Totesport are currently offering one of the biggest free bets to it’s new customers – a whopping £60 is up for grabs when you open a new account with them and getting it couldn’t be easier:

Step 1: Totesport will match your first paid bet of £10 or more on the day you register with a free bet up to £20.
Step 2: Place 5 further bets (minimum stake £10) and they’ll give you a second free bet to the value of your lowest stake (up to £20).
Step 3: Place 5 further bets (minimum stake £10) and they’ll give you a third free bet to the value of your lowest stake (up to £20).

Primarily Totesport focuses on football and horse racing so if that takes your fancy then you’re quids in. But they also feature cricket, rugby, greyhound racing, darts and plenty more.

The ‘Tote’ as it is affectionately known by punters operates differently to a traditional bookmakers as it is simply a big pool of cash from all the bets taken on a specific race, the winners are then paid out from this pool of cash. You can sometimes get much higher payout’s from Tote pools than you’d get from a traditional bookmakers.

It offers betting pools and traditional fixed odds style betting but it also re-invests profits back into horse breeding and the sport of racing in general.

Totesport also offers a number of bets which usually have big jackpots if you’re lucky enough to win them. ‘Totetrifecta’ is where you try to predict the 1st, 2nd and 3rd horse in a race in the correct order. The ‘Toteplacepot’ is a popular daily bet with punters, just pick a horse to be placed in each of the daily six toteplacepot races and you’ll win very big!

If you’re looking for a bookmakers that not only has one of the biggest ranges of sports to bet on but is also loved by the British public then you need to join Coral Bookmakers. With over 1000 betting shops across the UK and Europe they also recently scooped the ‘Best Bookmaker’ award as voted for by the readers of Inside Edge Magazine and Total Gambler Magazine at the UK Gambling Awards.

Initially the Coral website homepage seems a little overwhelming as they have so much on offer but you pick it up very quickly. If you are into sports betting then just click the ‘Sports” tab and the the “All Events” drop down box offers you the complete range including horse racing, greyhound racing, American football, golf, ice hockey, motor sports to name just a few.

Coral Bookmakers also offer live betting and opportunities to bet on tv specials, politics and future racing and right now they’re offering one of the best deals around – their biggest cash back giveaway which is 10% back on sports or gaming losses – all you have to do is sign-up!

William Hill is one of the UK’s best known and reputable sports betting operators both on and offline covering 1000s of sporting events. Joining William Hill as a customer means you can access their sports book, casino, poker rooms, bingo rooms and games all from one account.

Everything is at your fingertips from one log-in which means that you don’t have to have multiple accounts if you fancy a change.

For a limited time Will Hill is offering new customers a free £25 bet, to take advantage of this offer you need to use the following promotional code: F25 when you sign-up.

Sports covered by William Hill include; Football, Horse Racing, Rugby Union, Snooker, Tennis and many US sports including NFL and NBA leagues. They also have an “In-running” facility so you can bet on games as they happen live.

Betfair are one of the fastest growing bookmakers in the UK and for very good reason. Firstly, they’re giving away a FREE bet of £25 to all new customers and getting it couldn’t be easier. Just open an account, deposit £25, place your bet and if you lose they’ll refund the full amount!

Right now they also have the best selection of Grand National ante-post bets with better odds than most of the other bookies and the odds change everyday depending on the amount of money put on the race. So, if Tricky Trickster, for example, has a huge amount of money put on it for the Grand National 2010 then the odds drop and of course this works for every horse which is great because you can see how people are thinking about the race well in advance.

Betfair is a fantastic website and though it doesn’t conform to the traditional style of the bookmaker it is well worth a visit. Once you realise how easy it is to place a bet and how great the odds are you’ll never look back!

If you fancy making your pound go even further for the 2010 Grand National then try out SkyBet who are currently offering all new customers a cash match on their first deposit up to a whopping £500!! By taking advantage of the bonus you can double your cash and, in turn, double the number of horses you back, giving you a better chance of picking a winner – simple!

If you’re not very familiar with betting online then you can view all the odds in their standard format e.g. 16/1 but if you’re more comfortable with decimal odds then you can change over at the click of a button. SkyBet are also taking ante-post odds on many of the horses favoured to line up on the big day and will pay out 1/4 of odds for 1st 4 places on all each-way bets.

If in the mean time you fancy your hand at something a little different then why not try out their bingo, slots and fruit machines!

One of the best online bookmakers for Grand National betting is Paddy Power. Not only do they offer the web’s easiest to use online betting site, but as a new customer you can bag a free £20 quid bet!

Another great benefit about placing a bet with Paddy Power on the Grand National is that they pay out on places 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5! most other bookies will only pay out on places 1 to 4, so if you’re thinking of having an ‘Each Way’ bet then Paddy Power gives you 1 extra chance to win.

Paddy Power gives you a comprehensive range of Grand National bets including: Singles, Each Way, Forecasts and many speciality bets which you won’t find anywhere else, bet on how many horses will finish the race, how many fallers at the first fence and winning distances. PaddyPower provides it’s customers free stats and tools designed to help pick a winning horse. You can access a full form guide, live results service and a Bet Calculator to work out your winnings.

Paddy Power isn’t just a bookmaker, along with betting on the Grand National you can also play fun online games for cash too, try your hand at online bingo, poker or spin at few wheel of the fruit machine.