BetAnySports review: now trading as BetAnything, with clear payout rules and a payout cap to read first

Same book, new name

Type in betanysports.eu today and you land on betanything.eu. The new site never says in so many words that it used to be BetAnySports, but its lottery guides still give cut-off times "based on BetAnySports deadlines", so I'm treating it as the same shop under a new sign. It says it has been taking bets for over 25 years. It offers sports, a racebook, several casinos and a lottery, and the terms say you must be 21.

On who may play, the FAQ says the book is open to players around the world as long as online betting is legal where they are, and that some countries may be restricted. Whether you may use it at all depends on where you live, so settle that before anything else.

The payout rules, first

This is the part of the site I'd read before I deposited a dollar, and to the book's credit it's all written down.

Crypto payouts go out in Bitcoin or Litecoin. The minimum is $100, the most per request is $10,000, the weekly ceiling is $50,000 and there's no fee, says the page. Processing takes up to 72 hours. If you deposit only in crypto you can take up to five crypto payouts in seven days; if you've funded any other way, it's one. The page also warns that repeated non-crypto deposits may limit your access to crypto payouts.

Then the line that matters most: "Your weekly payout cap is 100x your average deposit over the past 6 months." Say you deposit $50 at a time and run a $9,000 week. The cap is $5,000, so the rest waits for the next week. I've no quarrel with a book protecting itself against the player who deposits $20 and swings for the fences, but you should know the rule exists before you're the one waiting on it.

The other methods cost money. Bank wires run from $1,000 to $9,500, one every seven days, with a 4 percent fee ($40 on a $1,000 wire, $380 on the maximum) and four to six business days for delivery. Checks run from $1,000 to $3,000 at the same 4 percent, take about seven days and come from foreign banks, so ask your own bank first. The first withdrawal on any account may sit in a 72-hour review. Crypto is processed from 7 a.m. to midnight Eastern every day; bank methods only from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday to Thursday. There's one free payout day every 30 days if you've had action in the previous four weeks and no payout in the last 30. The payout limits page explains why books set these.

One more rule from the card page: every deposit needs a 3x rollover before you withdraw "to avoid additional fees". A first card deposit also needs ID and proof of address before it goes through.

Reduced juice, with a short leash

The thing BetAnything leads with is reduced juice, up to 50 percent off, on the NFL, college football, NBA, WNBA, MLB and NHL. At -110 you need to win 52.38 percent of your bets to break even; at -105 you need 51.22 percent. Over a season that gap is real money for a straight bettor.

Read the conditions, though. It's straight bets on the full game only, no parlays or teasers, posted on game day after 9 a.m. Eastern, and the limit on those lines is $1 to $500. The terms say the lines are for recreational customers, and the book can take them away from anyone it considers a professional. That tells you who the price is for. I'd use it, and I wouldn't expect to keep it if I won steadily.

Live betting covers sports and eSports, and there are props and a bet builder. I haven't seen how fast the live board moves, so I can't speak to that.

The reload, worked out

The standing sports offer is 25 percent free play on deposits of $50 to $300, up to $75. You ask customer service for it within 24 hours of the deposit. The rollover is 8x the deposit plus the bonus, sports only, it expires seven days after it's credited, and there's a mandatory two-week hold with no payouts while the bonus is active.

On a $300 deposit you get $75, and the rollover is 8 times $375, or $3,000 in action. At -110 the book expects to keep about 4.5 percent of what you bet, so $3,000 in action costs you roughly $136 on average to earn $75 of free play. On $200 it's $50 against about $91. The arithmetic says no, and the two-week hold makes it worse. The rollover page goes through the method.

Support and the rest

Support runs 24 hours by phone, chat and email. The About page claims $133 million in monthly payouts and player balances held in segregated accounts. I can't check either, and neither is the kind of thing a book proves with a sentence.

If you play here, fund in crypto, keep each bet to a size your bankroll can stand, and set your loss limit before kickoff.

Read the payout cap before you read the bonus.