LIVESCOREBET BOOKMAKER REVIEW
REVIEW SUMMARY
WHAT MAKES LIVES CORE BET A GOOD BETTING SITE
OUR RATING – 9.5/10
BONUS – 100K NGN
OVERVIEW
Lives core bet has been in operation since 2020, initially serving the UK, Netherlands, and Ireland. As of late 2023, they have expanded to Nigeria, they’ve opened a Nigerian website and obtained a local license issued by the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (Sports Betting Permit nr. 0001020).
The Nigerian website is built exclusively for local sports fans It supports popular local payment methods, allowing you to use Naira as your main account currency. Therefore, you should be able to quickly make payments and request withdrawals with almost any Nigerian bank account.
Of course, LivescoreBet also has a decent sports betting section with a good number of promotions and various special features, which we will cover in this review.
REGISTRATION
Account creation is the first thing you will need to do as a newcomer, so let’s walk through the registration process together.
Creating an account requires filling out a registration form that consists of who pages. The first part asks you for your personal details such as your name, date of birth and some contact details.
The second part of the registration process will ask you for additional account-related details, some of them might not be mandatory at this point.
Once you complete and submit the form – you should be good to go. You can log into your new account and start exploring Livescorebet. The entire process should take no more than 3 minutes.
WELCOME OFFER
The welcome offer for new players is a deposit bonus that you get in the form of free bets. This can go as high as ₦100,000.
The minimum deposit amount required to activate this offer is just ₦100. Please note that you can only use this offer within 14 days from the day when you registered and the free bet will be added to your account if you place a qualifying ₦100 (or more) bet. The number and amount of your free bets will depend on the size of your first deposit. Please refer to the promotions section of this page to see the exact amounts and free bet sizes.
Free bets you receive from the welcome offer should be used with accumulator bets containing 4 or more selections. The combined odds of all selections in your accumulator bet should be 2.00 or higher.
SUPPORT
Live Score Bet has a dedicated support portal, accessible from the website’s navigation menu or the website’s footer. The support portal has quite a lot of helpful articles that might be useful in case you have questions or encounter difficulties. Still, the main way to get in touch with support is the live chat feature, which can be found on the same support page.
Please note that the chat initially connects you with a chatbot. To speak with a support agent, you need to request to be connected to a representative.
SPORTS BETTING SECTION AND ODDS
When you first open the sports betting section, you will see over 30 different sports to choose from. The emphasis is obviously on popular sports like football, giving you access to tournaments and events from every part of the world. Nevertheless, you will also be able to explore some of the more “exotic” betting disciplines like politics, lacrosse and bowling.
Let’s take a look at some real football games from their website to better understand what betting opportunities are offered.
On an average a football game will have between 80 and 120 betting markets to choose from. However, this may vary depending on the popularity of the game you are looking at. High-profile games will likely have over 200 bets to choose from.
Additionally, most games will have a good number of various and corner and player markets corner along with a dedicated section of pre-built same-game parlays (also known as “betbuilder” markets).
LIVE BETTING
The live betting section features a lot of the same sports you would have seen on the pre-game section. However, the number of live games may be rather moderate if you are opening this section during the less busy parts of the day.
That being said, the occasional lack of live betting opportunities is compensated for by the betting market variety. Most live football games will have a wide range of markets like corners, players and specials, which will be open up until the last minutes of the game.
LIVE STREAMING
Live Score Bet has a built-in video streaming feature, which can be accessed by all Nigerian users. The only requirement is to have an account. When you open the pre-match section, one of the filters you will see around the top of your screen is called “streaming”.
If you use that filter, you will see exactly which games will have a live video stream available. You can then come back when the game starts to watch the live stream. You don’t need to place any bets if you don’t feel like it – you will still have access to the video feed.
SPORTS COVERED BY LIVES CORE BET
American football, Aussie rules, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Bowling, Boxing, Cricket, Cycling, Darts, Esports, Field hockey, Football, Gaelic football, Gaelic hurling, Golf, Handball, Ice hockey, Lacrosse, MMA, Motor sports, Olympic games, Pesapallo, Politics, Rugby league, Rugby union, Snooker, Table tennis, Tennis, Volleyball, Virtuals, Water polo
DEPOSITS AND WITHDRAWALS
LiveScoreBet makes it very easy to make payments and request withdrawals for Nigerian players. On the payments page, you will find a long list of supported payment gateways, including services like Flutterwave and Paystack. Therefore, you should be able to quickly top up your account whenever you feel like it. Deposits are instant and there are no additional fees involved.
The same applies to requesting withdrawals. Regardless of what bank or payment provider you are using – you should be able to request a withdrawal in a matter of minutes.
The minimum amount you can deposit is ₦100.
The minimum amount you can withdraw is ₦1,000.
The following banks are supported to deposit / add funds:
- First Bank of Nigeria
- Guaranty Trust Bank
- Kuda Bank
- Sterling Bank
- United Bank For Africa
- Zenith Bank
The following banks are not supported:
- Access Bank
- FCMB
- Union Bank
HOW TO MAKE A DEPOSIT?
Go livescorebet.com/ng and sign in using your phone number or username and password. If you don’t remember your password and are unable to log in, press the “Forgot password?” link and follow the given instructions.
Once you are logged in, you should see your current balance displayed in the top right corner of the screen. Press / tap on it and you will be taken to the account management page, where you will see the “Deposit” button.
The payments page will display a number of different payment methods. Take a minute to review them and press the one, which seems to be most suitable for you.
Depending on the payment method of your choice, you might need to add some additional information. For example, this applies to bank transfers – you will need to specify your account number. Now simply follow the instructions to complete your deposit.
HOW TO WITHDRAW FROM LIVE SCORE BET?
When you are logged in, you should see your current balance displayed in the top right corner of the screen. Pressing / tapping it will take you to the account management page, where you should see a “withdraw” button.
The two options available for withdrawals are Opay and a regular bank transfer. Please refer to the beginning of the payments section of this page to find out which banks are supported.
Most withdrawals should be processed either instantly or within 5 minutes. However, if you find that your withdrawal request is in a pending state for more than 24 hours – you would need to reach out to support.
PROMOTIONS AT LIVESCOREBET
The promotions section of lives core bet seems to be quite heavily focused on free bets, which is always nice to see. There are many different ways for you to get free bets on a regular basis as long as you stay active on the platform.
WELCOME FREE BETS
The welcome bonus, like most other offers here, is a free bet which you will get after making your very first deposit.
The number of free bets you are going to receive as well as their sizes depend on the size of your first deposit. This offer starts with a ₦100 deposit which will give you a ₦100 free bet. The free bet will only be added to your account after you place your first qualifying cash bet of ₦100 or more.
You will only get the free bets added to your player profile if your first deposit and first bet are made within 14 days from when your account was created.
Please refer to the provided table to learn more about deposit amounts and corresponding free bets sizes.
Wagering: 5x
Minimal deposit: ₦400
Bonus valid for 30 days
Required odds: 1.4 or higher
| Deposit Size | Amount | Free Bet |
| ₦100 | ₦100 | 1x ₦100 |
| ₦200 | ₦200 | 2x ₦100 |
| ₦500 | ₦500 | 2x ₦250 |
| ₦1,000 | ₦1,000 | 2x ₦500 |
| ₦2,000 | ₦2,000 | 4x ₦500 |
| ₦5,000 | ₦5,000 | 5x ₦1,000 |
| ₦10,000 | ₦10,000 | 5x ₦2,000 |
| ₦25,000 | ₦25,000 | 5x ₦5,000 |
| ₦50,000 | ₦50,000 | 10x ₦5,000 |
| ₦100,000 | ₦100,000 | 10x ₦10,000 |
OTHER PROMOTIONS AT LIVESCOREBET
If you have already used your welcome free bets or you didn’t manage to make your first deposit within 14 days – there are still other offers to look forward to.
There are more ways to get free bets, so let’s explore some of them below.
WEEKLY FREE BETS
If you stay active during the week, you will get a free bet as a reward once the next week starts. You will need to bet at least ₦5,000 between Monday and Sunday, in which case you will get a ₦250 free bet.
There are a few conditions that have to be met though:
- All qualifying bets have to be settled within the same 7-day period.
- Minimum odds of 2.00.
- All qualifying bets have to be accumulators consisting of two or more events.
- The size of your free bet reward will vary depending on how much you bet during the week, however it will not be greater than ₦100,000.
- Free bets received from this promotion are valid for 7 days.
WEEKLY ACCUMULATOR BETS
The “Weekly Football Acca” offer is available to all active players from Nigeria who registered 7 or more days ago. To participate, place four pre-match football accumulator bets with a minimum stake of ₦500 each and minimum odds of 1.20 per selection. This has to be done within the same week, between Monday and Sunday, with a total staked amount of at least ₦2,000.
If you meet the above criteria, you will receive a ₦500 free bet, it should be credited within 72 hours of qualifying, and must be used within 7 days. This free bet can only be used with football events and has to be placed as an accumulator bet with a minimum of three selections. Each selection should have the odds of 1.20 or higher.
BASKETBALL FREE BETS
The basketball free bet offer (called “Pre-Match Dunk”) is available as long as your account is at least 7 days old.
To receive this free bet, place one or more basketball bets with a total stake of ₦3,000 (or more) between Monday and Sunday. Each bet must have minimum odds of 1.50 or 1.20 per selection if it’s an accumulator.
You will then receive a ₦500 free bet within 72 hours of fulfilling the promotion’s requirements. Make sure to use it within 7 days, otherwise it will expire. The free bet received from this promotion can only be used for live basketball games. The minimum odds for a single bet are 1.50 and for an accumulator it is 1.20 per selection.
ACCUMULATOR BET BOOST
This is a promotion that all experienced sports betting enthusiasts are well familiar with. You place an accumulator bet and get your potential winnings boosted with every added selection.
At LivescoreBet this bonus starts at 5% for 5 selections and gradually grows with every added selection. The maximum boost you can get is 250% which will be applied to your accumulator bet if you have 30 or more events added.
To have your bet qualify for the accumulator boost, each selection should have the odds of at least 1.10.
ACCEPTED PAYMENT METHODS
OPay, Interswitch, Quickteller, Flutterwave, Paystack, USSD, ALAT by WEMA, First Bank of Nigeria, Guaranty Trust Bank, Kuda Bank, Sterling Bank, Zenith Bank
LIVESCORE BET CONTACTS
- Email Address: helpNG@livescorebet.com
- Live chat: Yes (24/7)
- Social Media: X(formerly Twitter)
- Support page
- Company LinkedIn page
LIVESCOREBET MOBILE
Lives core bet is a mature betting brand and they have well-developed mobile apps for Android and Apple devices. From a functionality standpoint their applications aren’t much different from the mobile website, although they offer an extra level of comfort when accessing certain features.
Let’s start with exploring the mobile website first and gradually move over to talking about their apps after that.
We tested LivescoreBet’s mobile website with three different devices – an iPhone 13, a Google Pixel 2 XL and an older Samsung Galaxy Note 9. Upon reviewing and testing their website, we can confidently say that they did a reasonably good job at optimizing their website for mobile devices.
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
The mobile website performed well on all of our tests on all devices we tested it on.
We were happy to see that the live streaming feature is available on the mobile website as well as on the application. It seems to be working reasonably well even on older devices, even though you might run into some minor performance issues.
LivescoreBet’s mobile website uses caching, which allows your browser to download and store static page elements. As a result, when you navigate between pages, elements are loaded from your phone’s memory instead of being downloaded each time. This approach reduces the time needed to open and load new pages, especially beneficial if you might have a slower internet connection.
USER INTERFACE
The mobile user interface at Live score bet is intuitive and easy to understand if you have some experience with sports betting.
Let’s break it down into individual components and explore each one in greater detail.
Header section: the website’s header functions as the primary navigation panel that has links to all key sections of the website. Your current balance along with your profile icon is displayed in the upper part of the header, this is a link to the account management page. The lower part of the header section has a horizontal scroll bar with links to the different sections of their website.
Sports navigation bar: this menu is located below the website’s header and the promotions widget. This is, again, a horizontal scroll bar with a full list of all available spots. A similar navigation bar can be found in the “in-play” section of the website, allowing you to browse through all available live sports.
Betslip: you can see the betslip button located on the lower navigation menu around the bottom of your screen. It will light up and expand as soon as you pick a selection you want to bet on. In case you don’t have enough funds to place a bet, your betslip will populate with a link to the payments page where you can make a deposit.
LivescoreBet App Download (Android) and Installation
You can run the Android app on any device with a version of 6 or higher. If you are using an older version – you will need to stick to the mobile website for now.
Make sure that you have at least 120 MB of free space on your device before downloading the application.
Unlike many other betting apps out there, LivescoreBet has an officially approved application, which can be downloaded directly from Google Play. Use the link provided here and you will be taken to the app’s page.
LivescoreBet iPhone App Download (iOS) and Installation
Even though an iOS app is available, not all Apple devices can run it due to specific operating system and disk space requirements. Ensure your phone meets these criteria before downloading the app.
You should have at least 200 MB for free disk space on your device, however we would recommend having more as your phone needs free disk space to function properly.
Please use the link provided in this section to open LivescoreBet’s app page on Apple’s App Store.
Additionally, your device must be running iOS version 12.0 or later, as older versions are incompatible with the application.
LIVESCOREBET DESKTOP SITE OVERVIEW
A functional and user-friendly interface design is usually a good sign when it comes to betting sites, as this will enable you to find exactly what you need in just several steps, markets and selections should be clearly visible and understandable while the betslip part should show all details relevant to your bet and additional options and/or features if applicable. Below are some examples of how Lives core bet’s online sports betting section looks like.
- Header: the header section of the desktop website displays your current balance and is mostly used to access account management sections. These are pages where you can change / add your account and profile information as well as make payments and request withdrawals.
- Left Sidebar – Sports Selection and Navigation Menu: Positioned on the left side of the screen, this menu gives you an overview of different sports and available for betting. It also has a list of all the different sections of the website like your bet history, promotions, virtuals, etc.
- Center – Betting Interface and Markets: The center of the screen typically shows a list of individual games, each with a preview of the 1×2 (match result) odds. Games that have a live stream available will also have an indication of that next to their names. Clicking on any game will bring up a detailed betting interface, which includes a full overview of the selected game, a live scoreboard, and a complete list of all betting markets.
- Betslip: Located on the right, the betslip area is where your selections from the betting interface are displayed. In this section, you can adjust your stake, add more selections, and place your bets.
LIVESCOREBET AFFILIATE PROGRAM
LivescoreBet operates its own affiliate program and manages a dedicated affiliate portal. If you believe you can attract new players, joining their affiliate program could be a great opportunity.
HOW IT WORKS?
To get started, you need to apply to become an affiliate. This is done through the affiliate portal on LivescoreBet’s website, accessible via a green button you can see in this section. The registration process is straightforward, involving the completion of a simple form.
Once your form is submitted, an affiliate manager from LivescoreBet’s team will contact you. This will be your chance to ask any questions and discuss the details of your potential partnership.
Typically, you will begin with a standard revenue share arrangement, earning a percentage of the revenue from the players you bring in. Depending on your promotional strategy, other partnership models may also be available.
FAQ | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
IS LIVESCOREBET LEGIT?
Yes, LiveScoreBet is a mature betting brand and their Nigerian website is licensed by the National Lottery Regulatory Commission.
HOW TO REGISTER AT LIVESCOREBET?
Livescorebet’s registration is straightforward and quick. You fill out a registration form, submit it and your new account is all set. A more detailed step-by-step overview of the registration process can be found in the registration section of this page.
HOW TO CLAIM THE WELCOME BONUS?
The welcome bonus is activated by depositing at least ₦100 and then placing a qualifying bet of ₦100 or more. However, please note that this will only work if you fulfil the above conditions within 14 days from the day when you registered.
A more detailed overview of the bonus and instructions on how to claim it are available in the promotions section of this page.
WHAT IS THE MINIMUM DEPOSIT?
The minimum amount you can deposit is ₦100.
WHAT IS THE MINIMUM WITHDRAWAL?
The minimum withdrawal amount for most payment methods is ₦1,000.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Paul Echere – a life-long sports fan with a career in the betting industry. Paul has worked with many betting operators and platform providers since the very early days of iGaming. Having years of experience with numerous bookmakers, Paul is in an excellent position to review and rate sportsbook brands. Feel free to follow him on Facebook and LinkedIn to find out what he is up to.
