Online sports betting – and to an even greater degree, online casino gambling – are big businesses. But they’re also disruptive. For example, in the US, there are fewer than 30 states with legal online sports betting despite it being over four years since PASPA was overturned. Even fewer states – less than 10 – … Read more
Now that the 2022 NFL campaign is finally underway, there’s a good chance you’re betting on it. There’s also a good chance that it’s your first time betting on sports. More new gamblers seem to lace ‘em up during NFL season than during any other time of the year. At least, that’s true in the … Read more
The best coins for online sports betting banking rotate with the market. But for all intents and purposes, there’s really only ever a handful of options that meet all the primary use cases for crypto betting in general. We covered those here, and the TL;DR is this: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and third-gen proof-of-stake coins like Avalanche, … Read more
As Bitcoin falls below $20,000 – which, for some reason, is the exact arbitrary threshold under which everyone freaks the f*** out – there’s been a lot of discussion about the whys and wherefores. Some crypto blogs blame stonks, other blogs blame Russia and/or Ukraine. Still others blame this anonymous whale unleashing 10,000 heretofore dormant … Read more
Here at SBL, we routinely (incessantly?) advocate gambling with cryptocurrency above all other betting banking methods. The benefits of betting with crypto are well documented: fast deposits, better bonuses, same-day payouts, post facto investments, etc. You get the idea. But that doesn’t mean you should bet with any old crypto. In fact, regardless of the … Read more
One of the difficulties in getting people to embrace cryptocurrency for legal online sports betting is that most people don’t understand how crypto works. This is often an impassable roadblock to crypto adoption in general, and over the last few years, it’s kept a lot of people from striking it rich and retiring at 40. … Read more
For me, the biggest selling point of online gambling with an offshore provider instead of a domestic operator is that you can actually bet with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies when gambling with the former. Domestic books – think DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, etc. – don’t accept crypto deposits or offer crypto payouts. And what’s more, they’re … Read more
So, crypto’s been on a bit of a roller coaster lately, yeah? Oh, yeah. But if you’d listened to our learned advice lo these last many months, you might just be sitting on a heap of cash this very day. In which case, you’re welcome. That said, there’s still a long way to go before … Read more
Previously on SBL Online Bet Funding Methods And Banking Options Weekly™, we told you about the new crypto betting options available at MyBookie and sister site Xbet AG. We even touted a few of them – specifically Cardano and Solana – as basically the very best overall cryptos to use if you’re just getting started … Read more
Every day, right after docking my laptop at the desk in my cube and brewing some inadequate and disappointing K-Cup coffee (which is no knock on the work environment at SBL – all K-Cup coffee is inadequate and disappointing), I log in to every major online sportsbook and check their deposit and withdrawal menus for … Read more
When you’re big into crypto betting, you tend to be big into crypto investing, too. They’re the two sides of the same coin, after all. But sometimes, that coin lands on its edge, and the edge isn’t always a fun place to be. It’s stressful, it’s precarious, and it’s exhausting. Of course, when you’ve been on … Read more
What goes up must come down. Similarly, what goes down must come up. Such is the case with crypto, and it looks like maybe – just maybe – we’ve kicked over to the second part of that endless cycle for this particular cycle. Naturally, for millions of hodlers out there, that’s good news. Great news, … Read more