Welcome to the betrescue.com guide to Betfred, the world’s largest independent bookmakers and the UK’s biggest independent high street retailer.
Betfred Chairman and founder Fred Done, known as the Bonus King, for the incentives offered to his customers, set up his first betting shop in 1967 but has now expanded his empire to include 850 shops. The company has 2,000 employees and a turnover in excess of £1.5 billion making it the biggest independent bookmaker in the world
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Why Betfred?
Licensed in the UK, Betfred have a long established reputation for value and customer satisfaction and offer more concessions and bonuses than any other bookmaker. You only need one account with Betfred, as your account details give you access to the telephone and Internet and you can deposit or withdraw your cash in any of Fred’s, 550 shops.
Betfred Firsts
Betfred also has a reputation for innovation and has an impressive list of firsts to their name, for example Betfred were the;
1.) Inventors of the Lucky 15
2.) First Bookmaker to offer daily early price races
3.) First Bookmaker to created a ‘Betting shop millionaire’ when Stuart Bolland picked up a cheque for over £1m from a ‘Scoop 6’ bet at Betfred’s Cadishead, Manchester branch.
4.) First bookmaker to offer ‘best price’ guaranteed races
5.) First bookmaker to payout on disqualified horses after stewards enquiries; win, each way, singles and multiples
6.) First bookmaker to offer odds of 500/1 for three correct numbers on the Irish Lotto
7.) First bookmaker to offer treble odds for one winner on Lucky 15,31 and 63’s
8.) First bookmaker to abolish 5p rule 4 deductions
9.) First bookmaker to offer singles on football matches
10.) First bookmaker to offer a ‘back or lay’ service on football matches
11.) First national bookmaker to pay 1/4 odds 1,2,3,4,5 and 1/5 odds 1,2,3,4,5,6 on golf tournaments
12.) First bookmaker to go ‘N/R no bet’ on week of race bets for major races
Finances
Punters can deposit money with Betfred using the following methods:
Debit Cards
Credit Cards
Cheque/Bankers Draft
Bank Wire Transfer
Regional Bank Transfer – BTS
Neteller
Prepaid ATM
Citadel
Western Union
Fedex
Betfred users meanwhile, can deposit and bet in the following currencies:
Australian Dollar
Iceland Krona
Singapore Dollars
Swedish Kroner
Danish Kroner
Norwegian Kroner
South African Rands
United States Dollars
Euro Canadian Dollars
New Zealand Dollars
Japanese Yen
Thai Baht
Malaysian Dollars
Hong Kong Dollars
Security
Data and Systems security is very important for the operation of all of Betfred.com. They employ advanced security systems to protect all of your personal and financial information prior to transmission, across their distribution channels, to ensure it is not accessible to anyone but Betfred.com. The site uses Secure Socket layer (SSL) technology certified by the leading security organisation, Verisign. This is implemented to encrypt all confidential data, which is managed by infrastructure and installed behind secure firewall technologies.
Offers change regularly and you are advised to check the terms and conditions on the website before opening an account.
