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?

Discord is the most common platform in this report (33% of 30 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

87% 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 117K members and the median is 30K. 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 (57%). Others that show up often include live chat, member perks, and online/offline events.

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 30 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 2026-07-08

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Communities: 30
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 117K
Median members: 30K

Where Gambling Communities Are Hosted

Discord
10(33%)
Independent Platforms
9(30%)
Reddit
6(20%)
Facebook
3(10%)
X / Twitter
1(3%)
Telegram
1(3%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
18(60%)
Chat communities
11(37%)
Other platforms
1(3%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (60%), but chat communities is also well represented (37%).

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

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(3%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
3(10%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
6(20%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
12(40%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
7(23%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

1 community has unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (117K vs 30K), 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	87%	85%
Median members	30K	24K
Average members	117K	652K
Paid or apply-to-join	13%	15%
Live chat	57%	40%
Discord share	33%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
57%
Live Chat
57%
Member Perks
37%
Online/Offline Events
20%
Newsletter
17%

Niche Features

Paid Community
13%
Courses
7%
Token
3%

Live Chat appears on 57% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 625

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Discord	10	33%	533	85%
Independent Platforms	9	30%	22	4%
Reddit	6	20%	57	9%
Facebook	3	10%	5	1%
X / Twitter	1	3%	6	1%
Telegram	1	3%	2	0%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord hosts 33% of listings and 85% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
535(86%)
Forum / feed-based
84(13%)
Other platforms
6(1%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
553(88%)
Member Perks
468(75%)
Online/Offline Events
450(72%)
Courses
430(69%)
Forum
90(14%)
Paid Community
43(7%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
495(79%)
Massive
66(11%)
Medium
43(7%)
Large
19(3%)

Top-clicked listings

MySportPick
419(67%)
r/sportsbook
38(6%)
Sharpcard Sports Betting
29(5%)

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.

•Last updated 2026-07-08

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.
: Discord is the most common platform in this report (33% of 30 listings).
: 87% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 117K members and the median is 30K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (57%). Others that show up often include live chat, member perks, and online/offline events.
: 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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