What are gambling communities?

Communities for casino enthusiasts, sports bettors, and online gambling fans. Discord hosts crypto casino communities, sports pick competitions, and poker groups, with some communities offering real-money games and others focused purely on strategy and entertainment.

Where do most gambling communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (32% of 28 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

89% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical gambling community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 120K members and the median is 31K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.

What do these communities usually include?

Forum is the most common (61%). Others that show up often include live chat, member perks, and newsletter.

How does Hive Index collect this data?

Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.

Where can I see the full list?

The full directory is on Hive Index's Gambling topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Gambling Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends &...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 28 gambling communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: gambling communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-06-03

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Communities: 28
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 120K
Median members: 31K

Where Gambling Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
9(32%)
Discord
9(32%)
Reddit
6(21%)
Facebook
3(11%)
X / Twitter
1(4%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
18(64%)
Chat communities
9(32%)
Other platforms
1(4%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (64%), but chat communities is also well represented (32%).

Independent Platforms leads, but Discord and Reddit also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
3(11%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
6(21%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
12(43%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
7(25%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (120K vs 31K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Gambling Differs From Other Categories

Gambling is more chat-heavy than typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Gambling	Hive Index average
Free to join	89%	85%
Median members	31K	25K
Average members	120K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	11%	15%
Live chat	54%	38%
Discord share	32%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
61%
Live Chat
54%
Member Perks
36%
Newsletter
18%
Online/Offline Events
18%

Niche Features

Paid Community
11%
Courses
7%
Token
4%

Live Chat appears on 54% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 482

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	9	32%	18	4%
Discord	9	32%	422	88%
Reddit	6	21%	33	7%
Facebook	3	11%	3	1%
X / Twitter	1	4%	3	1%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 88% of clicks but only 32% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
422(88%)
Forum / feed-based
54(11%)
Other platforms
3(1%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
430(90%)
Member Perks
362(76%)
Online/Offline Events
352(73%)
Courses
320(67%)
Forum
57(12%)
Token
29(6%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
396(83%)
Massive
43(9%)
Medium
26(5%)
Large
14(3%)

Top-clicked listings

MySportPick
315(66%)
Rollbit Community
29(6%)
24/7 Casino
27(6%)

Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.

Trends

Founded year

Not enough founding-year data to chart yet.

Community Quality & Ratings

Only 1 community has ratings so far, so read this as a small sample.

5.0 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

MySportPick
Discord · 5.0 stars · 62K members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Gambling. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.

•This is a smaller slice of Hive Index's database, so read trends as directional.
•Last updated 2026-06-03

FAQ

: Communities for casino enthusiasts, sports bettors, and online gambling fans. Discord hosts crypto casino communities, sports pick competitions, and poker groups, with some communities offering real-money games and others focused purely on strategy and entertainment.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (32% of 28 listings).
: 89% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 120K members and the median is 31K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (61%). Others that show up often include live chat, member perks, and newsletter.
: Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.
: The full directory is on Hive Index's Gambling topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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