New Customer Offer
Any new customers visiting Paddy Power from Cheltenhamfestival.net will qualify for up to £250 in free bets.
Wagering Requirement
- Open a new account, place a bet up to a maximum of £50 and we will match it with a free bet of the same value.
- Place a further 4 bets and get another free bet for your average stake up to a maximum of £50.
- After another 5 bets you will receive another free bet to a maximum of £50, this continues until you have received a total of 4 free bets to a maximum of £50 each time.
Background
Paddy Power have been established since 1988 and are currently Ireland’s largest bookmaker, not to mention one of the largest players in the UK. They are fast gaining a reputation for adding real fun to placing a bet, not to mention value with their notoriously early pay-outs to customers and the cashback specials that you may have seen advertised on television.
Although widely respected as a bookmaker, they have something of a controversial opinion within the betting industry due to a number of close-to-the-bone marketing campaigns and their tendency to pay out on outcomes before an event has even been settled. However, this has seen them grow in popularity and it’s refreshing to see a bookmaker stand out from the crowd.
Odds & Markets
Paddy Power’s odds are generally very good, especially when it comes to football betting. These guys are unafraid of taking a position on a big football or rugby match, especially one concerning England or Ireland (where the majority of their customers are based). Their money-back offers should also be applauded, especially as they always provide realistic outcomes (such as cashback if Rooney scores the last goal for England).
They also end up paying out early on their antepost markets, with the Irish firm nearly always deciding to settle the Premier League, La Liga or Scottish Premier League winner’s market before the result is mathematically assured. They are also outstanding when it comes to offering better each-way value than their competitors, regularly paying an extra place when it comes to the big horse races or golf events. For big racing meetings like the Cheltenham Festival, they will regularly put their neck on the lines and offer to pay out losing stakes if the favourite wins.
Website
The Paddy Power website is quick, clean and easy-to-use. They have one of the easiest sign-up processes in the industry and finding your bet is a pretty straightforward process. The Irish firm provide humorous editorial to accompany many of their homepage-featured markets, while the theme continues with their entertaining customer emails. However, there’s some serious attention to detail when it comes to the structure of the website, which sees the sports listed in A-Z order in the left-hand menu, with some sports provided in Quick Links above this.
Live betting has a section of its own which can be accessed from the left-hand menu or the live matches that are advertised in the middle of the homepage. It’s a pretty decent offering which highlights odds in red when they are shortening and odds in blue when a team or player is on the drift. There is also a useful panel on the right-hand side which summarises the events that are live now and the ones that are taking place soon. In addition, there is live streaming of many sports available and a novel Last Man Standing competition on the Premier League.
Customer Service
The customer service at Paddy Power is excellent and gets full marks. They are totally transparent by illustrating their support response times on the site and have a 15 second response time for telephone, a 21 second response time for live chat and 36 minutes is the average time that the Irish firm take to respond to your query. Queries are always handled efficiently and the staff there are well-mannered and polite.
Customer Service Email
support@ paddypower.com
Customer Service Telephone Number
08000 565 275
Sign up offer
As a reader of CheltenhamFestival, you get £250 of free bets when you sign up to Paddypower using links on this site.
Promotions
Super Early Payouts
Paddy Power have developed a reputation for settling a market before the result is known. Sometimes, the Irish firm will even pay out on a team winning a match before the game has been played!
Player Money-Back Specials
You may have seen Paddy Power advertise this on television. For selected football matches, they will offer a cashback promotion which usually runs along the lines of "If Player A scores the last goal of the game, then we will refund all losing First Goalscorer, Correct Score and Scorecast bets.
Accumulator Money-Back Special
Available when the football season is taking place, Paddy Power will refund all losing 4 folds and upwards if the bet is winning at half time but not at full time.
Last Man Standing
A brilliant Premier League prediction competition where you pick a team to win every week - there's a prize of £10,000 for every tournament.
In-Play Betting
Paddy Power streams live UK & Irish horse racing and offers users access to live streaming tennis & football. Leagues covered include Serie A and La Liga games.
