Malta-based casino and sportsbook platform provider Soft2Bet secured a licence to operate in Ireland back in April 2022 and introduced Betinia to the market shortly after, adding a fresh, dynamic alternative to the usual big hitters on the Irish sports betting scene.
Equipped with an eye-catching interface, a wide coverage of sports, generous promotions, and a solid live betting setup, Betinia has been steadily building its reputation among Irish bettors.
And in this revewiers opinion, with some minor tweaks, it could establish itself as a market leader among betting sites in Ireland.
The regular Betinia offer for new sign-ups is a 100% match on their first deposit up to a maximum value of €100, but we have an exclusive welcome bonus which covers the first 15 days of having a Betinia account and is worth up to €350.
If you aren't a racing punter than you may want to take the regular welcome offer, but for fans of horse racing betting sites, you are unlikely to find a better sign-up bonus than this.
To claim the offer, just click one of the links in this review and register. Next, make an initial deposit of €20 or more and then wager that amount on racing on a selection with odds of evens (2.0) or greater.
Should your initial wager lose, you'll receive cash back on that first bet, up to a maximum value of €50.
Once that qualifying bet has settled, players must then contact Betinia via live chat or email to claim the rest of the welcome bonus.
Bettors will then be eligible for 15% cashback, up to a maximum value of €20, on all losing racing bets each day for the first 15 days of being a Betinia user.
Cashback is only available on racing bets and while there are a few hoops to jump through for this new sign up offer, the overall value of the promotion should make it worthwhile for most racing punters.
Betinia does an excellent job of keeping existing customers interested and engaged with a superb range of promotions, bonuses and boosts. While football gets the most attention, other sports are served well by Betinia’s catalogue of promotions for existing customers.
Football acca fans can harness the power of Betinia’s Accumulator Boost to enhance the value of their possible payouts, while the ability to mix and match legs from other sports widens the promo’s overall scope.
Similar to acca boost offers you find on other football betting sites, Betinia’s Accumulator Boost increases in value with each extra leg added to your docket.
For instance, a successful treble would be boosted in price by 3%, a four-leg acca by 5% and so on, along a sliding scale up to a maximum 100% boost for a selection that contains 21 legs or more.
Betinia’s Bore Draw promotion, which returns your original stake if the game you bet on finishes 0-0, is also a novel addition, while early payouts can be earned with Betinia’s 2 Goals Ahead offer for selected football fixtures.
Elsewhere, the €20 Bet Builder Insurance promo will help to ease the frustration of being let down by a single selection. Bet Builders made up of four or more parts will have losing bets refunded as free bets if one leg is unsuccessful.
The exclusive racing sign-up offer aside, Betinia doesn't have any specific racing offers, such as Best Odds Guaranteed.
However, what it does have is reload and cashback promotions that could benefit racing bettors.
Existing customers can also make use of a lucrative weekly reload bonus of 50% up to a maximum of €500 with Betinia.
Here, you have the potential to claim a decent amount once per week, however, the 8x playthrough requirements and need to contact support directly via chat/email to activate the bonus overcomplicates this betting offer a little.
There is also a cashback bonus to avail of that returns 10% of the money you’ve wagered during the week up to a maximum of €100, however, again, you would need to contact Betinia through their live chat or email channels each week to kick this promo into gear.
Betinia’s versatile 2 Goals Ahead offer can also be used elsewhere if football isn’t your sport of choice. The same promo can be taken advantage of on a range of other sports to secure early payouts in baseball (5 runs ahead), American football (17 points ahead), basketball (20 points ahead), tennis (2 sets ahead) and ice hockey (3 goals ahead).
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Punting in-play with Betinia is a seamless experience with clean navigation through menus, a wide array of live betting events and decent streaming options combining to form an excellent all-around package.
You can locate the current live betting events on offer by selecting the relevant option in the top menu onsite or by clicking the “live” button highlighted in red in the left-hand menu, and from there, you can choose your category of sport and desired fixture or match.
There is a nice live-action graphic that allows you to track key events as they happen, and I found the prices on offer to be competitive when analysed against live betting odds from elsewhere.
In addition, there is an on/off switch near the top right of the main live betting section that allows you to add a filter to see your streaming options. Alongside the usual collection of streams for Esports betting, Betinia also shows live football fixtures, horse racing events, tennis matches and more.
Betinia’s bet builder offering has most of the features you’d expect to find with any bookies and bet builder sites worth their salt, though the range of markets I encountered wasn’t quite as wide as I anticipated or hoped.
While digging through markets for a high-profile Champions League football fixture, the lack of some key player prop options like fouls, tackles and goalkeeper saves was a bit of a letdown.
Nevertheless, I had north of 50 other markets to sink my teeth into in the fixture’s bet builder section, while other sports including American football, baseball, basketball, rugby union, cricket, ice hockey and tennis were also well catered for.
Football punters are always likely to provide the bulk of the business in this direction however, so Betinia might need to tweak things if they want to rank among the best bet builder sites in the industry.
Betinia have developed a dedicated mobile app, however, for the moment at least, their betting apps aren’t available for Irish bettors to download.
The good news is that their mobile website is fully responsive and can be accessed and used with ease from mobile devices.
The attractive colour scheme, smart layout and well-organised menus that make the desktop experience so smooth work just as well when punting with Betinina on the go.
It was clear from my experience that Betinia makes every effort to provide strong customer support and anyone that runs into difficulty, has several routes to look for help.
At the foot of every page on the Betinia website are links to the FAQ and Contact Us sections, with the former providing easy-to-access information and answers to common queries.
On the Contact Us page, you’ll find a customer support email address and a link to a 24/7 live chat feature. Email response times were good, however, naturally, if you need a quicker answer, the live chat function is the way to go.
Wait times were minimal for me and my query was dealt with professionally and to my satisfaction. I was plugged in and chatting with a customer service agent inside a minute.
The importance of gambling responsiblycannot be stressed enough and Betinia have all the bases covered in that direction, providing useful information and links to assist anyone who feels they might need help.
At the bottom of every page on the site, there are permalinks to problem gambling services BeGambleAware and the Responsible Gambling Foundation, and just above those, you’ll find a link to Betinia’s Responsible Gambling page.
Inside there, Betinia have presented a truckload of useful info on maintaining control, managing limits and other aspects of responsible gambling and a section with links to organisations like GamCare, Gamblers Anonymous and Gambling Therapy is also included.
From an aesthetics point of view, Betinia is easily one of the best-looking new betting sites I’ve encountered and there is plenty of substance to go along with the attractive colour scheme and layout.
Alongside the generous welcome offer and numerous promotions for existing customers, Betinia comes equipped with excellent functionality, an extensive stable of markets, a solid in play betting experience, live streaming and competitive odds.
The introduction of a mobile betting app could take things up a notch, however, with a slick mobile version of Betinia’s website providing a stable alternative, that drawback is a minor one.
Betinia doesn't have the biggest selection of banking methods available with debit card, Paysafecard, Skrill and Neteller the main options available to bettors. Bank transfers are only available when making a withdrawal.
Both deposits and withdrawals start from €10, which isn't quite low enough for Betinia to meet the threshold for low deposit betting sites.
There are over 40 different sports and events to bet on with Betinia, which covers all the major sports, including football, rugby, golf and GAA betting. There's also Esports markets, entertainment betting and markets on more niche events, such as padel and lacrosse.
At the time of this review, there are no horse racing-specific betting offers available with Betinia. However, that doesn't mean Cheltenham free bets and the like won't appear in the run up to the Festival, while there are reload and cashback bonuses available to racing bettors all year round.
Betinia have a well-designed betting site, offering easy navigation, quick loading times, and intuitive bet placement. Features like in-play betting, live streaming, and fast cash-outs enhance user-friendliness, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable betting experience across devices.