BetGoodwin Review 2025
If you are looking for a new horse racing or greyhounds betting website, BetGoodwin is likely to hold plenty of appeal.
From a single betting shop in 1997 to one of gambling’s premier telephone betting firms, BetGoodwin joined the world of online betting sites by launching their own site in 2022.
BetGoodwin has steadily expanded its online operation, but racing has remained at the core of its business. That’s not to say non-racing bettors won’t find something to enjoy on BetGoodwin.
With free bets, money-back offers, price boosts, competitive odds and a large selection of markets for other sports, I rate BetGoodwin as one of the best online bookmakers to have launched in recent years.
- Range of horse racing offers
- Cash out & partial cash out available
- Selection of odds boosts
- Simple, user-friendly website
- Best Odds Guaranteed on horse & greyhound races
- Limited payment options
- No live streaming except for racing
BetGoodwin Sign up Offer
The BetGoodwin sign up offer gives new customers 50% back on all first day losses up to £25.
It's not the most lucrative welcome offer I've ever come across, but it does offer something of a safety net on those initial bets.
To qualify for the offer, bettors will need to place a minimum of three bets of £10 or more on a sportsbook selection with odds of Evens (2.0) or greater.
I received my free bets within 24 hours and had seven days to wager them on whichever sport I liked.
It’s a fairly simple offer with very few restrictions on how the free bets are spent.
BetGoodwin Promotions For Existing Customers
Most of BetGoodwin’s permanent offers are greyhound or horse racing related, offering punters money back for various losing scenarios.
Several of the offers cover every horse race in the UK and Ireland. That kind of promotional coverage is unmatched among other horse racing betting sites.
BetGoodwin Football Promotions
BetGoodwin is potentially underrated among football betting sites, running some good offers and price boosts on a regular basis.
During major tournaments, BetGoodwin have been known to run money-back offers predominantly based around the England men’s team's games.
You’ll also find ‘bet X, get Y in free bets' promos crop up at BetGoodwin. It’s worth following BetGoodwin’s social channels to see when these offers go live, while they’ll also give away free cash prizes in competitions centred around football on occasion.
The promos page sells BetGoodwin short when it comes to football betting, but a bit of digging quickly reveals what the site offers football punters.
BetGoodwin Horse Racing Promotions
This is where BetGoodwin comes into its own. The site has four money back as a free bet offers, each worth up to £100 and two of which are active every day.
If your selection is beaten by a nose or finishes second to a 50/1 shot or bigger, BetGoodwin will refund your stake in free bets.
During the National Hunt season, I got money back as a free bet when my horse fell at the last fence. The same applies if your horse is beaten by under half a length in a chase.
Best Odds Guaranteed is also offered on all UK and Irish races for bets placed from 10am on race day and punters will find extra place races on BetGoodwin daily.
When the big festivals roll around, BetGoodwin will run a number of bet boosts and specials as part of their Grand National, Royal Ascot and Cheltenham betting offers.
More BetGoodwin Sports Betting Offers
Greyhound punters can avail BetGoodwin’s beaten by a short head offer, available on all UK and Irish races.
The promotion sees stakes returned as a free bet, up to £100, if your selection finishes second by the official distance of a short head.
When it comes to other sports, I found a good selection of boosted bets on the BetGoodwin homepage for a range of sports, including Formula 1 races.
In-Play Betting Options & Features
BetGoodwin's in-play takes pride of place on their betting site and app, and as live betting sites go, it meets the standards we have come to expect for the most part.
There’s a good selection of sports covered, everything from football to Esports betting, and most events have a range of regularly updated markets.
Each in-play match market is well-presented, with a live stats pack and a graphical representation of the event at the top of the page.
BetGoodwin should give bettors more opportunities to follow the action as they are lagging behind other betting sites with live streaming, by only offering live streams of horse racing.
However, it is impressive that streams from a range of tracks and countries are covered, including major races from the UK, Ireland, France and the United States.
My gripe with BetGoodwin’s in-play service is that the desktop site doesn’t clearly indicate which markets they offer cash out and partial cash out on. It would be helpful to know this info before placing in-play bets.
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Bet Builder
BetGoodwin have a version of a bet builder tool which they call 'create a bet'.
At the moment, punters can only use the tool on football matches from selected competitions, which is a little limiting if I'm honest.
BetGoodwin do come up with their own create a bet wagers for other sports, which they then juice up the odds on as part of their bet boosts, but I was only able to build my own same-game acca for football games.
'Create a bet' is available on various leagues and competitions, not as many as some rival sites, but enough to satisfy the majority of football bettors, and it is very simple to piece together a bet builder here
The number of selections you can have on each create a bet is decided on a match-by-match basis. When I contacted BetGoodwin for clarification, they said for a Premier League game, it tends to be a maximum of seven legs, but that can change.
Depositing & Withdrawing at BetGoodwin
BetGoodwin Mobile Betting Review
I probably spent more of my time using BetGoodwin on the iOS app than the desktop site, once I had downloaded the app.
As betting apps go, it's pretty basic, but that's also part of it's appeal.
It's easy to use and I had no issues placing a bet or speedily jumping from section to section. The app is very heavily-geared towards horse racing betting though, even more so than the desktop site, so it might not be to everyone’s tastes.
BetGoodwin has steadily improved the app over time to bring it in line with leading competitors, and most recent reviews from Gambling.com users have been largely positive, with praise given to the ease of depositing and withdrawing funds via the app.
However, because of its previous issues, it has a slightly underwhelming rating of 3.7 out of five stars on the Apple App Store and a poor score of 2.3/5 on average from reviewers on Google Play.
In my experience, those ratings don’t accurately reflect the current version of the app, which offers a functional, no-frills mobile betting service.
Customer Support
BetGoodwin is the online version of the still-popular telephone betting service Goodwin Racing, so I was surprised to see you can’t get in contact with BetGoodwin’s customer support team via the phone.
Instead, the only two methods available to speak to customer support are live chat and email. I found the live chat to be quick to respond to my queries and they were very helpful in answering my questions.
BetGoodwin do have terms and conditions and betting rules pages you may be able to get answers from, but there’s no specific help section with FAQs like you might find at other betting sites.
All in all, customer support here is decent without being spectacular.
Responsible Gambling at BetGoodwin
Gambling should always be for entertainment purposes only and it’s important to practice responsible gambling when betting online.
BetGoodwin do a good job of promoting their responsible gambling section on their betting site and app. However, I didn’t find that the section was the easiest to navigate and it could be better-organised.
All the information you could want is there, if you can find it, including various pointers on how to stay in control and contact details for gambling addiction organisations, should you need further help.
BetGoodwin provides various tools to help you stay in control of your betting, including deposit limits and self-exclusion from using your account.
Why Should You Bet With BetGoodwin?
BetGoodwin has prided itself on providing an excellent horse racing betting service for many years, and that hasn’t changed with their entry into the online betting sphere.
The rest of its sportsbook still lags a bit behind, but it’s steadily getting better with improvements being made, most notably with its football offering.
However, that won’t be enough for some punters and BetGoodwin need to do a lot more to be on the same level as some of the UK’s best betting sites.
A few more permanent offers covering football and some other sports would move BetGoodwin up the pecking order, while the site is crying out for some kind of accumulator-based promotion and more payment options.
If you are looking for a racing bookie where you can also occasionally bet on other sports, I recommend signing up with BetGoodwin.
Those wanting a less-specialised bookmaker are probably best-served looking elsewhere.
