Established
2019
Customer service:
Phone: 1800 752 987, Live chat, Email: support@playup.com.au
Owner Origin:
Australia
Owner:
PlayUp Interactive
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HorseBetting is happy to announce another bookmaker has earned the right to be promoted on this site. Our Playup review is talking about the Australian branch of the online betting company, that was founded following the amalgamation of ClassicBet, Topbetta and MadBookie under the one brand. Included in our PlayUp.com review is an overview of the horse betting available, sports betting, PlayUp Apps, including both Android and Iphone, PlayUp promotions, company information & how to login to PlayUp on both desktop and mobile phone.
The PlayUp login is available at: https://playup.com.au/
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PlayUp gives back to their customers with a great loyalty program, which basically sees you receive rewards points every time you are active on the site. At certain junctions you can cash in your points for bonus bets.
Members at PlayUp receive rewards points every time they make a deposit or place a bet. The more bets you place the more rewards points you will receive. PlayUp rewards points are calculated like this:
When you have got enough rewards points you can cash them into bonus bets, which can then be spent on sport and racing events in Australia. It works like this:
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PlayUp Bonus Bets are no longer allowed to be marketed to Australians following an update to the advertising laws surrounding new betting account incentives. PlayUp bonus bet offers can only be given to existing customers, contact customer support at PlayUp to see if you are eligible for any bonus bet promotions. There is not currently a PlayUp Bonus Code or Coupon Code.
On all platforms, including mobile, desktop and their betting apps, PlayUp’s racing section is easily accessible. Probably the most convenient way to view what races are coming up is to click the racing tab, which will then display all of the day’s races.
Across the top of the racing hub at PlayUp you will see different filters, which will allow you to quickly access the different areas of the bookie. These include the ability to just see the day’s horse racing, or tomorrow’s horse racing. These filters can also help you navigate greyhounds and harness racing.
As you scroll down the PlayUP racing page you will see:
You will also be able to navigate easily between days, with tabs across the top of this screen, supplying you with quick access to racing results, today’s, tomorrow’s and the following days racing, plus a tab for futures markets.
While PlayUp.com.au does not have as many futures markets as some of the big players in Australian online horse racing wagering, they do have markets available for all of the major group racing that is set to be featured in the Spring of 2025.
Unfortunately early days in Play Up’s emergence they do not have any futures markets available on harness racing or greyhound racing, but this could very easily change, as the bookmaker finds its groove.
While Ladbrokes has long been the kings of the Jockey Challenge in Australia, PlayUp looks to be entering the fray in this area, with their short existence including daily Jockey Challenges. For the uninitiated Jockey Challenge bets are when there is a market set on who will be the leading jockey at selected race meetings. HorseBetting.com.au loves Jockey Challenge bets, so we’re giving PlayUp our gratitude for this one.
PlayUp has greatly improved its coverage of horse racing in recent years, and this extends to the bet types that they offer us. While not ever race meeting in Australia will have the same depth in bet types available, you can almost guarantee the metro meetings will have the full quota of bet types. You will not however find US, UK, Irish or South African racing with the full quote of bet types. The full list of bet type sat PlayUp include:
PlayUp’s form guide and racing coverage includes free tips on most races, which also give you an elementary comment on each race. You can also view fluctuations in betting markets on each race, speed maps and key stats. These key stats include career stats, record over the upcoming race’s distance and and track conditions. You will also find obvious details like each horse’s jockey and trainer.
PlayUp.com.au has got an extensive array of sports betting markets available, in an easy to navigate format. One thing we really liked writing our PlayUp sports review was the “FEATURED” section, which highlights upcoming sports events. Not only as major racing events highlighted, but individual events like the Rugby World Cup and the the NFL are also shown.
In terms of the number of sports betting markets PlayUp has got available, it pales in comparison to other online betting offerings, but if you are looking for betting on a big event or funnily enough, US Sports, you are likely to find it covered at this bookie. For instance at the time of writing it’s a few weeks out from the start of the NBA season, but PlayUp does not have any markets available, but there is extensive markets available on the NHL and the NBL.
The Australian domestic sports on offer include the NBL and A-League, but the level of coverage is varying to say the least. For example the NBL matches only have head to head odds available, while the A-League contest have got 100s of markets for each match. We’ll keep an eye on the NBL coverage at PlayUp in the coming weeks, with the top Aussie basketball competition expected to draw unprecedented coverage both at home and in the states following some high profile potential NBA recruits.
If you are purely looking for an online bookmaker to bet on sports with, PlayUp.com.au is probably not for you, and we would recommend using Sportsbet, BetEasy or one of the other big betting operators.
At this point it looks like the Fantasy Sports component of the betting company is going to be left to their other brand, DraftStars, moving away from the model of having both that was used at TopBetta.
For those who are completely new to fantasy, basically DraftStars allows you to do things like enter betting tournaments, where there is a guaranteed prize pool. For instance there might a tournament running on Melbourne Cup day, where there is a guaranteed 50k prize pool. Whoever tips the most winners on the day will be the winner.
This is no Mickey Mouse platform, with the rankings in the tournaments dynamically updating throughout the event, and winners and place getters are settled in the minutes after a tournament concludes.
Other cool features of Draftstars includes tipping competitions on the major Australian sports like AFL, NRL and the A-League, while the greyhound betting tournaments have provided a few soft kills for the HorseBetting.com.au team over the years.
The PlayUp mobile betting apps have greatly improved since the bookmaker’s early days, which were plague with app troubles and poor mobile coverage. These days their mobile website is top-notch and works perfectly across many different browsers (that we tested on for this PlayUp review).
PlayUp is accessible via both Android and iOS apps, which is pretty stock standard in Australia, with these available in the Google Play and App Stores. Both apps mirror each other, but have been adapted to suit the device’s unique characteristics.
You will find anything on the mobile website that you would on the full desktop website. This statement also rings true with the apps, with users losing nothing by making the download.
The PlayUp Android app can be downloaded directly from PlayUp after you have opened a new PlayUp account. You may need to allow non-market apps before you can download it.
The Play Up iOS app is available to download directly from the Apple App store for free. We recommend opening a new PlayUp account before downloading the app.
PlayUp has got plenty of deposit options for those of us based in Australia and looking to deposit AUD. All of the payment methods at PlayUp are instant, except for bank transfers, that can take between 48-72 hours.
The deposit options at PlayUp Australian include:
Cashing out or withdrawing any winnings from your PlayUp betting account is a straight-forward process, with several easy ways available. The withdrawal times at PlayUP are between 48 and 72 hours, which is standard in Australia, unless you are using a cash out card (only available at some bookies).
The account verification at PlayUp is straight-forward and mirrors that at other bookie sites. To access your verification section at PlayUp just click the my account button. Across the top of your account you will see a bar that shows your verification progress.
To verify yourself you will need to choose one of three methods:
You need to be aware when doing your PlayUp verification that you will need the address the company has on record, so if you have moved recently and updated your electoral rolls, you may still need to enter in your old address.
PlayUP betting can be reached multiple ways, with the customer service options with these including via Phone, email and their social media channels, which include:
Probably the easiest and quickest way to contact this bookie in March, 2025 and get an answer to a query is via the PlayUp Live Chat function.
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Writing our PlayUp review, we quickly took to the black colour scheme, which is easy on the eye and sleek to boot. The fact the PlayUp promotions are all surrounding horse racing is also nothing to be sneezed at.
PlayUp has also continued to improve since their launch in 2019, with the depth in markets, notably horse racing having more depth. For instance, at launch, PlayUp did not bets like first fours, and their quaddie coverage was not as strong as other bookmakers. Now PlayUp.com.au have got all of these bets.
PlayUp has also greatly improved their overseas coverage of horse racing in recent years, with markets now available on US, UK, French and South African meetings.
In a sentence: You should definitely open a new account at PlayUp and put them into your betting rotation.