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About MessageBet

A British bookmaker built around a simple habit: a lot of people would rather send a message than scroll through a betting app. We take bets both ways and treat them exactly the same.

What we do

MessageBet prices sport and racing for adult customers in Great Britain. Football, tennis, basketball, golf, darts and rugby sit in the sportsbook, alongside horse and greyhound racing and in-play markets. There is also a casino lobby with slots and table games from established studios.

What makes us different is Message Betting. Once your account is verified and funded, you can link your registered mobile number to WhatsApp or Telegram and send your bets to our trading desk as messages. A trader replies with a price, you confirm, and our system sends back an acceptance with a bet reference.

How we work

A bet by message follows the same rules as one placed on the site. It is checked against the same limits, settled by the same team and shown in the same My Bets history. We never treat a message as a bet until we have accepted it, so there is never any doubt about what you are on.

We would rather be clear than clever. Our pages avoid promises about winning, our rules are written to be read, and our responsible gambling tools sit one tap from your account page.

BrandMessageBet (messagebet.co)
OperatorTargetlocal Limited
Company No.02662814 (Companies House)
UKGC Account No.422
Remote Licence000422-R-336567-002
Licensed activitiesCasino Remote; General Betting Standard, Real Event Remote; General Betting Standard, Virtual Event Remote
RegulatorUK Gambling Commission
AddressKen Howells Sports Betting, 65 Wind Street, Ammanford, SA18 3DT, United Kingdom

Licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission. You can check our licence on the Commission's public register.

Who we answer to

Our licence sets the rules we operate by. If you ever feel we haven't followed them, these organisations are part of the route to getting it put right.

  • Licenses and regulates gambling in Great Britain, and keeps the public register of operators.

    View our register entry
  • Our independent dispute resolution service. Free to use once you've had our final response to a complaint.

    ibas-uk.com
  • We are part of the national self-exclusion scheme covering every online operator licensed in Great Britain.

    gamstop.co.uk