Best Betting Sites in China for 2025

From grassroots play to a professional league, basketball has taken root as the most popular sport in China today. Basketball betting is also a huge draw at betting sites, with a focus on some of the following competitions:

• National Basketball Association: The NBA is the largest and most important basketball league in the world, and is followed extremely closely in China. There have been some legendary Chinese players who have made the jump to the NBA, including Hall of Fame center Yao Ming.
• Chinese Basketball Association: The CBA was only founded in 1995, but has become one of the most popular professional leagues in the world, often drawing international talent to its clubs. The Guangdong Southern Tigers hold the league record with 11 titles, though the Zhejiang Lions and Liaoning Flying Leopards have been the most successful teams in recent years.
• Summer Olympics: The top basketball nations in the world now all send professional players to the Summer Games once every four years, making this one of the most intense basketball tournaments in the world. The Chinese women’s team has won two medals, including the silver in 1992.

Football is nearly as popular nationwide as basketball in China, making them close to co-leaders as the country’s favorite sports. While China has never been a powerhouse in the global game, football betting is still a big part of betting sites here, with the following competitions drawing major attention from bettors.

• FIFA World Cup: The world’s biggest sporting event is a massive draw at betting sites in China, from the first group stage game to the final. The Chinese men have made the tournament only once in 2002, while the Chinese women were the runners up at the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
• Chinese Super League: Since 2004, the Chinese Super League has made its mark on the world of football by drawing foreign talent – especially veterans – and draws plenty of attention in China and throughout Asia. Top clubs in recent years include Shanghai Port, Shanghai Shenhua, and Shandong Taishan.
• UEFA Champions League: While local football is popular, Chinese fans and bettors also follow the action in Europe. That includes the Champions League, where clubs like Manchester City, Real Madrid, PSG, and Inter Milan battle it out each year for the continental club title.

Esports is a growing market for both fans, professional players, and bettors around the world, and China is one of the countries at the head of that trend. Here are a few of the top games that you might see featured for esports betting at Chinese sportsbooks.

• Honor of Kings: Known internationally in some markets as Arena of Valor, this multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game draws huge crowds in China, and is one of the most popular mobile esports in the world. The King Pro League is the highest level of competition for the game and draws the most betting attention.
• League of Legends: Another MOBA, League of Legends (or LoL) is a worldwide phenomenon that’s also huge in China. The country hosts the League of Legends Pro League (LPL), one of the strongest leagues for the game in the world, with three teams qualifying for the LoL World Championship.
• PUBG Mobile: This battle royal shooter game – the mobile adaptation of PUBG: Battlegrounds – has been downloaded by well over 1 billion people and is quite popular in China, though it is known as Game for Peace in the country due to issues related to Chinese regulations with the original, unedited game.

China has had success in many regionally popular sports, and those pastimes remain well-supported in the country to this day. Some of the other sports that will commonly be seen at betting sites in China include:

• Table Tennis: Seen by many as the national sport of China, many of the top players in the world hail from here. Of 42 all-time gold medals awarded in various table tennis disciplines at the Summer Olympics, China has won 37, and the country has more than half of all total medals as well.
• Badminton: Badminton is popular from casual, family play all the way up through elite competition in China. While not quite as dominant as it is in table tennis, China is still the nation to beat in badminton as well, winning exactly half (22) of the 44 gold medals awarded all-time in the sport.
• Swimming: China has been a strong force in international swimming particularly in more recent decades. At the Olympics, China has claimed 18 total gold medals in swimming, with superstars like 11-time World Champion Sun Yang becoming major sports stars in the nation.

The largest payment app in China, Alipay is an all-in-one resource that does everything from food delivery to e-commerce. You can make fast deposits at many top Chinese online sportsbooks via this system.

WeChat (also known as Weixin) is best known as a social media platform, but its integrated digital wallet allows for relatively small peer-to-peer transfers, and some sites will allow WeChat deposits, especially for smaller amounts.

The national debit card of China, UnionPay is a popular option that can be used to make deposits at many credit card betting sites, though it is less useful for withdrawals than many other methods.

Many Chinese bettors want a more anonymous way to transfer money into and out of their online sportsbook accounts, and cryptocurrency provides a fast, relatively simple solution. Bitcoin betting sites are becoming more common here, and some also accept other currencies such as Ethereum and Litecoin.