California Sports Betting is an independent guide to sports betting for people in California. We do not take bets, we are not a sportsbook, and we are not owned by any operator. We rank the offshore books that actually accept California players and rate them on the thing that matters most when there is no state regulator behind them: whether they pay you, and how fast.
The site is edited by Bianca Solano, a sports betting analyst based in Los Angeles, California. Bianca keeps a running spreadsheet of every real withdrawal she has requested since 2020 — the book, the method, the amount and the hours it took to clear — and that record is the backbone of these rankings.
California voters rejected Propositions 26 and 27 in November 2022, so there is still no legal online sportsbook in the state. Every option we cover is an offshore book operating in a legal gray area, and we say so plainly on every page. Our job is not to pretend these sites are something they are not — it is to help you find the most trustworthy option if you are going to bet anyway, and to be honest about the risks and the traps.
We fund our work through affiliate commissions when a reader signs up with a book we recommend. That never changes a ranking. A book cannot buy a higher spot, and we name real cons on every review. You must be 21 or older to use any site we list.