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Best esports betting sites in China 2026

This page compares the 9 esports bookmakers we list for players in mainland China on what decides daily use: a yuan account, whether UnionPay, WeChat Pay or Alipay work, how money comes back out and which licence each one holds. Every figure comes from the bookmakers' own payment and licence details, checked 8 Oct 2026.

China has some of the richest home leagues in esports, from the LPL to the King Pro League, all played in China Standard Time. Gambling is illegal in mainland China; the legal status section further down has the details and sources.

9 bookmakers for China, compared CNY, UnionPay and crypto checked per site 18+ only
By Emily Thompson Updated Oct 18, 2026
Bookmakers
9 accept players from China
CNY accounts
8 of 9 as listed
UnionPay or WeChat
3 of 9 Alipay: 0 of 9
Crypto deposits
8 of 9 7 also pay out
Time zone
CST UTC+8

Short answer

Where can I bet on esports from China, and what should I check?

The 9 bookmakers below accept players from China, all licensed abroad. Most list yuan accounts (8 of 9), but Chinese payment apps are rare: 2 take UnionPay, 1 takes WeChat Pay and none lists Alipay, so crypto is the common route in and out. Gambling is illegal in mainland China, so read the legal status further down first.

CNY accounts 8 of 9 as listed
Chinese method in 3 of 9 UnionPay or WeChat Pay
Alipay 0 of 9 for deposits
Crypto payouts 7 of 9 as listed

China in six figures

  1. 8 of 9

    of the bookmakers we list for China run accounts in yuan.

  2. 3 of 9

    take a Chinese payment method: UnionPay at Coins.Game and William Hill, WeChat Pay at GG.bet.

  3. 8 of 9

    take crypto deposits and 7 pay out in crypto, the most common route here.

  4. 2 of 9

    show no welcome offer for China: 888STARZ and GG.bet.

  5. US$10.4m

    is the prize pool of the King Pro League Grand Finals 2026, about twice that of LoL Worlds 2026.

  6. 1949

    is the year gambling was outlawed in mainland China.

Bookmakers Live

Esports betting sites that accept players from China

Each card shows the live welcome offer in yuan where there is one and the payment methods the bookmaker lists for China. The note gives the licence word for word, the account currency and any Chinese deposit methods.

Welcome offer 10,000 USD Current offer
Not confirmed Live Not confirmed Stream Not confirmed Map mkts Yes Crypto Not confirmed Skins
Why #1: Curacao licence; no CNY account listed; deposits by UnionPay; crypto deposits and withdrawals. Esports markets include LoL, Valorant, Honor of Kings and Rainbow Six.
MasterCard Visa Neteller PaysafeCard
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Dafabet
Welcome offer 1,000,000 IDR Current offer
Not confirmed Live Not confirmed Stream Not confirmed Map mkts Not confirmed Crypto Not confirmed Skins
Why #2: Licences listed: Cagayan Economic Zone Authority; CNY accounts; no Chinese payment method listed. Esports markets include Counter-Strike, Dota 2, LoL and Valorant.
MasterCard Visa Bank Transfer Neteller
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Welcome offer 10,400 INR Current offer
Not confirmed Live Not confirmed Stream Not confirmed Map mkts Yes Crypto Not confirmed Skins
Why #3: Curacao licence; CNY accounts; no Chinese payment method listed; crypto deposits and withdrawals.
MasterCard Visa Bank Transfer Credit Cards
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William Hill
Welcome offer 1,000 EUR Current offer
Not confirmed Live Not confirmed Stream Not confirmed Map mkts Yes Crypto Not confirmed Skins
Why #4: Licences listed: AAMS Italy, The Irish Office of the Revenue Commissioners, Malta Gaming Authority, UK Gambling Commission, Gibraltar Regulatory Authority and Lotteries and Gambling Supervisory Inspection Latvia; CNY accounts; deposits by UnionPay; crypto deposits.
Ali Pay iCash.One Tether UnionPay
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Welcome offer 1,000,000 CLP Current offer
Not confirmed Live Not confirmed Stream Not confirmed Map mkts Yes Crypto Not confirmed Skins
Why #5: Licences listed: Curacao and Dirección General de Juegos y Sorteos Mexico; CNY accounts; no Chinese payment method listed; crypto deposits and withdrawals.
MasterCard Visa Neteller PaysafeCard
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Welcome offer 11,450 BOB Current offer
Not confirmed Live Not confirmed Stream Not confirmed Map mkts Yes Crypto Not confirmed Skins
Why #6: Licences listed: Curacao and Vanuatu Gaming License; CNY accounts; no Chinese payment method listed; crypto deposits and withdrawals.
MasterCard Visa Bank Transfer Google Pay
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Welcome offer 135,000 INR Current offer
Not confirmed Live Not confirmed Stream Not confirmed Map mkts Yes Crypto Not confirmed Skins
Why #7: Licences listed: Curacao and Kahnawake Gaming Commission; CNY accounts; no Chinese payment method listed; crypto deposits and withdrawals.
Visa Skrill Airtel Money Binance
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Welcome offer 2,500 BRL Current offer
Not confirmed Live Not confirmed Stream Not confirmed Map mkts Yes Crypto Not confirmed Skins
Why #8: Curacao licence; CNY accounts; no Chinese payment method listed; crypto deposits and withdrawals.
MasterCard Visa Neteller Skrill
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Welcome offer 1,000,000 CLP Current offer
Not confirmed Live Not confirmed Stream Not confirmed Map mkts Yes Crypto Not confirmed Skins
Why #9: Curacao licence; CNY accounts; deposits by WeChat Pay; crypto deposits and withdrawals.
Trustly MasterCard Visa Bank Transfer
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Order and welcome offers load live for China. Licences, currencies and payment methods as each bookmaker lists them, checked 8 Oct 2026.

Compare

The 9 bookmakers side by side

Crypto is ticked where the bookmaker lists crypto payments. Currency, local payment methods and licences are shown as each bookmaker lists them. Main titles are which of CS2, Dota 2, LoL and Valorant the bookmaker lists. A dash means none listed.

Bookmaker Crypto Local currencyLocal depositsLocal withdrawalsLicence as listedMain titles listed
Coins.Game Yes Not listedUnionPay–CuracaoLoL, Valorant
Dafabet Not confirmed Yes (CNY)––Cagayan Economic Zone AuthorityCS2, Dota 2, LoL, Valorant
Betwinner Yes Yes (CNY)––Curacao–
William Hill Yes Yes (CNY)UnionPay–AAMS Italy, The Irish Office of the Revenue Commissioners +4 more–
Melbet Yes Yes (CNY)––Curacao, Dirección General de Juegos y Sorteos MexicoCS2, Dota 2, LoL
22BET Yes Yes (CNY)–UnionPayCuracao, Vanuatu Gaming LicenseCS2, Dota 2, LoL
888STARZ Yes Yes (CNY)––Curacao, Kahnawake Gaming CommissionCS2, Dota 2, LoL
bet O bet Yes Yes (CNY)––CuracaoCS2, Dota 2
GG.bet Yes Yes (CNY)WeChat Pay–Curacao–

Currencies, payment methods, licences and titles as each bookmaker lists them, checked 8 Oct 2026.

Games

The esports that matter in China

China's home leagues set the pace. The King Pro League Grand Finals 2026 for Honor of Kings run from 2 October to 14 November in Chengdu, Changsha and Guangzhou, with a prize pool of about US$10.4 million, roughly twice the US$5 million of LoL Worlds 2026. In the LPL, Bilibili Gaming won the first two splits of 2026 and Anyone's Legend the third. The International 2026 for Dota 2 was played in Shanghai and won by Team Spirit. Event facts from Liquipedia, checked 8 Oct 2026.

HoK Honor of Kings Mobile MOBA KPL Grand Finals: 2 Oct – 14 Nov LoL League of Legends PC MOBA LPL 2026: BLG, Anyone's Legend Dota 2 Dota 2 PC MOBA TI 2026, Shanghai: Team Spirit CS2 CS:GO Tactical shooter VAL Valorant Tactical shooter MLBB Mobile Legends (MLBB) Mobile MOBA MPL China since 2025

Patterns & exceptions

What the China listing shows

Deposits

Chinese payment apps are the exception

What it means: for most of these bookmakers you need a crypto wallet or an international card or e-wallet, not a Chinese payment app.

Exception: Dafabet is the only one that lists no crypto at all.
Withdrawals

Out by crypto or e-wallet

What it means: plan for a payout in crypto or to an international e-wallet; only 22BET lists UnionPay for withdrawals.

Exception: William Hill lists no withdrawal method at all.
Licences

Curacao, with two exceptions

What it means: a complaint goes to the regulator that licensed the bookmaker; no authority in mainland China licenses betting.

Exception: William Hill lists AAMS Italy, The Irish Office of the Revenue Commissioners, Malta Gaming Authority, UK Gambling Commission, Gibraltar Regulatory Authority and Lotteries and Gambling Supervisory Inspection Latvia; Dafabet lists the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority.
Offers

Not every site shows an offer

What it means: offers shown for China run from CN¥888 to CN¥70,000; read the terms, not the headline figure.

Exception: 888STARZ and GG.bet show no welcome offer for China.

Computed from the 9 bookmakers listed for China, as each lists its payment methods, currencies and licences, checked 8 Oct 2026.

Payments

Paying in and out from China

What the methods on this page mean in practice.

UnionPay and WeChat Pay

Coins.Game and William Hill take UnionPay deposits, GG.bet takes WeChat Pay. No bookmaker here lists Alipay.

So what: most of the 9 cannot be paid with a Chinese payment app at all.

Crypto

8 of 9 take crypto deposits and 7 pay out in crypto. Each transfer carries a network fee, and the yuan value moves with the coin.

So what: the most common route in and out here; count the cost of converting back to yuan.

Cards and e-wallets out

7 of 9 list Visa and Neteller for withdrawals, 6 list Skrill.

So what: an e-wallet payout needs an account there, which comes with its own fees.

Methods as listed by the bookmakers for China, checked 8 Oct 2026.

Our data

The China listing in numbers

Counted across the 9 bookmakers we list for China.

9 bookmakers listed for China
8 of 9 list CNY accounts
3 of 9 take UnionPay or WeChat Pay
8 of 9 take crypto deposits
7 of 9 list a Curacao licence
CN¥888–CN¥70,000 welcome offers shown

Computed on 8 Oct 2026 from the 9 bookmakers listed for China (n = 9): payment methods, currencies and licences as each bookmaker lists them; offers as shown live, and offers change.

Method

How we pick bookmakers for China

The same approach applies in every market. These are the checks that matter most for players in China.

What a bookmaker needs to make this list

  1. Accepts players from China

    A bookmaker is listed for China only if it accepts players from China. The order adapts to what is available there, so it can differ from our worldwide ranking.

  2. Licence as listed

    Each licence appears exactly as the bookmaker lists it. We only call a bookmaker licensed in China when it lists a licence from China.

  3. Local currency and payments

    CNY accounts and local methods such as UnionPay and WeChat Pay count, for withdrawals as well as deposits.

  4. Esports coverage

    Which esports titles each bookmaker lists, from CS2, Dota 2, LoL and Valorant to the titles followed in China.

  5. Current offer

    Each card shows the current welcome offer for China. A short-term promotion does not move a bookmaker up the list.

Scores and updates

Our editors score each bookmaker on betting markets and odds coverage, usability, payments, licensing, country access and user feedback, and revisit a score when something material changes, such as a licence or a payment method. The full process is on our How we rank page.

How we are paid

Some bookmakers pay us when a reader signs up through our links. That never decides the order.

The law

What the law says

Each point with its source. A neutral summary, not legal advice.

Ban

Gambling is illegal

Gambling has been officially outlawed in mainland China since 1949.

Gambling in China (Wikipedia)
Overseas

Offshore sites are no exception

Any form of gambling by Chinese citizens, including online gambling and gambling overseas, is illegal.

Gambling in China (Wikipedia)
Lotteries

Two state lotteries

The Welfare Lottery (1987) and the Sports Lottery (1994) are run by the state and are not considered gambling by the government.

Gambling in China (Wikipedia)

Glossary

Terms for betting from China

KPL
The King Pro League, China's top league for Honor of Kings, run by Tencent Games since 2016. So what: Its Grand Finals carry a larger prize pool than LoL Worlds.
Account currency
The currency your balance is held in at the bookmaker. So what: If it differs from the currency you pay with, every deposit and withdrawal is converted, usually at a cost.
Offshore bookmaker
A bookmaker licensed in one country that accepts players from others. So what: Its licence decides where a complaint can go.

Esports betting in China: FAQ

Which esports betting sites accept players from China?

The 9 bookmakers in the list above. On 8 Oct 2026 it was led by Coins.Game, Dafabet and Betwinner; the order and offers update live.

Can I pay with Alipay, WeChat Pay or UnionPay?

Alipay: none of the 9. WeChat Pay: GG.bet. UnionPay: Coins.Game and William Hill for deposits, and 22BET for withdrawals. Most of the others work with crypto.

Can I bet in yuan?

8 of the 9 list CNY accounts. Coins.Game lists no CNY account.

When are the big Chinese esports events?

The KPL Grand Finals 2026 run from 2 October to 14 November. The LPL plays three splits a year; the 2026 Regional Finals were in Shanghai in September. LoL Worlds 2026 is in the United States, so a 7 pm New York start is 7 am in Beijing.

How do you choose the bookmakers on this page?

The list shows the esports bookmakers in our ranking that accept players from China, in the order of our overall score. Payments, licences and country access are part of that score. See how we rank.

Is esports betting legal in China?

No. Gambling has been outlawed in mainland China since 1949, and gambling online or overseas is illegal for Chinese citizens. Hong Kong and Macau have their own laws. Check your local rules before you bet.

Where can I get help with gambling?

Gambling Therapy offers free, confidential support online, by live chat, forum and email.

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