William Hill

The site is very clean and well laid out, and has a lot to offer bettors – the front page includes a highlights section where you can see a list of forthcoming events, highlights, and prices. They also offer streaming 'Betlive TV' where you can watch sporting events via your PC for free. Some events are only available in certain countries, but if you can't watch a particular match on your favourite cable TV channel, then there is a good chance it will be offered on here.

There are lots of bonus offers available to new customers, including £25 free betting credit, and bonus money for the casino, bingo, and online poker sections of the site.

The William Hill web site offers a lot for bettors – including a bet calculator where you enter prices, your stake, the terms of the bet, and hypothetical results to see how much you would win or lose – it is a little fiddly to use, but is certainly much more convenient than setting up a spreadsheet to manage your bets – and as an added bonus, it is accessible anywhere you can use the internet.

The BetLive diary provides a comprehensive list of sporting events and lets you mark events that you are interested in, and place bets as you browse. You can also view scores on the site, and use WilliamHill Mobile to place bets using your mobile phone, as well as view results, and play on a mobile version of the arcade.

The bingo, casino, and poker sections of the site have a decent selection of games available, and the games are fast loading and attractive – there are some 'free play' demos that even un-registered users can try out, but for most games you do need to be a member.

The casino is not a substitute for a full-fledged casino site, but it is a good addition to the site, and the bonus scheme they offer for regular players is fairly competitive when compared to comp points schemes on other sites. If you are more of a sports betting fan, and only occasionally play casino games, then the simplicity of only having to worry about membership on one site may be a bonus for you.

Support is available via an 0800 (free-phone) number for UK residents, as well as Spanish and Greek specialist telephone numbers, and an international number for people elsewhere.