Paddy Power - Full Review

Paddy Power was founded in 1988 by the merger of three existing Irish high street bookmakers, today it is Ireland's biggest and most successful bookmaker operating both a land based retail and an online/telephone division. Paddy Power is a listed company on both the Irish and London Stock Exchanges, and In 2008, the turnover was over €2.1 billion. Paddy Power is regulated by the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission. It accepts bets in a large number of sports but the focus is on horse racing and football. Live betting is accepted in some sports and bets can also be place using your mobile phone.

Paddy Power Free Bet Information

Paddy Power offers free bets of £50 to new players who have signed up through free bet links. If they have registered through the link correctly and followed the qualifying conditions then the free bet will generate automatically on their account. In order to use the free bet, the new player should first put his selection on the bet slip, if the free bet is applicable to this selected bet a drop down menu asking the player to select the free bet will automatically appear on the bet slip, if the drop down menu does not appear then the free bet cannot be used on the selected wager. After selecting the free bet the player should click the ‘Bet Now’ button on the bet slip in order to place the free bet.

From time to time, Paddy Power informs those players regarding promotional offers who have requested such information by e-mail, therefore players should ensure that the e-mail address given to Paddy Power is correct and current.

Sports Coverage

Paddy Power covers all major horse racing events in the United Kingdom and Ireland, different kinds of bets are accepted such as win, each way, forecast and tricast, bets are also accepted on the jockey’s championships that cover the entire season. In football bets are accepted on English, Irish, European and international events, the common bets for individual matches are win/draw/lose and correct score. The common bets for the complete tournaments are tournament winner, tournament finalist and the player who scores the most goals in the tournament. Other sports covered by Paddy Power include athletics, basketball, cricket, golf, motor racing, poker and tennis. Bets are also taken on United Kingdom, Irish and American politics. Some unusual bets on offer are ‘who will be the next Pope’ and ‘who will be this years FHM Sexiest Woman’.

Support

Paddy Power offers support through a dedicated customer service team and also by providing information online, the customer service team can be contacted in a number of ways and recommend Live Help and the best option. Players can also send an email to customer service, use the online form or contact them over telephone. Customer service is available 24 hours a day and seven days a week. The online help section offers a search engine, help questions arranged by topic, a glossary of betting terms arranged alphabetically and video demonstrations. Other helpful features that are provided include horse racing form analysis and a bet calculator.

Deposit & Withdrawal Options

Paddy Power accepts deposits in Pounds Sterling and in Euro, and there are a number of ways that players can deposit funds, these include debit cards from Laser, Visa, MasterCard, Switch, Solo and Maestro and credit cards from Visa and MasterCard, electronic payment options include Neteller, Moneybookers and PayPal. Players can use these same options to withdraw funds, the withdrawal of funds to cards is processed immediately by Paddy Power but because of the delays at the card issuer players get the funds within 2 to 3 working days. In the case of withdrawals using electronic options players get the funds within 8 hours

Conclusion

Paddy Power has a strong following in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Spain, therefore the website is available in English and Spanish. The website has been designed for convenient navigation and is user friendly. The next five horse races and the top five football bets are highlighted in the home page and Paddy Power are famous for their novelty bets and money back special.