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title: 'Best Australian Bookmakers: Sportsbet vs. TAB'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=TRlV3PLmWMY'
video_id: 'TRlV3PLmWMY'
date: 2026-08-14
duration_sec: 59
---

# Best Australian Bookmakers: Sportsbet vs. TAB

> Source: [Best Australian Bookmakers: Sportsbet vs. TAB](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TRlV3PLmWMY)

## Summary

This video ranks the best bookmakers in Australia, focusing on key factors like first deposit offers, promotions, pricing, user experience, and customer support. The TAB takes second place, while Sportsbet is crowned the number one overall.

### Key Points

- **TAB ranked second** [00:00] — The TAB offers solid first deposit offers (around $200), phenomenal promotions, and good promo sustainability, but average pricing with 4-5% more margin in racing books compared to Sportsbet and 365.
- **TAB's pricing drawback** [00:26] — Pricing holds the TAB back in ratings; their sports prices can be uncompetitive, though they compensate with promotions.
- **TAB's user experience** [00:38] — The TAB recently upgraded its app, making it quicker and sharper, and customer support is good.
- **Sportsbet ranked number one** [00:50] — Sportsbet tops the rankings with amazing first deposit offers, phenomenal promotions, good to very good sustainability, top-notch pricing and user experience, and very good customer support.

### Conclusion

Sportsbet is the top-rated bookmaker in Australia, excelling across all key criteria, while the TAB is a strong second but suffers from less competitive pricing.

## Transcript

Which bookies are the best in Australia? Then number two is the TAB. First deposit offers, solid. You can usually get $200 out of them. Promotions, phenomenal. Up there with the best in the market. They've ranked their game up hard
in the last six, eight months. Promo sustainability as well, up there with the best. The TAB's just happy to let you on for months and years. Not if you're just hitting promotions, but it's very easy to keep an account with the TAB these days. Pricing definitely holds the TAB back in our ratings. Overall, they ranked second, but pricing's pretty average.
They've usually got about four or 5% more margin in their racing books than Sportsbet and 365. In the sport as well, you'll often cringe at some of the prices they come up with, but hey, they'll use their in the promotions. So we're not gonna complain.
User experience, decent. They've recently upgraded their app. It's a bit quicker. It's a bit sharper. Custom support as well is good there. And then for number one, it goes to Sportsbet. We ranked them number one overall. First deposit offers, amazing.
Promotions, phenomenal. In terms of sustainability, they are good. Good to very good. Pricing, user experience, top notch, and customer support, very good as well. So Sportsbet's come out as number one.