Best offshore sportsbooks for online betting?

It says right there in the replies that you should zip or RAR your files to protect yourself from any potential data theft. You just put your login info and password into a compressed folder, and if anyone notices, they send it straight to the security department. Since those guys are the only ones with access to our passwords, they’re the only ones who can actually open those files...

That’s exactly what the instructions say, and that's how I've been doing it, but they keep insisting they haven't received any copies. Are you guys sending both sides of the credit card, or just the front?

I've sent a couple of transfers to an online sportsbook—this is my fifth attempt, and everything was smooth until now—but they're claiming they never received them! I have the confirmation from JP Morgan Chase and I already faxed everything over as requested, yet they’ve been silent for ages. Every time I follow up, they just give me the same old line about "still reviewing" it. I've been waiting for two whole months now!! It’s regarding $33 plus $17 that I was supposed to receive as a promotional reward from
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Everything has been successfully deposited into their account, but they either refuse to acknowledge it or claim they can't find the transaction—they just won't give me any straight $33 about when it will hit my balance. Honestly, what a joke—I am certainly not handing them any more of my money.

I’ve deposited a couple of transfers into an online sportsbook—this is my fifth time doing this, and everything has been smooth sailing until now—but they’re claiming I haven't! I have the confirmation from my bank and I even faxed over everything they requested, yet they just aren't responding—whenever I check in, they claim they're "still reviewing" it. I’ve been waiting for two whole months now!! This involves $33 + $17 that I was supposed to receive as some sort of
promotional reward.
Everything was successfully sent to their account, but they either refuse to acknowledge it or simply can't find it on their end—and they won't give me any straight $33 answers. Honestly, I am absolutely fed up with them—I certainly won't be giving them another dime.

I don't know if anyone here is actually following the NHL, but this looks pretty "ridiculous" to me...
I was digging through the stats for tonight's three games, and my eyes kept landing on Detroit and St. Louis... at first glance—and even after a second and third look—taking the away team seems like the play, but the odds are telling a different story... the price for the underdog jumped from 4.35 up to a massive 5.15 on DraftKings, while Detroit dropped from 1.57 down to 1.46 on FanDuel 🤷

Withdrawals can only be made via VISA credit or debit cards. You won't be able to withdraw to a card if your betting account currency is set to USD.

So what does this actually mean on BetMGM? My betting account is in USD, but I've got a Visa Intel debit card tied to a checking account held in dollars... am I gonna run into issues here?

Jack Collins58 said:What does this actually mean on BetMGM? My betting account is set to USD, but I’m using an Intel debit card linked to a checking account held in dollars. Should I be looking out for any headaches here?

I don't think you'll have any issues. When you send money in dollars, it just converts over to USD... obviously at whatever the current exchange rate happens to be. 🙂

Anyone else dealing with total nonsense over at Bet365? They’re basically messing with my head regarding this bonus. It keeps telling me I need to verify my account first before I can even start rolling over that triple amount required to actually unlock the damn thing.
The thing is, my account is already verified—it says so right there on the dashboard 😕 but then, when I go to check how much wagering I actually need to hit to claim the bonus... suddenly, according to them, it isn't. 😢

Can I actually deposit on BetMGM using a checking account that’s sitting in USD? My card from JP Morgan Chase says it's a VISA Intel type.

Sean Morales2 said:Can I deposit at BetMGM using a checking account held in USD? I have a VISA card from JP Morgan Chase marked as Intel.

If that card has the specific code for "online transactions" on the back, you should be good to go.🙄

I’ve got a question for the group: I’m currently playing over at FanDuel, and I’ve noticed they only offer bets on how many
minutes of overtime there will be during certain live soccer matches. Does anyone know if there’s a sportsbook out there—either online or even somewhere physical—that actually
offers this as a standard betting option rather than just a random live occurrence?
Thanks

Everyone knows the big names like FanDuel, BetMGM, BetMGM, DraftKings, and Pinnacle... they actually pay out, let's call it a certainty... but what’s the word on the other books like

Betway
DraftKings
betus
betsson
iasbet
William Hill
BetRivers
188bet
boylesports
sunmaker
Bet365
DraftKings
betclick
Betway
10bet
BetMGM
sports-interaction
...

Anyone here actually used any of these, or maybe some others I missed? Looking for people who didn't just lose their shirts, but actually managed to pull some profit out of them 😕

George Nguyen3 said:Betway
DraftKings
William Hill
BetRivers
Bet365
DraftKings
10bet
BetMGM

I’ve personally messed around with some of these from the list. Honestly? 10bet is absolute garbage compared to the rest—I spent three weeks waiting on a measly $40 payout to hit my Microsoft account, drowning in unread emails while they dragged their feet. Eventually, I just cleared out whatever was left in there and walked away. Now, look, Betway, BetRivers, and Bet365 will limit you pretty damn fast once they realize you actually know what you're doing, but at least they don't flake on paying out. DraftKings is a solid bookie in my eyes, and William Hill, BetMGM, and DraftKings are reliable US staples—pretty decent,
even if I don't use them constantly since I don't keep much bankroll sitting there (not because I don't trust them, just because their odds aren't always hitting the spot for me).

As for stuff off this specific list, I've tried Gamebookers (which is basically the same deal as BetMGM)—kind of like FanDuel or Betway, except those guys are Austrian and love making everything unnecessarily complicated. You get hit with limits almost instantly, and then they might "lower" those limits once you hit a bigger win, so watch out for that. 🙂

I also gave Starbet and MGM (Asian) a shot. Starbet had such ridiculous errors with their odds that they probably shouldn't have even stayed in business (until BetMGM picked them up), but hey, I ended up blowing hundreds of dollars on their table games (Blackjack and whatnot)... so that was fun. MGM is an Asian bookie; they're fairly reliable, but they operate through "agents," which is a massive risk in itself. For me, it wasn't worth the headache—though maybe for some high rollers it would be, but we don't exactly see those types around here.

EDIT: Forgot to mention Sportingbet, which is just aggressively mediocre. But the real reason for the edit is BetMGM—absolute bottom feeders who still owe me money to this day. Depositing with them is a huge gamble; honestly, they're even worse than 10bet.

I see you’ve spent a lifetime grinding through different sportsbooks... so let me ask you this... do you know any sites out there that actually review these platforms the way you do? I’m looking for places that give it to them straight—stuff about how tight their limits are, when they decide to cap you, how fast the payouts actually hit your account, and if they have those annoying "hidden requirements" you have to jump through before you can grab your money. I just want honest feedback, not some shill site designed to bait people into signing up through their referral links. 🙂

Ha, I just set up an account over at DraftKings. Luckily, I only threw a little bit of money in via Microsoft, so we'll see if they actually hold water. For now, though, I gotta say their NBA odds are right up there with DraftKings.
As far as the others go, Bet365 is solid if you want to know the truth👍, and I’ve always had a soft spot for FanDuel.😍

DraftKings usually runs about 0.02 to 0.05 lower on the odds compared to Pinnacle, but honestly, their betting limits are way tighter... So, let's just wait and see how they handle your payouts when things get real...

Matthew,

http://www.sportsbookreview.com/ — you can find everything here, from the ratings to the blacklists and all that junk.

http://www.bookmakersreview.com/ — basically the same deal as the one above.

Both sites are independent and run by people who actually know their stuff about betting, plus they listen to regular users. You should also check out http://www.goonersguide.com/bookie_guide.html

you'll pick up a lot more info on different bookies there, even though it’s a private site.

Walter Edwards said:Usually, 10Bet runs about 0.02 to 0.05 lower than Pinnacle, but their limits are tighter too... We'll just have to wait and see how they handle your payouts...

Matthew,

http://www.sportsbookreview.com/ - everything you need is here, from ratings to blacklists and stuff like that.

http://www.bookmakersreview.com/ - basically the same thing as the one above.

Both sites are independent and run by people who actually know the betting industry, plus they include user feedback. You can also check out http://www.goonersguide.com/bookie_guide.html

you'll learn a lot about different bookies there, even if it's just a private site.

thanks for this 🙏 👍

Here’s what I shot back in the DMs:

I didn't run into any issues at all, honestly. I just sent over a scan once I thought I'd cleared the bonus requirements, waited a few days, and boom—$100 landed in my account. Then they sent me a letter with a promo code, and after verifying everything, they tossed me three $10 credits on the condition that I wagered them three times over.

I'd definitely recommend them; their live odds are way better than what you get at DraftKings.

Just had a wild experience—I signed up a few days ago, and yesterday I finally saw some funds hit my account. I jumped right in and placed a few bets immediately. Everything seemed fine, and they processed my wagers without an issue. But then, today, they updated my balance and suddenly my account was frozen!!! I’m sending an email at 5:00 PM to demand an explanation, and by 6:00 PM, I get a reply saying I need to send over a photo of my ID and my credit card number just to get the account unlocked. Has anyone else dealt with this before?

If this is happening over at DraftKings... then it’s pretty standard practice 🙂 ... It honestly surprises me they flagged you if you hadn't even hit the withdraw button yet, but hey, if you funded the account using a credit card... now they just want to double-check that the card actually belongs to you 🙄

rustypanther80 said:So, here’s my recent experience—I just signed up a few days ago, and then yesterday, some money finally hit my bank account, so I went ahead and placed a few bets right away. Everything seemed totally fine, the bets processed normally, they updated my balance today, and then... out of nowhere... they just shut down my account!!! I sent an email around 5 PM today asking what on earth happened, and then at 6 PM, I get this reply saying I have to send over some ID documents along with a photo of my credit card just to get the account unlocked. Has anyone else actually dealt with this before?

nah ☕