Sites Like Bovada: 7 Alternatives, Tested.

Most people land here for one of two reasons. Either Bovada stopped working in your state, or it still works and you want something better. Those need different answers, so this page is split along that line.

If Bovada is blocked where you are: skip to alternatives by state. If you're leaving by choice: skip to what you're actually trying to fix.

Last updated September 2026. Every payout time below is measured from our own accounts. Offers change constantly — the date next to each one is when we last confirmed it.

First: is Bovada actually blocked for you?

Bovada has been withdrawing from states through 2026 as regulators send cease-and-desist notices. The current restricted list runs to roughly fourteen jurisdictions:

Nevada · New Jersey · New York · Maryland · Delaware · Michigan · Colorado · West Virginia · Connecticut · Washington DC · Ohio · Louisiana · Kansas · Pennsylvania

The three most recent additions came in quick succession: Kansas after a 8 July 2026 cease-and-desist from the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission, Louisiana after an 6 August notice to parent company Harp Media B.V., and Pennsylvania in late August.

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If your state is on that list, no VPN workaround is worth recommending — it voids your account terms and you will lose the balance rather than the argument. The practical move is a book that still accepts you.

Which books still take your state

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A word of caution on this table generally: restriction lists are the fastest-moving fact in this market. If the date stamp above is more than a month old, check the operator's terms yourself before depositing.

What are you trying to fix?

If Bovada still works for you, the useful question isn't "what's a good alternative" — it's what specifically annoys you. Different books fail in different directions.

"My account got limited"

Bovada limits winning bettors, and so does every book on this list. The difference is how fast and how hard. Books that lean recreational (Bovada, MyBookie, BetUS) limit earlier. Books that lean sharp take bigger action for longer.

Go to: BetOnline. Recreational books on this list (Bovada, MyBookie, BetUS) tend to limit earlier.

"The lines are worse than my friend's book"

Bovada prices for a recreational crowd, which shows up as wider juice on main markets. Over a season, paying -115 instead of -110 costs roughly Not confirmed.

Go to: a reduced-juice book. Not confirmed

Do this instead of switching: open two accounts and line-shop. The single biggest edge available to a recreational bettor is not a bonus, it's taking the better of two prices. Two accounts beat one alternative.

"Payouts are slow"

Two stages, and most write-ups collapse them into one. Bovada runs an internal approval of roughly 24 hours on every withdrawal request; only then does the payment method's own clock start. After approval, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum and USDT land inside about an hour, while Bitcoin can take a further 24. So the fastest route out is not Bitcoin — it's LTC or BCH. Cheques run 10–15 business days after approval. Minimums differ too: LTC and BCH from $10, ETH and USDT from $50, Bitcoin from $75, cheque from $250, wire from $1,500.

If your payouts feel slow, check which of those two stages is the problem before switching books.

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"I want to bet something Bovada doesn't offer"

Bovada's market depth is mid-range: good on major US sports, thin on niche props, tier-two soccer, international basketball and esports.

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"I want poker and casino in the same account"

This is where a lot of "sites like Bovada" searches actually come from — the SERP for this keyword is casino-heavy. Bovada's poker room is one of the few with real US traffic.

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The seven alternatives

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Confirmed offers to use in those blocks

These are checked as of the dates shown. Re-verify before publish — offshore promotions change without notice and vary by deposit method.

Note the BetOnline line. A 50% match up to $250 with no rollover is worth more than a 200% match up to $1,000 at 10x rollover, for most deposit sizes. We show the arithmetic on our promo code page, and it is the single most useful thing on this site for anyone choosing a book by its bonus.

Where Bovada is still the better choice

No competing page in this SERP says this, which is exactly why it's worth saying.

Stay with Bovada if:

• You play poker. Bovada's poker room has genuine US liquidity. Most alternatives do not, and a poker room with no players is not a feature.
• You want the simplest withdrawal. Crypto out in under a day, consistently, with an interface that doesn't fight you. Not independently measured
• You bet small and infrequently. The line quality gap that matters to a serious bettor is invisible at $20 a week. Switching costs you more in friction than it saves you in price.
• You value the brand's track record. Bovada has been paying US customers since 2011, through Black Friday's aftermath and every regulatory wave since. Several alternatives are newer and less proven.

Leave Bovada if: you're in a restricted state, you've been limited to unusably small stakes, you need markets it doesn't price, or you're placing enough volume that a half-point of juice is real money.

Moving your bankroll without losing it

1. Withdraw from Bovada first, in full, and confirm it lands before you deposit anywhere new. Never run a transfer in parallel.
2. Clear any outstanding bonus. Withdrawing mid-rollover forfeits the bonus at nearly every book — check the terms on your specific offer.
3. Deposit the minimum at the new book and withdraw it once, before you fund properly. A $20 round trip tells you more about a book than any review, this one included.
4. Read the bonus terms before you accept, not after. Screenshot them. Offshore books amend terms without notice and you have no regulator to appeal to.
5. Keep both accounts open. Two books means line shopping, which is worth more than any welcome bonus you'll ever clear.

For the legal side of running offshore accounts, see is offshore betting legal.

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Written by Dominic Field, iGaming Writer. we do not accept payment for placement or ranking. Offers verified September 2026 and re-checked monthly. How we test →

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