Best Betting Sites in 2025

How we Choose The Best Betting Sites

We rate betting sites based on what actually matters to bettors, using expert insights and real user feedback to get a genuine picture of what’s important.

Safety

It's crucial that your financial and personal details are safe when you sign up with an online bookmaker. You also need to know that your bets will be honoured and the site will pay out if you're successful.

For this reason, we only recommend betting sites licensed by gambling regulators.

This ensures that they take responsible gambling seriously and make tools available to customers to help them bet safely.

If you ever come across a betting site and you're unsure if it's regulated, it's a good idea to scroll down and check the footer for licensing details.

Reliability

Whether you prefer to use the browser version of a site or a betting app, it must be reliable.

It's frustrating when you're trying to get a bet on and the site keeps crashing - especially if you want to capitalise on in-play odds while an event is live.

When a new betting site goes through our testing process, we run checks to ensure it loads quickly and doesn't crash.

Betting Options

It's pointless signing up with a bookmaker if it doesn't have markets for the sports you want to bet on.

When ranking sites, we give priority to bookies that have plenty of betting options for their users.

We recommend visiting a site and checking the available markets before you sign up, as you don't want to go through the registration process only to be left disappointed.

Odds

Bookmakers make money by working an edge into the odds they offer - but they shouldn't get away with low-balling punters.

We're always on the lookout for the sites that offer the most value.

A small difference in odds can have a big impact on  your potential returns over time.

Offers & Free Bets

Free bets and offers are essential for online bookmakers. This is one of the key advantages to betting online instead.

The more free bets and offers a bookie has, the higher we tend to rank it, but only after we've tested the site to ensure there are no nasty surprises hidden in the small print.

Live Streams

Betting is a lot more fun when you can watch the event you have a bet on, so sites with a range of live streams are given extra marks by our reviewers.

With access to live coverage, you can instantly react to what you're watching with in-play bets, or you can simply sit back and watch your pre-match bets play out.

Irish Angle

The best betting sites must cater to the needs of Irish punters.

That means GAA, football, rugby, horse racing, greyhound racing and golf should have lots of markets available.

If there are special promotions around big Irish sporting events - like the All-Ireland finals or Irish rugby and football internationals - it's a big plus.

How we Update This Best Irish Betting Sites List

We continuously test and review new betting sites, ensuring we only recommend the best bookmakers.

When a bookmaker adds new features, improves its odds, or enhances its promotions, we update our rankings to reflect those changes.

Likewise, if a site’s performance slips - whether through poor customer service, weak promotions, or slow payouts - it moves down the rankings.

For the latest bookmaker rankings, bookmark this page and check back any time to discover the top-rated sites.