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Reviewed and maintained by our editorial team. Last updated June 23, 2026.
Covers Texas sports betting, offshore sportsbooks, payout speed and app quality.
About Cole
Cole Hendrix has spent more than a decade covering sports betting, with a particular focus on how offshore sportsbooks serve bettors in states without regulated books of their own. He follows the Texas market closely, from Cowboys and Texans spreads to Longhorns and Aggies lines and Rangers and Astros run totals, and built the testing routine that now underpins every ranking on TexasBets.
His view is simple. A sportsbook's marketing can promise sharp odds and instant payouts as often as it likes, but what matters is how the site actually performs when you place a live bet and cash out. So he measures it, market by market and method by method, on verified accounts funded with real money.
Areas of expertise
- Texas betting markets across the NFL, NBA, MLB and college sports
- Offshore sportsbook odds, lines and live-betting depth
- Sportsbook payout speed and withdrawal reliability
- Mobile app and platform quality for in-play betting
- Welcome bonuses, rollover terms and their real value to bettors
How Cole tests
For every sportsbook featured on this site, Cole funds a real, fully verified account, places and settles live bets on Texas markets, and requests withdrawals across each available method, recording the exact time each payout takes to arrive. Those figures feed our payout-speed index and shape the scores in our rating method. Ratings are revisited monthly and after any major odds, app or banking change.
Editorial standards
Cole's reviews are independent. TexasBets earns commissions when readers sign up through some links, but those commercial relationships never change a score or a ranking position. Where a sportsbook pays slowly, prices its markets poorly or falls short on reliability, we say so plainly. You can read more about our approach on the about page or reach the team through contact.