EGB

Bonus

Clever bonus system up to $600!

Normally, we are usually skeptical about new ideas, as they usually only hide hidden bonus conditions behind them. However, EGB seems to have actually thought of something clever and would like to promise its customers a real bonus program instead of a new customer bonus. The maximum bonus is up to 600 dolar and is activated after an initial minimum deposit of 10 dollars with a wagering cashback bonus. If you haven’t come across the word yet, neither have we. Therefore, we have taken a closer look at the bonus.

Attention. As already mentioned, this is a wagering redemption bonus. If you collect the bonus points and place bets, you will win one bonus dollar for every 500 points (credited to you).

This bonus can be used again. The program sounds more complicated than it is and is actually based on the loyalty system. Those who bet diligently on EGB are rewarded with up to 600 dollars. We award 5 out of 5 stars for the slowly growing, but immense bonus.

Betting offer

EGB wants to be more than just a betting provider. The idea EGB started with an interactive platform around the topic of gaming. In our EGB eSports experience, we actually saw that the community here is in lively exchange with each other. However, EGB presents itself with a significant flaw, because its license is issued on Curacao, what this means in concrete terms and much more we will illuminate in our test. It is important to EGB to be a pure eSports betting provider and does not talk about betting, but about “playing”.

All big names are represented

In our EGB eSports experiences, the bookmaker shows itself to be specialized in eSports betting. As already mentioned, the platform had only informative character in the past, but in 2011 it started to offer betting as well. The well-known titles are of course represented, such as Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Dota2 and League of Legends. However, you can also bet on other smaller titles.

Dota2
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Overwatch
League of Legends
PUBG
FIFA
Starcraft

Live bets

Life is “Live

Of course, EGB has been able to inspire live betting early on. The whole platform lives from the idea of playing together. Therefore, we strongly assume that the bookmaker will not lack game analysts. For newcomers: A live bet is only placed during the actual event, i.e. “live”. Unlike a classic bet, certain game dynamics of the game thus count into the odds. The betting provider has its own analysts who, together with the bettors, evaluate the game at any time and thus special betting markets are created. For example, a game outcome in League of Legends is significantly shifted if the favorite had a bad pick & ban phase. EGB offers live betting in LoL, Dota2, Rainbow6 and Chess at the time of our EGB eSports experience.

Cash Out?

So far there is no information about cashout service on EGB. We welcome the increase in cashout options, as it allows bettors to end their bets early. That is, you can sell your betting slip again before the betting event. Whether the favorite is now ahead or behind is evaluated by EGB analysts and quantified at any time with a fixed value. Tension is preprogrammed, as you can now collect a large part of your potential profit with an emerging bad gut feeling, although you are objectively in front.

Odds

High odds and lots of excitement for underdogs

The odds level on EGB is in a similar range as for other pure eSports betting providers. However, it has become clear in our EGB eSports experience that EGB likes to leave the odds high for the underdog. Whether this is intentional is not easy to clarify. What comes with a relative risk for the bookmaker could earn the bettor high profits if he bets on the underdog. Moreover, EGB does not hide its odds and posts them quite openly (with no registration requirement). We will see how the odds develop over the current – Season .

Deposits & Withdrawals

Many payment methods little information

Meanwhile, most betting providers offer both the credit card service, as well as e-wallets. Paypal is unfortunately not supported by EGB. However, there is little information about the payment requirements both on the site and in the T&Cs. Minimum withdrawals, fees, these topics are handled very intransparently and cause some uncertainty. Although we have also not read of much hullabaloo about bounced bets in the social media channels and forums, nevertheless, German Paragraphenreiter become clairaudient. With the current information, we can only give 2 out of 5 stars, since all common payment methods are available, but the processing is kept very spongy.

Credit cards (Visa, Mastercard)
Instant bank transfer Klarna
ecoPayz
WebMoney
Yandex
Quiwi
Alipay
Neteller
Skrill

Reputation & Security

EGB license from Curacao

You guessed it, EGB has a small blemish. Unfortunately, it is always the small bookmakers who feel compelled to switch to a Caribbean license. So EGB cannot show an EU license. However, EGB.com operates for Exedra Malta Limited, which is based in Malta.

Although our experience with licenses from Curacao is slowly growing, we can still understand the bad feeling that comes with a non-EU license. However, since the company is based in the EU, we award 2 out of 5 stars.

Service & Support

Many languages and from 2018 also live chat

The service extends to a mediocre FAQ page and an eMail address. Since 2018, however, EGB has established a live chat, which we of course tried out right away. In English, one is helped promptly and in our EGB eSports experience, all questions were answered competently and politely. Unfortunately, however, we are missing a phone number. We would welcome a German-speaking customer service, which is connected to a German number and thus without extreme telephone costs.

Functions & Design

EGB is in Denglish!

The website is officially supported in German, but most of the content is still in English. According to history, however, more and more content is also prepared in German, because they want to refrain from a faulty automated translation. Apart from the content, the site comes in a great layout. Livestreams are just as impressive as the various game covers and the odds. As mentioned earlier, EGB used to be a purely informative platform, so everything has the character of an info site. We welcome the merging of encyclopedia, forum and betting site in one. EGB sets new standards here and has justly earned the full score!

Bet tax

No betting tax on EGB

A betting tax is a levy of 5% on every bet, to which every state is entitled under German gambling law. However, since EGB does not have an EU license, they do not make any statement about the betting tax. We wish that transparent statements could be made about the whereabouts of the betting tax.

A calculation example: For example, if we were to place a bet of 20€, we would actually have to pay 21€ to EGB in order to service the 5% betting tax. However, this would have to be transferred 1-to-1 to the respective country treasury.

Other offers

EGB wants to be more than just a betting site. In addition to various compendiums and livestreams including moderated commentaries, the online store for gamer articles should not be missing. It remains exciting to see where the EGB project can develop further.