Where do you Gamble in South Africa? Share Your Experience

[Administrator]

Hi Folks,

Which South African Bookmaker do you use, and what has been your experience? We'd love to hear about:

1. Your preferred betting site
2. Why you choose to play there
3. What you love about it
4. What you dislike or think could be improved

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[Jossie]

I Play at TicTacbets or Yesplay (Yesplay only because of Habanero) mostly but I have tried a few places.

TicTacBets

What I Like

Quick withdrawals.
Good Game selection
No Lag on Games.
Live chat is quick and responsive

What I don't Like

Kak Loyalty. They offer 500 spins a week. But it's like 20c a spin each. What waste of time for bigger players.
They don't have No Limit City or Habanero
No VIP team

10bet

What I like
Game selection is OK
Fast Payouts

What I don't Like

Super Kak loyalty. Spend R40 000 to get R10 worth of Rewards (really crap to be honest) - must be the worst loyalty program in South Africa
Extremely laggy site on Pragmatic Play
Laggy Navigation
Kak layout, no favourites etc
Stupidly high wagering on bonuses
They are too focused on recruiting celebrities as ambassadors but can't fix basic kak

Easybet

What I like

Good rewards for slots players
Good Game selection (Same as TicTac)

What I don't Like

Super slow withdrawals
Live Chat takes 1 hour to respond to chats
No Phone number to contact them
They just don't pay you if you have not uploaded documents. They won't let you know either

Yesplay

What I like
Regular deposit bonuses
Lots of slots providers

What I don't Like
They made me take a selfie with my ID to withdraw
The games become laggy at night and take 1 to 2 seconds a spin at night
High wagering for bonuses
No weekend payouts last time I checked
No VIP team

Goldrush

What I like
Games are smooth with no lag
Can't say much more as I have not played much here

What I don't Like

The navigation is crap
Minimum bet on some slots is R1 which is a deal breaker for me

Playabets

What I like

Same platform as TicTacbets
Smooth gameplay
Quick withdrawals before 8pm

What I don't Like

Not much in terms of Slots Promos
No Bonuses
No VIP emails or team

Joss

 

[Fiekie247]

I currently mostly play at Yesplay.

Locally, Yesplay casino gets most of my money. I like their weekly reload and deposit offers. Anywhere from 50% to 120% and I like that you can use the balance accross the entire games porfolio.

What I dislike is their wagering contribution. Slots and live games contribute only between 7 - 10% which makes it significantly hard. Sport is the only thing that contribute 100%. In the last two weeks I made a few decent withdrawals.

They have a decent amount of slots and Nolimit city is one of my favourites.

Withdrawals are processed twice a day 9am or 3pm and if you FNB the cash hit your account immediately. They don't do immediate payments. So at least it same day withdrawals but no weekend withdrawals.

Live chat option is there but you wait 3 hours for a response. Email support is even faster and even on weekends.

I think they need a loyalty system or cashback. They currently only give 10% cashback on losses made on betgames and numbers.

I never had any issues really with their games except last week, any games running of the Evolution platform did not want to load. Nolimit City, Netent, Red Tiger and Live games. I remember when my bets got rejected on Lighting blackjack. Was frustrating as hell.

But I rate Yesplay a good 7.5 out of 10.
If they process weekend withdrawals and have live chat as an available during the day SAST without waiting 3 hours for a response, then they will get a 9 from me.

 

[Fiekie247]

I signed up at Lulabet last week. Was looking for new local blood and came accross the site through ibets.

I was excited to claim their welcome offer, to my surprise when that code does not exist during the deposit process. There goes my wager free spins. Aaarggg

I did not even bother to contact support as I was frustrated already and might have taken it out on those chat agents or what do they call them "Support Champs"

I guess those are basic things that just need to work. And I was scared of being disappointed that support might have taken their sweet time to respond.

Played a bit of Nolmit city and lost my balance shorty after a bonus buy or two.

Ill post again some feedback if I Play there again. After I tested their withdrawals

 

[Fiekie247]

I Play at TicTacbets or Yesplay (Yesplay only because of Habanero) mostly but I have tried a few places.

TicTacBets

What I Like

Quick withdrawals.
Good Game selection
No Lag on Games.
Live chat is quick and responsive

What I don't Like

Kak Loyalty. They offer 500 spins a week. But it's like 20c a spin each. What waste of time for bigger players.
They don't have No Limit City or Habanero
No VIP team

10bet

What I like
Game selection is OK
Fast Payouts

What I don't Like

Super Kak loyalty. Spend R40 000 to get R10 worth of Rewards (really crap to be honest) - must be the worst loyalty program in South Africa
Extremely laggy site on Pragmatic Play
Laggy Navigation
Kak layout, no favourites etc
Stupidly high wagering on bonuses
They are too focused on recruiting celebrities as ambassadors but can't fix basic kak

Easybet

What I like

Good rewards for slots players
Good Game selection (Same as TicTac)

What I don't Like

Super slow withdrawals
Live Chat takes 1 hour to respond to chats
No Phone number to contact them
They just don't pay you if you have not uploaded documents. They won't let you know either

Yesplay

What I like
Regular deposit bonuses
Lots of slots providers

What I don't Like
They made me take a selfie with my ID to withdraw
The games become laggy at night and take 1 to 2 seconds a spin at night
High wagering for bonuses
No weekend payouts last time I checked
No VIP team

Goldrush

What I like
Games are smooth with no lag
Can't say much more as I have not played much here

What I don't Like

The navigation is crap
Minimum bet on some slots is R1 which is a deal breaker for me

Playabets

What I like

Same platform as TicTacbets
Smooth gameplay
Quick withdrawals before 8pm

What I don't Like

Not much in terms of Slots Promos
No Bonuses
No VIP emails or team

Joss

Aleast 10bet improved on their bonus system, you get it immediately unlike before you had to wager your deposit first.
Also their bonus offering is non existent these days except for the 30% reload Thursdays and Saturday 50%.

Playabets and its sister sites are all in same boat. Deposit R100 to claim 50 free spins. Only to find out those free spins come at R0.20 per spin on PP games... Like really? What the hell am i suppose to do with R10 worth of spins. Max win on gates of olympus will only be 1k on a 5000x win. Nothing to get excited about

 

[Jossie]

Aleast 10bet improved on their bonus system, you get it immediately unlike before you had to wager your deposit first.
Also their bonus offering is non existent these days except for the 30% reload Thursdays and Saturday 50%.

Playabets and its sister sites are all in same boat. Deposit R100 to claim 50 free spins. Only to find out those free spins come at R0.20 per spin on PP games... Like really? What the hell am i suppose to do with R10 worth of spins. Max win on gates of olympus will only be 1k on a 5000x win. Nothing to get excited about

I don't believe the 10bet bonus structure is better. The reason for this:

The bonus used to be credited AFTER wagering your deposit once. This meant that if you won you could cash out and just decline the bonus. The bonus was not tied to your deposit.

The new bonus structure lumps everything together so the crazy wagering is there from the start. I am not sure if you can cash out if you do not touch the bonus funds.

In the past you could lose your cash and it was a true 'thank you' bonus almost like an instant cashback.

Judging from recent changes at 10bet it won't surprise me that this was changed to give their players an even worse experience. Their marketing team should be fired. They have no clue about anything.

Joss

 

[Fiekie247]

I don't believe the 10bet bonus structure is better. The reason for this:

The bonus used to be credited AFTER wagering your deposit once. This meant that if you won you could cash out and just decline the bonus. The bonus was not tied to your deposit.

The new bonus structure lumps everything together so the crazy wagering is there from the start. I am not sure if you can cash out if you do not touch the bonus funds.

In the past you could lose your cash and it was a true 'thank you' bonus almost like an instant cashback.

Judging from recent changes at 10bet it won't surprise me that this was changed to give their players an even worse experience. Their marketing team should be fired. They have no clue about anything.

Joss

It's still seperate yes even though the bonus was credited immediately.

I claimed the 50% Saturday bonus earlier tonight. And played some slots. I did a bonus buy on NLC and it took my entire real money balance and a very small bit of the bonus. After the bonus finished it paid to both the real money and bonus balance according to the contribution the real money and bonus balancd contributed. I cashed out and cancelled the bonus balance.

I think you need to complete the full wager once you lost all your real money.

Besides the cash out, I scored myself 45 coins tonight as well - Very proud of myself

And I received my withdrawal. The good thing is 10bet pay on weekends and fast. Especially if its e-wallet.

 

[Jossie]

It's still seperate yes even though the bonus was credited immediately.

I claimed the 50% Saturday bonus earlier tonight. And played some slots. I did a bonus buy on NLC and it took my entire real money balance and a very small bit of the bonus. After the bonus finished it paid to both the real money and bonus balance according to the contribution the real money and bonus balancd contributed. I cashed out and cancelled the bonus balance.

I think you need to complete the full wager once you lost all your real money.

Besides the cash out, I scored myself 45 coins tonight as well - Very proud of myself

And I received my withdrawal. The good thing is 10bet pay on weekends and fast. Especially if its e-wallet.

Okie dokie that makes sense.

Yes I agree that they pay superfast on weekends and even at night. That was my favourite reason to play at 10bet. They pay to bank just as fast.

Haha you still need another 135 coins to get 10 bucks in free spins

Joss

 

[Fiekie247]

It seems Yesplay process withdrawals on weekends. I will test it again to confirm.