Cloudbet Review 2026

About Cloudbet — and the caveat that defines this review

Cloudbet is one of the oldest names in crypto gambling, operating since 2013, and on paper it is a strong operator: an exceptionally broad crypto line-up, one of the most genuinely player-friendly welcome packages we have documented, and fast routine cashouts. But an honest review has to lead with the thing that matters most here, because it is the reason this casino scores below some rivals despite those strengths. Cloudbet has a well-documented, recurring pattern of verification holds and withheld payouts after big wins — players report funds held for weeks, sometimes months, behind identity and source-of-funds checks that surface precisely when a large withdrawal is requested. This is exactly the operator-integrity red flag we describe in our analysis of why payout speed is really an operator signal: routine payouts are quick, but the reliability of a big-win payout is where an operator’s true character shows, and it is where Cloudbet’s record is weakest. We have not tested this ourselves; the pattern comes from clearly-attributed aggregated player reports. But it is consistent and prominent enough that it caps both our Licensing & Safety and Payout Speed sub-scores, and it is the single most important thing to weigh before depositing.

Licensing and safety

We verified Cloudbet’s licence directly. Its own licence page names the operator as Halcyon Super Holdings B.V. (Company Number 148526, registered at Abraham Mendez Chumaceiro Boulevard 03, Willemstad, Curaçao), licensed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority under number OGL/2024/328/0599 — the same new Curaçao LOK direct-licensing regime we confirmed for BitStarz. That is a real, checkable licence, and a roughly 13-year track record is a point in its favour. But two caveats keep Licensing & Safety at 6.5. First, Curaçao is light-touch compared with the MGA or UKGC, and Cloudbet holds no UK or EU-market licence — so if your withdrawal is held, the regulator behind it offers limited recourse. Second, and decisively, the verification-hold pattern above is a safety issue, not just a speed one: a licence you can verify means little if getting a large win out is unreliable. You can read how we assess licences on our licensing verification policy page.

Payout speed: fast routine cashouts, a serious asterisk on big wins

For ordinary amounts, Cloudbet’s payouts are a strength. Aggregated reports — which we have not independently tested — describe crypto cashouts that are often near-instant, with around 90% completing in under two minutes on fast assets like SOL, USDC and USDT (ETH is slower). If Cloudbet paid big wins the way it pays routine ones, this sub-score would be high. It does not, at least not reliably: the recurring verification holds on large or unusual withdrawals are why Payout Speed sits at 6.5 rather than the 9-plus its routine speed alone would earn. A delay that appears only when you win big is rarely a technical limitation.

Crypto payments: best-in-class breadth

Crypto support is where Cloudbet is genuinely excellent, and it earns the review’s highest sub-score at 9.5. It accepts more than 40 cryptocurrencies across multiple chains — BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, SOL, XRP, TRX, TON, HBAR, ADA, DOGE, LTC, BCH and many more — with no conversion fees. One practical warning that has caught players out: bridged or wrapped variants such as USDC.e and USDT.e are not supported, so you must send the native asset on the correct chain or risk a lost deposit. Beyond that caveat, this is one of the broadest, most flexible crypto line-ups on the market.

The bonus: genuinely player-friendly

Cloudbet’s welcome package is the clearest contrast with a typical crypto-casino offer, and the reason Bonus Value scores 8.5. It is worth up to $2,500 with zero wagering — there is no 40× grind. Instead the value is delivered over 30 days as a 10% rakeback, daily cash drops and a “Cash Vault” that unlocks at day 30, with only a single 1× deposit turnover required before your first withdrawal. (One term to note: daily cash drops expire 12 hours after they unlock if you do not claim them.) As we argued in our bonus reality check, a small, clean, low-friction offer can be worth far more than a giant one buried in restrictions — and Cloudbet’s is a good example of the former.

Games and support

The game library is broad without being the headline act: aggregated sources put it at roughly 2,600–3,100 titles (about 2,400 slots, 300 table games and 200 live tables) from a wide provider set including Pragmatic Play, Play’n GO, NetEnt, Red Tiger, Hacksaw Gaming, Nolimit City, Relax, Big Time Gaming, BGaming and Betsoft, with live casino from Evolution, Ezugi and Playtech — hence a Game Selection of 8.0. Support is a relative strength: aggregated reports describe 24/7 live chat answering in roughly one to five minutes and email replies within hours, generally well-reviewed, which lands Customer Support at 8.0.

How it compares to BitStarz

It is worth being direct, because the two invite comparison. On bonus value and crypto breadth, Cloudbet clearly beats BitStarz: a zero-wagering package versus BitStarz’s 40× headline, and 40+ coins versus a smaller (if still broad) line-up. If those were the only factors, Cloudbet would win. But the verification-hold pattern on big wins drags down the two most important sub-scores — Licensing & Safety and Payout Speed, together 45% of the total — and that is why Cloudbet’s overall 7.7 lands just below BitStarz’s 8.0. Different strengths, and one decisive weakness. See our BitStarz review for the other side of that comparison.

How we scored Cloudbet

The overall Jackpot Score of 7.7 is the weighted average of the six sub-scores above, using the fixed weights published on our review methodology page. The score is an independent editorial assessment; it is never influenced by commercial relationships. And it bears repeating: a high Jackpot Score is not an endorsement to gamble. Gambling carries a real risk of losing money, the house edge always applies, and no operator — however broad its crypto support — changes that. Read the withdrawal and verification terms before you deposit, only wager what you can afford to lose, you must be 18 or older, and if it stops being fun, free and confidential help is on our Responsible Gambling hub.

Sources

Official (verified by us): cloudbet.com/en/about-us/license, /en/help/terms, /en/lp/cryptocurrencies. Aggregated third-party reports (attributed, not independently tested by us) for withdrawal speed, game counts, support and reputation: trustpilot.com and cryptoslate.com. Licence status was checked against the operator’s own published licence page and should be re-confirmed on the Curaçao Gaming Authority register before you rely on it.