The table brings together the main facts about Bres Bet in one place, from the company behind the brand to our products, payment methods and support contact. Each point is covered in more detail in the sections further down the page.

Detail	Information
Operator	BresBet Ltd, Sheffield
Launch year	2021
UKGC licence granted	Account 65252, February 2025
Products	Sportsbook, horse and greyhound racing, virtual sports, casino, live casino, Slingo
Payment methods	Visa, Mastercard and Maestro debit cards, bank transfer
Support channel	[email protected]

How BresBet Started

A racehorse owner founded BresBet with a pledge to go back to bookmaking and put horse and greyhound racing ahead of football. We set up the BresBet Foundation to pass a share of our profits to animal welfare charities in both sports.

1. March and September 2021 – we registered the company and Bres Bet went live for UK players on a white-label platform supplied by Playbook Gaming under its Gambling Commission account 50122.
2. 2021 and 2022 – we sponsored the Steel City Cup at Sheffield, the East Anglian Derby at Yarmouth and the Easter Cup at Shelbourne Park in Dublin.
3. 2022 – the BresBet app went live on the App Store for iOS, and an Android version followed on Google Play.
4. February 2025 – we moved to our own Gambling Commission licence, account 65252, covering sports betting, casino, bingo and virtual events.

Launching on a partner’s licence let us open for bets within months, while the platform owner handled regulation. Once BresBet Ltd became the licence holder, compliance, payments and player accounts came under our direct control, and the sportsbook and the casino stayed on Playbook technology.

Our Casino Lobby

We built the Bres Bet casino lobby next to the sportsbook and split it into five sections.

• Slots – video slots from a range of studios, including titles with jackpot prizes. They make up most of the lobby.
• Scratchcards – instant-win cards with the result in a single round. They suit short breaks between races.
• Table games – digital blackjack and roulette played at your own pace without a dealer. Each round settles instantly.
• Live casino – blackjack and roulette tables with real dealers, streamed in real time. You place bets on screen while the dealer runs the round in the studio.
• Slingo – more than 60 games that combine a bingo-style number grid with slot reels. Each spin marks off numbers, and completed lines move you up the prize ladder.

We built the lobby around popular providers such as Pragmatic Play, Play’n GO, Blueprint Gaming and Evolution, and games such as Big Bass Bonanza, Book of Dead, Fishin’ Frenzy and Lightning Roulette. We only added games to the BresBet casino from developers licensed by the Gambling Commission, as UK rules require.

Sports and Racing Betting

Our sportsbook ran from the Premier League to boxing, yet horse and greyhound racing received the deepest markets and the most tools. BresBet priced football fairly too: an independent check of one Premier League match put our overround at about 106.7 per cent, a fair margin for a young brand. We left esports out of the menu and kept the focus on sports that UK punters bet on every week.

Bet type	What BresBet offered
Horse racing	UK and Irish meetings with live streams, racecards, price movement graphs and Best Odds Guaranteed
Greyhound racing	Live streams of UK and Irish greyhound meetings
Football	Pre-match markets, Bet Builder and Acca Insurance
In-play	Live markets on football, tennis, darts and cricket
Virtual sports	On-demand virtual football, basketball and golf
Other sports	Tennis, darts, cricket, golf, rugby and boxing

Cash Out worked on qualifying bets, and we settled it in full only, without a partial option. From launch day Bres Bet also ran a call centre for telephone betting, so customers who preferred to speak to a person could place a racing or sports bet by phone instead of through the site.

Our Place in British Racing

We built our name in British racing from the first day of trading in September 2021. We signed on as the betting partner of both Uttoxeter and Warwick racecourses at launch. In the second year of the Uttoxeter deal we named two racedays after the brand, the BresBet Ladies Day on 22 July 2022 and Gentleman’s Day on 2 October 2022.

From October 2021 we sponsored the Cotswolds stable of National Hunt trainer Fergal O’Brien, who joined us as a brand ambassador, with his stable jockey named the first BresBet Legend. In August 2022 Bres Bet added a sponsored young jockey to support new riders. We put racing at the centre of the brand and built it for racing punters first, not as an add-on to football.

Promotions for Our Players

We split our promotions into four groups that cover both the sportsbook and the Bres Bet casino. Every offer comes with its own terms on qualifying markets, minimum odds and expiry, listed on the promotions page..

• Welcome offers – new customers entered a promo code at registration and received free bets after a qualifying first bet. The free bets land the day after the qualifying bet settles.
• Racing specials – money-back offers on selected horse races returned losing stakes as free bets when the race result matched the offer. Regular specials include Our Favourite Consolation and Neck, Back & Craic.
• Free bet rewards – football accumulator rewards, a refer-a-friend bonus and weekly loyalty free bets went to regular customers. The AccaStacca reward pays a free bet for landing accumulators of different sizes in the same month.
• Casino offers – the weekly Slots Club credited free spins, and the loyalty club paid casino cash drops. Cash drops land in accounts twice a week.

We designed one loyalty scheme for both sides of the site, so that qualifying sportsbook bets also count toward casino cash drops for BresBet casino UK players. We set free bets and free spins to land in the account once the conditions of each offer are met.

Accounts, Payments and Verification

Opening an account took one registration form, and every customer had to be 18 or over. We checked the age and identity of each BresBet casino UK player electronically at sign-up and asked for documents only when the automatic check did not pass. All balances, bets and payments ran in pounds sterling, with a minimum deposit of £10 and no fees on our side.

• Debit cards – Visa, Mastercard and Maestro debit cards funded the account instantly and received withdrawals back to the same card. Visa Electron cards are accepted as well.
• Bank transfer – customers could move money directly between a UK bank account and their betting balance. The same route works for both deposits and withdrawals.
• Credit cards – we did not accept them, in line with the UK ban on gambling with credit cards since April 2020. The ban applies to every gambling operator licensed in Great Britain.
• E-wallets – PayPal, Skrill, Neteller and Trustly were not part of the cashier. Payments go through debit cards or bank transfer instead.
• Apple Pay – deposits through Apple Pay work when the wallet is linked to a Visa or Mastercard debit card. Withdrawals then go back to that card.

We paid withdrawals from £10 back to the method used for the deposit. Card payouts from Bres Bet took 2 to 5 working days, and we charged no fee for cashing out. All payouts are made in pounds sterling, with no currency conversion for UK bank accounts.

BresBet on Mobile

Our players bet from a phone in two ways: through the BresBet app for iOS and Android or through the mobile version of the site in any browser. The iOS app came first on the App Store, and the Android version followed on Google Play. Both apps carried every market from the online sportsbook, plus slots and live casino tables, so customers did not need a desktop for betting or casino play.

The mobile site used the same layout as the apps and suited customers who did not want to install anything. On the App Store the app held a rating of 3.7 out of 5 from 33 reviews at the time of one independent review. One login worked across the app, the mobile site and desktop, so Bres Bet casino balances and open bets stayed in the same account on every device.

Our Approach to Safer Gambling

We built safer gambling tools into every BresBet account, covering both the sportsbook and casino. We set lower limits to apply at once and higher ones only after a cooling-off period.

• Deposit limits – a cap on deposits over a period the customer chooses. The limit covers every payment method on the account.
• Loss and wagering limits – caps on net losses and total stakes. Both work alongside the deposit limit.
• Reality checks – on-screen reminders of the time spent in a session. Each reminder lets you stop or carry on.
• Session limits – a cap on how long one session can last. Play stops once the set time runs out.
• Time-out – a short break from betting and casino play. During the break the account stays closed to new bets and deposits.
• Self-exclusion – account closure for at least 6 months. The account cannot be reopened before the chosen period ends.

UK players can get free support from GamCare, which runs the National Gambling Helpline 24 hours a day, and from the BeGambleAware site with its self-assessment and local service finder. GAMSTOP blocks all online gambling sites licensed in Great Britain for 6 months, 1 year or 5 years.

Our Sister Brand Bet St George

We launched Bet St George in March 2026 as a sister brand run by the same Sheffield team. We gave both brands a sportsbook, a casino and a strong horse racing section.

The difference is focus: we designed Bet St George around English sport, with England teams and national events at the front of its markets, specials and promotions, and BresBet around racing.

Contacting BresBet

Questions about an account, a deposit or a withdrawal go to the BresBet support team by email at [email protected]. Write from the email address linked to your account and include your username, so the team can find the account without extra checks.

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