At Starsport, you can bet on basketball with sharp odds on NBA, EuroLeague and national league matches, as part of our extensive range of sports betting options. Here, you'll not only learn how to place a pre-match or live bet, but also which basketball bets we offer and how our odds work. That way, you'll know exactly what to expect once you place your first stake.
Before placing your first stake, you first create an account and verify your identity. Then you choose the match you want to bet on, either from the pre-match offering of all upcoming fixtures, or the live offering of matches currently underway.
Open the match you're interested in and you'll immediately see an overview of all available markets, ranging from the match winner to specific player statistics. Select the market that matches your read on the game, provided you're happy with the odds. Then enter the amount you want to stake and confirm your bet.
Our basketball bets cover pretty much every aspect of a match. Betting on the winner, known as the Moneyline, is a classic: since basketball doesn't have draws, you win as soon as your team wins.
With the totals bet (Over/Under), you bet on the combined points of both teams, or on one team alone. Handicap betting is also a central market in basketball. Since matches are often decided by a wide margin, the fictional head start or deficit evens out the odds.
You'll also find player bets on the performance of a single player. Think points, rebounds or assists. And with quarter and half-time bets, you're betting on specific parts of the match. One last special bet worth mentioning is the race to 20 points.
We display basketball odds in decimal format, the standard in Belgium. This means you can see at a glance what a bet could pay out before you even confirm it. The calculation is simple: multiply your stake by the odds to calculate the amount you'd receive if you win, including your original stake.
Say you stake €10 on a market with odds of 1.80. If you win, you'd receive €18 in total, meaning your pure profit is €8. The lower the odds, the more likely the market considers that outcome, and vice versa.
From the NBA to the EuroLeague, and the BNXT League to international tournaments, you can bet on a broad range of basketball competitions with us.
Betting on the NBA is the biggest draw in our basketball offering. There are matches on the schedule practically every night of the week. For most of the year, there's action to be found constantly.
The league consists of 30 teams, split across the Eastern and Western Conference. They play 82 games from October to April, after which the play-offs and the NBA Finals follow in June. It's precisely that volume of matches that gives the NBA a more constant level of betting interest compared to other basketball leagues.
The EuroLeague is the top European club competition, and the clear number two in the world behind only the NBA. The biggest clubs from multiple countries come together here to form a single league.
The regular season is a round robin between the 20 participating clubs, followed by a Play-In for the last two play-off spots, and then the play-offs themselves. What remains after that is the Final Four, where the best clubs battle it out for the title in a single weekend at a single venue. The season runs from late September to late May.
The BNXT League is the leading professional competition for Belgium and the Netherlands. The league was created for the 2021-22 season, following the merger of the top Belgian and Dutch competitions. Clubs play a single cross-border regular season, after which separate national play-offs follow in each country. The two national champions then play each other for the BNXT title.
You can also bet at international level, with the FIBA Basketball World Cup, EuroBasket and the Olympic Games, where national teams compete.
With live betting, the offering keeps changing continuously along with what's happening on the court. Odds are updated quarter by quarter, and even possession by possession to reflect the current state of play.
Start doubting your position partway through the match? Use Cash Out to close your bet early and lock in your winnings or limit your losses. Through the match page, you can also follow a live broadcast for a number of matches, provided you're logged in.
Basketball was invented in December 1891 by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts. The original hoops were peach baskets. The NBA dates back to 1946 and took on its current name in 1949, following a merger with a rival league. Basketball broke through globally at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, the first edition to feature the 'Dream Team' stacked with NBA pros.
In Belgium, the national league dates back to 1928, right up until the merger with the Dutch competition in 2021 gave rise to the BNXT League. The Belgian women's team, the Belgian Cats, have enjoyed major success in recent years, winning European titles in 2023 and 2025.
With us, you'll find market-leading odds on all the major basketball leagues, giving your bets real competitive value. Our coverage is also comprehensive, so you'll find NBA, EuroLeague and BNXT League matches, among others.
During the match, you can bet live with odds that update in real time, letting you react to what's happening on the court. Cash Out is fast, and withdrawing your money is quick and easy too.
We've built our interface to be user-friendly, whether you're playing through the website or the mobile app. Features like Partial Cashout and Combo Boost are also available across every discipline, including basketball bets.
At Starsport, overtime counts towards most basketball bets, since a basketball match can't end in a draw and play continues until there's a winner. For handicap and totals markets, this is explicitly noted with the addition of “incl. overtime” next to the bet. For player markets such as points or rebounds, this can vary from bet to bet, so always check the market description before staking your bet.
Yes, at Starsport you can bet on the individual performance of a specific player, separately from the result of the match itself. Think of the number of points, rebounds or assists a player racks up during the match. Markets like this help explain why star players attract so much attention. Their stats become the bet itself, regardless of which team wins. That way, you can bet specifically on a player you know well.
Yes, at Starsport you can bet on the overall winner of the NBA and the EuroLeague as a full competition, not just on a single match. These outright markets sit in a separate tab alongside the regular match odds, with a note confirming that the play-offs count. For the NBA, you'll also find markets for the conference and division winners. Since these bets are only settled once the season is over, you can place them at any point before or during the season.
At Starsport, bets on a player who doesn't take part due to injury are voided and refunded. This applies to markets such as points, rebounds or assists, since the bet related to a performance that could never take place. This rule applies to players who are ruled out of the match squad beforehand.