Esports betting sites · Updated October 2026
The ten best-ranked bookmakers with esports markets, with their live welcome offers, licences, the games we have mapped them to and what their odds cost on the same match.
On our example League of Legends match the cheapest site keeps 4.1% of stakes and the dearest 8.1%. Over $1,000 of bets that is $40, before a single result goes your way.
Short answer
The one that is legal where you live, covers your game and charges the least for it. Margins on the same match ranged from 4.1% to 8.1% in our example, so the site matters as much as the pick. Coverage matters too: of the top ten, the widest is tagged on 12 of our 35 game pages and the narrowest on none.
The average margin of the ten sites on the same example League of Legends match.
What the dearest site costs you over the cheapest, per $1,000 staked on that match.
Top-ten sites holding a Curacao licence. One is licensed in the UK and one in the Philippines.
Game pages the best-covered site in the top ten is tagged on. Check your game before you join.
The margin on a three-leg accumulator at 5% per leg, against 5% on a single bet.
The minimum age at every site we list, and 21 in some countries.
By game
Each game page ranks the bookmakers tagged with that game.
Odds comparison Example odds
The same BO5 match winner market at every bookmaker in the top ten. Example odds until a live feed is connected.
| Bookmaker | Gen.G | T1 | Margin | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boomerang-bet | 1.72 | 2.05 | 6.5% | 93.5% |
| Casinova | 1.75 | 2.02 | 6.2% | 93.8% |
| CampoBet | 1.78 | 2.08 | 4.1% | 95.9% |
| William Hill | 1.70 | 2.00 | 8.1% | 91.9% |
| 1win | 1.69 | 2.03 | 7.8% | 92.2% |
| Casino-X | 1.77 | 2.06 | 4.8% | 95.2% |
| chipstars.bet | 1.74 | 2.10 | 4.8% | 95.2% |
| Nomini | 1.71 | 2.01 | 7.6% | 92.4% |
| Casinia | 1.76 | 2.00 | 6.4% | 93.6% |
| 888STARZ | 1.79 | 2.04 | 4.7% | 95.3% |
| Best odds per outcome | 1.79 | 2.10 | 3.4% | 96.6% |
Example odds set by esportranker to show how the comparison works. They are not taken from the bookmakers and are not current prices. Margin = 1 − 1 ÷ (1/odds A + 1/odds B).
How to read the table
Each row is a bookmaker; the highlighted cell is the highest odds on that team. The margin column shows what the site keeps on average, green lowest and red highest.
What it means: the best price on each side from different sites cuts the margin to 3.4%, against 6.1% on average.
Patterns and exceptions Example oddsExample data
What it means: on $10,000 a year in stakes, the gap between the cheapest and the dearest site in the example is $403.
What it means: a five-leg esports accumulator gives away close to a quarter of its stake in margin before any result.
Margin bars from the example odds. Accumulator margin = 1 − (1 − m)^legs at 5% per leg.
Licences
A licence tells you who you can complain to. It does not make betting legal where you live.
The most common licence in the top ten (8 of 10). Curacao regulates online gaming under its National Ordinance on Games of Chance and publishes a licence register you can search.
Curaçao Gaming AuthorityAn EU regulator. CampoBet and William Hill list an MGA licence among theirs.
Malta Gaming AuthorityLicenses betting for players in Great Britain. William Hill is the UKGC-licensed brand in the top ten.
Gambling CommissionWhether you may bet depends on where you live. India, for example, banned online money games from 1 May 2026; other countries license or tolerate offshore sites.
Esports betting by countryOur database
Counts from the esportranker database, October 2026.
There is no single best site for everyone. Start with the sites that are legal where you live, then pick the one that covers your game and charges the lowest margin on it. In our example League of Legends match the margin ran from 4.1% to 8.1%.
Compare the same market on the same match. Add 1 ÷ odds for both teams: the further the sum is above 100%, the more the site keeps. Then check coverage of your game, live markets, payment methods and the licence.
On esports coverage, odds and margin, live betting, payments, and licence and terms. Our ranking system sets the order and the editors check it. We are paid by some of the bookmakers we list, and that alone never decides a position: how we rank explains the process.
Look at the licence first. A licence from your own country gives you local consumer protection; an offshore licence (Curacao, Anjouan) gives you much less. Every site in our ranking shows its licences on the review page.
That depends on the country you live in, not on where the bookmaker is licensed. Some countries license betting, some ban online betting, and some have no clear rules. Read the country guide for where you live.
Many do. Each card in the ranking lists the site's payment methods live from our database, so you can see who takes Bitcoin, Ethereum or USDT before you sign up.
Only after you read which markets count. Some offers exclude esports or need a minimum odds level, and every turnover requirement costs you the margin on each bet. Our bonus guides show how to work out what an offer is worth.
The margin compounds with every leg. At 5% per leg, a three-leg accumulator carries about 14.3% and a five-leg one about 22.6%.
Responsible gambling
Esports draw a younger audience than most sports. These rules apply on every page of this site.
Licensed bookmakers check age and identity before you can withdraw. If you are under 18 (or under 21 where that is the limit), use this site for information only.
Our responsible gaming pageDecide what a month of betting may cost and set a deposit limit in your account. Chasing a lost map or series with a bigger stake is the pattern to watch for.
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