Sportsbet.io sports betting review

Sportsbet.io, a bookmaker specializing in cryptocurrencies, was founded in 2016. Since then, the company has acquired not only a functional website on the World Wide Web but also a mobile application for betting on Android.

We will tell you more about the functionality and capabilities of technical solutions from Sportsbet.io in this review. Traditionally, we will focus on the opportunities, as well as the advantages and disadvantages that this bookmaker has in comparison with other platforms that accept cryptocurrency payments.

Registration process

The creation of a gaming account on the website or in the Sportsbet.io mobile application occurs as a result of filling out a special form. In it, everyone indicates their nickname, email address, date of birth and mobile phone number, then comes up with an access password and agrees to the terms and conditions of the bookmaker's services.

Creating a gaming account is available for many countries of the world, there are no artificial restrictions in this process. However, during registration, there may be problems with the stability of access to the service.

Deposits and Withdrawal Options

This company is focused on promoting bets in cryptocurrencies, so it offers its punters to replenish accounts directly from wallets in BTC, SOC, XRP, TRX, LTC, ETH, USDT and ADA. However, the possibility of exchange from fiat currencies is also present, the exchange for this purpose is located directly on the Sportsbet.io website.

Fans of old-fashioned methods of betting and replenishing accounts with bank cards, etc. can also use CNY, JPY, EUR, INR, BRL, or CAD directly. In order to avoid losing money on commission fees or additional conversion costs, you need to specify the desired account currency already at the registration stage.

Withdrawal of funds is possible after verification of the game account and only by the same systems that were used for replenishment. Also, for these operations, the details within one account must match.

Sportsbook Promotions

Sportsbet.io does not offer a bonus to new punters, like most modern bookies working with cryptocurrency accounts. But on a special page there is a list of bonuses for existing users. On the other hand, there were no available and active offers at the time of our check.

Judging by the bonus archive, promotions dedicated to certain popular tournaments and sports appear periodically. Also, the Sportsbet.io website organizes correspondence competitions between customers on certain topics and activates a VIP club.

LIVE betting

About 40 disciplines are presented in the odds line on the Sportsbet.io website. The average margin of the events is 4-5%, the list is above average, that is, the number of markets is sufficient for both beginners in the field of betting and professionals. The minimum bet is £1, or the equivalent of this amount in cryptocurrency. The maximum allowed to bet by default is 50 thousand pounds, but in the course of the activity of a particular player on the bookmaker's website, the maximum amount for him may change downward.

With the transition to LIVE mode, the list of markets is significantly narrowed, for few events the Sportsbet.io client will be able to find the number of markets exceeding 50. Also, the margin is somewhat higher, which in in-play events is often 7% or even 9%. It is quite convenient to use the top menu of the LIVE betting section, where the number of available events at a given second is indicated next to each discipline.

A separate feature of the line during the event from this bookmaker is the so-called fast markets. These are bets on events that can happen literally in the next moment - whether it is a free kick in basketball or a corner in soccer.

Live-streaming

There is no possibility to watch online broadcasts of sports events on the website or in the Sportsbet.io mobile application. Sometimes there is a corresponding service for some virtual events, and even then it is of low quality and without the possibility of using full-screen mode.

Security

Regarding the security of personal data and transactions, we have not found any information about whether the specialists of Sportsbet.io apply the principles of SSL encryption. One thing we can say for sure - the site has a section "Responsible Gaming", as well as financial restrictions with a maximum limit of 100,000 pounds. Its application can be tied to a day, week or month, and the self-exclusion period, that is, the blocking of the account initiated by the bookmaker's client, is up to 6 months.

Anonymous

activities of the company's customers can be tracked by third parties if they have the appropriate software solutions. However, you should not worry too much about this point if your accounts are securely protected by passwords with two-factor identification.

Service and Customer Support

The bookmaker's website has two mechanisms of automatic customer feedback. Live Chat has an internal menu with popular questions and answers to them. Thanks to the Help Centre section, the button to go to which is located next to the live chat request, you can significantly increase the level of theoretical training. A convenient filter with a search box allows you to find an article on the subject necessary for the client in a couple of seconds.

If the above methods do not satisfy the needs of the user, he can always send a request to the e-mail address cs@sportsbet.io. However, the response time, according to the reviews, is not always small and the waiting can be delayed for several days. Especially if the request was made during the weekend.

Design and Usability

The Sportsbet.io bookmaker portal is available in two themes - night and day. However, we can say from experience that the site will not work for a long time in the white version, automatically returning to the dark theme. Let's take this into account as a bug. The switch is located in the lower left corner, in the same place as the panel for changing the language of the site, as well as the menu for choosing a convenient format of coefficients. The latter can be presented in three different versions:

• European;
• American;
• Hong Kong.

There are eleven language versions on the site, among which, of course, there is English, as well as exotic options for residents of Southeast Asia.

The functional menu is on the left, the breakdown by disciplines for betting is in the upper horizontal menu. There is also a window, using which the Sportsbet.io client can find the event he needs, whether by requesting the name of a team or athlete for individual sports, or by tournament.

The left sidebar menu, which is used to navigate through the main sections, can be minimized by clicking on the icon with three horizontal lines. In general, the usability of the site and the speed of response to requests is quite high.

Mobile app

As of January 2023, only the Sportsbet.io mobile application on Android is available for download. Mobile solutions for iPhone owners are not provided by the developers, this category of customers should use only the mobile version of the site, which fully repeats all the features of the desktop version.

Other Products

Sportsbet.io is the official partner of football clubs São Paulo and Southampton, and is also one of the sponsors of London Arsenal. In the case of the Saints, the company even has the role of the title sponsor and its brand flaunts on the front of the English Premier League club's playing shirts.

The Sportsbet.io website is also home to live casino, turbo games and online slots. Separate sections are dedicated to virtual sports and e-sports competitions.

Reputation

For almost seven years, during which Sportsbet.io has been providing gambling services to its customers, it has accumulated enough questions. First of all, customers complain about periodic problems with verification and unjustifiably harsh methods, including blocking of gaming accounts.

We did not find any obvious factors of competitive advantage, except for such a high level of betting and withdrawal limits. Although the lack of modern methods of information security also significantly reduces the overall assessment of the bookie a nd does not allow to give it "excellent".