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Highbet

Trust Score 76/100 · Tier 1

76/100Tier 16 components

Licensed by MGA, Highbet is a sportsbook tracked in the SharkBetting Atlas.

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Erik Andersson, Content & Marketing Specialist at Sharkbetting
By , Content & Marketing Specialist8 years tracking gambling regulation and trust audits
3 sources

Highbet at a glance

At a glance

Highbet sits in the top 2% of bookmakers we track and earns a Tier-1 licensing posture. The trust score and tier shown in the header above are broken down by 6 weighted components in the score panel below.

What's behind the 76/100

6 weighted checks, total 100. Each bar shows the score, weight, and what it means.

6 weighted checks, total 10080801858100100Licensing 25%Corporate 20%Security 15%Reviews 15%Threat 15%Operational 10%76
6 weighted checks, total 100
Licensing 25%80

What this score means: Active licences in tier-1 jurisdictions provide strong consumer protection and dispute-resolution channels.

Evidence: Tier-1: Malta Gaming Authority

Corporate 20%80

What this score means: Ownership traces to a publicly-known parent group with documented filings.

Evidence: Companies House entry verified for parent group

Security 15%18

What this score means: Multiple security signals failing. Mozilla Observatory grade poor or critical CVEs nearby.

Context: A technical measure of HTTP-header hardening and DNS hygiene, not evidence of a breach or unsafe funds.

Evidence: Mozilla Observatory: F

Reviews 15%58

What this score means: Mixed review signals. Some platforms positive, others negative or sparse.

Evidence: Consumer reviews (wayback): 2.7star (185 reviews)

Threat 15%100

What this score means: No fraud-intel hits, no AML enforcement actions, no KEV CVEs on infrastructure.

Evidence: No threat-intel hits

Operational 10%100

What this score means: Domain age, hosting tier, and CDN posture indicate a stable long-running operation.

Evidence: Domain age: 27y

Highbet overview

Licensed by MGA, Highbet is a sportsbook tracked in the SharkBetting Atlas. The brand was first registered online in 1998, giving it roughly 28 years of operating history. It holds 1 active licence, from MGA, a tier-1 regulator. Public hosting infrastructure is classified as tier-1 hosting (Cloudflare London, LLC).

Its SharkBetting Trust Score v2 sits at 69 out of 100 (high confidence, above-average band). One gap worth noting: we found no disclosed ownership on record, so there is no named parent company behind the brand to hold accountable. Public review aggregators report 2.7 stars on an open consumer-review platform (185 reviews) and 7.6/10 on a third-party dispute-mediation service.

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76

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76

Delta

-0.5

Licensing & regulatory footprint

Shared hosting infrastructure(informational signal)

Highbet's TLS certificates are co-issued with 3 other bookmaker brands. This is a soft technical signal of a shared platform vendor or hosting group, not the same as the formal UKGC-operator linkage shown above. Co-issuance can be coincidental but often indicates shared platform-level controls (KYC vendor, trading engine, payment rails).

Show shared certificate hostnames (13)
  • no.uat.hopa.com[staging] shared with Action247, Bet Fusion, Karamba
  • uat.asgprod.com[staging] shared with Action247, Bet Fusion
  • uat.hopa.com[staging] shared with Bet Fusion, Karamba
  • de.uat.karamba.com[staging] shared with Bet Fusion, Karamba
  • fi.uat.hopa.com[staging] shared with Bet Fusion, Karamba
  • crm-api.betiton.de[platform] shared with Bet Fusion, Karamba
  • crm-api.24spin.com[platform] shared with Bet Fusion, Karamba
  • no.uat.asgprod.com[staging] shared with Bet Fusion
  • fi.uat.asgprod.com[staging] shared with Bet Fusion
  • en.uat.asgprod.com[staging] shared with Bet Fusion
  • uat.karamba.com[staging] shared with Karamba
  • de.karamba.com[platform] shared with Karamba
  • fi.karamba.com[platform] shared with Karamba

Cert data via certificate transparency (crt.sh).

Country access

Hover or tap a region for the country list.

Atlas tracked country-access data for this brand. No signals returned yet. Atlas re-checks every 30 days. Last checked 2026-04-19.
Europe
0 accepted, 0 blocked
Americas
0 accepted, 0 blocked
Asia
0 accepted, 0 blocked
Africa
0 accepted, 0 blocked
Oceania
0 accepted, 0 blocked

Activity timeline

Latest events first.

  1. 2026-04-19Atlas verified
    Atlas last verified
  2. 2025-07-20License issued
    Curacao licence issued
    Licence no. OGL/2024/295/0600
  3. 2019-05-15Certificate
    First TLS certificate observed
    C=US, O=Google Trust Services, CN=WE1

How we know: licence registers, UKGC enforcement sitemap, certificate transparency logs, atlas verification. First observed 2026-04-19.

Public reviews

Consumer reviews
2.7/ 5
185 reviews

Industry context: open consumer-review platform scores for sportsbooks typically range 1.2-2.5/5. Satisfied customers rarely leave reviews; complainers seek them out.

Checked 2026-06-10
Dispute mediation
0 complaints
Mediation: Tracked

What to expect

Identity checks

Standard: ID on first withdrawal

A general expectation for this brand type, not an individually verified KYC audit. Check the operator’s own terms before depositing.

Payment methods not yet documented for this brand. No verified mobile app on file. Last checked 2026-04-19.

How we know: Apple App Store + Google Play Store metadata, atlas brand catalogue. Last checked 2026-04-19.

Not convinced by Highbet?

These brands currently outscore Highbet in the Atlas ranking. Same scoring code, no placement fees; check that each holds a licence in your country before switching.

Frequently asked questions

Is Highbet safe?

Highbet has a Trust Score of 76/100 with high data confidence. It rates well on independent signals: licensing 80/100, reviews 58/100, corporate 80/100, security 18/100. No active red flags are recorded against the brand.

Who owns Highbet?

Highbet is operated by SCGO Limited. The same operator family also runs bet-target, betiton, betregal, chezacash and 13 other brands. Verified ownership matters because the parent company holds the regulatory licence, custody of player funds, and final responsibility for dispute resolution; corporate transparency is one of six components in the Trust Score v2 rubric.

What do third-party review platforms say about Highbet?

Highbet appears on multiple independent review aggregators that measure different aspects of player experience. An open consumer-review platform, which collects open consumer reviews, shows 2.7/5 across 185 reviews captured from a Wayback snapshot of highbet.com. A third-party dispute-mediation service, which mediates player complaints with operators, scores 7.6/10. Open consumer-review platforms reflect sentiment from any consumer who chooses to post; dispute-mediation services reflect how an operator behaves when disputes are escalated, so the two metrics measure different things.

What are alternatives to Highbet?

Alternatives in the same operator family (parent groups: karamba, aspire-group) include bet-target, betiton, betregal, chezacash, frapapa and 12 other branded clones. Same-family sites typically share the platform, licensing posture, payment rails, and corporate ownership, so a complaint pattern, regulator action, or AML failure at one site frequently recurs across siblings. Compare independent Trust Scores side by side before switching, and check whether the alternative holds the same licences in your country.

Is Highbet's site secure?

Highbet scores 18/100 on the Trust Score v2 security component, indicating noticeable hardening gaps. Signals include: Mozilla Observatory grade F; HSTS enabled; CDN: Cloudflare (+3); hosted on tier-1 infrastructure (Cloudflare London, LLC). The security component blends HTTP-header hardening (HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options), TLS configuration, DNS hygiene (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), CDN/WAF presence, and hosting reputation; it does not assess the operator's internal security or breach history.

Compare Highbet to alternatives

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Trust Score
76/100
TierTier 1
Active licences1
Player reviews185
Top regulatorMalta Gaming Authority
Regulator actionsNone on file

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Author and sources

Erik Andersson, Content & Marketing Specialist at Sharkbetting
By , Content & Marketing Specialist8 years tracking gambling regulation and trust audits
3 sources

Sources (3)

Citations backing every factual claim in this Highbet profile, grouped by category. Atlas verifies each source on the date shown. External links open in a new tab.

Regulator records (1)

  1. [1]Highbet licence record (no. MGA/B2C/292/2015) (Malta Gaming Authority)

Operator pages (1)

  1. [3]Domain registration record for highbet.com (RDAP (registry data))

Other (1)

  1. [2]Web-security scan of highbet.com (grade F) (Mozilla HTTP Observatory)Accessed

Trust score computed from 6 weighted components (licensing, corporate, security, reviews, threat intel, operational). License data verified against public authority records. Last verified 53 days ago. Sources cited: 3.

See full Trust Score v2 methodology | about the data

Last updated: 19 Apr 2026

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