888 Live Betting Review

888Sport.com is a reputable online bookmaker that is listed on the London Stock Exchange. This live or in-play betting site has been online since 2008, but the 888 company itself was established in 1997. With a strong reputation and a clean betting interface, 888Sport.com is a quality bookie that I am happy to recommend.

What I like About 888 Live Betting

Apart from the strong reputation backing it, I like 888Sport.com because it offers a wide variety of live betting options. Both sports events and horse races from around the world are available in the live betting section of 888Sport.com. You can visit the 888 Sport website most days and find at least a few live betting matches ready for your action.

The number of wagers for each match is impressive as well. I checked a football match recently and was presented with a wide variety of betting options. Betting options included win/draw/lose odds, total goals, point spreads, exact score betting, halftime score, time to the first goal, half with the most goals, winning margin, first goal scorer and a variety of prop bets such as “will Ghana have a come from behind victory?”

The betting odds at 888 Sport are fairly competitive depending on which matches you bet on. I have seen better odds at some books and worse odds at others. I think that with the sheer number of live betting options at 888 Sport, it is worthwhile to keep a funded account open. With this many betting options, there are bound to be profitable opportunities.

What I Don’t Like About 888 Live Betting

There is one major downside to betting at 888. This online bookmaker has a reputation for being quick to place limits on smart bettors. If you look like you know what you are doing, you’ll get slapped with reduced limits quickly. Some people have reported being able to sneak through the cracks, but 888 Sport is widely known for dropping limits quickly.

888 Sport does have live horse racing streams, but it lacks streaming for other sports. Live streaming is always a huge positive because it gives you the opportunity to watch sports on your TV or mobile device without having to find the event on TV. Unfortunately, 888 Sport does not have live streaming for sports other than horse racing. If live streaming is a must-have, I recommend you give Bet365 live betting a try.

The betting limits and lack of live streams are the only two major complaints that I have for 888 live betting. Other than those two issues, 888 runs a great operation. The bookmaker has a clean reputation and it has a huge option of wagers for sports events of all types.

888Sport.com In-Play Betting Options

The in-play betting options at 888 Sports cover a few events every day. When I checked just recently, there were four events scheduled for the next 24 hours. The live betting events are limited mostly to high-profile matches, but they include sports around the world. Football, cricket, tennis and American football are regularly scheduled for live betting action at 888.

If you’re willing to venture outside of live betting at 888, you’ll find a long list of sports that are covered for regular betting. Even some lesser-known sports such as Gaelic games and darts are covered with a variety of betting options. Each sports event comes with a long list of wagers that range from regular win/lose bets to exotic proposition wagers.

888 Sport also offers wagers on non-sports events such as politics, television specials, special awards and music events. These events do not come with live betting, but they do add a nice bit of variety that you won’t find at many other online bookmakers. All in all, I must say that I am impressed with the betting options at 888.

Final Thoughts

Overall, 888 Sport does a good job by offering a big betting variety and enough live betting events to keep you satisfied. With the big variety of in-play bets and potential for profitable lines, it’s worth keeping an account open at 888 Sport. And unlike some sportsbooks that we have investigated in the past, you won’t ever have to worry about getting paid promptly.

The one issue in which you might have problems with 888 is their reputation for quickly limiting profitable sports bettors. 888 has a huge marketing team and loves signing up sports betting newbies. You might be able to get away with placing a few big bets, but the odds are good that you will eventually be limited if you show any skill.