The idea of copying a successful bettor isn’t a new one.
Tipsters have been running their own subscription lists for years, but the issue with them is, it’s very difficult to hold them accountable. They can cherry pick their successful predictions when marketing, and even if someone ‘goes public’ with a poor review, it doesn’t really reach many people.
Copybet solves this issue by allowing tipsters to set themselves up on the site, with their long-term success or failure on show for all to see, giving punters who fancy following a tipster much more information and control.
This site is unique in a sea of copycat cookie cutter betting sites, and for anyone who enjoys doing things a little bit differently – or even trying to make a bit of money selling your services as a tipster yourself – Copybet is worthy of your attention.
They key thing about Copybet, is that they offer a traditional sportsbook too, so even if a bettor is not interested in the tipster side of things, there is still a great product to try here.
They have incredible market depth both in terms of the sports and leagues on offer, and the betting lines within each event, and their platform is their own too, it’s not 3rd party, so it has been built to their own individual specifications.
It isn’t all perfect, but I can honestly say that Copybet is a bookie that excites me, because they have produced a solid sports book and aligned it with a unique concept in the industry that shows innovation and creativity that is often lacking in the sports betting world.
- Copy tipsters – Follow successful bettors wagers and copy their bets if you wish
- Masses of depth – So much to bet on and so many different betting lines on events
- Independent platform – No cookie cutter websites here, Copybet is 100% authentic
About CopyBet
Although CopyBet is a British business, headquartered in London, and paying UK tax, the man behind the company, Georgios Zenios, is Greek, and so are many of the people who work for the company. So while it may technically be a British business with a UK address, much of the operation seems to run from Cyprus.
Little is known about Zenios himself, but he certainly had investment from Russian businessman, Vitaly Avtaykin, at some point, who briefly held more than 75% of the shares in the company.
Who knows what the story is behind this, but one thing is sure, CopyBet is not one of those bookmakers with a long and romantic history – it is a betting concept that has been developed and brought to market specifically to challenge the status quo in the betting industry.
The brand launched its innovative new idea in 2017, although at that time the website wasn’t as feature rich as it is today, nor did the sportsbook have quite so much depth.
Initially developed for desktop use, CopyBet quickly proved popular taking over 1 million bets in less than 6 months after their launch, but customers continually asked for an app, and in 2020, the company delivered one.
From that point, a clear focus has been put on encouraging customers to use the app, but that is not the only big change that has been made at CopyBet.
At the end of 2023, horse racing was added to the sports list, along with the best odds guaranteed offer that is so loved by racing punters, and the deal made with PA Betting Services to supply the odds data only strengthened Copybet’s position.
A year earlier, the brand became the official betting partner of QPR Football Club, offering specials and deals based on the club’s games, and then signed up Shay Given as a brand ambassador to help market CopyBet to punters in Ireland, as they expanded into the territory during the same time.
So growth is definitely the name of the game for CopyBet, but as things stand, over 600,000 people are using their services, and a workforce of approximately 50 are keeping the gears turning behind the scenes.
Available Sports Betting Markets
Although the tipster copying element of Copybet is what makes it unique, it can be used solely as a regular sportsbook too, so in this section I will cover the brand from that angle alone, and discuss the bet copying element afterwards.
So, what can you bet on at Copybet?
There is an awful lot actually, including horse racing, football, golf, tennis, cricket, rugby, basketball, ice hockey, baseball, and American football.
There is no greyhound racing, which surprised me actually, or esports, but there are some niche sports like freestyle wrestling, chess, field hockey, netball and others, so if you want variety the sports list at Copybet is longer than average.
Market depth matches the best in the industry, going down 7 levels in UK football to the likes of the Northern and Southern Premier and the Professional Development leagues; elsewhere in the world you will find women’s football in Italy, second tier football in Columbia, and most top leagues for countries far and wide.
Horse racing is limited to the UK and Ireland, Rugby betting is available from Australia and France amongst others, there is volleyball from a good 15 countries, basketball from 17 or more – this should give you an idea of how comprehensive a book they keep at Copybet.
Within each event there are an absolute mass of betting lines too.
Premier League games regularly go above 400+ markets, and the same can be said for other big leagues in Europe, and even National League games have around 250+.
You can make forecast and tricast bets on the horses, there are usually at least 350+ markets on tennis matches, around 150+ on top basketball, 400+ on American Football – this really is a great bookie for punters who need a lot of range and depth.
Copying Tipsters
This is what CopyBet was designed for.
Anyone can set themselves up as a tipster (and even charge a small fee if they want to), and their bets will be displayed by Copybet along with how long they have been active, how many bets they have made, the amount of money won vs money lost, a risk level, how many followers they have and any fees associated with following their bets.
This is all useful information, because of course, it’s all very well-being £1,000 or more up, but if that all came from one lucky bet amongst a sea of losers, you’re probably not much of a tipster, so anyone who wants to give this side of things a try should look at more than each tipster’s bottom line.
Anyway, the actual process of finding a tipster to follow and then following them is really easy, all done with the click of a button and the checking of a few boxes. After that, the process is automated so the bets are made by the system on your behalf.
Feel uncomfortable with that? I understand.
The fact that the process is automated needn’t be a concern though. There are a lot of tools included in the platform to help punters keep control of their funds, so even though you aren’t placing the bets yourself, you do have control over them.
For instance, you can set a loss level at which the system will stop placing bets. So if you set a loss limit of £50 and your tipster places a bet that would risk you losing more than that, the system would stop placing bets for you.
Then you can decide to follow the tipster’s bets on all sports, or just certain sports, so the system will ignore the sports you don’t want and only place bets on the ones you do.
Another great tool, is the copying ratio, which allows you to follow high staking tipsters without having to stake the same amount of money as them, or allow you to stake more than they do. You can set the ratio to between 0.01 or 10, but the default is 1. The default would see you match the tipsters stake, so if they bet £10 you would also bet £10; a ratio of 0.01 would bet 1% of their stake, so a £100 tipster bet would be a £1 bet from your account; and anything over 1 would be a multiplication of the tipster’s bet, so a ratio of 5 would see you bet 5x as much as the tipster.
Whether this works out for you or not
In-Play Betting
In terms of availability and usability, CopyBet have a commendable in-play betting service that will more than likely have the market and bet type you are looking for, with plenty of cash out and bet builder opportunities available too.
The interface works really well by displaying the events for the sport you have selected down one side and leaving plenty of room for the specific event you are looking at in the middle of the page.
You can jump between events or between sports without any back and forth making it a very fluid and smoothly flowing process.
That said, there isn’t much in the way of extra entertainment value.
When looking at a live event, you won’t see much more than the score, some very basic stats (so basic there is almost no point) and perhaps a timeline of events. There is no visual representation of the event, no detailed information to explore etc.
It’s just not that sort of site.
The lack of any live streaming will be a disappointment to some too, but I know a lot of people don’t really use it anyway, and it is perfectly possible to bet with one company and live stream with another.
In truth, CopyBet probably isn’t the place for people who really love live betting and all of the extra features that come with it.
It has absolutely loads of live events that are crammed with betting markets you can’t use pre-event, so there is plenty of betting availability, it’s just not the place to hang around and watch your bets play out.
I would use their live betting service if I was wanting to bet on something but didn’t have time to keep an eye on it, if I was out with friends or something for example.
Payments and Limits
| Method | Min Deposit | Min Withdrawal | Fees | Withdrawal Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debit Card | £10 | £1 | 0% | 2-5 Days |
| Skrill | £10 | £1 | 0% | Up to 48 hours |
| Neteller | £10 | £1 | 0% | Up to 48 hours |
| Apple Pay | £10 | n/a | - | n/a |
One thing to be clear about with Copybet, is that you actually have two different accounts; one for the sportsbook, and one for copy betting.
Funds can be transferred between the two, and both have the same payment methods and limits, but this is something that will have to be managed if you plan to use both sides of the site.
The limits and deposit methods are all pretty standard though, so there should be an option to suit most people, and although withdrawal times are stated as being a little longer than you might like, a lot of bookmakers state a worst-case scenario timeframe but actually process requests a lot faster.
I haven’t won here yet (I know, boohoo right?) so can’t speak from personal experience, but that’s usually the way.
Deposit protection meets the basic level required by law, but maximum payout limits are fairly low by comparison, so this is another thing to be aware of. It’s not an issue, just make sure you are staking sensible amounts for the odds you are getting, as it would be quite easy to go above £10k on a multiple or perhaps if you are someone who stakes large amounts at long odds.
I suppose things could be better in this department, but there is nothing really worth complaining about, and as a smaller business lower limits and slightly slower processing times are to be expected really.
Navigating the Website and Using the Platform
The fact that Copybet have built their own website rather than buying in from a 3rd party is a good thing in my book, and for a few reasons.
Firstly, it means they feel different to use and gives them their own personality, as well as giving them full freedom over what is displayed and how, so they can cater to their customer’s needs more effectively.
Second, it costs a lot of money to build a site this complex, which shows that the company are investing for the long run. This should give confidence to anyone thinking of signing up with them, because any company that invests heavily at the start is going to work hard to keep hold of their customers.
They have done a decent job too, developing a site that looks the business and (mostly) makes sense. I like the icons they have used for the different sports, the fact that it is possible to create a favourites list, search for a specific event, and the ability to move around the betting interface unimpeded and without any annoying dead ends.
There are one or two navigational issues I ran into at the top end, but these can be considered a small learning curve to using the site, because once you have figured out the route you need to take, it won’t cause further issues.
The only one which does need addressing, is the way bettors access the FAQ and contact options, etc.
On the home page they are just not there.
I had to open the banking section, scroll down to the bottom, and then the list became available. I looked in my account, I looked at the bottom of the home page, scrolled to the bottom of the sports list, looked everywhere you might usually expect to find this info but it was nowhere to be seen.
It’s a very strange way of doing things, and I was frustrated trying to find the info I needed so it does need changing, but like I say, once you know you know.
User Experience
The layout of the site makes sense in a lot of ways, but in others, I feel there could be improvements made.
When you first sign in, you land in your account, where everything makes sense. From here you can choose to access your Sportsbook account or your Copybet account, or check out the promotions, the football news section, have a browse of the tipsters or read through some betting tips.
There is a main menu across the top with all of these options like you would expect.
Once you go to the sportsbook though, you lose all of these navigational options, with the site defaulting to the pre-event screen (which is not the same as the sportsbook homepage) and displaying a different main menu offering in-play, racing, and tipsters. If you want to see the homepage with the full A-Z, you have to hit the Copybet logo above the menu bar.
What’s more, if you want to switch to your Copybet account to copy another punter, you need to go via the banking area as I explained in the section above.
It’s confusing, and I don’t understand why they have made it so convoluted on desktop. The app handles things better.
Using the sportsbook to actually make bets isn’t an issue, the interface has even got some really helpful features like the ability to minimise all markets and only expand the ones you are interested in, which is good because there would be an awful lot of scrolling to do otherwise.
There are loads of filtering options at every stage too, from which markets you want to display, how you want them organised, what time periods you are interested in looking at, etc. Loads of good stuff.
So while I do rate the site, I also think some running repairs are needed to optimise the user experience at the start of their journey.
Betting App
The guys at Copybet are obviously keen on customers using the app, as they push it quite hard.
I can see why they would be proud of it – it’s a bit of a beast.
You can set a log in pin, as well as use biometrics to access your account, so it’s all very techy and cool, but beyond that, the betting interface is just loads of fun to use.
Loading times are alright, not amazing, but good enough not to cause any bother, but once you are into the sportsbook interface it really moves well. There is no lag or sticking, all of the icons and odds etc are just big enough for anyone with fat fingers, and the app responds to the touch brilliantly.
I also found that a lot of the features I experienced on the desktop site really found their feet on the app, you can see that the whole thing was developed with mobile use as the focus, which probably explains why the user journey on the desktop site occasionally feels counterintuitive.
There is a sensible footer menu built into the design giving direct access to your betslip, the pre-match interface, the in-play interface, the home screen, and the top tipsters with their ratings, and these are probably the best selection of quick links for that space.
There is an awful lot packed into the app so it might take a few days of using it to feel like you instinctively know where everything is, but then Copybet is a very big site with a lot of moving parts, so if you want all of those great markets and extra features, this is to be expected.
Even with this in mind though, it’s an enjoyable app to use thanks to the performance, dynamism and build quality, so I really didn’t mind spending a bit of extra time on it.
Ok, I might not choose Copybet if I wanted to get a really basic wager on at the last second, but if you have even a few minutes grace it won’t let you down, and if you want to do some browsing and exploring the Copybet app is a beaut.
The app will log you out a bit too frequently for my liking (although it lets you pick up where you left off when you log back in) but other than that, it was hard to find fault with it.
Customer Service and Support
This is easily the area where CopyBet could make the biggest improvement.
I genuinely think their product is fantastic, but if you need to talk to someone at the company it’s a bit of a pain in all honesty.
There is no phone number, there is no live chat, there is not even an easy way to find the help section in the first place; and this will certainly be the reason behind some of the negative reviews you might find about the company.
Rest assured though, CopyBet are a trustworthy, licensed brand that is fully regulated by the UK Gambling Commission, and their platform is encrypted with all of the top security that online banks use, but they don’t seem to want to talk to their customers.
There is an FAQ, which is decent enough when you find it, but otherwise, you are stuck with email (or an online contact form but that is the same thing is real terms). There is a chat bot that looks like a live chat in the tipster area, but all it does is send a message that is replied to via email, so again, it’s just email contact in disguise.
The support team do reply, and it doesn’t usually take an awfully long time either – I got a response in about 2 hours – but in the modern world of instant answers it does feel like a very slow process.
The reply came from somewhere in a different time zone too, Cyprus I’m assuming since many of the company’s staff live there, so the support team clearly isn’t UK based despite the HQ being located here.
Whether the reasons behind this email only approach are cost saving, or an effort to reduce time wasting, I don’t know, but it’s not a good look for CopyBet.
Is CopyBet Recommended?
Yes.
Despite some issues, I found CopyBet to be a genuinely interesting site to bet on, using both the sportsbook and the tipster products, and had fun doing both.
I would advise that the app is probably the best way to enjoy CopyBet, and I would also say it’s a sportsbook best suited to betting pre-event rather than in-play.
Anyone looking for bet types they can’t find elsewhere might well find them here as the market depth is colossal, and obviously, the ability to set up as a tipster or follow the bets of someone else is a truly unique ability that buys CopyBet a lot of grace in other areas.
I enjoy using CopyBet as an alternative to my usual betting activities, but I do use their sportsbook too because as well as having odds that are usually in line with the industry, they also do some good odds boosts and have some niche markets.
So if you are someone who enjoys a bit of everything and likes the sound of trying the copy betting functionality, it’s a site you should definitely look at.
License and Contact Details
- Name: Copybet
- URL: www.copybet.com
- UK Licence ref/No: 53774
- Registered Company Name: Copybet UK Limited
- Phone: Not available
- E-Mail: [email protected]
- Live Chat: Only available using tipster account
- Twitter: @CopyBetUK_IRE
- Registered Company address: 3rd Floor, 120 Baker Street,
LONDON, W1U 6TU, United Kingdom