Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Bellingcat’s new financial investigations team explores the bizarre streams of one of the world's most controversial online bookmakers, 1xBet. The company is allowing gamblers to bet on tournaments located in areas it is restricted from operating in, organised on an industrial scale. Featuring amateur sports separated by curtains to strange arcade-like games.
Watching the site for 24 hours, we found evidence of individuals working long hours, playing multiple sports under different teams and nationalities and livestreams featuring teenagers between 14 and 15.

Read the full investigation at Bellingcat.com : https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/...

This investigation is the result of a collaboration with Josimar. You can find Josimar’s corresponding piece here: https://josimarfootball.com/2024/10/2...

Chapters:

Intro: 00:00
Gambling industry background: 00:52
1XBets background: 01:15
Previous financial investigations into 1xBet: 01:49
1XBets battery farm streaming set up: 03:12
Bizarre games: 05:59
Player's experience: 06:38
Young teenagers featured in streams: 07:25
Geolocations of the streams: 07:46
Responses to our investigation: 09:46