Extrabet.com is part of the IG group of companies, which was founded in 1974 and is head quartered in London. It offers sports bets and casino wagering by Extrabet Limited and financial bets by Extrabet Financial Limited. It is licensed by the Gambling Commission of Great Britain.
IG Group companies have over 72,000 clients worldwide who place over 1 million wagers a month, over 90% of them online.
The sports betting activities of Extrabet.com cover football, horse racing, tennis and motor sports among other sports. Some political and special bets are also accepted. In football Extrabet.com covers the Premier League, Champions League and other European leagues. Bets are accepted for matches on hand and final league positions as well. Spread bets, fixed odd bets and binary bets are accepted. In the fixed odd bets odds are offered for full time results, correct scores, total goals, winning margins and other bets. In horse racing all major courses are covered. Fixed odds bets are accepted for all races. Spread bets are also accepted for many races.
In tennis a number of ATP and WTA events are covered. Bets are accepted for outright winners for next year’s Wimbledon.
Extrabet.com provides a comprehensive betting guide for its players, especially for the novice players. The guide explains in detail the different types of wagers accepted at Extrabet.com. Then the detailed betting rules are explained for each type of bet. This is the most important section for novice players. A useful chart has been provided that shows which types of bets are applicable for which sports. The customer agreement and a sports diary showing the day’s events across all sports are other important features of the betting guide.
An advantage at Extrabet.com is that wagers can be placed while scrolling down and ascertaining the odds.
For fixed odds bets players have to merely enter the amount that they are staking against the given odds and click on the Bet button. For spread bets and binary bets players have to indicate whether they are selling or buying the odds after entering their staked amount by clicking on the appropriate button.
The security of the financial transactions at Extrabet.com has been certified by VeriSign. Players can use a number of methods for funding their account. These include Visa and MasterCard credit cards, checks, bank transfers, Irish Laser card and a number of United Kingdom debit cards.
One of the major advantages at Extrabet.com is that withdrawals can be made to debit cards and credit cards. Hence players using these cards need not worry about withdrawing their funds using the time consuming processes involving checks and bank transfers.
Extrabet.com offers a reasonably comprehensive in-house Help section. In addition to the issues already discussed this help section offers useful information for troubleshooting and for handling responsible gambling issues. Links to organizations assisting problem gamblers and filtering programs for preventing underage gambling have also been provided.
The best way to get in touch with customer support is to use the online form. However contact details for telephonic and e-mail contact have also been provided.
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