Sports might not be as instantly flashy as some sites, and for now it lacks the luxury of free live-streaming. However what it does, it does extremely well, with an ever growing number of sports covered with a vast array of betting markets designed to entertain even the most easily bored of sports bettors, a regular supply of special offers – not to mention consistently great odds. This is a sportsbook you will want to return to again and again.

Pokerstars Sports subsequent sponsorship of reigning Premier League champions Leicester City – the biggest story in sport of 2015-16 – is as strong a statement of intent as one could hope to send; Pokerstars Sports mean business and are looking to make some headlines of their own!

Pokerstars Sports Betting Markets

As already stated, Pokerstars Sports currently has an impressive 37 regular sports to wager on, and look set to expand even further. All of the sports-betting heavyweights like soccer, tennis, horse racing, golf, darts, snooker, rugby, cricket, the US Big Four (NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL), Formula One and boxing are featured, as well as more niche sports like bowls, speedway, volleyball and water polo.

Here are just three of the sports markets featured on Pokerstars Sports:

Pokerstars Sports Football Odds

As touched upon earlier in this review, the Pokerstars Sports logo has a football lodged in between the word’s “Bet” and “Stars”, and the homepage features a floodlit football pitch – clearly this is a sportsbook that takes soccer seriously!

To see the extent of Pokerstars Sports commitment to the beautiful game, if one clicks on Football at the top of the homepage, and then on the subheadings entitled Highlights, In-Play, Daily and Matches, a multitude of games from every league and every cup competition from every country in the world will appear, complete with multiple betting markets and great odds.

How many markets? Typically they can range from the high 90s to well over 100, depending on the stature of the game. At the time of compiling this review, the Premiership opener between Arsenal and Liverpool featured 98 betting markets, while the La Liga clash between Sevilla and Barcelona had some 112 markets to choose from.

Markets include Match Result, Asian Handicap, European Handicap, First Team To Score, Goal Scorer, Half With Most Goals, Penalty Conceded And Failed plus Missed Penalty for either team.

Pokerstars Sports Horse Racing Odds

While it’s not even featured on some of the European versions, on the Pokerstars Sports UK site horse racing gets second billing only to football, and it’s great to see the Sport of Kings given the respect it deserves. Horse racing remains enormously popular with sports bettors in the UK and Ireland, and fans of the ponies won’t be disappointed with Pokerstars Sports coverage, which amounts to four sub-categories to choose from under the Horse Racing banner;

• Highlights – a list of the key meetings and outstanding races of the day
• Meetings – a concise list of the upcoming horse meetings taking place on that day and over the next 24-48 hours
• Future – a detailed look at the possible runners and riders of races that are set to take place beyond the next 48 hours
• Results – here’s where you can keep track of all the day’s action, plus the results from past meets, dating back several weeks
• Spin & Bet – enhance your potential winnings by as much as ten-fold using Pokerstars Sports exclusive Spin & Bet feature. It costs nothing to use, and it might just boost your winnings substantially, so give it a spin!

Pokerstars Sports Tennis Odds

Before the explosion of online sports betting,

Tennis is now second only to soccer in terms of the amount of sports betting traffic it generates, largely down to the in-play betting, a form of real-time wagering which works better with tennis than any other sport.

If you are in-play betting on a football match for example, you could wait the whole game for a goal or a corner. In tennis there are a minimum of twelve games in a match (barring injuries), and those games will last five minutes on average. If you are a tennis fan and know the players on court and can read the match, you can be in the black in no time, and come match-point have earned a tidy sum!

Pokerstars Sports’ tennis covers ATP, WTA and ITF events week by week, and features multiple markets and great odds for both live matches and upcoming matchups. There are on average 8-10 tennis markets per match, including Match Betting, Handicap Total Games, Set 1 Result and Set 1 Correct Score, plus of course in-play betting.

Pokerstars Sports are less on the ball when it comes to Outrights – i.e., providing odds on the winner in advance of major tournaments like the U.S. Open, the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon, plus ATP World Tour Finals and the Federation Cup. Many sportsbooks will carry outright odds for these events a year in advance, but at the time of writing this review the only tennis Outrights Pokerstars Sports featured were for the US Open and the Davis Cup.

Pokerstars Sports Mobile Betting

The mobile side of sports betting has become a major factor in the gaming industry, and one that every sportsbook with ambitions of longevity must take seriously. The modern-day sports bettor needs to be able to access all features of their preferred sportsbook whether they are in front of their PC, lying on the sofa cradling their tablet, or out and about and relying on their smartphone to stay in touch with the action.

Ayala Inc. are no slouches in this department, and the Pokerstars Sports mobile site will do anything that its desktop sibling can do, and just as quickly. This reviewer road-tested the Pokerstars Sports mobile site on a Samsung smartphone, and all features could be navigated with ease using just one hand, and that included making bets, partaking in in-play betting, using cash-out, and adding or withdrawing funds. As long as the user has access to WIFI or 4G, they are in business no matter where they might be.

Pokerstars Sports Live Streaming

Live-streaming offers sports bettors the chance to view a sporting event in real time on their PC or mobile device, and online sportsbooks like bet365 and Paddy Power have taken great strides in providing a live-streaming service for multiple sports.

At the time of compiling this review Pokerstars Sports do not feature live-streaming on either their desktop or mobile sites, although with their budget and ambition, that could well change in the near future.

What Pokerstars Sports do feature is an excellent infographic for sports like tennis and soccer. This gives a viewer a virtual feel of the action, displays ebbs and flows of a game, while also pumping out a steady stream of stats relating to the action taking place. It’s not quite live-streaming, but it definitely gives the bettor a strong sense of interaction with the event they are following, and this feature works just as well on the mobile site as it does on a PC.

Pokerstars Sports Betting Offers

Because of their affiliation with Leicester City FC, Pokerstars Sports will be presenting regular promotional offers specifically for customers who are supporters of the Leicester team, with free bets and enhanced odds tailored specifically for the Foxes’ season as defending Premier League champions, and also for their first ever Champions League campaign.

Non-Leicester City fans shouldn’t feel too left out, the signs are that Pokerstars Sports intends to be THE SPORTSBOOK when it comes to football betting, so expect a steady stream of free bets, special deals and enhanced odds dropping into your email box.

Special offers include “Bore Draw Money Back” which enables punters to get their stake money back (up to £50) on any ‘Correct Score’, ‘Halftime-Fulltime’, ‘First Goalscorer’, ‘Last Goalscorer’, or ‘Match Result and Both Teams to Score’ bet, if a match ends 0-0 in the following leagues: Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1.

Sign Up At Pokerstars Sports

If you have signed up with online sportsbooks before, you will be well aware of how easy and straightforward the process is, and opening an account with Pokerstars Sports is no exception:

Step 1

Click on the green button marked Join Now on the top right of the homepage. A box will appear in the center of the screen asking for your country of residence, your email address and your choice of ID and password for your new Pokerstars Sports account. Fill in each of these categories and remember to safeguard your Pokerstars Sports ID and password as you will need these every time you log in.

When you are ready, click on the arrow at the bottom-right of the box.

Step 2

You will now be asked to Choose a Deposit Amount. This is simply informing Pokerstars Sports how much funds you will be using to open your account. While the suggestions given are 30, 50 and 100, in the box marked “Other” you can add whatever figure you like. Bear in mind, the minimum funds required to open a new Pokerstars Sports account are £9.00.

Step 3

You can now go ahead and add funds to your account via the wide variety of methods listed below in the Pokerstars Sports Banking section. Once you have funds in your account, you can begin betting. To take advantage of Pokerstars Sports promotional offer of £30 in free bets, your initial bet must be for a minimum of £10 and performed with superior single or combined odds of 1.5 (1/2).

Remember, you cannot bet with more than you have in your account.

PokerStars Casino

The name of this brand pretty much tells you what you can expect to find on its website. This is why you can easily jump right into the PokerStars Casino section. There are multiple versions and variants of poker.

Not only that, but you can also join multiple poker tournaments with thousands of other users. The tournaments are easy to join and have some pretty high prizes. In addition to this, you can also opt for one of the available bonus offers and maximise your experience.

Safer Gambling with Pokerstars

With Pokerstars, you can take advantage of a dedicated section on their website, where you’ll find an abundance of tools to ensure safer gambling.

• Deposit limits
• Time out
• Self exclusion
• Gambling blocks
• Self-assessment
• Session reminders

Pokerstars’ impressive reputation is well-earned due to their provision of these tools and a dedicated section on their site for safer gambling, and their dedication implies the forthcoming introduction of more tools.

Pokerstars Sports Banking Options

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Banking with Pokerstars Sports is made easier than many sportsbooks by the allowance of PayPal as a method to both add and withdraw funds from an account. PayPal is by far the world’s largest online money wallet, and yet the vast majority of sportsbooks choose to steer clear of it, which is an inconvenience for its legion of users, many of whom rely on PayPal for all of their online transactions.

As well as PayPal, Pokerstars Sports customers can add funds to their account via the following options:

Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, EntroPay, NETELLER, Skrill, Bank Transfer, PokerStars TopUp, and Paysafecard.

Withdrawing funds can be done using the following options:

Visa, EntroPay, NETELLER, PayPal and Skrill.

Funds will take 3-5 working days to clear. There are no added withdrawal fees or taxes to pay.

Pokerstars Sports Website

The Pokerstars Sports logo and homepage header is based on that of PokerStars, but that is where the similarity ends; Pokerstars Sports is very much a traditional old-school online sportsbook, with a few modern twists thrown in.

While the majority of current sportsbooks stick to the tried and tested formula of placing their featured sports in a drop-down format to the left of the homepage, descending either alphabetically or in terms of popularity, Pokerstars Sports feature their most popular half-dozen sports going across the top of the homepage. When this review was written, Rio 2016 was in full flow, so the sports featured were Football, Horse Racing, Tennis, Olympics, Basketball and Baseball. To the right of the page is a “Sports A-Z” option, and clicking on this instantly reveals the whole array of sports that Pokerstars Sports covers, which currently stands at 37 and seems to grow by the week.

Click on any sport, and anything from 4-6 sub-headers will appear, offering options like Highlights, In-Play, Daily, Matches, Outrights and Coupons. Each of these categories are concise and constantly updated and keep the bettor up to speed with the most attractive bets from the largest selection of games, matches and meets, news, plus the latest special offers.

Center screen on the homepage is devoted to in-play action, and focuses on whatever event is holding center stage at that time. During the day it could be a steady stream of live tennis matches, and by the evening the action could have switched to football, with a battery of games from various leagues around the world.

Whether you are indulging in some in-play action or searching for upcoming sporting events, Pokerstars Sports’ smooth interface helps you maneuver about the site quickly and efficiently, and it handles with the ease of an established veteran rather than a newcomer.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where Can I Find Pokerstars Sports?

If you want to bet on sports with Pokerstars Sports, you can do this either via the Pokerstars Sports website or by downloading the Pokerstars Sports client. If you already have a poker or games account with Pokerstars Sports, you can use your current User ID and password.

How Do I Place A Bet At Pokerstars Sports?

You can place your bets using the Pokerstars Sports client and the Pokerstars Sports website. There is also the Pokerstars Sports app available on iOS and Android.

How Can I View My Previous Pokerstars Sports Bets?

To view your betting history, enter your details on the Pokerstars Sports website, go to Tools>Sports>Betting History.

Can I Request Odds At Pokerstars Sports?

If you want to place a bet on a market that Pokerstars Sports don’t currently offer, contact their 24/7 Customer Service team via email or through the ‘Help’ function on the website.

How Do I Check If I Have A Pokerstars Sports Free Bet?

The option to use a free bet will appear on your betting slip. Otherwise, you can check the ‘Free Bets’ section after you login to your Pokerstars Sports account.

Our Expert’s Verdict

Like satellites circling the globe, the amount of online sportsbooks floating around in cyberspace is constantly increasing, and while many will fizzle out or crash and burn, some will survive and prosper, and are clearly built to last for a long time.

Pokerstars Sports stands head and shoulders above recent additions to the online sportsbook family, and with their vast range of sports, excellent variety of betting markets and crucially, odds that are second to none – not to mention the backing of a parent company with very deep pockets – they look set to be a major player for many years to come.

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*This review is a promotional feature and the site has been paid for by Pokerstars to provide the following positive review about Pokerstars– this review is not provided by an independent consumer.