Online betting in the UK: Guide, UK Free Bets and online bookmaker directory!

With the online gaming industry growing at such a pace, it's not surprising that many of the companies are keen to recruit more customers. Which is good news if you're looking for an incentive to join one bookmaker rather than another.

Many bookmakers offer free bets of anything upto £50. These usually work by either matching your first deposit into your account, and often depend on you making a bet of a certain value.

So in order to get your 'free bet' you're probably going to have to spend some money. This is great if you're already planning on placing a bet online anyway, but no so good if you're just after free money !

It's also often the case that the free bet carries conditions. For example, one of the accounts that was opened by myfreebet.net had a free £25 bet. This £25 could only form 1 bet. Meaning that we couldn't split the value of the free bet and cover a number of outcomes (ensuring we got something back!) e.g. backing the win, lose and draw in a football match!

So watch out for the small print !!