Coral Sports Offers

Overview

Coral is often a brand that’s synonymous with betting. The bookmaker was founded by Joe Coral back in 1926 and it was initially a trackside operation primarily servicing greyhound racing and speedway at Harringay and White City Stadium.

Coral (originally Joseph Kagarlitski) went from being a small-town bookmaker to opening betting offices across London and following a merger in 1971 with another bookmaker, became one of the largest betting outfits in the UK.

From there it was only logical that Coral would cross the Irish Sea and set up shop in Ireland where a strong sporting and betting heritage had long been set. As such, Coral has been operating across the Emerald Isle for decades and is a widely recognisable brand.

In 2016, Coral merged with Ladbrokes to create Ladbrokes Coral Group, a massive force in the industry.

Whilst Coral nowadays is a Gibraltar-based company, the company holds a remote bookmaker’s license enabling it to legitimately offer online betting services for Irish customers.

In this article, we’ll examine the pros and cons of Coral, sports markets on offer, and promotions that Irish bettors may want to consider when considering the use of this bookmaker.

Coral Pros and Cons

Pros	Cons
😊 Excellent range of sporting markets	😔 Website and app can be clunky at times
😊 Variety of live sports streams	😔 Live chat can be difficult to get to
😊 Plenty of offerings outside of sportsbook such as poker, bingo, and casino	😔 Not the biggest welcome bonus
😊 Decent odds with frequent extra places on horse racing

Sports Lines

At the time of writing, Coral has more than 40 sports on offer for Irish punters and is said to have the widest range of markets across all major sports.

Coral’s A-Z of sports markets currently looks like this:

• American. Football
• Archery
• Athletics
• Aussie Rules
• Badminton
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Beach Volleyball
• Bowls
• Boxing
• Breaking
• Canoeing
• Cricket
• Cycling
• Darts
• Diving
• ESports
• Equestrian
• Fencing
• Fishing
• Football
• Formula 1
• Gaelic Games
• Golf
• Greyhounds
• Gymnastics
• Handball
• Hockey
• Horse Racing
• Hurling
• Ice Hockey
• Judo
• Modern Pentathlon
• Motor Bikes
• Motor Sports
• Movies
• Music
• Netball
• Poker
• Politics
• Pool
• Rowing
• Rugby League
• Rugby Union
• Sailing
• Shooting
• Skateboarding
• Slots
• Snooker
• Softball
• Speedway
• Sport Climbing
• Sports Roulette
• Surfing
• Swimming
• TV Specials
• Table Tennis
• Taekwondo
• Tennis
• Triathlon
• UFC/MMA
• Virtuals
• Volleyball
• Water Polo
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

Live Betting

Coral has an abundance of live betting on offer across popular betting markets such as horse racing, football and tennis.

As well as a variety of betting possibilities in play, Coral also shows live streams across many of these sports allowing bettors to be at the heart of the action.

As well as live streams, players have a respectable amount of live stats views which they can use in assessing their wagering across in-play events. 

Coral Odds

Since the merger with Ladbrokes, both bookmakers usually have identical odds and given the competitive nature of their odds, this is not such a bad thing!

Initial research across odds comparison services showed that both Coral and Ladbrokes showed highly competitive odds and were at the top end of value in comparison to their Irish competitors.

Additionally, Coral often features odds boosters which provide excellent value across in-play football matches, horse racing doubles and other multiples.

Welcome Bonuses

Coral currently has on offer several new customer bonuses for different parts of their site:

Bet 5 EUR get 20 EUR

Key terms: Minimum odds of 1.5, PayPal and some other deposit mechanisms excluded, free bets valid for 7 days.

Spend 10 EUR get 50 EUR bingo bonus

Key terms: Bonus wagering x2, valid for 7 days

Ongoing Promotions

Best Odds Guaranteed

Coral offers excellent Best Odds Guaranteed for all UK and Ireland horse racing. The premise is simple: should you win a bet on a horse but the starting price is greater than the odds that you placed, Coral will pay you the enhanced starting price as winnings.

Extra Places

Another great horse racing promotion that Coral offers consistent value on is extra places within horse racing. Simply look at the extra places page within the promotions section and the website will show all of the enhanced each-way markets that Coral is paying out on that day.

2Up Instant Win

Coral also has a 2Up instant win section which means that should you place a bet on a football team that goes 2 goals up, Coral will pay the bet out as a winner regardless of what happens. Unlike some of Coral’s competitors though, 2up odds are separate (and thus less value) than the regular match markets.

User Experience

Coral’s website and app are relatively intuitive to use with the A-Z of sports signpost on the left-hand side of the page whilst navigation between Coral’s gambling offerings is done on the top menu.

Like Ladbrokes though, the website can be slightly clunky at times.

Other Features

Over and above sports betting, Coral Ireland has a plethora of other gambling options:

• Casino
• Live Casino
• Bingo
• Poker
• Virtual Sports
• Football Super Series (match prediction game for cash prize or free bets)
• Racing Super Series (horse racing prediction game for huge cash prizes)

Support

Coral’s website has a help section which shows a ton of frequently asked questions but whilst there is a live chat function and a phone number, these aren’t clearly signposted and initial discovery showed a fair bit of clicking around to finally get to a live chat button that doesn’t send the user back to the FAQ section.

Whilst the support provided is relatively quick and satisfactory, Coral could probably do well in making it easier for customers to find the live chat functionality to begin with.

Deposits and Withdrawals

This is one area where Coral does better than many of its main competitors.

At the time of writing, deposit methods at Coral include:

• Instant bank payment
• Debit cards
• Paypal
• Paysafecard

Withdrawals generally must be processed to the same card that was used to deposit and can range from a couple of days to clear depending on the chosen payment method.

Responsible Gambling

Gambling can be a dangerous addiction and left unchecked, can cause havoc for many families.

It’s reassuring therefore that Corla has a considerable amount of resources for safer gambling including a video, guides, and contact details for safer gambling charities and support groups.

Tools that Coral provides to help bettors stay in control include:

• Spending controls such as deposit limits, maximum stake limits and curfews
• Time management such as reality checks and play breaks
• Account closure and reopening
• Self-exclusion
• Budget calculator to ensure punters are comfortable with their spend
• Self-assessment to ensure bettors are gambling safely

Summary

Coral is one of the most prominent betting operators across the online Irish online gambling market nowadays and given their decent odds and ongoing player promotions, this warrants trying the bookmaker out.

Additionally, whilst the new customer promotions aren’t the biggest we’ve seen, they are still worth exploring because they are decent value and do not have stringent wagering requirements that unscrupulous bookmakers may impose.

Whilst the website can be slightly clunky, and the live chat feature can appear hidden, the interface itself is simple and intuitive, whilst a great number of in-play betting markets and live streams further enhance the player experience.