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My Gamblr.io Review
In this post, I will me reviewing Gamblr.io, an online crypto casino. That's a nice domain btw, definitely fits the .io extension vibe.
• Depositing Funds
As you see I deposited roughly $23 to this casino.
I deposited them in bitcoins and it took 3 confirmations before it showed in my balance. I didn't have any problems with depositing. It was straight forward and the process was as fast as the bitcoin network. Other coins would be faster I am sure but I didn't want to send any USDT from my binance account and risk of getting banned from binance since they are pretty picky about sending&receiving funds to/from casinos using their platform.
For some reason they show your balance only in USD even though I deposited bitcoin. I guess it is not possible to make bets using btc or other crypto. It is not a problem for me but some people might find this "unfriendly" to crypto.
There are also not many crypto options to deposit. The choices they offer are:
1- Bitcoin
2- Ethereum
3- USDT
4- USDC
Minimum deposit is $10, and maximum is 1 million USD.
They only accept Bitcoin and Ethereum mainnet coins. So don't try to send them any wrapped coins. You'll lose your coins or won't be able to send them at all because they only generate mainnet deposit addresses.
USDT has 2 deposit options:
a- ERC20 (Ethereum)
b- TRC20 (Tron Network)
USDC also offers 2 deposit options ERC20 (eth) and something called BASE which I don't know what it is about since I haven't been a USDC guy. Those who use USDC probably know what that is.
To be honest I was hoping to see other altcoins too because I wanted to deposit some doge since they are fast and cheap to make transactions. (LTC would be great too) But I was disappointed to notice that they don't accept any alts other than ETH which nobody uses nowadays in casinos I believe. Doge and LTC are the gold standard of shitcoins. Gamblr.io should consider my suggestion seriously.
• First Look
The first time I entered gamblr.io, I noticed that big animation that stays right in the center of the page. It is probably there to bring some life to the website but it is also making the page load more slowly hence I think I don't like it. Maybe reduce the size of it or just get rid of it altogether. As you see I am using an adblocking plugin. If I were a regular player in this casino I would definitely block this annoying animation. It is distracting too. Uninvited distractions are not needed by us, gamblers. Other gamblers may not agree with this statement but this is my opinion.
Once everything loads on the first page, everything seems to work fast. No issues there. Other than the big animation that messes my eyes, everything looks quite organized, simple and effective.
• Making Some BetsAt first I wanted to try my luck with some dice-like or slot games but I encountered a surprise.

I tried different games but no luck. None of them loaded in my browser. Maybe it is because I am using a fairly old version of Brave browser. You can spot the "update" button on the top right corner in my screenshot. Then I switched browsers and tried Firefox this time.Again, the game didn't load on my screen for some reason. I can access the website just fine but the games ain't loading because the server doen't respond. I am getting a connection time out error.
I find luck based games boring anyway so I headed towards the fun part, sports betting.
I made a $5 bet on Darmstadt's victory while they were 1-0 ahead during the break and then they scored their second goal in the second half. The odd was 1.30. 30% is not bad I thought, and the game is about to end at the moment. I think I am about to get my first victory.

I wanted to bet 2.5 under as the game is about to end but the odds were going down rapidly and I got a few errors. The website refused to accept my under 2.5 bet a few times but in the end they accepted it but from a lower odd than I wanted initially when I decided to make the bet. That means the website is working a bit on the slower side. I don't think it is my internet connection.
Anyway now it is minute 91 in the game and I have 2 open bets. It is a bad day for Dresden that's for sure.

The event has ended and I won both of my bets. My account got credited immediately the moment the event has ended. No wait, no delay, no bullshit.

I think I have seen enough here. The sports betting part works good enough. I had some problems with placing my bet at the end of the game when things got heated though. Maybe they will hire faster servers as they make more money in the future. For now the website works quite good, at least the sports betting part worked for me. I can't speak about all the slot games they offer since they refused to work in my computer.
Make no mistake by the way, football is not the only sports they offer.
Gamblr.io offers pretty much anything. Even e-sports. Dota, Counter Strike, Starcraft 1-2, Overwatch... Age of Empires and more.
• The Ugly PartNow I need to talk about the hard truth which people need to know. This casino requires you to do KYC before you withdraw funds. It is just in their ToS. You can read it yourself.
https://blog.gamblr.io/gamblr-academy/They don't say we can KYC you if we feel like. No, they say we will ask for your docs the moment you decide to withdraw your funds and that, is a deal breaker to many crypto enthusiasts. Most KYC casinos don't even enforce KYC to that extent. This casino hardcoded KYC to its ToS permanently. No good.
The ToS has a warning regarding to the VPN usage:
- You may not use a VPN, proxy or similar services or devices that mask or manipulate the identification of your real location.
https://gamblr.io/terms-and-conditionsWhat does that mean? "may not", it reads like we will let you use a VPN as long as you are losing. No good either but many casinos do that so I'll cut you a slack here.
• My SuggestionsThis casino has a big potential if they solve a few issues.
1- Accept more altcoins. You don't have to accept every shit coin out there but you at least need to accept Doge and Litecoin. These are the OG alts, they existed even before Eth.
2- Loosen the KYC requirements. Give the players a room to breathe. If your licenses requires this from you, you should either find a different license provider or get rid of licensing altogether because it doesn't make any sense to deposit crypto to this casino if all the players will have to send their passport scans to get verified. That needs to be fixed asap. It is the biggest major flaw you got. I won 2 bets fair and square and now I can't withdraw them unless I send you my passport scans. Does that make any sense to anybody?
3- Luck based games don't load on my browser for some reason and I couldn't place my bets fast enough. The load thing might be a problem on my end even though I tried it with 2 different browsers but the website is not working fast enough regardless imo.
4- Get rid of the big animation that sits on the front page.
Adios, and good luck Gamblr.io
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