SBK Sportsbook

New users at SBK will receive £40 in Free bets when they create an account, deposit and bet at least £10 on the SBK sportsbook.

Significant terms:

New UK customers. Min £10 first deposit. Place a bet of £10 at min odds of 2.0 and get £40 in Free Bets. Free bets are credited upon settlement of qualifying bets. 18+. BeGambleAware.org. Full T&Cs apply.

How to qualify:

1. New 18+ Customers only.
2. Only available as a mobile app!
3. Register and deposit at least £10 via debit card.
4. Place your first bet of at least £10 at minimum odds of evens (2)
5. Get 1x £10 Free Bet Builder bet, 1x £10 Multiple token, 1x £5 Free Horse Racing Multiple token and 1x £5 Free Football Bet Builder token. A further £10 Free Bet token will be credited 48 hours after the qualifying bet has been settled.

Tips:

1. Use a debit card to deposit, other payment methods are excluded
2. Make sure you use your Free bets fairly soon, as they will expire 7 days after being credited.
3. Place your Free bets on something with odds over 7 to maximise the value but not much higher than 20 to give yourself a realistic chance of winning.
4. When placing an Acca try to do it using games that are played at different times or different days, giving yourself plenty of time to consider your cash out options.

About SBK

SBK was founded in 2019 by Smarkets Limited, the people behind the Smarkets Betting Exchange. SBK is a straightforward bookmaker, but it’s mobile only, so customers must download the SBK app to use their services. SBK’s slogan is ‘rewriting the sportsbook’, and they promise to offer the best value odds versus their competitors. Prices are drawn from the Smarkets exchange, allowing real-time odds to be presented in sportsbook form on the app.

How to register at SBK

Registering at SBK is easy. To participate in the £30 Free bets Welcome offer, click on the link below:

1. The link above will take you to the following page, click on the icon of the app store that is relevant to your smartphone’s operating system, and download the SBK app.
2. Once the app has finished downloading, open it and click the green ‘Join SBK now’ button.
3. Enter your phone number. You will be sent a text message with a verification code.
4. Enter the verification code.
5. Next, enter your name, date of birth and address details.
6. Finally, enter your email address and create a password.
7. Once your registration is complete, you will be invited to accept the bet £10, get £30 in Free bets promotion.

How to deposit at SBK

1. Once you have created an account, you will need to deposit funds before you can place a bet.  We recommend using a debit card to deposit at least £10 for your first deposit, so that you can take advantage of the Welcome bonus.
2. In order to deposit, click on your account balance in the top right hand corner of the screen.
3. Select the payment method you wish to use to deposit.
4. Enter the details of your payment method and click continue.
5. Select or enter the amount you wish to deposit.
6. Once your deposit is complete, you will receive a confirmation message and your funds will be in your account available to use immediately.

SBK deposit table comparison:

How to place a bet at SBK

1. Navigate to the sport you wish to bet on. In this example, we have chosen football.
2. From there, navigate to the market you wish to bet on. We have chosen the English Premier League.
3. Select the odds of the bet you wish to place.
4. In the pop up betslip, enter your stake then click ‘place bet’.
5. Once your bet has been placed, you will see a confirmation message, and your bet will appear in the ‘my bets’ tab at the bottom of the screen.

How to withdraw from SBK

1. Click on the cashier symbol at the bottom centre of the screen.
2. You will be shown your withdrawable balance. Click on ‘withdraw’.
3. You will be expected to withdraw funds back to the payment method you used to deposit. Enter the amount you wish to withdraw, then click ‘continue’.
4. Finally, you will receive a confirmation message that your withdrawal is successful.

SBK withdrawal table comparison:

How to set safer gambling features at SBK

There are a number of safer gambling features at SBK, including deposit limits, loss limits, withdrawal cancellation, time out and self-exclusion. These can all be set via the ‘my limits’ section of the account menu.

We strongly suggest you make use of these features as they will help you to gamble responsible and enable gambling to remain a fun and exciting leisure activity.

Sports that you can bet on at SBK

🏈 American Football

Australian Football

⚾ Baseball

🏀 Basketball

🥊 Boxing

🏏 Cricket

Current Affairs

🚴 Cycling

Darts

Esports

Football

Golf

Greyhounds Racing

Handball

Horse Racing

Ice Hockey

MMA

Motor Sports

News & Politics

Rugby League

Rugby Union

Snooker

Specials markets

Table Tennis

Tennis

Live Betting / In Play betting at SBK

For many years it was only possible to bet on sporting events before they began. However, in more recent years, alongside the growing popularity of the internet and mobile gaming, betting as an event is taking place has become more widely available to bettors. This type of betting is known as ‘live’ or ‘in play’ betting and there are pros and cons to this:

In Play Betting Pros and Cons

How to bet In Play at SBK

At SBK  the sports which you can bet on In Play include football, tennis, cricket, CS:GO, cycling, motorsports, snooker and rugby union.

We have looked at a tennis match in the ITF France 16A competition to do our research.

Pre-match, there were nine markets available. These were Match Winner, Set Winner, Handicap Total Games, Total Games Over/Under, Sets Handicap, and over/under markets for each player.

We’ll take a closer look at the Match Winner market. Before play, Francesca Curmi to win had odds of 1.67 (4/6) and Emma Lene had odds of 2.10 (11/10). This means pre-match the bet margin was 7.5%.

Once the match had started, we found there were 13 markets available. The odds had changed to 1.68 for Curmi to win and 1.94 for Lene to be successful. This means the in-play bet margin was 11.07%. Showing that at SBK, the odds quality reduced considerably in-play.

Live streaming at SBK

Currently, customers can only view live streams of selected horse racing events at SBK. Users are required to have a positive balance in order to view live streams. Races with streaming availability are easily identifiable by the green ‘play’ symbol next to the time of the race and the live streaming message above the list of runners in that race.

At SBK you can live stream:

Horse Racing,

In Play betting at SBK Conclusion

SBK provide a reasonable live betting experience.There is a good array of sports and markets with in play odds. However, live streaming is limited to horse racing and while it is not necessary to place a bet in order to watch, customers do need to have a positive account balance to do so. For some other sports events, there are live graphics that can track the action, but this does not compare to the reality of a live video stream. It does, however, allow customers to keep track of play to a certain extent whilst betting in play, so can prove to be a useful tool when it is available. Unfortunately we found the in-play odds to be poor value for money, so would consider an alternative bookmaker for live betting.

SBK Mobile App review

SBK do not have a desktop site, as they are a mobile-only, app based bookmaker. As a result, the app does everything that you would need and expect from an online bookie. We found the app intuitive to use, with customer satisfaction at its core – after each action such as depositing funds or placing a bet, SBK asks you to quickly rate how you found it, to ensure that they are providing customers with the very best betting experience.

SBK Bonuses for UK Players

Welcome Offer

We’ve talked about the SBK welcome offer for new customers at the top of this page so you will know it is £40 in Free bets when you bet £10. Place your first bet of at least £10 at minimum odds of evens (2). Then get 1x £10 Free Bet Builder bet, 1x £10 Multiple token, 1x £5 Free Horse Racing Multiple token and 1x £5 Free Football Bet Builder token. A further £10 Free Bet token will be credited 48 hours after the qualifying bet has been settled.

New UK Customers only. Min £10 first deposit. Place a bet of £10 at min odds of 2.0 and get £40 in Free Bets. Free bets are credited upon settlement of qualifying bets. 18+. BeGambleAware.org. Full T&Cs apply.

Existing User Offers

Offers for existing users are not the easiest thing to navigate at SBK. The promotions section of the app shows that there are currently no promotions available:

However, on the app homepage there are several promotions displayed across the top of the screen. To find the terms and conditions of these, users then need to navigate to the ‘bonus and promotions’ section of the Help Centre menu. SBK are certainly not making it easy for their customers to enjoy their offers but when they have some, this is where they will appear.

BetBrothers SBK Research Results

Conclusion & Rating

There is plenty to like about SBK. They offer a good range of sports with a respectable number of betting markets available for each of them, in a clear and organised layout. The app is generally intuitive to use, although promotions at SBK can be hard to find the details of, but they are there once you know where to look.

One particular plus point of SBK is their speed of processing withdrawals – we received our debit card withdrawal in under three minutes – and the selection of payment options available.

While pre match odds provide punters with good value for money, the in play odds are less generous. Take this coupled with a lack of live streaming for all sports except horse racing (which customers must have a positive account balance to view), and the live betting aspect of SBK lets the app down somewhat.

Despite this downside, SBK provides its customers with a reasonably good betting experience, super fast withdrawals, and a generous Welcome bonus. Therefore, we can award them a 3.8 rating.