Sportingbet is run in South Africa by Greatodds (Pty) Ltd, trading as Sportingbet SA under a Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board bookmaker licence. It belongs to the global Entain group and operates here under licence from Entain Operations Limited. Behind the scenes, its odds run on Entain’s shared CDS platform, the same feed that also serves bwin.
What stands out
- Express Withdrawals pays out instantly once a transaction clears Sportingbet’s automatic checks, or within 6 to 8 hours if it needs a manual review. A standard EFT Bank Transfer still takes 1 to 2 business days.
- Age and identity checks can clear automatically at sign-up, with no document upload needed at all.
- OTT Voucher deposits carry no fee and land instantly, bought at more than 150,000 retail outlets or straight from a banking app.
Deposits and withdrawals
Deposits go in through OTT Voucher, 1Voucher, FNB eWallet, Ozow, Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay and EFT. OTT Voucher only accepts a deposit matching a voucher’s exact value, since partial redemption isn’t supported, and it can’t be used for a withdrawal.
Withdrawals go out through Express Withdrawals or a standard EFT Bank Transfer. Express Withdrawals lands in a verified South African bank account instantly once it clears Sportingbet’s automatic checks, or within 6 to 8 hours if flagged for review; standard EFT Bank Transfers take 1 to 2 business days. When age and identity aren’t verified automatically at registration, a 28-day grace period opens instead: deposits are capped at R20,000, then raised to R100,000 for the rest of that window, before an ID document and proof of address unlock withdrawals.
Odds and markets
Sportingbet prices football, tennis, cricket, rugby union, basketball, horse racing, golf, table tennis and combat sports cards. On the competitions OddsBash tracks, we scan its match result and total goals prices. The margin and coverage figures above come from odds Sportingbet actually published, and they update every time we scan.
Good to know
- Total Goals odds are priced as a separate market for each line, rather than one market covering every line.
- Sportingbet also runs a casino, live casino and Aviator alongside its sportsbook. OddsBash measures the sportsbook only.