Best Esports Betting Sites UK

The rise of esports wasn't only accompanied by cosmic viewership on Twitch and YouTube streams.

Betting sites also saw the uptake in interest and correctly predicted that viewers themselves will want to pull out the beloved RBG mechanical keyboards and compete in the betting field.

How I selected the top 10 esports bookmakers?

I looked for a few key things:

1. Number of esports covered
2. Quality of welcome bonus
3. What betting markets (outcomes) are offered
4. If the odds are competitive
5. Whether live betting and streaming are available

Additionally, I also looked for:

• What the accepted payment methods are (the more the merrier)
• What promotions are on offer

You can click on any of the bookmaker logos in the table to read the individual reviews.

Most betting sites offer one of the three most common welcome bonuses, which are usually also available for use on any esport.

The most common betting offers are Matched Deposit Bonus, Bet And Get Bonus, Cashback Bonus.

Each offer has similar but slightly different conditions to claim, so here is the gist of how it works most of the time:

1. Matched Deposit Bonus - in this case, the bookie will 'match' the sum you deposit and then wager. If we take Betway the sports bonus, for instance, you get a 100% match up to £10. Upon depositing and betting £10 at odds of 1.75 (3/4) or over, your account will be awarded a £10 Free Bet.
2. Bet And Get - very similar to the matched deposit bonus, but in this case, you have preset amounts you need to stick to. For instance, Bet 10 Get 20 from Boylesports.
3. Cashback Bonus - in this scenario you don't receive a bonus if you win your bet. Instead, if your bet loses you get a predefined amount back - you almost get a second chance. Let's say you choose the Betfair bonus. If you use their exchange to bet and lose, they give you cashback in cash up to £20, which you can then withdraw if you so please.

League of Legends has been a staple of the esports betting history for years and it goes without saying that every betting site has it featured, at least to some extent.

With the abundance of leagues to choose from, not all bookies decided to support the full roster of tournaments.

That's why below I made a list of the best sites for League of Legends esports betting.

These bookmakers have the most LoL betting markets, support livestreaming and have good coverage of the LoL leagues.

If you've been in the betting game for a while now, you might have already claimed a good number of esports welcome bonuses.

Fear not, as there are still new lol betting sites, which offer new customer sign-up offers.

Newest LoL betting site – Midnite

Midnite, is my colleague's (Del) favourite site to bet on esports, ever since he found out they launched in the UK.

Here is what Ben had to say about Midnite when I asked why he liked them so much:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is considered by many gamers to be the best release of the franchise so far.

With Ghost-Stare memes popping left and right on social media, the game managed to quickly take over social media platforms.

The shrewdly named 'Call of Duty League' uses the Modern Warfare title as the game esport athletes compete on.

Not all bookies have CoD in their arsenal, but below I gathered the ones that do.

I remember the first time I saw Counter-Strike gameplay.

It was way before esports betting was a thing. In the early 2000s, I used to watch the bigger kids at my parent's internet cafe go hard at it and organise local Counter-Strike matches.

Nowadays CS:GO is one of my top games for betting, and the game is a must-have on any self-proclaimed esports bookmaker.

That's why it was easy to find bookies with CS:GO game betting featured, but a bit trickier to find the best ones.

I dug through heaps of bookies (45 to be precise) and found the best ones for CS:GO gambling (listed below).

The kings of bookies, Betway and bet365, have always had a huge number of featured Counter-Strike leagues and many betting options per game, such as handicaps and the number of maps won.

All British Sports have even more betting markets for the major leagues, but when it comes to the rest of the CS leagues, the Kings are still undefeated.

A lot of bookmakers call their FIFA/EAFC esports listings - eFootball, because of copyright issues.

That is why when you see eFootball you shouldn't be alarmed, as it is the same thing.

The FIFA franchise has been around since the 1990's, however, this year it has changed to EAFC, but ultimately it is the same game, under a different guise and retains its immense popularity.

So it is no surprise that many punters are looking for bookmakers to bet on esports EAFC matches.

Here is a compilation of the best ones, which feature the typical betting markets you can usually find on real-life football matches.

Rainbow Six Siege has been on my list of favourite esport games for the past 2 and a half years.

I have spent hundreds of hours grinding battle passes with friends and my favourite operators are Mute, Mozzie and Ace.

R6S hasn't been a favourite game for me only though.

With thousands of fans across the globe, the R6 Invitational tournament grew tremendously in popularity in the past few years.

I compiled a list of the best Rainbow Six betting sites, so you can support your favourite teams when the next Rainbow Six Siege Tournament comes around.

{-}7 (Emoji of Lord Tachanka, for the uninitiated in R6S slang).

Meanwhile, Midnite features matches from the Japan League, North America League and the South Korea League!

When Valorant came around the gaming community was pretty split on its opinion of the FPS title.

It seemed like half of us thought Valorant was just an overhyped game, while others saw it as an 'Overwatch/CS:GO killer'.

As time passed Valorant fortified its place with constant improvements and partnerships and became a household name on the esports scene.

If you are looking for sites where you can bet on the Valorant Champions League, then look no further than below.

Out of the bunch, BoyleSports has the best markets for Pistol Round Winner.

When choosing a bookmaker it is important to check if they offer the highest odds for your match.

The higher the odds are, the more potential winnings you will have. If the odds for a team to win a match are 9/10 (1.90), and you wager £10, you can win £9, in case your bet is successful.

Let's take bet365 and Parimatch for instance.

When we look at the upcoming CS:GO match between 9INE and EYEBALLERS, we get the following odds:

Clearly, bet356 has the higher (and better) odds for 9INE to win in this case. However, Parimatch offers the better value for EYEBALLERS to take the win home if they manage to beat their opponent.

When it comes to betting, you will inevitably stumble across the term 'markets' or 'betting markets'.

A betting market basically is an outcome of an event. There can be many different outcomes in esports, depending on the game specifically.

In CS:GO, popular betting markets include:

• Match winner
• Map 1, 2 or 3 winner

If you want a more granular approach, then VBet offers:

• Total number of maps
• Map 1 Rounds Handicap
• Map 1 Total Rounds
• Map 1 Even or Odd Number of Rounds
• Map 2 Overtime or Not

... to name but a few.

League of Legends markets often include:

• Overall winner
• Game 1 winner
• First blood
• First to destroy a tower

An indispensable element of esports betting is being able to place bets live.

It goes without saying that you need to be informed and in the action when betting on esports.

To help with that, a lot of bookmakers try and provide live streams for each game and match via a Twitch integration.

When it comes to streaming, bet365 and Betway differ from the rest because they offer live streams through their own streaming servers.

I would prefer it if they offered the Twitch streams instead, so I could change my settings or chat with other viewers.

Live streams have been crucial to the success of esports and the industry is really focused on visual communication.

Currently, in the UK, some of the most popular and viewed on Twitch esports titles are:

1. LoL (League of Legends)
2. CoD (Call of Duty)
3. CS:GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
4. R6S (Rainbow 6 Siege)
5. Valorant

Each game has its own league and tournaments, which take place annually or even twice a year.

Many esports fans think about the CS:GO leagues - Elisa Invitational and European Pro League.

For LoL some popular leagues are LEC, LCS and LPL.

Betway has a pretty comprehensive list of all leagues, so if I want to find a particular one, that is my go-to. 

With tournaments happening all over the world you can either visit the venues to see the events or watch the online streams.

Below you will find a list of a bunch of bookmakers who offer esports live betting and live streaming.

My recommendation for esports livestreaming bookmakers:

Bet365 - For their self-hosted live streams

Betway - Self-hosted live streams

BetUK - Twitch live stream integration

Parimatch - Good for Fifa and NBA2K esport streams

SpreadEx - Twitch live stream integration

BoyleSports - Good for NBA2K streams

BetVictor - Also good for Fifa and NBA2K streams

When choosing a betting site, many players pay attention to the accepted payment methods and check if their favourite one is accepted.

A lot of punters appreciate the convenience of deposits and withdrawals with PayPal, Neteller and Skrill, while iPhone users benefit from the integrated Apple Pay.

If that is what you are also looking for, you can hover over the payment methods section of each bookmaker in the list at the top of this page. You can also click/tap on any bookmaker's name to read our review and see if your preferred payment method is accepted.

A lot of people nowadays double-check the opinions of reviewers by going on Reddit – I don't blame them!

For this reason, I decided to see what the Reddit community came up with as well and check if their rankings coincide with mine.

Most results were from 2018 or 2021, so it was hard to find a relevant post.

I found a publication from December 2022, where a poster made a poll for voting on the best bookies for esports.

After checking the suggested sites from the poll, I was appalled that most of the suggestions were blacklisted in the UK because of unfair play. Some suggested bookmakers also did not accept players from the UK.

I also found a recent post from September 2024, where Redditors suggested bet365, Parimatch and Unibet, which are great options!

All in all, Reddit advice should be taken with a grain of salt, but there is some silver lining.

Remember – any bookmaker you pick from the lists above will offer fair welcome offers, odds and fair payouts on time. Each of them is licensed by the UK Gambling Commission too.