Betting on CS:GO: Which site should I choose?

Betting on CS:GO is one of the eSports sensations of the year. Traditional bookmakers, along with specialist eSports bookies now offer a range of markets on Counter Strike Global Offensive competitions.

Unlike traditional betting, wagering on CS:GO can be done with real money, or unique currencies which allow punters to purchase in-game items. This adds an extra dimension of challenge into selecting the right bookmakers.

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Overall Tournament Winner Markets

With traditional betting an outright winner market is almost always the most common type of wager punters can place, however with betting on CS:GO this market is only available in the final stages of a competition.

Unikrn, Betway and Bet365 all offer very similar odds on outright winner markets, for both favourites and outsiders. Vulcun's markets are more flexible but tend to offer lower odds than the other three.

Match Betting

In the outright winner market Bet365 offers marginally better odds on the winner compared to Betway and Unikrn.

Unikrn gives significantly better return if the outsider triumphs, and are the best pick for punters looking to back the 2nd favourite.

Vulcun functions a little differently to the rest. Instead of set odds the two teams are simply given a % which corresponds to their likelihood of winning. Bets are placed by dragging a slider to dictate how much money, or Vulcun Gold you wish to wager.

Vulcun Match Betting

Map Betting

Specific map betting is not offered by every operator: Bet365 offer two map markets, one for each individual round and the other for how many maps each team will win.

Unikrn have similar map markets to Bet365, and offer almost identical odds on individual map bets. However when it comes to total map wins Unikrn's payouts are lower.

Betway only offer match winner and overall winner markets. While Vulcun do not offer specific map betting, they do have a couple of special markets, such as the first team to reach X amount of kills, or which player will do the best.

Bet365 Map Betting

Promotions

All four operators offer promotions for new and existing users who are looking to do some betting on CS:GO. Bet365 match first deposits up to a maximum of £200, which punters can use on eSports markets or in the traditional sportsbook.

Betway's promo is similarly versatile, a £30 free bet that can be placed on CS:GO or on other sports markets like football or tennis.

Unsurprisingly, the two eSports specalists offer more gaming-themed bonuses. With Betminded's exclusive MAXBET code new Vulcun players can claim 10 free crates. Each crate contains free CS:GO game items, ranging from weapons to stickers. Just be sure to enter your Steam ID on registration.

Unikrn's promotion involves their unique currency, Unikoins. A substitute for real money, these can be exchanged in Unikrn's marketplace for gaming items like headsets, keyboards and even hi-spec gaming PCs.

To get free coins simply enter the code in your account settings page.

Vulcun Promotion

Specials

Betway offer a special for punters betting on CS:GO: 49/1 odds on CS:GO being included in 2030 Winter Olympics.

At 49/1 that seems fairly tempting, considering how the industry has grown in the last five years. However specifying its inclusion at the Winter version seems a bit bizarre. If CS adds more snow covered maps it might be worth a flutter.