SBK Review

SBK is a sportsbook that packs a lot into a small space - it’s a mobile app-only product. Neat integration of social media-style interactions and a close relationship with Smarkets mean SBK offers something different to the rest of the pack on both user experience and pure pricing. 

Choose SBK for their:

• Top-quality mobile product
• Price+ promise
• Betting tips and other integrated social elements

SBK has really hit the nail on the head when it comes to presentation and user experience. In the sports betting world, many operators are plagued by sluggish or downright buggy mobile apps, so the high quality of SBK’s product is instantly noticeable.

Integrated social elements add another dimension to the SBK experience. 

You can follow other users, share and view tips, and comment and react on activity.

It’s novel to be able to do all of this without having to leave a sports betting app, and it certainly will appeal to many punters’ competitive spirits.

Standout betting features at SBK include Price+ (a ‘best odds guaranteed’ alert that lets you know when SBK’s prices are better than a selection of top UK online bookies), and the multiples bet pre-population tool, Auto Acca.

The markets available at SBK include the UK’s usual suspects like football, horse racing, and tennis, but you can also wager on a vast range of other sports including all the U.S. Major Leagues and other more obscure pursuits.

It’s difficult to find better politics betting options in the UK market than at SBK.

There’s no stone left unturned with respect to customer service and account management at SBK: Live chat support is available 24/7 and payment options are varied enough to cover the vast majority of punters’ needs.

Choose another bookie if you don’t like:

• Lack of live streaming
• No casino
• No desktop version

SBK has certainly freshened up the market since launching in 2019 with a slew of interesting promotions and features, not to mention the fact that its sportsbook is mobile app-only. However, there are some areas where it still has some catching up to do on the competition.

Live streaming is meat and drink for other top bookies and, given its increasing popularity, it’s disappointing to see no live streaming available on SBK.

Many other top online sportsbooks in the UK also feature fully featured casinos with sign up offers, thousands of slots games, table games, live casino products, and more. The variation is nice when it’s a slow day in the sports calendar, so the lack of a casino site at SBK may feel a bit unusual for regular punters.

Finally, it’s fair to say that the fact that SBK exists exclusively via mobile app will pique the interest of most - it’s a very forward looking approach - but there are still a decent chunk of bettors who prefer the tactile keyboards and big-screen viewing afforded by desktop and laptop PCs. Those in the latter group won’t find much appeal in SBK.

SBK has a sign-up offer which allows new customers to get £40 in free bets if they sign up via Bookies Bonuses today.

SBK’s app-only sports betting platform is a forward-looking product that complements the increasingly mobile habits of UK punters. It’s very in keeping with the times to have a fully featured sportsbook in your pocket and while most of the top operators have poured plenty of time and effort into their mobile apps, the quality of the betting experience on the SBK app leaves no doubt that it truly was made for mobile. 

SBK Sports

Forget all the other bells and whistles with the mobile app - if you can’t deliver a top-notch sports betting platform, then there’s no point in all the rest. Fortunately, SBK ticks plenty of boxes in this regard, with decent value prices via Price+ just one of the standout sports betting features on offer.

The mainstays of British sports betting - football and horse racing - are well covered at SBK, while punters interested in a dabble on tennis and U.S. sports will not be left disappointed either.

SBK Football

British punters love to bet on football and are spoiled for choice when it comes to deciding which bookie to place their wagers with. SBK football bettors are able to access all kinds of markets, including corners and cards, which are a welcome addition to the standard options like match odds, handicaps, and goal lines.

It’s fair to say that several other operators offer a greater variety of markets on any given match than are available at SBK, but the vast majority will be more than satisfied with the options available.

The combination of sharp odds via Price+ and a slick user interface makes SBK a fantastic choice for football punters.

Outright markets are open for betting on a decent range of major domestic and international tournaments, while pre-match markets are available on daily professional football fixtures from all corners of the globe (plenty of these games go live/in-play, too).

SBK Racing

Once again, SBK’s Price+ promise comes to the fore on its horse racing offering. By leveraging on the information provided by activity on the Smarkets exchange, SBK is able to offer up-to-date sportsbook prices that provide better value than most other bookies in the market.

As with everything else on the SBK app, it is intuitive and easy to navigate within and between races.

Punters can filter the racing options by popular bets, today’s races, or by racecourses. Betting options are, however, somewhat limited compared to the leading UK horse racing bookies like Ladbrokes: only win and place markets are available.

Another drawback is the lack of live streaming - but if you’re not fussed about watching the action unfold in real time, then the benefits of Price+ might outweigh this.

SBK Esports

It seems fitting that a modern, forward-looking sports betting app like SBK has a strong esports product given the surging popularity of esports betting.

It’s not a world-beating esports offering (the likes of Betway are head and shoulders above the rest of the crowd, for example), but there’s plenty of betting options on the top esports titles, including CS:GO, LoL, and more.

Live betting is often available on in-play match ups, and there’s a decent-enough range of pre-match markets including map winner, spreads, and totals.

One of the unique selling points of SBK in the UK online betting market is its mobile app-only presence. This means that all elements of the SBK experience are perfectly optimised for mobile, and this shines through via the slick interface and responsive menu navigation.

Everything from account registration to bet placement on the SBK app feels smooth and reliable on the SBK app.

There are some bookies in the UK market whose apps are so bad that they may as well not have bothered. SBK will easily hoover up custom from such competitors given the high quality of its app, not to mention the betting promotions and features on offer.

For iOS users, the SBK app is available for download via the App Store.

SBK Android

It’s good to see the SBK app available for download on the Google Play Store. That means you don’t have to find a separate source for downloading the .apk (with all the security issues that may entail).

Smarkets App

As explained above, SBK is sort of like the Smarkets exchange’s little sportsbook brother. There’s a Smarkets mobile app too, through which you can access Smarkets’ betting exchanges - so if you want the sportsbook with Price+ and all the other features, make sure you download SBK and not Smarkets.

SBK stands out in the market because it's a mobile-only/app-only product. However, that’s clearly not enough in and of itself to attract the masses. SBK might not pepper existing customers with free bets, but it does offers some nice promotions and has also developed several neat features to win and retain the attention of Britain’s punting public.

SBK Price+

SBK is aiming to score transparency and fair pricing goals with its Price+ promise. Price+ is a sort of ‘best odds guaranteed’ offer, where players are alerted to SBK odds that offer better value than the same bet at a selection of the UK’s other top online bookmakers.

Look out for the green triangle symbol on a bet - that indicates the price is better at SBK than at a number of competitors.

SBK claims it is able to offer better value in this way thanks to its close relationship with the Smarkets exchange. That’s a competitive advantage that only Betfair can match (OK, and Ladbrokes if we’re being extremely generous, but there’s less liquidity in the Ladbrokes exchange than there is in cured concrete).

SBK Auto Acca

The humble acca is a football betting institution in the UK. Many British punters cherish memories of watching Jeff Stelling announce to a packed pub that Coventry have score a last-minute winner, or Everton have had a man sent off thereby dashing their hopes of a comeback - and simultaneously crushing your mates’ 479/1 acca despite him already having planned how to spend the winnings.

SBK presents a nice little twist on the acca which should suit those punters who can never decide what to back. With the Auto Acca function, SBK automatically selects several selections and sticks them in the betslip for you, so the agonising work of picking selections is done for you.

Auto Acca is a neat little feature that really chimes with the mobile-first feel.

What’s extra nice about this feature is that SBK picks bets from across a range of different sports, therefore giving you skin in the game in all sorts of events - perfect for a slow Saturday afternoon.

SBK Tips

Another feature unique to SBK in the UK online sports betting scene is a properly integrated tips section. Like Auto Acca, this really showcases SBK’s app-first focus:

SBK’s social aspects - following other users, commenting and reacting to their tips, and sharing your own selections - really are at home on the mobile platform.

In terms of second-screen sports experiences, it’s hard to compete against the incumbent heavyweights like Twitter. However, an engaging social product that slots neatly into a first-class online betting app is a different beast altogether.

SBK Live Chat

The customer is always right, right? Well, not always, but for those occasions when you’re not sure if you’re right or not, then SBK’s support team is there to help via the live chat function.

SBK’s live chat is available 24/7.

It’s easy to access the live chat via the menu tabs in the app and it’s useful to know that SBK’s FAQ pages are also accessible through a standard desktop browser.

SBK Live Streaming

Unfortunately, one of the big drawbacks for SBK is the lack of live streaming for in-play events. Live video has become an increasingly important product for many leading bookies as in-play betting capabilities and technologies improve.

The likes of Bet365 and Betfair beat SBK into a pulp on live streaming metrics, so check out one of those alternatives if live streaming is a must for you (both have excellent mobile apps, too).

SBK offers UK punters great options for depositing. That’s a real plus over some other new-ish market entries that only offer debit cards and perhaps one other method. Currently accepted deposit methods are:

• Open Banking (min deposit: £10)
• Visa debit (min deposit: £10)
• Solo/Maestro (min deposit: £10)
• MasterCard/Eurocard (min deposit: £10)
• Neteller (min deposit: £10)
• Skrill (min deposit: £10)
• Trustly (min deposit: £10)
• PayPal (min deposit: £20)

SBK Withdrawal Time

It’s important to know how long the bookie bean counters are going to keep their grubby mits on your hard earned betting winnings before they release them to your account. For SBK, current estimated withdrawal times are:

• Open Banking: 12 hours
• Visa debit: 1-6 business days
• Solo/Maestro: 1-6 business days
• MasterCard/Eurocard: 1-6 business days
• Neteller: 1-2 business days
• Skrill: 1-2 business days
• Bank Transfer: 5-10 business days
• Trustly: 1-2 business days
• PayPal: 1-2 business days