There are now many ways to watch live sport, whether on your TV, on your PC over the internet or actually going to a sporting event. The dedicated sports channels on satellite TV mean that there is a huge amount of sport to watch and bet on. You can watch every horse race from the UK and Ireland live as well as many live races from the US. There is numerous live football matches every week as well as golf, snooker, tennis, darts, american football, baseball, ice hockey and basketball to name but a few.
If, however, you do not have satellite TV you can still watch lots of live sport on your PC. Many of the large bookmakers and exchanges now offer live streaming of sports such as horse racing and football over the internet. In some cases you have to have a bet first, usually for minimal stakes, but a lot you can watch for free. The only slight drawback is that the live streaming over the internet can be a few seconds behind live TV coverage which you should be aware of if you are using the live feeds to bet in play or in running.
Some bookmakers also offer a live radio service for horse racing where there is very little delay.
Listed below is a list of the bookmakers that offer live streaming and what they offer. Please note that some events are not allowed to be streamed to the host country.
bet365 are currently offering a 100% deposit match up to £200 for new customers.
Betfair offer live streaming of all UK horse races. To watch you need to have a minimum matched bet of £2 placed on the relevant day of the race market in order to watch that race. They also offer free live streaming of football, tennis, basketball and snooker. Among the football shown is Italian, Spanish, Belgian , Portuguese, Australian and Internationals.
Betfair also offer live audio commentaries for all UK horse racing through Betfair-Timeform radio. The service is online every day and includes Betfair's own tipsters giving their opinions before and after races.
Betfair are currently offering a £10 free bet for new customers.
You can watch races broadcast by Racing UK through Boylesports' Bet2View service. You need to have logged in to your Boylesports account and you need to have bet at least £5 to watch a particular race. You can also watch all races broadcast through At The Races using the Bet & Watch service. Again you need to have logged in to your account and bet at least £5. Through these two services all UK horse races are streamed live.
Boylesports offer a selection of radio programmes to listen to,
Live Sports - a daily show, on air from 10am until the end of racing, providing the listener with previews of the days sporting action followed by the action itself. Live horse and dog commentaries throughout the day.
Live Football - A weekly saturday show on air from 2pm to 5.30pm providing the listeners with preview, updates and reports from all eight UK division and domestic cup competitions.
Horse Racing - Previews and commentaries from UK race meeting provided in a race by race format.
Greyhounds - Live commentaries and results from all daytime and evening BAGS meetings. Results also provided for selected evening meetings.
Live Irish Racing - Live commentaries of Irish horse racing.
Football - Up to date team news from all the English premiership clubs as well as previews and match reports (half and full time) for all the matches involving English premiership clubs, celtic and rangers.
Boylesports are currently offering a £20 free bet for new customers.
Coral offer live streaming of UK horse races.
Coral offer a selection of radio programmes to listen to,
Live Sports - a daily show, on air from 10am until the end of racing, providing the listener with previews of the days sporting action followed by the action itself. Live horse and dog commentaries throughout the day.
Live Football - A weekly saturday show on air from 2pm to 5.30pm providing the listeners with preview, updates and reports from all eight UK division and domestic cup competitions.
Horse Racing - Previews and commentaries from UK race meeting provided in a race by race format.
Greyhounds - Live commentaries and results from all daytime and evening BAGS meetings. Results also provided for selected evening meetings.
Live Irish Racing - Live commentaries of Irish horse racing.
Football - Up to date team news from all the English premiership clubs as well as previews and match reports (half and full time) for all the matches involving English premiership clubs, celtic and rangers.
Coral are currently offering a £25 free bet for new customers.
Ladbrokes offer live streaming of all UK and Irish horse races. To watch you need to have a minimum bet of £1 placed in order to watch that race. They also offer free live streaming of football, greyhounds from Crayford and Monmore, tennis and basketball. Among the football shown is Italian, Spanish, Belgian , Portuguese, Australian and Internationals.
Ladbrokes also offer live audio commentaries for all UK and Irish horse racing, greyhounds and English premiership football.
Ladbrokes are currently offering a £30 free bet for new customers.
Paddy Power offer live streaming in conjunction with the dedicated horse racing channels At The Races and Racing UK which show all UK and Irish horse races. To watch you need to have a minimum bet of £5 placed in order to watch that race.
Paddy Power offer a selection of radio programmes to listen to,
Live Sports - a daily show, on air from 10am until the end of racing, providing the listener with previews of the days sporting action followed by the action itself. Live horse and dog commentaries throughout the day.
Live Football - A weekly saturday show on air from 2pm to 5.30pm providing the listeners with preview, updates and reports from all eight UK division and domestic cup competitions.
Horse Racing - Previews and commentaries from UK race meeting provided in a race by race format.
Greyhounds - Live commentaries and results from all daytime and evening BAGS meetings. Results also provided for selected evening meetings.
Live Irish Racing - Live commentaries of Irish horse racing.
Football - Up to date team news from all the English premiership clubs as well as previews and match reports (half and full time) for all the matches involving English premiership clubs, celtic and rangers.
Paddy Power are currently offering £50 of free bets for new customers.
Skybet's comprehensive range of Bet & Watch opportunities include Racing UK, At The Races and all the Sky Sports channels plus over 1,000 other events all live.
They also offer live audio commentaries of all UK horse races, all greyhound BAGS and BEGS meetings.
Totesport offer a selection of radio programmes to listen to,
Live Sports - a daily show, on air from 10am until the end of racing, providing the listener with previews of the days sporting action followed by the action itself. Live horse and dog commentaries throughout the day.
Live Football - A weekly saturday show on air from 2pm to 5.30pm providing the listeners with preview, updates and reports from all eight UK division and domestic cup competitions.
Horse Racing - Previews and commentaries from UK race meeting provided in a race by race format.
Greyhounds - Live commentaries and results from all daytime and evening BAGS meetings. Results also provided for selected evening meetings.
Football - Up to date team news from all the English premiership clubs as well as previews and match reports (half and full time) for all the matches involving English premiership clubs, celtic and rangers.
Totesport are currently offering a £10 of free bet for new customers.
The Unibet streaming is currently free. They offer a huge amount of sports to watch, they offer cricket, handball, basketball, tennis and football. Among the football shown is Italian, Spanish, Belgian, Portuguese, Australian and Internationals.
unibet are currently offering a £20 bonus for new customers.
VC Bet offer live streaming of all UK and Irish horse races. To watch you need to have a minimum bet of £5 placed in order to watch that race.
VC Bet offer a selection of radio programmes to listen to,
Live Sports - a daily show, on air from 10am until the end of racing, providing the listener with previews of the days sporting action followed by the action itself. Live horse and dog commentaries throughout the day.
Live Football - A weekly saturday show on air from 2pm to 5.30pm providing the listeners with preview, updates and reports from all eight UK division and domestic cup competitions.
Horse Racing - Previews and commentaries from UK race meeting provided in a race by race format.
Greyhounds - Live commentaries and results from all daytime and evening BAGS meetings. Results also provided for selected evening meetings.
Live Irish Racing - Live commentaries of Irish horse racing.
Football - Up to date team news from all the English premiership clubs as well as previews and match reports (half and full time) for all the matches involving English premiership clubs, celtic and rangers.
William Hill offer live streaming of all UK and Irish horse races. To watch you need to have a minimum bet of £5 placed in order to watch that race. They offer a huge amount of sports to watch free on betliveTV, they offer snooker, basketball, tennis and football. Among the football shown is Italian, Spanish, Belgian, Portuguese, Australian and Internationals.
William Hill offer real time radio which provides audio commentary on horse and greyhound racing as it happens.
William Hill are currently offering £25 of free bets for new customers.
