NaoBet Review

NaoBet Sports Review

It’s interesting how the barrier between online bookmakers and online casinos has pretty much completely evaporated over the past few years, wouldn’t you say? Nowadays, it’s almost guaranteed that you’ll find casino sections at bookies, and vice versa – and it can be difficult at a glance to tell where the focus lies. Take, for example, NaoBet, a site that, judging by its name, should be primarily one dedicated to sports betting. But in reality, its sports section is rather scant, while its casino one is very expansive and full of games.

That’s not to say that punters won’t find anything of value here, though – as we’ll explore further down, this bookie still has all of its bases covered. But the amount of matches is very low, some big betting markets (like special bets) are completely absent, and overall, there are less things to do here than at most online bookies. This, combined with the fact that NaoBet seems to be unlicensed and with an unknown owner, could turn off a lot of players from participating.

Football Betting

We don’t need to tell you just how essential football betting is to an online bookmaker – after all, this is probably what you’re there to engage in! Football is by far the most popular sport in the world, and quite a lot of people have dedicated themselves to betting on matches from the Premier League or UEFA Champion’s League. If you’re one such player, then you might be a bit disappointed to learn that although NaoBet has you covered for the major leagues, its cracks start showing when you examine the smaller ones.

This bookmaker will let you wager on hundreds of different matches at any given point, which sounds very impressive – and, to an extent, it is. But once you compare it to nearly any other sportsbook which will let you bet on more than a thousand different games, the difference is like night and day. That same scarcity can be seen in the betting markets, which are extremely scarce in the minor leagues, making NaoBet poorly suited for players who were hoping to bet on more niche matches or in a unique way.

Ice Hockey Betting

Although t’s common for football to be the biggest sport available at any bookmaker, the second place can vary pretty greatly. Sometimes it’s tennis, other times it’s basketball, we’ve even seen table tennis! NaoBet in particular has ice hockey there, with more than 160 different matches at any given time – but, just like with football (or the other sports for that matter), the selection of these matches isn’t really the best.

Naturally, you’ll have plenty of games from the US – namely from the NHL and AFL. But barely any matches are represented from other countries where hockey is big, like Canada or Sweden. Once you go down to them, you’ll find just a fraction of what you’d find in the US section. Same goes for international tourneys, which are barely, if at all represented. Overall, this section may not be a complete disappointment, but it’s a disappointment nonetheless.

Esports Betting

Speaking of disappointment, let’s take a peek at the esports section! Indeed, esports are often either the best or worst part of an online bookmaker, with nothing in between – and sadly, in this case, it’s the worst. The first thing you’ll notice is that there are two distinct categories for esports – FPS and Moba. Which might make you think that there are so many different games that the site needed to put them into multiple different categories just to keep things tidy. Alas, that couldn’t be further from the truth.

In reality, there are four games: Counter-Strike and Call of Duty in the FPS section, and League of Legends and DotA 2 in the Moba section. That’s it. That’s all you’re getting – no Overwatch, StarCraft 2, Clash of Clans, Rocket League, nothing of the sort. To be fair, the available e-sports are the biggest ones, and there’s a decent number of matches available here for them – but that doesn’t really matter when most other sportsbooks will also have them, and more. If you’re primarily interested in esports, this won’t be the site for you.

Live Betting

Finally, we arrive at the live betting section, and given how negative we’ve been about NaoBet’s other sections, you might think that this one is a disappointment as well – but actually, it’s perfectly adequate. When you access it, you’ll see a list of all matches that are currently in progress which you can further narrow down based on match or league. It’s not the most intuitive interface, but it’s very easy to get the hang of it and find the match you want to bet on easily.

Although the betting markets available for live games aren’t the best, you can still find a lot of the features you’ve come to expect from a live betting section, such as an in-play diagram for football matches or (in some cases) live streaming support for esports. Although NaoBet as a whole definitely has its fair share of issues, it’s surprising just how decent this particular portion of it is.