Paddy Power Free Bet

Join Paddy Power and get yourself a £50 free bet, Paddy will match your first wager with a free bet worth up to a maximum £50. Place a single bet of £5 or more with odds of 1.5 or greater to qualify for the matched free bet. Once received your free bet token will latest for 30 days before expiring. Customers who wish to deposit with Moneybookers (Skrill) or Neteller will not be eligible for this offer.

Paddy Power Bookmaker Review

Paddy Power was founded in 1988 after a merging of three existing Irish bookmakers. The Paddy Power name was first associated with in-person betting via their numerous retail bricks and mortar betting shops across Ireland and the UK but has since evolved into one of the largest and most well-known online bookmakers. As of 2010 Paddy Power operated more than 350 retail outlets, most of which were outside of Ireland.

Paddy Power initially gained recognition by opening up their retail shops on the main streets of larger Irish towns but has since expanded dramatically. Their online presence and recent addition of mobile wagering has helped Paddy Power stay at the forefront of Irish and UK bookmakers.

Advantages Of Using Paddy Power

One of the biggest advantages of using Paddy Power is the fact that they have been in business for so much longer than many of their competitors. Having been in the industry for more than 25 years Paddy Power has also managed to more or less master the art of effective customer service. Paddy Power's live chat agents are just one facet of their extremely helpful customer service.

Another advantage of using Paddy Power is the money-back betting option offered on certain events. As the name implies, it allows you to retain monies you would have otherwise lost after placing an errant wager.

Odds And Markets

Paddy Power has extensive and comprehensive coverage of sporting markets from across the globe that you would expect from an online bookmaker of its size. Having said this, Paddy Power tends to focus primarily on football and horse racing. For example, on any single English Premier League or Championship division match there may be up to 100 different wagers able to be placed prior to kick off.

Paddy Power is also known for its comical, off the beaten path markets that cover anything from the prospective names of celebrities' children to the identity of the next Pope. These obscure markets can be found at few other online bookmakers and do well to illustrate Paddy Power's fun-loving, cavalier attitude towards betting.

Paddy Power's odds on sporting matches are more or less in line with much of their competition, but the betting features they offer are far superior than most. One example of an interesting and beneficial betting feature is the money back option, which returns a portion of the money you wagered on a losing bet so long as certain conditions are met. For example, if you lose your football bet because of a goal scored in the last 5 minutes you may receive part of your wager back. The conditions and amount you are given back will vary from event to event but will almost always help mitigate losses.

Site Features

One of the best site features on Paddy Power is the live streaming of certain football matches. Personally, I would like to see Paddy offer live-streaming on more than football alone, but that much is yet to be seen.

Though I have mentioned the money-back betting specials featured on Paddy Power a few times before, they are worth re-emphasizing. Not only does Paddy take credit for being the first to offer money-back specials, they are still one of the only online bookmakers who does so. This is an often-overlooked feature that can really help save your bankroll over time.

The site's layout is fairly plain and easy to navigate as all betting markets are neatly organized and easy to access. The homepage features the most popular events and odds as to make high-profile sporting events even easier to wager on.

Mobile Betting

Paddy Power Mobile is available to anyone who has an iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android device. The app is designed to give you all the markets and odds you would find on Paddy's traditional site at the tip of your finger, anywhere, and even on the go. Even if you would like to deposit money into your bankroll, Paddy Power Mobile allows you to do so.

Paddy Power even offers separate, limited time only applications that are geared towards a specific sporting event. These special app's offer countdowns to particular matches, betting tips, and inside information you may not be able to obtain anywhere else.

In conclusion, Paddy Power is without a doubt one of the top online bookmakers in the UK and Ireland. One drawback to this, however, is that Paddy focuses primarily on events happening in and around Ireland and the UK. If you are one who prefers to bet on a wider variety of sporting events from around the world, Paddy may not be the site for you. If, on the other hand, you look to primarily bet on UK-based sports you will find that few other web sites offer the amount of wagers and odds that Paddy does.