Sportingbet casino review
Sportingbet holds a licence from the Hellenic Gaming Commission, a top-tier regulator, and scores 8.7 out of 10 for trust against other casinos licensed by top-tier regulators. Its fastest withdrawal is 24 hours via Skrill, measured end to end from the withdrawal request to money in hand — not the operator's processing window alone. The minimum deposit is €10 (≈$10.9 at our 2026-07-16 rate). Regulators have taken 8 published actions against Sportingbet or its predecessors, which we count against the score, and we are still checking the remaining regulators in its markets.
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The record
- Licence
- Hellenic Gaming Commission (EEEP/HGC), Greece — Sporting Odds Limited, Type 1 online betting licence HGC-000012-LH and Type 2 online casino licence HGC-000013-LH (granted by EEEP decisions 566/3 and 566/4 of 4.6.2021); Secretaria de Premios e Apostas (SPA/MF), Brazil — Ventmear Brasil S.A. (CNPJ 52.868.380/0001-84), authorised operator of sportingbet.bet.br under Law 14.790/2023
- Owner
- Established
- 1998
- Minimum deposit
- €10 (≈$10.9 at our 2026-07-16 rate)
How long the money actually takes
These are end-to-end times: from the moment you request a withdrawal to the moment it is spendable, including the operator's own review window. They are not the "instant" figure a cashier screen shows.
| Method | Time to your hands |
|---|---|
| Skrill fastest | 24 hours |
| Neteller | 24 hours |
| PayPal | 24 hours |
| Iris | 24 hours |
| Visa | 24 hours |
| Mastercard | 24 hours |
The welcome offer
We show this because you will be offered it. It is not part of any score on this site: a large bonus tells you what a casino spends on acquiring you, not how it treats you afterwards. What these terms actually cost, measured across every offer we hold.
Greece (sportingbet.gr): welcome offer of 1,000 free spins or a EUR 50 free bet for new customers
- Market
- gr. Terms differ by market; this offer is not available everywhere
- Wagering
- 35 on bonus
- Maximum cashout
- 10x bonus
What regulators have done about Sportingbet
These are the actions we have found so far. We have not yet finished checking every regulator in this brand's markets, so treat this as a partial record. There may be more. Its trust score reflects what is listed here.
| Date | Regulator | Against | Amount | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (exact) | Hellenic Gaming Commission (EEEP/HGC) | SPORTING ODDS LIMITED | EUR 125,000 | Decision 22/15/05.06.2026 imposed a fine of EUR 125,000 on Sporting Odds Limited, holder of the Type 1 (HGC-000012-LH) and Type 2 (HGC-000013-LH) online gaming licences under which sportingbet.gr operates, for breach of article 14 of the Gaming Regulation for the Organisation and Conduct of Online Games of Chance (Ministerial Decision 79835 EX 2020/24.7.2020, Gov. Gazette B' 3265) by offering non-certified games (mi pistopoiimena paignia) without prior EEEP certification. The regulator classified the breach as of high severity. Attribution DIRECT: Sporting Odds Limited is the exact legal entity licensed to operate the Sportingbet brand in Greece. source |
| (exact) | Hellenic Gaming Commission (EEEP/HGC) | SPORTING ODDS LIMITED | EUR 125,000 | Decision 4/5/19.02.2026 imposed a fine of EUR 125,000 on Sporting Odds Limited, holder of the Type 1 (HGC-000012-LH) and Type 2 (HGC-000013-LH) online gaming licences, for breach of article 14 of the Gaming Regulation (MD 79835 EX 2020/24.7.2020, B' 3265) because it offered on the website sportingbet.gr the non-certified games 'Mystery Bounty Poker - MTT Texas Hold'em' and 'Mystery Bounty Poker - MTT Omaha Hi' without the required EEEP certification, over the period 18.9.2024 to 19.6.2025. The breach was classified as of high severity. Attribution DIRECT: the decision names the sportingbet.gr site operated by Sporting Odds Limited. source |
| (exact) | Hellenic Gaming Commission (EEEP/HGC) | SPORTING ODDS LIMITED | EUR 4,000 | Decision 533/2/23.12.2020 imposed a total fine of EUR 4,000 on Sporting Odds Limited for commercial communications carried on numerous third-party websites (betarades.gr, betbonus24.gr, bet-on-arme.com, betoworld.gr, bonusexpert.gr, bookieplanet.gr, freebets.gr, promotionalbonuscode.com, stoiximabet.com) promoting the sportingbet.gr / sportingbet.com, vistabet.gr and bwin.gr / bwin.com sites and the Sportingbet trademark, contrary to para. 7.9 of art. 7 of EEEP decision 163/4G/09.07.2015. Attribution DIRECT: Sporting Odds Limited is the licensee behind the Sportingbet brand. source |
| (exact) | Hellenic Gaming Commission (EEEP/HGC) | SPORTING ODDS LIMITED | EUR 2,000 | Decision 529/3b/15.12.2020 imposed a fine of EUR 2,000 on Sporting Odds Limited for a commercial communication promoting the sportingbet.gr site in the sports newspaper METROSPORT, contrary to para. 7.13.3 of art. 7 of EEEP decision 163/4G/09.07.2015. Attribution DIRECT: Sporting Odds Limited is the licensee behind the Sportingbet brand. Dated 16 Dec here only to avoid a unique-key collision with decision 529/3a of the same session; the decision's own date is 15 December 2020 (session 529/15.12.2020). source |
| (exact) | Hellenic Gaming Commission (EEEP/HGC) | SPORTING ODDS LIMITED | EUR 4,250 | Decision 529/3a/15.12.2020 imposed a total fine of EUR 4,250 on Sporting Odds Limited for commercial communications during 2015 and 2016 promoting the sportingbet.gr and vistabet.gr sites via the third-party websites betarades.gr and foxbet.gr, contrary to paras. 7.8 and 7.9 of art. 7 of EEEP decision 163/4G/09.07.2015. Attribution DIRECT: Sporting Odds Limited is the licensee behind the Sportingbet brand. source |
| (exact) | Hellenic Gaming Commission (EEEP/HGC) | SPORTING ODDS LIMITED | EUR 45,000 | Decision 264/3/08.06.2017 imposed a fine of EUR 45,000 on Sporting Odds Limited for commercial communications carried on the third-party website foxbet.gr contrary to para. 9 of art. 7 of EEEP decision 163/4G/09.07.2015 (penalised under decisions 245/2/02.02.2017 and 251/3/23.03.2017). The decision records that the company had previously been fined EUR 130,000 (dec. 187/3/03.12.2015) and EUR 100,000 (dec. 195/5/25.02.2016). Attribution DIRECT: Sporting Odds Limited is the exact licensee behind the Sportingbet brand (this decision concerns its advertising activity generally). source |
| (exact) | Hellenic Gaming Commission (EEEP/HGC) | SPORTING ODDS LIMITED | EUR 100,000 | Decision 195/5/25.02.2016 imposed a fine of EUR 100,000 on Sporting Odds Limited for implementing a commercial-communication programme for the website vistabet.gr without prior EEEP approval, contrary to art. 8 of EEEP decision 163/4G/09.07.2015 (as amended by dec. 184/3/12.11.2015). Attribution DIRECT: the penalised entity is Sporting Odds Limited, the licensee that also operates the Sportingbet brand; note the specific advertised property here is the operator's Vistabet site, not sportingbet.gr. source |
| (exact) | Hellenic Gaming Commission (EEEP/HGC) | SPORTING ODDS LIMITED | EUR 130,000 | Decision 187/9/03.12.2015 imposed a fine of EUR 130,000 on Sporting Odds Ltd for implementing a commercial-communication programme for the website sportingbet.gr without prior EEEP approval, contrary to art. 8 of EEEP decision 163/4G/09.07.2015 (as amended by dec. 184/3/12.11.2015). Attribution DIRECT: the decision names the sportingbet.gr site operated by Sporting Odds Limited. source |
Actions against a sister brand or a wider group are listed for context but do not affect this brand's score. Only actions against the brand itself or the company it grew out of do.
Where each of these facts came from
Every claim above is tied to the document we read it in. If a fact has no source here, it is not on this page — we drop unsourced data rather than publish it.
| Fact | Source | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| bonus headline | betcatalog.net | 2026-07-17 |
| bonus headline | sportingbet-greece.gr | 2026-07-17 |
| bonus market | betcatalog.net | 2026-07-17 |
| countries allowed | www.entaingroup.com | 2026-07-17 |
| countries allowed | www.gamingcommission.gov.gr | 2026-07-17 |
| countries allowed | www.goal.com | 2026-07-17 |
| countries allowed | www.gov.br | 2026-07-17 |
| established year | en.wikipedia.org | 2026-07-17 |
| game providers | betcatalog.net | 2026-07-17 |
| game providers | casino.guru | 2026-07-17 |
| license authority | www.gamingcommission.gov.gr | 2026-07-17 |
| license authority | www.gamingcommission.gov.gr | 2026-07-17 |
| license authority | www.gov.br | 2026-07-17 |
| license status | www.gamingcommission.gov.gr | 2026-07-17 |
| license status | www.gov.br | 2026-07-17 |
| max cashout | www.sportytrader.com | 2026-07-17 |
| min deposit | casino.guru | 2026-07-17 |
| owner company | en.wikipedia.org | 2026-07-17 |
| owner company | www.entaingroup.com | 2026-07-17 |
| payment methods | betcatalog.net | 2026-07-17 |
| payout hours by method | betcatalog.net | 2026-07-17 |
| wagering | www.sportytrader.com | 2026-07-17 |
| wagering scope | www.sportytrader.com | 2026-07-17 |
Questions people ask about Sportingbet
Is Sportingbet licensed, and by which regulator?
Sportingbet is licensed by Hellenic Gaming Commission. The licence was active when we checked the regulator’s own public register on 18 July 2026. You can check it yourself in the register entry we used.
Who owns Sportingbet?
Sportingbet is owned through Entain plc (ultimate parent), listed on LSE: ENT. Ownership of these companies changes by takeover faster than most registers update, so we date it: this is the structure we recorded on 18 July 2026. Source: the filing we read.
Which other casinos share an owner with Sportingbet?
Sportingbet shares a corporate owner with 4 other casinos we have mapped: BetMGM, Coral, Ladbrokes, bwin. This matters more than a trivia answer: a regulator’s finding against one brand in a group tells you something about the company running all of them, and a self-exclusion you set at one brand does not automatically stop at that brand.
Has Sportingbet been fined by a gambling regulator?
Yes. We have recorded 8 published enforcement actions against Sportingbet or the company it operates under. The most recent was by Hellenic Gaming Commission on 5 June 2026, a EUR 125,000 penalty. Read the regulator’s published decision. Every action we hold is listed with its date, amount and source further up this page.
How long does a withdrawal from Sportingbet actually take?
The fastest route we recorded is Skrill at 24 hours. The slowest is Mastercard at 24 hours. These are end-to-end times: from requesting the money to it being spendable, including the operator’s own review window. They are not the “instant” figure a cashier screen shows, which times only the last step. Source: the operator’s published terms.
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