Kineko is a crypto casino that expanded to offer a limited choice of sports and esports, but those that are offered are covered in depth. It is very intuitive and its simplistic design works well both on desktop and mobile devices.
Read more...Pro
Good site for crypto users
Excellent market choice for sports and esports offered
Clean and easy to follow interface
Con
Average welcome offer
Lack of funding options
Limited esports services
Welcome to our Kineko review, our look at how the crypto-based site shapes up compared to others that offer esports betting services to customers all over the world. In our look at Kineko we will take a look at the various options available on site, including its welcome bonus, as well as answering the key question of whether Kineko is a legit site, or whether Kineko scams their customers.
Well, the first thing we can say is that Kineko is entirely legit and that the site compares pretty well to some of the best esports betting sites available out there, certainly when compared to other crypto-only sites.
There are three parts to the site, Kineko Sports, Kineko Esports and Kineko Casino.
Our summary of the site is outlined below in the editor’s review, while you can read on for more detail about the wide and varied aspects of the site and to see the individual Kineko ratings for each of the key features of this crypto betting service.
Summary
Our Kineko review revealed that there is a lot to like about Kineko if you want to bet using crypto. The site is well-designed, the options for sports, esports and casino are good, if not great, and the welcome bonus is pretty standard. We’d have liked to have seen a couple more funding options, perhaps a telephone number for customer services and a wider range of esports to bet on, but what is available on Kineko is excellent.
Once you have signed up with Kineko, (check further down our Kineko review for details about the welcome offer you can access when you do), you will discover that the site has three distinct sections.
There is the Kineko Esports, Kineko Sports and Kineko Casino parts of the site, although for convenience, on the home page the esports and sports bets are shown together (you can though filter out either of these options to focus on the type of bets you want to make).
Let’s take a closer look at the different site options at Kineko.
When it comes to esports, Kineko esports offers a good choice of options for customers. You can find a wide selection of Valorant bets for example, while the site also offers good quality betting on League of Legends, NBA2K, Call of Duty, King of Glory and a comprehensive selection for CS:GO.
I think the Dota 2 betting markets are excellent too and certainly the ‘big three’ esports are well-covered on the site.
For the time being at least the focus tends to be on the esports listed above with Kineko Esports, and while we’d like to have seen a few more added to this list (Overwatch for example), the betting that is available on the site is extensive enough for the vast majority of esports betting fans.
As is the case with its esports offering, Kineko Sports offers a relatively small number of sports to bet on with your crypto, but what sports it does offer covers the main sports in the world today, such as Football, Tennis, Motor Racing Golf, Horse Racing, Basketball, Rugby Union, Cricket and American Football.
Alongside these sporting markets there is also a Specials section which allows you to bet on certain non-sports related events (such as The Oscars).
Top sports get as extensive a coverage as you are likely to need for all your sports betting requirements. For example, there are a total of 86 football markets you can bet on based on regions and countries around the world and there are often multiple betting options within each of these markets.
Certainly, if you are a sports betting fan, you won’t have any problems in finding something to bet on with Kineko.
The final part of this section of the Kineko review takes a look at Kineko Casino. As is the case with the sports and esports betting options, the site is simple, easy to navigate and arranged in a user-friendly way to ensure you can find what you want to bet on quickly.
Options include a wide range of slots, Blackjack, Poker, Table Games, Roulette and Baccarat, while there is also a Live Casino option which features a number of games controlled by a range of hosts.
With over 300 slots to play, plus a host of other casino games, once again if you want to play casino via crypto, then Kineko Casino is a great choice.
As a new customer with Kineko what can you expect? Well the site offers a blanket welcome bonus offer for new customers of a 100% Matched Deposit bonus of up to a maximum of $150 (of course, this is paid in the cryptocurrency equivalent).
The good news is that you can access this offer and use it as a sports betting offer, or one of the increasing number of esports bonuses now available, or even on the casino. You can also access it across all three of the Kineko platforms, which is a nice touch.
Alongside the welcome offer, customers can earn rewards as part of the Volume Pool. The more you bet with Kineko and the more you spend with the site each month, the greater your volume share of the rewards for that month will be.
You can use Kineko Token, Bitcoin or Ethereum to place bets and all count towards your total.
You can even follow your progress up the leaderboard rankings by clicking on the trophy icon on the site to bring up the latest standings.
As Kineko is a DeFi betting platform this means that your payment options are limited to certain types of cryptocurrency in this case Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Of course this means that you need to have a cryptocurrency wallet in order to sign up and access the different betting markets with Kineko.
However, there is another option open to you and that is the clever Kineko Token (KKO).
The native token of the site is in effect, the site’s own cryptocurrency and you can trade your crypto for Kineko tokens to use on the site. KKO has the same benefits as other cryptocurrencies, but as it uses the proof-of-stake model, the more people that switch to using KKO, the more the value of the currency increases.
That’s a positive because it means as Kineko grows in popularity within the sports betting and esports betting community, and as a crypto casino site, the amount of Kineko Tokens you have should grow in value per token.
Of course, there is a downside to this for people that want to use standard fiat payment methods such as credit or debit cards, but as a specialist cryptocurrency site Kineko’s payment options while not extensive, are certainly intriguing.
Kineko operate under the Curacao license, which means that the site has to adhere to the laws of Curacao. The fact that the site is licensed should give customers peace of mind that the company does work within the agreed regulations, of which player protection is key.
The site itself is excellent and has all the security features you would expect from an online site. However, Kineko has been optimised for speed and efficiency and with Live Betting a key focus too, this is clearly evident in its simple, no-nonsense site design, which allows for very speedy access to the sites and the bets and entertainments on offer.
Of course, using cryptocurrency also offers a much higher level of personal security than using standard payment methods as all crypto transactions are anonymous and do not contain any personally identifiable data, which is another huge positive for Kineko.
Customer service is readily available by clicking the option at the foot of the screen, which brings up a chat box with an indication of how long the reply time is to your enquiry. You can also use this to bring up a help section where you can search for articles regarding something on site.
On the downside, some of the terms and conditions on the site are a little wishy-washy, in terms of problem gamblers for example, it simply states that problem gamblers should not sign up on the site and should close their account if they are a problem gambler. We’d have liked to have seen a bit more to address this issue, with links to problem gambling welfare and similar sites promoted.
There are a lot of concerns people have with cryptocurrency casinos and there is a legitimacy to those worries. A lack of regulation has stymied even the best and most reliable companies in the past but with a licence from Curacao and one of the best and simplest to use betting platforms I’ve seen. Kineko is most certainly a legit crypto betting platform.
As crypto-based betting sites go, I’m happy to say this Kineko review is going to be very positive. Sure, there are some limitations to the site and it is crypto-only, but if you are seeking a site that has many different forms of betting available and which offers a clean, crisp and easy to use interface, then Kineko is as good as you can get.
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