Betway Ontario Review 2024 - Is Betway legal in Ontario?

Betway is now indeed one of several legal Ontario online sportsbooks and casino providers. Established in 2006, Betway is now regulated in Ontario and several European and Latin American national gaming jurisdictions. You may recognize their brand from numerous advertisements and partnerships across NHL, NBA and European soccer properties, perhaps most notably as long-time shirt sponsor of West Ham United of the Premier League.  With millions of customers around the world and plans for further expansion into regulated markets including the US, Betway was also the subject of a SPAC merger, and is now part of the parent company, "Super Group", which is listed on the NYSE under symbol "SGHC".  With all of this, you know that Betway is a legit sports betting provider that can be trusted, but what is your experience going to be on their Ontario platform? Let's get to the review.

Does Betway serve the rest of Canada or just Ontario?

You must be physically located in Ontario to play on the Ontario version of Betway.  If you are outside Ontario, you can still play on the Betway international version with access to CAD accounts and payment methods like Interac & Instadebit. Read our Betway Canada review that applies to their sportsbook offering for the rest of the country, excluding Ontario. If you are particularly interested in casino play, read our Betway Canada online casino notes.

Betway Ontario sports betting experience

As a gaming company that focuses on its one and only betting brand, Betway has one of the quickest and most intuitive betting platforms of any provider in the Ontario market, no matter your device of choice. By quick, we mean extremely fast load times when switching between pages or when loading all the betting markets for a particular event. Adding a bet to your bet slip is literally instantaneous, unlike some sites.

Betway Ontario's other available gaming verticals - Online & live casino

Betway offers one of the top licensed Ontario casino sites, with a wide array of both Random Number Generator online casino games, as well as live casino games that are run by a real-life dealer or croupier on camera. This includes a range of coveted options from the likes of Evolution Gaming or Pragmatic Play.  Betway also offers access to popular slots games like 9 Masks of Fire and 'Real' games like their exclusive Vinnie Jones Roulette.  

Betway Ontario mobile sportsbook experience

As with any solid betting provider, Betway offers both a mobile site and a mobile app, whether your preferred mobile device is your tablet or your phone. The reality is that all mobile apps have privacy issues.  All Ontario online sportsbook operators should provide consumers with this option, so that bettors that are concerned with privacy can use a mobile betting site, rather than an app.

Many of the new entrants to the Ontario market that have come up from the US (like DraftKings, FanDuel & PointsBet) only offer mobile sports betting via their app.  Not so with Betway, as you have a choice of a super quick and highly intuitive mobile site that is tailored to Canadian sports tastes, or their app which is tailored in the same fashion. 

Need to change your odds format display from Betway's mobile site? The default format is Decimal. To change it, simply hit the 'mobile' or 'hamburger' button to open the mobile menu. Scroll down to the 'odds display', then switch to your format of choice.

Betway Ontario sport & league coverage: superior depth & breadth

Betway has been focused on the various aspects of the Canadian market as well as their expansion into various US state markets.  For the traditional core of the Canadian sports betting public, Betway shows a serious focus on what Canadians love - the 'big four' leagues and sports are front and centre with convenience links and sport icon buttons. For these most popular sporting properties, Betway receives a lot of betting volume so they can afford to offer many available betting markets (ways to bet) on a given event, including one of the best live betting experiences in the Ontario market.

However, Betway is a truly international sports betting company. This means that you, the Ontario-based sports bettor gets the best of all worlds, no matter what your sporting passion is. Whether you like to dabble into the odd soccer match when the World Cup comes around, or if you are a die-hard EPL or Serie A supporter, Betway is seriously into soccer, as main sponsor of many UK and European clubs.

Beyond soccer, with a huge UK, Indian & South-Asian customer-base, all playing within the same Betway ecosystem, you know that there will also be leading cricket, rugby, boxing and F1 betting coverage, as these are principal sports of interest in these important markets for Betway. The same just cannot be said for many of the new US brand entrants to the Ontario market, as they truly only focus on "American" sports. While the US entrants might have some betting options outside the "big four" sports, Betway will have far superior coverage.

Betway Ontario esports coverage

Betway recognized the importance of esports within its bookmaker business long ago. So much so that esports betting was essentially given its own "vertical", separate from "Sports" across most of Betway's various national and international sites. Betway has also sponsored various esports teams around the world. So yes, Betway offers outstanding esports betting coverage to its Ontario customers. No matter if you are looking for betting on CS:GO, LOL, SCII, Rocket League or just about any other competition, Betway offers live and pre-match betting with lots of available betting markets (ways to bet).

Betway Ontario payment methods

In Ontario, Betway accepts Visa, Mastercard, Interac, MuchBetter, Instadebit, iDebit, ecoPayz, paysafecard, Neosurf and Flexepin.  (In Ontario generally, avoid credit card payments in order to avoid cash advance interest charges & fees. Credit card payments to any gaming site are not treated as purchases - so the transaction for you can be very expensive. Go with a debit, transfer or prepaid solution to avoid high fees.)

Betway Ontario Early Cash Out feature

You will see that the Betway Cash Out feature is widely available across many events and markets. Find its availability with the 'CO' icon.  With it, you will be able to protect stake money or take early partial profits where available, before your event has reached its conclusion.

Betway Ontario customer support methods

Get 24/7 customer support at Betway Ontario via the live chat utility.

Betway Ontario desktop/laptop site layout

The Betway Ontario layout as accessed from a computer is totally tailored to Ontario sporting tastes in terms of priorities. The most popular leagues are available via quick links and the most popular sports are available without having to scroll the screen or icons at all.  

Betway Ontario odds & margins

For the 'big four' sports at Betway Ontario, find odds margins in the 5% region. This means that when the odds are the same on both sides of a 2-way betting market like a handicap or point spread, you will see odds of 1.90/1.90 or -110/-110. These odds margins on the 'big four' are not the lowest in the market for Ontario, but they are in line with the big brands. Given the manner in which the odds can vary on any given event, oftentimes, the odds on the outcome for your bet of interest will often be much higher, in the region of 2.00 or +100.  These competitive odds margins also apply on other big internationally popular events, since unlike the US newcomer brands to Ontario, Betway serves millions of customers across the UK, Europe, India & Latin America.

This large customer base allows Betway to offer competitive margins on these events around the world because their entire customer base is playing on so many events, not just the 'big four' North American sports.  Contrast this with the odds margins at the US entrants to Ontario that are highly uncompetitive because they simply do not work with the kinds of wagering volume that would yield more competitive odds on this wide array of events.  In the end, Betway is a far superior option compared to several of the new US entrants to Ontario in this respect.

Betway Ontario bottom line: a superior betting platform

Betway truly offers one of the best sports betting platforms on the market today and Ontario bettors should be happy that they have moved to serve it in a fully legal capacity.  No matter your sporting (or esporting) preferences, or your device of choice, Betway gives you a fast and intuitive interface, competitive odds and a vast array of betting markets & tools across all events - an excellent option.

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