BETVICTOR - SITE REMOVAL
BetVictor have failed to keep pace with their competitors when it comes to developing innovative, feature rich mobile betting apps. As a results, we no longer recommend our readers download their below par software.
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BetVictor App Review
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BET VICTOR MOBILE SUMMARY
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INTRODUCTION
Released at the beginning of 2013, BetVictor’s iPhone app is one of the youngest on the market. Victor Chandler, the parent company, has been in the sportsbook industry since legalization of sports betting in the UK in the early 1960s. Accepting online sports wagers since 1999 as BetVictor, the company produced an app a full three years after the first of such apps hit the market. Their iPhone betting software has recently undergone a redesign to improve important features like the bet slip layout and customer account access, as well as to add an advanced search feature. |
INSTALL & WELCOME BONUS
The BetVictor bonus advertised the most is the $25 Welcome Bonus. This bonus takes on the form of a wager-match with a maximum of $25. New members can opt-in and have their first wager matched up to the $25 amount. Other terms and conditions apply, check the website.
BetVictor gives their customers an incentive to switch to mobile access in the form of enhanced price discounts available to mobile customers. These offers are usually available for the biggest sporting events, as in championship series and international tournaments. This is a nice bonus, and it’s good to see BetVictor encouraging customers to go mobile in such a straightforward way.
Other occasional bonuses and promo offers are available on different sporting events, so that greyhound racing bettors may have special access to a bet match on one day, with a similar offer available on European Premier League football.
The BetVictor bonus advertised the most is the $25 Welcome Bonus. This bonus takes on the form of a wager-match with a maximum of $25. New members can opt-in and have their first wager matched up to the $25 amount. Other terms and conditions apply, check the website.
BetVictor gives their customers an incentive to switch to mobile access in the form of enhanced price discounts available to mobile customers. These offers are usually available for the biggest sporting events, as in championship series and international tournaments. This is a nice bonus, and it’s good to see BetVictor encouraging customers to go mobile in such a straightforward way.
Other occasional bonuses and promo offers are available on different sporting events, so that greyhound racing bettors may have special access to a bet match on one day, with a similar offer available on European Premier League football.
FEATURES
Because BetVictor’s app is an iOS-specific application, it is accessible for hundreds of millions of customers around the world who use a piece of hardware that runs on Apple’s operating system. iPhone and iPad owners each have a specific version of BetVictor’s app. The app will even run on the iPod Touch. A recent update makes the BetVictor application fully-compatible with iOS 8, though the app is compatible with iOS 7 as well.
BetVictor boasts of offering “the best football (soccer) odds” in the world. This isn’t just an example of bragging – oddschecker determined that BetVictor led the pack in terms of low odds on United Kingdom betting apps on the Premier League (and a few other pro football leagues) last year. Specifically, oddschecker found that BetVictor’s odds were more valuable than the median odds more than 70% of the time.
Not every online casino and bookmaker application gives users full access to their account – BetVictor allows for deposits and withdrawals through a proprietary single-account “wallet” system. Customers can also see their full wager history through the native app.
A built-in bonus program is a feature worth nothing – BetVictor has a slew of bonus and promotional offers made exclusively to their mobile customers. Since mobile users can also take advantage of some of the traditional Web-based sportsbook’s offers, joining as a mobile customer gives members access to the most available bonus offers.
Live streaming is available at BetVictor but is not the star of the show as it is with other apps on the market. BetVictor doesn’t have anywhere near the variety of sports and leagues found on other bookmaker applications. Mobile live streams at BetVictor are limited to horse and greyhound racing events only. For fans of thoroughbred and greyhound racing, the live streaming feature is a nice addition. It would be nice to see BetVictor add a little variety and bulk to their live streaming options.
DESIGN & NAVIGATION
BetVictor bucks the trend toward muted tones and simple text fields that befalls most bookmaker’s apps. High-resolution full-color photographs adorn the headers and footers of most of the main pages (including various landing pages), and the text is presented on alternating fields of light blue and cream, not unlike some of the better-looking native iPhone apps like Messages and Mail. It looks and feels professional and makes the often tiny text and numbers used in odds easier to read.
As for navigation, the combination of well-placed search bars (not to mention advanced search features) and plentiful drop-down menus makes getting around the app’s various departments and offerings as easy an iPhone task as finding a contact by last name. Though this setting can be changed to fit a user’s needs, the size of text and images on this app (even on the smaller iPhone screens) is slightly larger and stands off the page better, which makes finding wagers all the easier.
In-play wagering, a common feature on the world’s best bookmaker apps, is available through BetVictor. In-play bets are found on a separate tab from the main Sports page. Unlike other in-play features, there is no animated screen that aids in displaying details about a game; instead, the score and a few salient statistics are shown, alongside a clock and other in-game details. The available odds are laid out in menus below that screen.
BETTING MARKETS
At the time of this review, 32 total markets are available for bets, though the total number varies by what sports are in season. It’s clear by the layout and available wagers that football (soccer) is the most popular sport – the app allows wagers on eleven professional UK leagues alone, with the total number of leagues just over 100, spread out across the globe.
That’s good news for soccer fans, but bettors interested in some other sports suffer from a lack of variety. Take baseball, for example – not even every MLB game is available for wagers, and outrights on divisional winners are only available for two of the league’s eight divisions. MLB wagering may not be as popular as football, on a global scale, but it’s strange to find a list of baseball bets that’s simply incomplete.
VERDICT
BetVictor is a new entrant into the mobile bookmaker app market, but already does several things as good as or better than the big names on the market. The design and layout is second to none, easy on the eyes, easy to navigate, and with a smooth and professional feel that brings to mind smooth-running big-name applications like Instagram. A larger number of markets than may be expected from an app so young is a good sign of BetVictor’s dedication to the sports betting market. An anemic lineup of live stream events and a disappointing bonus program aside, BetVictor’s recent upgrade to improve the search features and user interface has paid off, and this app is now a user-friendly and highly-functional bookmaker tool.
Because BetVictor’s app is an iOS-specific application, it is accessible for hundreds of millions of customers around the world who use a piece of hardware that runs on Apple’s operating system. iPhone and iPad owners each have a specific version of BetVictor’s app. The app will even run on the iPod Touch. A recent update makes the BetVictor application fully-compatible with iOS 8, though the app is compatible with iOS 7 as well.
BetVictor boasts of offering “the best football (soccer) odds” in the world. This isn’t just an example of bragging – oddschecker determined that BetVictor led the pack in terms of low odds on United Kingdom betting apps on the Premier League (and a few other pro football leagues) last year. Specifically, oddschecker found that BetVictor’s odds were more valuable than the median odds more than 70% of the time.
Not every online casino and bookmaker application gives users full access to their account – BetVictor allows for deposits and withdrawals through a proprietary single-account “wallet” system. Customers can also see their full wager history through the native app.
A built-in bonus program is a feature worth nothing – BetVictor has a slew of bonus and promotional offers made exclusively to their mobile customers. Since mobile users can also take advantage of some of the traditional Web-based sportsbook’s offers, joining as a mobile customer gives members access to the most available bonus offers.
Live streaming is available at BetVictor but is not the star of the show as it is with other apps on the market. BetVictor doesn’t have anywhere near the variety of sports and leagues found on other bookmaker applications. Mobile live streams at BetVictor are limited to horse and greyhound racing events only. For fans of thoroughbred and greyhound racing, the live streaming feature is a nice addition. It would be nice to see BetVictor add a little variety and bulk to their live streaming options.
DESIGN & NAVIGATION
BetVictor bucks the trend toward muted tones and simple text fields that befalls most bookmaker’s apps. High-resolution full-color photographs adorn the headers and footers of most of the main pages (including various landing pages), and the text is presented on alternating fields of light blue and cream, not unlike some of the better-looking native iPhone apps like Messages and Mail. It looks and feels professional and makes the often tiny text and numbers used in odds easier to read.
As for navigation, the combination of well-placed search bars (not to mention advanced search features) and plentiful drop-down menus makes getting around the app’s various departments and offerings as easy an iPhone task as finding a contact by last name. Though this setting can be changed to fit a user’s needs, the size of text and images on this app (even on the smaller iPhone screens) is slightly larger and stands off the page better, which makes finding wagers all the easier.
In-play wagering, a common feature on the world’s best bookmaker apps, is available through BetVictor. In-play bets are found on a separate tab from the main Sports page. Unlike other in-play features, there is no animated screen that aids in displaying details about a game; instead, the score and a few salient statistics are shown, alongside a clock and other in-game details. The available odds are laid out in menus below that screen.
BETTING MARKETS
At the time of this review, 32 total markets are available for bets, though the total number varies by what sports are in season. It’s clear by the layout and available wagers that football (soccer) is the most popular sport – the app allows wagers on eleven professional UK leagues alone, with the total number of leagues just over 100, spread out across the globe.
That’s good news for soccer fans, but bettors interested in some other sports suffer from a lack of variety. Take baseball, for example – not even every MLB game is available for wagers, and outrights on divisional winners are only available for two of the league’s eight divisions. MLB wagering may not be as popular as football, on a global scale, but it’s strange to find a list of baseball bets that’s simply incomplete.
VERDICT
BetVictor is a new entrant into the mobile bookmaker app market, but already does several things as good as or better than the big names on the market. The design and layout is second to none, easy on the eyes, easy to navigate, and with a smooth and professional feel that brings to mind smooth-running big-name applications like Instagram. A larger number of markets than may be expected from an app so young is a good sign of BetVictor’s dedication to the sports betting market. An anemic lineup of live stream events and a disappointing bonus program aside, BetVictor’s recent upgrade to improve the search features and user interface has paid off, and this app is now a user-friendly and highly-functional bookmaker tool.
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