How We Rate Esports Betting Sites

Each criterion is scored from 1 to 5 in half-point steps. The weights reflect what actually separates one esports book from another: coverage and markets are why you would choose an esports-first operator at all, and the licence and payout record are what decide whether that choice costs you later.

Each criterion score is multiplied by its weight, the results are added, and the total is divided by the weight actually assessed. The result is rounded to one decimal place, and any cap that applies is then taken off the top. The number on a review page is that output rather than a value typed into a field, so a score cannot disagree with the working published beside it.

A score is never the whole review. Two books can land within a tenth of each other and suit completely different bettors, which is why every review sets out who it suits and who should look elsewhere rather than leaving the number to speak.

A cap stops a well-covered book scoring its way past its own record. Without them an operator with an excellent market menu and an open regulator decision against it would score in the high fours, which would contradict the strongest content on its own review page.

Where we hold no assessment for a criterion we mark it not assessed and redistribute its weight across the remaining five in proportion. We do not fill the gap with a middle value, because a 3.0 typed in to keep a table tidy is indistinguishable on the page from a 3.0 we measured.

Odds value is the criterion this most often applies to. Assessing it honestly means comparing prices on the same matches across books over a period, and until that has been done for an operator the criterion carries no score.

We do not publish an aggregate rating. Aggregate rating markup requires a count of ratings behind it, BO5 collects no user ratings, and a single editorial score aggregates nothing. Any page presenting one editor's judgement in the shape of a crowd verdict is misrepresenting it.

We also do not publish a commercial value we have not checked. Bonus amounts, wagering conditions, payout windows and minimum deposits move without notice, so each one carries the date it was verified against the operator's own terms. A value with no verification date does not render at all, and the label appears with a plain note in its place.

Commission does not move a score. We earn a commission when a reader signs up through a link on these pages, the disclosure appears above the operator table rather than in the footer, and this rubric is what makes the claim checkable.

The full comparison, including the operators we have not scored yet, is on esports betting sites.