Coral

Coral is the ideal online bookmaker for punters who are inexperienced with online betting, but can be recommended to everyone for its excellent free bet offer, competitive odds and comprehensive range of betting markets.

Coral is a long established bookmaker and holds a reputation as a long standing trustworthy bookmakers  that customers can bet safely with.

Background

Longstanding bookmakers Coral was founded in 1926 by Joe Coral, who opened his first licensed betting office in 1961, one of the first ever to open in Britain following the legislation passed in 1960 allowing betting on the high street.

Coral is a member of the Gala Coral Group which have welcomed over 574, 000 unique players to its online betting and gaming website and with over 123 million visits in total, Coral is among the bigger names and sites in the UK betting market.

In 2006, at the UK Gambling Awards, Coral was named "Bookmaker of the Year" overcoming stiff competition from Betfred, Blue Square, Bet365, SkyBet, VCBet, Ladbrokes and William Hill.

Coral Offers and Promotions

Coral's introductory offer is currently in the form of a £50 free bet. To claim simply register with Coral today and deposit £50 into your account and once you have staked your deposited amount up to £50, Coral will credit your account with another £50 free bet.

You must deposit and subsequently bet at least £5 into your Coral account to claim this offer.

The free bet can be redeemed on win or each-way bets and can used on the following listed bet types: single, double, treble, 4-fold and upwards accumulator, forecast, combination forecast, tricast and combination tricast.

The original free bet stake is not returned with any winnings but there is no rollover requirement to be met, that means you are able to win and claim your winnings much faster, making this offer much more appealing.

Coral Odds and Markets

Coral has an extensive range of sports betting markets ranging from an excellent range in Horse Racing markets, Greyhounds, Football, American Football, Handball, Volleyball, Cricket and Snooker to name just a few.

Coral's Horse and Greyhound Racing markets are exceptional and are well suited for those who wish to make bets mainly in these areas. All major footballing leagues are covered with multiple markets to bet on in each game and league from the Premier League and La Liga to the Nordic Leagues and the MLS.

Coral also boasts a number of specialty markets such as Next Managers, TV and Entertainment and Lotto events.

Coral's sportsbook is up there with the best in the industry, as you would expect from a bookmaker of this stature.

Coral Website

Coral's website is incredibly  clean in its appearence and displays all relevant information in a very professional manner. The Coral website has no issues with loading times and is easy to navigate, making individual markets easy to find and bet on.

Registration at Coral is easily done, and there is a video tutorial that demonstrates this well, making it even easier to begin betting with Coral. Registrating is done via forms, which are simple and easy to complete as should be expected when registering with a bookmaker of this standard.

Betting in-play loads its own section to the site, which is kept very in theme with the sports homepage. Times and schedules are clearly presented and odds are displayed and trends are shown colour coded.

Deposits may be made by Moneybookers, VISA Credit Card, MasterCard Credit Card, VISA Electron Debit Card, Bank Transfer, Western Union, UK Maestro Debit Card, VISA Debit Card and SOLO Debit Card. A minimum deposit of £5.00 is required.

Coral Customer Service

Coral offer a great range of tutorial videos, which is rare to find among even the biggest online bookmakers, covering themes such as account creation, finding markets and placing bets, making using Coral even simpler. The videos are well presented and functional, providing all the necessary relevant information needed to navigate and operate the site effectively.

Coral are contactable via e-mail, telephone and FAX seven days a week, 24 hours a day. There is also a store locator service available, which works as you would expect.

Coral place a lot of pride in providing the best experience for their customers they can, and in which I feel they succeed largely, and offer reliable and informative customer service where possible.

Customer Care number : 0844 800 88 33

e-mail : onlinecustomerservice@coral.co.uk

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