Lottoland sports betting experience – test & review

Bonus & VIP Offer

Welcome bonus

As an ideal start, you surely want a lucrative sports betting bonus that is comparably easy to implement. Unfortunately, my Lottoland sports betting test revealed that there is no Lottoland sports betting bonus. Currently, you will not be granted a bonus on your first deposit.

When asked, the customer service confirmed to me that they will not make any changes in the short and medium term, as they want to keep the balance between the individual divisions/genres. Certainly annoying for some of you, but still an understandable decision.

VIP & Loyalty Program

I can also describe the VIP and loyalty program of Lottoland Sportwetten relatively briefly. Although it is not very large and rich, you can still receive a reward of 10 euros from Lottoland Sportwetten thanks to the friend referral.

To activate the friendship bonus, you first have to create your individual bonus link and then send it to your friends or family members. Lottoland Sportwetten does not set a limit, but they keep the option open to limit you in this regard.

You can only receive your Lottoland sports betting bonus when your referred person has made a first deposit and has subsequently passed a successful identity check and placed a first betting slip with a stake of at least 10 euros.

Your friendship bonus must be wagered exactly once on a sports bet of your choice before a payout is possible. However, you will only receive the net profit, so based on my Lottoland sports betting experience, I recommend a risky bet with odds of 2.00 or higher.

Betting offer

I will continue with my Lottoland sports betting test report with the betting offer. There are 22 different betting markets to choose from, whereby it is clearly a conventional betting program without any major special features. The action is clearly dominated by the top sports in Europe, such as soccer, basketball and tennis.

From a German perspective, you have the choice of betting down to the regional leagues, with the depth clearly decreasing the deeper you go down in the German divisions. Per match, you can use up to 200 additional betting options on the active course of the game to the 1st Bundesliga. However, the number of additional bets decreases significantly in the 2nd and 3rd Bundesliga.

A similar picture emerges in the other sports betting markets. While the top games of the sports come with some attractive additional bets or special bets, the less popular games and events are available with a significantly limited selection. With Gaelic Football, Gaelic Hurling and Futsal, some fringe sports are additionally covered.

eSports & other special bets
The eSports market cannot be categorized as a fringe sport. The eSports are drastically brought to the fore by Lottoland sports betting. In recent months, Lottoland Sportwetten has been able to add some game titles to its portfolio, such as the official leagues of Dota, Rocket League or Counter-Strike:Go. The additional betting selection is still expandable, but you should be able to expect even more here in the future.

Live bets

After several weeks of Lottoland sports betting experience, I am positively impressed by the live bets. You can place bets on games or events around the globe at any time of the day. In doing so, Lottoland Sportwetten makes the selection as varied as possible. This is also successful, although it cannot be denied that the soccer betting market is clearly dominant.

Nevertheless, in addition to the popular European ball sports, table tennis, volleyball and even cricket are also available for live betting. Thus, the selection is more than solid. The delay in accepting a live bet is about 7 seconds.

What I like very much is the display of all live bets, including live data and statistics on the course of the game. Here, Lottoland Sportwetten is on a high level even without its own live streams. The reason for this is a cooperation with Sportradar, a platform that provides all data and additionally equips the games with real-time graphics. Accordingly, you can easily follow the match progress and get a good impression before you place your bets.

Quotes & Betting Features

Quotes

Regarding the betting odds at Lottoland Sportwetten: In general, my impression is that larger companies tend to focus on stability and continuity and therefore big jumps on favorite or underdog wins are not really to be found. To test this thesis, I took a close look at the most popular betting markets at Lottoland Sportwetten and took a look at ten current betting odds of various sports.

My choice fell on the betting market of soccer, tennis and basketball. The result was an odds ratio of 94.03 percent, which is rather midfield in direct comparison to other sports betting providers in the industry. As you can see from the following odds, the betting odds of European Lotto and Betting Limited (ELBL) stand for continuity.

93,21 / 94,38 / 92,40 / 93,63 / 94,50 / 94,29 / 94,02 / 95,05 / 93,97 / 94,86 = 94,03 %

Betting Features

What didn’t really surprise me are the limited betting features at Lottoland Sportsbook. Lottoland is not a pure sports betting provider on the Internet, but much more a company that also wants to make its regular sports bets available on the Internet via European Lotto and Betting Limited (ELBL).

Since a cashout would compete with classic betting in lottery stores, they have therefore also decided against a possible cashout function and possible betting configurators.

Deposits & Withdrawals

Deposits

When it comes to deposits and withdrawals, Lottoland Sportwetten has opted for a very clear, but also very small selection of sports betting payment methods.

You can deposit as little as 10 Euros free of charge via Sofortüberweisung, Visa and Mastercard, MuchBetter, CashToCode and via classic bank transfer. In contrast to all other deposit methods, you have to wait up to 7 business days for your deposit.

A tip from me: Every deposit of more than 100 euros is automatically rewarded with a small bonus of 3 euros. Not much, but still useful for a larger combination bet.

Withdrawals

Withdrawals are only possible after your account has been verified. You will be prompted to do so in your player account, where you will have to upload a document that enables age and identity verification. Unlike many other sports betting providers, the document can only be a color copy of your ID.

Your ID document will then be checked by the service team and supposedly evaluated within 24 hours. In fact, it should take much longer, as you can read below.

If your identity check is successful, you can request your payout via bank transfer starting at 20 Euros.

Unfortunately, I have to note that you will not be able to avoid the betting tax at Lottoland Sportsbook. The betting tax is automatically deducted from your potential winnings in the betting slip, but there are no other fees.

My experience with the first deposit and withdrawal
Depositing money at Lottoland via my Visa credit card proved to be very uncomplicated and fast. My money in the amount of 27 euros was immediately available in my player account.

Unfortunately, Lottoland did not offer me a welcome bonus after my first deposit. This is rather unusual and not very attractive for potential new customers.

So I placed a live bet, which was accepted after 7.5 seconds, which is average according to my previous experiences.

Overall, I had to convert my deposit according to the Anti-Money Laundering Act, once completely – about this, Lottoland fortunately informed me immediately.

Before the payout, of course, the KYC process was still pending. However, I could not find a tool for uploading my documents. To proceed anyway, I sent my required documents to the email address listed in the help section. Within three days, my documents were confirmed. Unfortunately, that’s not particularly fast.

I brought my 36.95 euros earned through further winning bets to the payout via my sports betting credit card. This process, similar to the deposit process, was straightforward. However, I had to wait three days for the money to reach me in this step as well.

Overall, the deposit and withdrawal process seemed very reputable and reliable to me. However, the speed of the bookie is in absolute need of improvement, both in the KYC process and in the payout.

Reputation & Security

The name Lottoland should be able to signal one thing to you above all – security and respectability. There is absolutely no doubt that Lottoland Sportwetten is a reputable and trustworthy company.

The site is operated by Deutsche Lotto- und Sportwetten Limited (DLSL), with European Lotto and Betting Limited (ELBL) operating as the bookmaker, and your picks are passed on accordingly. For these reasons, there is no German sports betting license available, instead Lottoland Sportwetten operates under the flag of the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA). In my experience, this is one of the best state authorities and assures you of the highest security standards in addition to a smooth betting process.

In addition to a classic SSL encryption technology, the security concept also includes individual deposit and loss limits, which you can set personally in the customer account. Of course, these can also be lifted again, but according to the requirements of the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA), this can only happen after 7 days. The license with the number MGA/B2C/609/2018 was issued on February 25, 2019 and is accordingly still quite fresh.

In addition to the security concept, Lottoland Sportwetten also points out Gamble Aware and Playing with Responsibility. These external counseling centers are available to you anonymously in case of a possible gambling addiction. All your inquiries will be answered anonymously with the utmost discretion and objectivity.

I also took a look at the common forums for my Lottoland sports betting test report and could not find any conspicuous and critical reports there. Neither unlawful account suspensions nor serious restrictions due to fast limits are mentioned.

Service & Support

However, a good security concept does not end with a reputable license, you should also pay much more attention to a competent and always accessible customer service. According to my Lottoland sports betting experiences, this is unfortunately only limited at Lottoland sports betting.

You can reach the customer support of Lottoland sports betting by e-mail and by telephone hotline at local rates from the German fixed network.

Accordingly, you have to do without a live chat, which is definitely a big weakness and should be absolutely changed.

However, I was generally satisfied with the responses from the customer service via email. All concerns were answered very precisely and with examples within 12 and 24 hours, so there was no need for further questions.

The customer service by phone also convinced me, but I would only recommend it to you in case of an emergency. Especially smaller problems, such as delays in the payout or possible difficulties with the verification, you can look up in the FAQ.

It’s definitely not enough to get top marks, but even without a live chat, all my questions were answered seriously and quickly as usual. Unfortunately, I was not able to get an answer as to whether a live chat is planned for the future.

Functions & Design

The visual appearance of the Lottoland sports betting website convinced me completely. During my Lottoland sports betting test phase, I noticed this extremely positively.

Already at first glance, you can see that the company has clearly thought about structure, overview and design. In terms of color, it looks very appealing, usability is clearly given thanks to many filters and a classic 3-column display and clear division between betting program, live betting and customer account. Accordingly, I had no problems finding my bets or finding my way around the customer account.

A big plus in my view is the quick presentation of the betting program. Whether you want to jump from sport to sport or simply from the customer account to your live bets, thanks to the fast website there are no problems.

The website is clearly designed for good usability. The website is currently available in German, English, Slovakian, Polish, Portuguese and Japanese. According to customer service, further languages are being planned.

Other Offers

Lottoland is a broad-based gambling project with a wide range of offers on the Internet. Among other things, this also includes its own casino, which offers more than 600 different games from various providers. The providers include Net Entertainment and Play’n GO, among others. This means that you can make sure that your favorite slots, such as Book of Dead or Starburst, are available via the regular website and the modified website via smartphone and tablet.

Likewise, thanks to the network of providers and the European Lotto and Betting Limited (ELBL), you have more than 60 different jackpot slots at your disposal, which consistently include 6-digit jackpot amounts and solid amounts in the millions thanks to the wide coverage.

On the other hand, the Lottoland live casino is somewhat limited. Financially, this is more suitable for beginners in my view, real tables for high rollers are not recognizable. At least there are a few game shows available for variety with Dream Catcher and Deal or No Deal.

Lottery
However, Lottoland is known for its large number of European lotteries. Across Europe, there are more than 25 lotteries to choose from via the website, many of them with jackpots in the triple-digit millions and different betting options.

I had no previous experience with the Lottoland lotteries. After my first few hours, I found that this is rather nothing long-term for me, but in the short term it can definitely be a nice change from sports betting.

FAQ – Lottoland sports betting
➕ Does Lottoland offer a welcome bonus?
No, unfortunately Lottoland does not offer its new customers a lucrative welcome bonus.

⭕️ How is the live betting area at Lottoland?
Lottoland has put a lot of effort into the live betting area: You can expect a wide range of offers and a very appealing presentation of live bets, including statistics and real-time graphics.

How reputable is the betting provider?
Because Lottoland is equipped with the very secure Malta license, you don’t have to worry about the bookmaker’s seriousness. Lottoland complies with the high European security standards, uses SSL encryption technology and is additionally committed to player protection.

Which communication channels can I use to reach the customer service?
Unfortunately, you can only reach Lottoland’s customer service via email and a telephone hotline. To my surprise, there is no live chat. However, there is also an extensive FAQ section, which you can use to clarify some questions in advance.

Does Lottoland offer a mobile app?
You can access Lottoland sports betting via a web version optimized for mobile devices, which does not limit you in any way in terms of functionality.