Sportsbet.io

About Sportsbet.io

Owned by mBet Solutions NV, Sportsbet.io has emerged as one of the most promising bookmakers in the last few years. With a large offer of available events and clever branding, it’s not hard to see why they’ve become such a hot commodity for bettors around the globe. They’re also one of the leaders in cryptocurrency betting by offering Bitcoin as one of the payment options. But are these benefits sufficient to really consider Sportsbet.io as your new favorite bookmaker? Let’s take a look.

Starting off with the payment options - it’s safe to say that there is something for everyone. Skrill, Neteller, MuchBetter, Paysafecard, CashtoCode and other e-wallets dominate the roster, next to the man himself, Bitcoin. Instead of offering only cryptocurrencies and forcing customers to learn complicated things on the fly, they’ve not only kept traditional deposit and withdrawal options, but they’ve also taken upon themselves to educate bettors about Bitcoin and its significance.

We ourselves couldn’t believe the convenience of the entire process, starting from the excellent guide on how to buy, use and trade Bitcoin on the BTCXE crypto exchange. If you were looking to get into crypto but didn’t have the guts, this is an excellent start. Also, Sportsbet.io is probably one of the few bookmakers that have a dedicated section where they explain things about payments to rookie bettors. That’s called caring for your customers.

Speaking of which, punters can reach customer support agents via live chat and email, but we’re not quite satisfied with this. Don’t get us wrong, the service is fine in a vacuum but it’s so hard to find information about available communication platforms. Despite the modern, slick design, Sportsbet.io still has some things to work on and making the site usable is supposed to be their first priority.

There’s one other thing about their design we don’t like - the absolutely horrid use of space. We get that they tried to escape cluttering the website, but all the empty space results in just a few featured matches on the home page. Yikes. They should compress the featured sports section and add more sports and offers to the mix.

Sports and Betting Odds

Sportsbet.io offers many sporting events for users to place bets on. Among the covered sports are: American football, soccer, basketball, tennis, ice hockey, alpine skiing, badminton, bandy, baseball, boxing, eSports, cricket, darts, floorball, futsal, Gaelic football, Gaelic hurling, golf, handball, MMA, motor sport, rugby, snooker, specials, table tennis, volleyball, water polo. Betting odds at Sportsbet.io are competitive overall. Soccer betting margin is 3.6%, tennis betting margin is 8.0%, ice hockey betting margin is 5.5%, basketball with 4.7% and so on. The overall betting margin is 5.4%. These betting margins have been calculated using odds from different events in each sport. Please note that margins may be different from a sport to another, and even from a league to other.

Betting Features

Available events (if you succeed in finding them, that is) are listed on top of the home page, which is a slight change from the traditional left panel-centered layout. You will be delighted to know that Sportsbet.io has a special feature, which allows you to modify the size of your bet slip on the right size. That was implemented so that you won’t experience clutter while browsing. All in all, there are 30+ available sports to bet on, including a large number of cyber games.

Security and Fairness

Sportsbet.io is licensed by the Government of Curaçao and the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), which means that you can be certain of this bookie’s reliability. Unfortunately, we don’t know what kind of security protocols they’re using. Still, reviews on most sites laud Sportsbet.io, so we can forgive the lack of transparency.