Fun88 in India: the kabaddi sponsor, and five alternatives

Fun88 is the brand that follows Indian sports fans around. Tottenham Hotspur carry it as an Asian betting partner, Newcastle United wore it on the front of their shirts for six seasons, and since 2023 it has been title sponsor of Dabang Delhi K.C. in the Pro Kabaddi League. If you have typed “Fun88” into a search bar, the chances are you met it through one of those, or through a cricketer in its advertising. Here is the brand in plain terms, followed by the five casinos we test for players who want something different.

Company background

Accounts of the founding date differ slightly: Wikipedia gives June 2008, while the brand’s own material and several trade profiles say 2009. Either way, Fun88 started in Asia and set up a European base on the Isle of Man early on. The operator named on Wikipedia is Kamchiya Technology Limited. In Great Britain the brand has run through a white-label arrangement with TGP Europe, which holds the British Gambling Commission licence. The India-facing site has, according to its own pages, operated under a licence from a Montenegrin e-gaming authority; we have not been able to confirm this from the regulator’s side, so treat it as the operator’s statement.

The ambassador list is heavy on athletes Indians follow: former West Indies captain Daren Sammy and South African fast bowler Dale Steyn from cricket, and basketball and football names such as Steve Nash, Tony Parker and Iker Casillas. Fun88 also used the late Kobe Bryant in earlier campaigns.

What you get on the site

Fun88 is a mixed operator: a sportsbook with cricket, kabaddi and football at the top, plus a casino with slots and live dealer tables. The kabaddi sponsorship is the unusual detail. Very few gambling brands have put money into Pro Kabaddi, and for a fan of that league it gives Fun88 a local familiarity that global names lack.

Like most mixed operators, the casino and the sportsbook tend to run separate welcome offers. That is not a criticism, but it does mean the headline number you saw in an advert may belong to the sports side, not the casino you wanted. Read which product a code applies to before you deposit; our page on bonus terms to watch covers how to spot it.

Where Fun88 is stronger

• Indian sports connection. A Pro Kabaddi title sponsorship and cricket ambassadors give it a local presence none of our five has built.
• Kabaddi markets. A brand that sponsors a kabaddi team is likely to take the sport seriously as a betting product; see our kabaddi betting page.
• Long operating history. Well over fifteen years in Asian markets, against a 2019 start for the oldest of our five.
• British regulated presence. Operating through a UK-licensed partner means the brand has had to meet that regime’s standards in that market.

Why some players switch

The reasons we hear are practical rather than dramatic. A casino player finds that the site opens on a fixtures list and the tables are two taps away. A slot player wants a bigger catalogue with studio filters. Someone else just wants a single casino welcome match with a code they can type in, rather than choosing between sports and casino offers.

Then there is the brand-name problem that affects every famous operator in India: search for Fun88 and you will see several look-alike domains calling themselves the official India site. Some are affiliates, some are worse. Whatever you choose, type the address yourself or use a bookmark, never a link from a WhatsApp forward. Our safety checklist has the full list of checks.

Reading a sponsorship the right way

A sponsorship tells you three honest things about a brand: it has money, it wants a particular audience, and it has passed whatever checks the club or league applies to its partners. It does not tell you how fast a withdrawal lands, how a dispute is handled or what the wagering on a bonus looks like. When Fun88 put its name on Dabang Delhi K.C., it was buying attention from kabaddi viewers in the capital region and beyond, and that is a smart piece of marketing. Judge the product separately.

This is not a point about Fun88 alone. The same applies to every brand in our brands section, and it applies to ours too: a welcome code is marketing as well. The fair test is identical for everyone, the smallest deposit the site allows, followed by a cash-out request, with a note of the time it took.

A word on kabaddi as a betting sport

Kabaddi markets are thinner than cricket markets almost everywhere: fewer bet types, lower limits and prices that move sharply on team news. A raid-points market can swing on a single injury announced an hour before the match. If you bet on kabaddi at all, keep stakes small and prefer simple match-result markets over exotic ones.

Which of our five fits a Fun88 player

On mobile, CasinoWinner, ZeSlots, YourWin24, CasinoPurple and Cas2Bet each have an iOS and Android app that installs directly from the brand’s own site, with no store in between. Installing from the real address also removes the risk of a fake APK from a look-alike page.

The short version

Fun88 has the stronger local sports story, especially if kabaddi matters to you. Our five are casino-first, with one exception for cricket, and each has a single welcome code. Deposit the minimum, withdraw once, and let that first cash-out decide.

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Editorial desk, IndiaCasino365 · page reviewed 2026-09-24 · how we test