Offshore betting sites, studied before you board

01Offshore betting sites compared

This list of offshore sportsbooks covers the 12 sites among our offshore casinos that take sports bets: six licensed in Curaçao and six in Anjouan, run by five companies. We looked each one up on its regulator’s register, then read its sport offer and betting rules. In short: Smash has the biggest sport welcome with a stated cap; Zizobet, Cosmobet, Velobet, Rolletto and Wildies have bet builders; and Lucky Dreams and Lucky Ones have the highest standard weekly and monthly withdrawal limits. The table and the sections below have the detail, and what changes when you bet offshore.

Amounts are the sites’ own figures, not converted; several sites use one figure across currencies, shown here in euros or €/$. The terms at Smash, GAMBIVA, Rivo, Trixino and Aphrodite don’t say whether the multiplier counts your deposit as well as the bonus, so the table gives the multiplier only. Lucky Dreams’ sports page says its welcome offer applies automatically to a first deposit and gives free bets once your qualifying bet settles, but neither that page, its offer page nor the general sports terms set out how the insurance pays, so ask support before you rely on it. Five of these sportsbooks have a full review, linked above, and our Curaçao betting sites guide goes deeper on those five. The other seven link to our licence lists, where each has a profile.

02Best offshore sportsbooks by what you want

The best offshore betting site depends on how you bet: the rule that matters to an accumulator bettor isn’t the one that matters to someone betting on esports. Where one site clearly leads on something we could compare, it is named below. Check the country table further down before you choose, because eight of the 12 bar the UK or sit under a licence page that excludes it.

• Biggest sport welcome with a stated cap: Smash. Its 250% reaches €5,000 over three deposits, and our Smash casino review covers the sportsbook and its payout limits. Among standard welcome offers, Rivo’s and Trixino’s 325% are the highest percentages, on much smaller amounts: up to €1,750 and €1,500.
• Lowest wagering on a deposit match: Smash, GAMBIVA, Rivo, Trixino and Aphrodite. All ask 5× on the welcome stages, against 15× at the four Santeda International B.V. sportsbooks (Zizobet, Cosmobet, Velobet and Rolletto), but a €10 bet limit changes the sums, as the bonus section below shows. Our GAMBIVA review covers its sports welcome and betting rules.
• Accumulators: Zizobet and Wildies. Zizobet’s Multi Bet Boost advertises “Up to 435% of your stake back” and a free bet whether the ticket wins or loses. Wildies’ combo boost adds up to 100% to net winnings on a winning 20-fold, with the boost capped at €5,000 a bet. The Santeda four’s sport bonuses also count only bets of three or more selections.
• Free bets instead of a deposit bonus: Wildies, Lucky Ones and Lucky Dreams. Wildies releases four €10 free bets, one after another, and says the winnings are withdrawable. Lucky Ones gives 100% in free bets up to €/$100, and Lucky Dreams up to €/$1,400 in 7 days as free-bet insurance.
• Bet builder: Zizobet, Cosmobet, Velobet, Rolletto and Wildies. We found none at the other seven. The Santeda four combine up to ten markets from one sport, and Wildies combines two or more selections on eligible football and basketball events. Our Wildies review covers its sportsbook.
• Offshore horse racing betting: Zizobet, Cosmobet, Velobet and Rolletto. They are the only four of the 12 where we found racing; the Velobet review covers its sportsbook, racing included. Zizobet also pays 20% cashback as a free bet on a losing racing slip, in a promotion its countdown ran until about 29 November, but racing bets don’t count towards its sport bonus wagering.
• Esports: no clear leader. All 12 take esports bets, and the sport lists we read at Smash, Rivo, Lucky Dreams and Lucky Ones ran to 17 or 18 titles, including Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2 and League of Legends. Zizobet has separate esports and virtual sports welcome offers, each 300% up to €2,000 plus 150 free bets and 150 spins, and Rolletto has an esports welcome of 100% up to €500.
• Offshore crypto sportsbook bonus: Zizobet. Its crypto sports offer advertises a 400% bonus, up to 150 free bets, up to 100 spins and 10% cashback on losses. Velobet’s first crypto deposit of each day earns a drawn gift of free spins or 5 to 500 free bets, never both, and Lucky Ones lists Bitcoin, Ether, USDT and other coins as account currencies.
• Highest withdrawal limits: Lucky Dreams and Lucky Ones. Both allow €8,000 a week and €30,000 a month on standard accounts, though their terms bar the UK and Ireland. The Santeda four allow €7,500 a week and €15,000 a month, and Zizobet’s terms raise that to €15,000 and €30,000 for VIP players.

We found no sports no-deposit offer in the promotions we read at any of the 12, so check any no-deposit claim on the sportsbook’s own offer page.

03What offshore betting is

Offshore betting means placing bets with a sportsbook licensed outside the country you live in. You’ll also see these sites called offshore bookmakers or bookies, overseas betting sites, foreign betting sites, international betting sites or, in Britain, non-UK betting sites. “Offshore” only tells you where the licence sits compared with where you live. It’s no guide to quality, good or bad.

At all 12 the sportsbook sits on the same site as a casino, with separate sport and casino welcome offers. Offshore sportsbooks are licensed in several places. This list sticks to Curaçao and Anjouan because they are the two licences we track site by site, and our Curaçao list and Anjouan list show each company’s register record.

04Twelve names, three rulebooks

A longer list doesn’t always mean more choice. Smash, GAMBIVA, Aphrodite, Rivo and Trixino all published the same sportsbook rules file on 6 November, identical to the byte, and Lucky Dreams and Lucky Ones publish almost the same text, including every clause quoted here. That’s seven brands and three companies under one rulebook. The four Santeda sportsbooks publish near-identical sportsbook terms of their own, and Wildies runs under a third set.

The prices line up as well. On 6 November we compared the main market on matches due in the next 16 hours at Smash, GAMBIVA, Aphrodite, Rivo, Lucky Dreams and Lucky Ones, reading the sites minutes apart. On 224 of 259 matches the odds were identical at all six. On 30 more the widest gap was under 5%, such as a draw at 3.97 against 4.00, and on the last five it ran from about 7% to 17%, the largest a handball price of 3.38 against 3.97. Trixino, read later, isn’t in this count. So opening accounts across these names to shop for a better price is unlikely to gain you much on most matches. The bonus and the withdrawal limits do differ, so compare those.

05Offshore sportsbook bonuses: what 5× really costs

A low multiplier on a welcome or sign-up bonus can still ask for a lot of betting. At Smash, GAMBIVA, Aphrodite, Rivo and Trixino, a sport bonus needs 5× with every bet at 1.80 or more, and the terms cap your bet at €10 while you wager (terms 7.16). Your deposit joins the bonus balance and can’t be withdrawn until the wagering is done, unless you cancel the bonus before any wagering starts, when it returns to your cash balance. Winnings from a sports bonus are capped at 10 times the bonus unless the offer says otherwise.

The bigger the stage, the harder it gets. Smash’s third stage pays 100% up to €2,500, and at full size even the lower reading is €12,500 of turnover: at least 1,250 bets of €10 at odds of 1.80 or more.

The Santeda four look stiffer and work differently. The same €100 with a 150% bonus at Zizobet, Cosmobet or Velobet needs €3,750 of turnover in 30 days, on accumulators of three or more selections at 1.3 or more each, which multiply to about 2.2 at the minimum. But Zizobet and Cosmobet take stakes up to €1,000, and at all four, winnings from the deposit bonus can be withdrawn up to 10 times the deposit. Rolletto gives 15 days rather than 30.

Free bets carry their own limits. At Lucky Dreams and Lucky Ones, sport free-bet winnings are capped at €/$2,000 unless the offer says otherwise, and cash out isn’t available on a free bet. Separately, you must bet your deposit once on sports at 1.5 or more per leg, or three times in the casino, before you can withdraw. At Wildies, each free bet lasts seven days and its stake isn’t returned.

Whichever you pick, you can usually decline a welcome offer and bet with your own money. Our Curaçao betting sites guide explains what cancelling a bonus can cost, and our bonus guide covers how wagering works on the casino side.

06What you can bet on at offshore sportsbooks

All 12 offer pre-match and live betting. In-play counters on the shared sportsbook showed between 131 and 200 matches when we read them, and six of the seven brands listed the same 28 sports with upcoming matches, from football and ice hockey to darts and Aussie rules. Trixino’s list added field hockey. Smash, GAMBIVA, Aphrodite, Rivo, Trixino, Zizobet and Cosmobet also have a Predictions item in their menus.

“None found” means we didn’t find it in the site’s menus or rules, not that it can never appear. Same-match betting is the clearest dividing line. The shared rules refund any accumulator or system bet that includes different events from the same match, even if the betting slip accepts it, and we found no bet builder at those seven. If you want several bets on one match, look at the Santeda four or Wildies first. The shared rules do cover player props, in sports such as American football and basketball. They also have sections on horse and greyhound racing, but neither appeared in the sport lists we read on 6 November.

Cash out comes with conditions everywhere: the shared rules let the sportsbook withdraw it at any time without notice, and Wildies can suspend it too.

07Bet limits and payouts offshore

If you’re looking for offshore sportsbooks that don’t limit winning accounts, none of these 12 promises that. The shared rules allow “special account limits for individual customers without notice or explanation” (rule 2.6) and let the sportsbook refuse a bet of any kind without giving a reason. Lucky Dreams’ and Lucky Ones’ terms add that a bet can be cancelled “including after acceptance” to protect market integrity or in case of error. Wildies may cap bets or total exposure per customer per day, and the Santeda sportsbook rules allow limits on the amount placed on a ticket.

Withdrawal limits decide how fast a big win reaches you. At €1,000 a day, a €20,000 accumulator win takes at least 20 days to come out, and the €10,000 monthly limit can stretch that further. Sportsbook winnings fall under the same withdrawal limits as casino winnings.

Deadlines can be short and checks long. The shared rules give you three days from settlement to dispute a bet (rule 2.19), and Wildies also gives three, while Cosmobet’s and Rolletto’s terms give two months to complain. Curaçao’s complaints policy allows up to six months from a bet’s settlement, so a short deadline in a Curaçao sportsbook’s terms isn’t the regulator’s limit. The shared rules also allow up to 30 days to check your documents, up to 180 days to check your bets, and up to 180 days for a match-fixing inquiry, with those bets held in the meantime.

08Offshore betting sites by country

A Curaçao or Anjouan licence lets a company take bets under that law. Your own country’s betting law still applies where you live, and each sportsbook keeps its own restricted list. Here is what each sportsbook’s terms say about the UK, Ireland, Canada and New Zealand. “Not named” means the country is absent from that list, not that it is accepted.

• Offshore betting sites in the UK. Anyone offering bets to people in Great Britain needs a Gambling Commission licence, wherever the company is based, and none of these 12 was on the Commission’s register on 3 November. The offences are aimed at the businesses, not the bettor, but the UK self-exclusion register stops at the border. Our UK guide has the detail.
• Ireland. Offering betting without a licence has been an offence since 5 February 2026, and since 1 July 2026 online bookmakers have needed that licence from the Irish regulator, the GRAI, though the Act doesn’t spell out how far that reaches bookmakers based abroad. None of the 12 was on its register of 20 October. The regulator can ask the courts to block sites and freeze payments, so a balance could become hard to reach. Read our Irish guide.
• Offshore betting sites in Canada. The provinces run or license betting, and single-event betting has been legal since August 2021. Ontario’s list of regulated sites, accurate as of 1 September 2026, names 84 websites and none of these 12. Our Canadian guide covers each province.
• New Zealand. Since 28 June 2025, section 74AAA of the Racing Industry Act 2020 has left TAB NZ as the only operator allowed to offer racing or sports betting to people in New Zealand. So while the terms don’t name New Zealand, the law leaves no room for these sites. Our New Zealand guide explains it.
• USA and Australia. None of the 12 is open to US players: each bars the USA in its terms. Smash, GAMBIVA, Aphrodite, Rivo and Trixino bar Australia in their terms, and Wildies’ licence page excludes it; the Santeda and Lucky terms don’t name it, and our guides don’t cover Australian law.

If a sportsbook bars your country, don’t try to get round it: a VPN breaks the terms and gives it a reason to keep your winnings.

09How safe offshore betting sites are

We can’t name a safest offshore betting site, because we didn’t place bets or test a payout. What we can compare is what protects you when something goes wrong. A licence gives you a named company on a public register and a way to complain, but not a regulator who settles your case: the Curaçao Gaming Authority says it is “not a civil court”, and the Anjouan authority says it doesn’t handle player complaints. Our offshore casinos guide sets out both complaint routes.

On a disputed bet, the bookmaker largely decides. The shared rules call the sportsbook “the final authority” on the validity of accepted tickets, and Lucky Dreams’ and Lucky Ones’ terms make settlement decisions “final and binding”. If a sportsbook doesn’t resolve a complaint, both regulators’ policies lead to an independent dispute service paid for by the operator, after 30 days under Anjouan’s policy. Screenshot your bet slip and the market before kick-off, and raise a problem inside the deadline set out under bet limits above.

Home-country safety tools don’t help much here: neither the UK self-exclusion register nor Ontario’s BetGuard covers these sites. Blocking software and your bank’s gambling block can still help, and our safer gambling guide explains your options. If you have self-excluded anywhere, don’t open an account.

10Deposits and apps at offshore sportsbooks

Cards, including credit cards at some sites, and crypto are the common routes in, and availability depends on your country. Zizobet’s FAQ lists Visa, Mastercard, Skrill, Neteller, Apple Pay, Interac and Neosurf “where available”, plus major cryptocurrencies. Wildies’ footer shows Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Revolut and crypto, and its terms allow a 1% fee of up to €10 on some of those deposits. GAMBIVA’s and Rivo’s home pages show Visa, Mastercard, Giropay and crypto. A UK card payment to one of these sites can be declined, and many UK banks let you switch gambling payments off yourself. Our payments guide explains the gap between a site’s processing time and the money reaching you.

Don’t expect an offshore sports betting app from an app store. Zizobet offers a shortcut, “Add Zizobet to your home screen”, Velobet has one you install from the browser, and we found no app at Cosmobet, Rolletto or Wildies, or on the home pages of Smash, GAMBIVA, Aphrodite, Rivo and Trixino. Lucky Dreams and Lucky Ones tell you to open the site on your phone. Without an app, the mobile browser is your sportsbook, so test the site on your phone before you deposit.

11How to check an offshore sportsbook in three steps

1. 01
   Find the licence and the company

   Look in the footer and the terms, then match the company to the Curaçao Gaming Authority’s licence register or search the Anjouan Gaming licence register by domain. Our offshore casinos guide explains what to do when a site runs on a numbered mirror address.

2. 02
   Open the betting rules, not just the bonus page

   Look for the link marked Rules or Sportsbook Rules, usually in the footer. Read the bet limit, the dispute deadline and what happens to accumulators with void selections.

3. 03
   Work out the bonus before you take it

   Multiply the wagering figure by the amount it applies to, then divide by the largest bet allowed, and check the minimum odds and the win cap. If the number of bets looks unrealistic, decline the bonus before you bet.

12How we built this list

We started from the 20 casinos on our offshore casino list, each looked up on the Curaçao register of 2 November 2026 or the Anjouan register of 3 November 2026, and kept the 12 with a working sportsbook. On 6 November we re-read the sport offers at all 12, though Cosmobet’s page showed only a 150% banner, so its cap and terms are from 26 October. We also opened the bonus stages at Smash, GAMBIVA, Rivo and Aphrodite, read the sport lists, and compared the betting rules. Trixino’s stages are from 4 November. Wider terms were read between 22 October and 4 November. We didn’t open an account, deposit, place a bet or withdraw, so everything here is published rules rather than tested ones. Our review method explains the rest.