This is just to provide a warning to anyone playing on sportsbet.io, to carefully check that you are allowed to play on sportsbet.io as they do not perform adequate checks and are also allowing players from France to play on their platform DESPITE it being clearly against the regulations set out to them by Curaçao eGaming.
sportsbet.io Terms and Conditions:3.3. You are aware that the right to access and use the website and any products there offered, may be considered illegal in certain countries. We are not able to verify the legality of service in each and every jurisdiction, consequently, you are responsible in determining whether your accessing and using our website is compliant with the applicable laws in your country and you warrant to us that gambling is not illegal in the territory where you reside. For various legal or commercial reasons, we do not permit accounts to be opened or used by customers resident in certain jurisdictions, including the United States of America (and her dependencies, military bases and territories), Australia, United Kingdom, Estonia, Germany, Netherlands or other restricted jurisdictions ("Restricted Jurisdiction") as communicated by us from time to time. By using the Website you confirm you are not a resident in a Restricted Jurisdiction.
Curaçao eGaming Excluded TerritoriesUnder this license, apart from its own diligence and legalities, the license holder is not authorized to offer its services in the territories of USA, Netherlands, France, Dutch West Indies and Curacao. It is the responsibility of the licensee to be familiar with the local laws and requirements for the territories which they intend to offer their services. Before reporting such non-compliance, please make sure the license holder is not operating under multiple licenses, allowing the legal operation in the above regions.
You can access this page by clicking the Curaçao eGaming badge found on the sportsbet.io website.
Proof:- I have been able to play on the sportsbet.io site recently whilst in France
- sportsbet.io Customer Support confirmed to me that players from France are accepted on their site
Hello,
We hope that this email finds you well.
We can confirm that It is not illegal for French to play on our site. Nevertheless, we advise you to ascertain with relevant authorities whether gambling is permitted in your territory.
Hope that we were able to answer your question.
Best regards,
Yuri
Sportsbet.io Customer Support Team
I also made AskGamblers aware of this recently and they updated their site to add France to the "Restricted Countries" section on the sportsbet.io AskGamblers profile page.
In relation to this part of the Curaçao eGaming website "Before reporting such non-compliance, please make sure the license holder is not operating under multiple licenses, allowing the legal operation in the above regions."
After using AskGamblers Curaçao section, I visited over 20 websites that also are licensed by Curaçao eGaming and can confirm that all 20 I clicked on restrict players from France.
Some sites are licensed by a difference license for French players, such as Cloudbet.com. They are licensed by Curaçao eGaming and E Gambling Montenegro, when you visit the site from france you are displayed with the Montenegro license and not the Curaçao.
sportsbet.io do not show any signs on their website that they are licensed by anyone else other than Curaçao eGaming, meaning they appear to be illegally allowing players from France.If such a simple instruction from their regulator Curaçao is not abided by, I would suggest that you approach sportsbet.io with extreme caution if you are to gamble on their site. Unless sportsbet.io can provide clarification over this matter.