SkyBet Review

Skybet are criminal.My account was restricted as soon as I've had a small winning spell.They are abusing the KYC(know your customer) and using it to their advantage to close/stall my account.I received an email saying they will be contacting me to discuss my account(Ive had a few wins recently).When I was losing as betting through the cards they were happy.Now I have started to be sensible and bet a single then cash out it is flagging up I'm making profit which believe me I'm still well down for the last few years.I have been a mug customer for years.There are many companies to bet with who will not treat you like a criminal spending your hard earned cash.I actually thought Skybet were one of the fairer companies but upon reading this how wrong was I.They do not welcome winning accounts and will block them.It starts off with restricting bets on certain selections and the ones they don't are losers anyway.The bookmakers are obviously in cahoots with trainers/info.

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Since Lockdown has eased in England the question must be asked, What has happened at Skybet? Best odds guaranteed on horses gone until 9am of the days racing, always used to be the day before, albeit with a little point shaving. Yesterday at York in the listed’ race best odds guaranteed wasn’t included!! Withdrew from my account on friday, early afternoon, and at time of writing this it’s still not in account. Even with the weekend this is unlike Skybet. Used to be overnight by 3 in both my accounts. Anybody else also noticed the decrease in the extra place races’ that were available, loved nicking fourth in low grade races that were already 1/5 odds each way. Must have got burned too many times. Two years ago I had Skybet number 1 by a mile. Now PADDYPOWER smashes you out the park I’m afraid to say. Thanks for the good times though Skybet.

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Skybet are useless, customer service even worse, told me a match was finished and sent me a dodgy photo of it, checked it myself and it was abandoned, 😒

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IN PLAY 2 MINUTES BEHIND same bet on 365 they perfect do your homework

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Definitely one of the better bookmakers. I've been with them a few years now and no real problems at all. They have good markets , they do lots of enhanced places on horse racing – more than the others. They even refund or void bets as a goodwill gesture sometimes ie a horse was very late in leaving the stalls and had no chance. Withdrawal times are fast and Customer support has always been pleasant if I've had to contact them.

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As a casual punter I've had occasion to use Sky Bet and the experience hasn't been wholly unpleasant. As long as you are losing everything is trouble free. As soon as you win a tenner your bets start getting held up until they can change your odds to something less favourable. This made me uneasy but to be fair I was able to withdraw the money from my account with no problems.

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Have caused nothing but stress. I signed up for an account. 2 days later I deposited my funds via debit card. After 10 mins without even doing anything Sky bet suspended my account. I was requested to send in ID. Bank statement. Passport. Credit card statement. All this has been done. I have asked for my funds back whilst this is being addressed. Still no response. I am disgusted by this way of operating. I have requested my money back as I have little confidence in them going forward. Still no reply. Stay away from this company at all costs

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If you have been cheated here , seek help from a professional like kobe Deja

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Joke of a company – AVOID!

Signed up and deposit a substantial sum of money to have my account instantly suspended and documents requested.

Fair enough requesting documents I thought but they took a week to review the documents and refused to deposit my money back to the original payment method.

Eventually sorted and withdrew straight away – AVOID!

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Going to record in play bet how far behind other in play bookmakers

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Skybet are scammers they fix matches to money lauder they are scammers. They stole my money they ripping you off

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All the money we pay for sky tv and they cant even have a good betting app? Its pathetic,!!

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Been using skybet for years on July 5th i attempted a £230 withdrawal got server 500 error did not process to bank but was still taken off my balance they admitted they had issues with withdrawals from 430 to 530 that day but inspite of this have still not released funds even though my bank nationwide have confirmed there are no payments pending from skybet and all transfers to nationwide go in via faster transfer in 2 hours. A complete disgrace

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I have used SkyBet's sports book for years. The issue I have had is with a bet on a tennis overs market. The same totals markets that are offered on tennis normally were displayed on this match. The format of the match however was a very abnormal format that is never used in the regular season. Normally it is best of three sets. This was best of three but a tiebreak is played as the third if both players win a normal set. In this case, my selection would have won in the normal format that is used all year, as both players won a set and a third set would have been played for my total. In this unusual format, the total went under as the third set isn't played to it's full games potential. There was absolutely NO clarification on the match listings that this very unusual format of tennis was being played, yet they still were offering the exact same total markets that are used in the regular format of tennis. This is very poor on their part, as they should take some responsibility of at least making customers aware of changes to sports formats, particularly ones that almost never happen. Failing this, they could have, at the very least, lowered the totals they allowed us to wager on, but used the regular totals they display in full best of three tennis. I most certainly would have NEVER bet on this market if I had known this, and when I expressed this to customer support, their trading team essentially admitted that they werent making customers aware of this significant change to the format on the listings, and I was offered no help or consolement on the issue that cost me a lot of money. While this is not exactly a scam, its hardly short of that. Very bad practices on their part that allow customers to lose out under unjust circumstances. Disappointed as a loyal customer.

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I’ve used skybet for years. Just had a £41 win . Waiting on my winnings clearing I saw I had a placed bet and then another and another. Basically 3 Bet’s totalling £81 which I hadn’t placed. Online chat guy saying fraud team won’t speak with me because the bets were placed from the same IP address? Not a chance. So they closed my account and told me to contact police. They’ve taken 2x £20 out my bank and my £41 winnings then just lock me out. Absolute disgusting

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Rubbish site, Account was suspended for no reason, They will not let me back on, Their loss, Use another site 👍

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stay away complete con there slots have to be one of the worst I have ever came across keep your money and don't give it to these people everytime you go to give people like this money think about this they are the ones driving about in big cars going on holiday and doing flash with not only your hard earned money but mine but know more im done especially after my experience on this site it has helped me take a look at myself and that is the only good thing to come out of it

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Gone really slow.

Not the best. Used to be good. 4th July 2020

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Hahahaha guys why do you gamble is a scam you lose all your money why dont you join gamstop and live.

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Shocking! Would not pay out winning bet. Say it got suspended. Bunch of f@#king crooks!

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Instead of paying out winnings, suspended the bet! No help on chat line. Total con artists!

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Would give 0 stars for this online site. Have now closed my account due to this company making its slots so blatantly in favour for its self KEEP AWAY

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I often place bets, I always prefer Sky Bet over other bookies. Very reliable people in the business.

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Joined them a few weeks ago played blackjack casino thinking sky is reputable I lost over £2000 which is okay but it logged me out in the middle if game even though I had good internet connection, and I lost a hand made me stick on 5 against an ace ! But would not refund £80 saying I was connected!? A disgrace of a gambling site

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the best offers – the best app – the best freebies – monyback as cash – no time limits on free bets – theyre v good

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Absolutely Disgusted opened an account lost £80 same day they suspended my account. I contacted them they refused to tell me why or refund my money.

I lost over £80 today
so you decide to suspend after i lose it not you personally
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The funds will be withdrawn to the card on the account, I am sorry to hear that Leslie but no funds will be refunded due to this, the account would of been suspended regardless of the funds.
Christopher T
take my money first omg this is going all over facebook and instagram

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They don't even entice you with a fair chance! The roulette is tacky and basically downright awful. If you don't believe me, waste your money with these mugs.

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Sky bet stole my money.
User=Everton2021
Through some link they have with a poker account, they did not have years ago, but years ago I excluded from this poker account, they since joined with it, now in retrospect, they froze me and stole my money.

Small claims court next. Thieving bar stewards.

Don't touch them, they will twist everything in their favour, even when things look absolutely a mistake.
They are a disgrace.
See you in court THIEVES!!!!!

If I could give ZERO I would.

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Sky Bet robbed me of £2000 a few years back. Uncaring company and now I'm on GAMSTOP. GAMSTOP was a great decision.

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THIS WEBSITE IS A CON. They have kepted my balance for over 5 and half years. I am permanently self excluded. They make a permanently self excluded member ring them after he stopped gambling i have emailed and rang them so many times but they stolen my balance.

I been asking for my balance from the start. I quit gambling after the shocking experience here. They stole my balance and never resolved it. They made a problem gambler who quit to keep coming back to them to ask for balance this is against responsible gambling. It does seem fair that they got fined for keep self excluded members money but they did it to me before this and ukgc should investigate everything.

My second point is a self excluded. After my terms was nearly up i went on live chat to open my account during the process the chat disconnected. They should have suspended my account until they could confirm that the process was complete. I went on to chat and the agent agreed that they would suspended the account until all protocol where followed i have screenshot s7of this.

I will post the court date here. If anyone has had any experience please

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Skybet- No thanks! Skybet give you best price from 9am on day of the race, bet365 paddypower betfair and many more give you best price day before, even betfred high st shops give you best price from 6pm day before. At ascot aintree and cheltenhamSKYBET MAKING BETTING BETTER- ELSWHERE!

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My account was hacked and someone managed to deposit £50 into my account from my card details.
They then placed a £60 bet, which is totally against my betting habits.
When trying to claim this back, it took four live chat sessions over two days to be told in the 3rd that the fraud team tried to refund my card. However, I had 'frozen' my card pending the outcome. This 3rd session was ended by their agent prematurely not giving me time to respond.
On the 4th chat session I was told that the fraud team had decided that they weren't going to refund my money and refused to re-instate my account and I was to 'respect their decision'.

So much for customer care or service – I'm the victim but take the pain!

Feeling somewhat aggrieved and ripped-off.

I will 'respect their decision', just as long as they respect my decision to change my entertainment supplier – bye bye Sky!!

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Had a Sky bet account for a few years now. My favourite bookie, never a problem with payouts on winnings. Only bet on sports, would never touch the casino stuff, but that's a personal choice. Even gave customers a free bet when a horse didn't come out of the stalls, and when he did junp he was already 10 lengths or more adrift. Not many would do that. I garuntee all the moans on here are people not reading terns and conditions properly. Top bookmaker.

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They check trust pilot and remove any reviews that are too bad the sad c*nts furthermore I couldn’t get my winnings Cos of their verification process, boycotted , bet 365 from now on

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Thiefs at best opened an account no issues made a deposit won a bit went to withdraw account suspended asked for picture ID and bank statement cause i dont have drivers licence or passport cant get my winnings avoid theres better sights out there

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Leave a lot to be desired in many ways but fact money in my bank the same day gives it 3 stars

Its a shame other companies don't do payouts like this

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I have been with a sky a while now, I find most customer service rude, I have on few occasions now been wrongly paid via offers , you try to speak to these people half the time they don't know what offer, a few times I have had in play 10 percent of the winnings up to £50 in a week I have 2 of these football and general 10 percent of in play, you speak to customer service they just say we go on spread sheet but common sense say you get 10 perce in play back you get that , ok cash out and games not started don't count but as most people know to start in play get 10 percent if win example last wee I won £343.10p in a week not including stakes on in play part only I received 5.71 now to knowledge that's £34..03p I should have got not to mention no money back slot now for the 1o percent offer on football, now I do find you speak to staff it's more or less tough don't like don't play ,not the best attitude in the world , now I'm sure theres some nice customer service operators, but this is my review and would be curious to see if it's just me not receiving proper in play money back

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Excellent service, always keep to their terms and side of the deal, NEVER a problem with payouts on promotions and bonuses unlike some other sites, good offers, free games and easy to use site.

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Dirty thieving scumbags. Don’t use! Never pay winnings out and they steal your money. Scott from the fraud team is a complete and utter c**t who thinks fraud on your card is perfectly ok.

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Skybet is the best betting app I have been on
Quick & easy to navigate & the promotions are fantastic. No1 app ☆☆☆☆☆

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Skybet is the best site around you would be stupid to give this site a miss join now for exclusive offers & promotions no1 betting site.

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Bad customer service. Not helpful what so ever. Suspended my account and even after proof of documentation they still wouldn't sort anything. Spend my money elsewhere

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Very poor customer service. I had a genuine query and was fed a standard response by their chat operators. I questioned the fact and in response they suspended my account because my wifes debit card was being used. A card that I had been using for months without them complaining. Beware of this company they are vindictive and fail to look into genuing querys

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i want to give just 3 stars for small odds but i give 4 stars 🙂 because they have instantly withdraw if you have account barclay s or nationwide,never i had trouble with them maybe because just i play clean 🙂 sometimes when i m boring i play poker

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Same as another reviewer! Cant win nothing on slots etc for about the last 10 weeks( since lockdown) definitely been switched to tight mode! Other sites more generous👍 something very dodgy going on at sky bet?

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decent application and good promotions…5 free after 5 free bets, although incredibly annoyed that you have to keep opting in! Also they're player is useless, I often place bets on live football but can never see the matches..They provide basic help scripts to troubleshoot. Been a member for 5 years and never worked on an system, PC, Phone or tablet..

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Was ok ,on start-up of Sky bet app turns my off.errrm useless it is.unbelievable Jeff.

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I played live casino for about 4 hours, worked my way up to about £130. When It then said your bet wasnt placed, I repeated process about 5times, still same message. I signed out of account then back in to see if that resolved my problem. Upon signing back in my account was at £1.50. When I complained I was basically called a liar.
Sky are a criminal organisation

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Sky bet is a total rip off .all it does is take your money never ever pays out any win for instance it will take 200 pounds and give you a total return of 10 pounds if your very lucky

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