MELBet sports betting experience – test & review

Bonus & VIP Offer

Welcome bonus

The MELbet new customer bonus
The new customer bonus from MELbet is advertised with the Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Gvozdyk and promises 100% up to 100 euros for the first deposit. With this offer, the bookie is in good company with the competition.

To claim the bonus, a new account must be opened and a minimum deposit of just one euro must be made. To be able to collect the full bonus amount, it is recommended to deposit exactly 100 euros.

To withdraw winnings from the bonus, it must be wagered five times. Only combined bets with three or more events are valid and each of these bets must have a minimum odds of 1,40. MELbet allows 30 days for this.

Other bonus promotions
In addition, the promotion “100% refund of the combination bet 7=6” is offered regularly, in which there is a cashback if exactly one tip of a combination bet with seven selections loses.

Behind the slogan “You can do it longer” is a bonus program that offers a bonus if you place a bet of 2 euros or more every day in a period of 42 days.

Betting offer

The selection of sports
The betting provider with its headquarters in Cyprus has around 50 different sports on offer. Soccer is just as little missing as tennis, basketball, handball or volleyball. But also motor sports with Formula 1, Nascar and motorcycle racing are on offer.

All fans of equestrian sports can indulge in their passion on an international level. There are races from Australia, Great Britain and France as well as those from South Africa, Turkey and America.

And also the lovers of exotic sports will get their money’s worth with bets on curling, surfing or in the field of entertainment, the Spice Girls, Game of Thrones or the Eurovision Song Contest.

The betting options
MELbet is the right provider for all those who want to draw from the full range of betting options. For example, for the games of the German Bundesliga, the English Premier League and the Italian Serie A, well over 1,300 different betting options are offered. In addition to the “traditional” 1 – X – 2 betting options, you can find all kinds of special bets.

Live bets

Das Livewetten Programm des online Bookies ist ebenso umfangreich, wie das der Pre Event Wetten. Fußball nimmt natürlich die prominente Top Position ein, aber auch Tennis, Basketball und Eishockey finden sich im Livewetten Sortiment.

Wettet ihr gerne auf Randsportarten, seid ihr bei MELbet bestens bedient: Zum Zeitpunkt unseres Testberichtes gab es Wettmöglichkeiten auf Tischtennis, Badminton und Wasserball, aber auch Quoten für die – zumindest für die meisten von uns – gewöhnungsbedürftige Sportart der Hahnenkämpfe wurden geboten.

Quotes & Betting Features

Quotes

If you look at the odds of the bookmaker, it is clear that professionals are at work here, who know how important the design of the odds is. These are for the strong soccer leagues in the top range, scratch from time to time even the industry top odds.

But also the odds of the other sports, as well as those for live betting, are quite respectable.

Deposits & Withdrawals

Deposits

In the area of deposits and withdrawals at MELbet impresses at first glance with a large selection, but on closer inspection it soon becomes clear that this is mostly cryptocurrencies. There are 20 different digital currencies to be found, ranging from Bitcoin and Litecoin, to DigiByte and Verge, to Tron and Ethereum Classic.

Apart from these cryptocurrencies, the following methods are accepted:

Visa and Mastercard credit cards,
ecoPayz and Payeer, and
the e-wallets Epay, Jeton Wallet, Perfect Money and Sticpay.

The options that are popular in Germany, such as Paysafecard and PayPal are missing, but Neteller, Skrill and Klarna/immediate transfer are also missing.

On the positive side, no fees are charged for transactions and the deposited amounts can be used immediately.

Withdrawals

Except for Visa and Mastercard, which are estimated to take from 1 minute to seven days for withdrawals, winnings are usually received within 15 minutes.

Reputation & Security

MELbet is operated by Tutkia Ltd, headquartered in Cyprus, which in turn belongs to Pelican Entertainment Ltd. This company has a license from Curacao. Thus, MELbet is one of those Internet betting providers that have an official license.

Information about the security of the data and how the transmission of sensitive details is protected from access by third parties is unfortunately not found on the website. A page with a privacy policy is completely missing, as is information on player and youth protection or the responsible use of sports betting and gambling. The site could definitely catch up here and offer more details.

Service & Support

The customer service team at MELbet can be reached around the clock via several channels. In addition to a live chat, there is a contact form and the possibility to contact various departments directly via email. This offer is rounded off by a free hotline. The customer support is available in German.

A help or FAQ section is unfortunately missing, but a tutorial on placing bets is offered as well as a banking page with details on deposits and withdrawals. If this section could be expanded to include information on opening an account, account management and help with technical problems, a good step towards top customer service would be done.

Functions & Design

Generally, the structure and layout of the website follow the usual standards. There are no header banners, instead the most popular soccer leagues and bets are displayed immediately. On the left is the navigation menu through all sports, on the right is the betting slip and lots of promo banners advertising promotions.

Nice feature: under Accumulator of the Day or Live Accumulator, a trifecta with preselected teams can be placed with just one click.

For registration you can choose one of the following four methods:

with your phone number,
via 1-click,
by e-mail or
via your social media account
However, there are still points deductions. On the one hand, these concern the lacking or non-existent translations. The usability of the website suffers somewhat from the abundance of betting markets that are offered. Long scrolling is essential, since the bookmaker has decided against a division into categories or a filter function.

Other Offers

If you are looking for variety besides all the sports betting, MELbet is the right choice. The bookmaker offers a wide range of alternatives.

First of all, there are the betting options on cybersports. These range from the eSports variants of soccer, tennis and basketball to Call of Duty, Dota and League of Legends and all that with live stream.

There is also a casino with slots and slot games, as well as a live dealer casino with games from Evolution Gaming.

Another MELbet benefit is the loyalty program, where there are loyalty points to collect for wagering sports bets. The collected loyalty points can be converted into cash.