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One of the initial reasons why it is worth signing up with Sportingbet as your online bookmaker, is because of their very generous welcome offer. When you open a new account, which only takes a minute or two, and make a deposit (which has to be at least £10) Sportingbet will match your initial deposit up to the value of £50. This a great way to get started with the online bookmaker, which covers and handles over 8000 betting markets each day.

Promotions are important to online bookmakers, as it helps attract new customers for them. Sportingbet are no different and run some great promotions to spice up your gambling experience with them. Their website is nicely crisp and clear with a blue and white theme. The homepage boasts some live in play data, along with a column of betting highlights, so you can pretty much jump straight in a soon as you are logged on. The tabbed sectional guide at the top of the screen allows easy access between the sports book, casino, poker, games, backgammon, 1v1 games and other useful account action.

One such section is Sportingbet’s rewards program, which pays you back for your loyalty with them. They will keep a tally of all your betting points earned (check out their Rewards section for more details on how to collect points), and then at the end of the month, you will be credited with your points. You can then redeem these points against entries in a Prize Draw, and your points earnings will count towards how much worth of free bets you can get. The Rewards program is free to sign up for, and you will need to use the points within a 30 day period of receiving them.

Similarly, jump over to Sportingbet’s Offers tab, and you will be greeted with a wide variety of bonuses which you can claim. These will have terms and conditions attached to them of course, and just for an example, there are sign up bonuses for the casino, sign up bonuses for poker, and they host ongoing competitions such as their Last Man Standing and Know the Score contests, which are all time sensitive, so it is worth keeping abreast of when new games will be starting, and you will have the chance to win money, cars and tickets to football matches. 

If you like a good flutter on the football, then the Christmas period provides great opportunities for you, starting with their Red Card Refund. When you place a First Goalscorer, Correct Score or Double Result bet on a game that is happening in the Premier League over the weekend, then Sporting Bet will give you your losing stake back, as long as someone sees red during the match. Another Christmas bonus to take advantage of, is their Accumulator Refunds. This again, is a great offer with all the action going in the sporting world during the festive period. If your accumulator falls short by just one selection going wrong, then Sportingbet will refund the losing stake (the accumulator has to be fivefold or higher to qualify).

There is also plenty of horse racing around the country over the holidays, at places like Ascot. If your horse is unlucky enough to bite the dust in front of the live Channel 4 camera’s then again, Sportingbet will refund your stake (for bets placed on a win). Check out Sportingbet for more details of these and other great offers. You will find a lot to do on their excellent site, and of course they have all the major sports covered from all across the world.

One place definitely worth a stop is Sportingbet’s Specials section on their left hand navigation menu. In it you will be pleasantly surprised by the things you have a punt on. Think Andy Murray can win a Grand Slam in 2010? He is 13/8 to do so. Or maybe you fancy a bit of Hot Drog and Onions at 8/1 (good to see the people at Sportingbet have a sense of humour)? This bet is for Drogba to score 20 or more league goals, and Graham Onions to be England’s top wicket taker in 2010. Check out Sportingbet for your online betting needs, and take in all the goodies they have to offer.