Best case scenario, Kawbet bought the software pre-configured from 1xbit.
Wost case scenario, they are 1xbit.

Either way, I agree, does not look like an operation that is on the up-and-up.

However, one thing I noticed is that there's a set of noob accounts that have been posting negatively in both the Kawbet and Malubit threads, which all very likely belong to the same person. Here are their names and registration dates (not a single merit between any of them):

nikica99
May 29, 2019, 07:57:14 PM

LEVSKI7
October 03, 2019, 06:04:59 PM

perfectto
February 13, 2020, 02:03:37 PM

ythai91
February 22, 2020, 12:01:25 AM

Here are the accounts they were conversing with that posted only in the Malubet thread, basically backing each other's allegations:

barbaron
October 18, 2017, 07:25:39 AM

radex90
April 29, 2019, 09:21:04 PM

nerdyguy
October 24, 2019, 01:06:20 AM

SSCEZAR
February 12, 2020, 01:04:18 AM

While I'm not excusing the actions of Kawbet and would never deposit there, they are actively being targeted by a farm of anti-sportsbook accounts. Its definitely weird as hell.