Detailed Betway SA Review

Betway has definitely become a household name in South Africa. Having established themselves as an international brand with football sponsorships across England and Europe, they know what punters want – including South African bettors.

With a focus on both local and international sporting events, Betway ensures their players have plenty of betting options.

With generous bonus offers, their well known “4-To-Score” free to play game as well as the new Jika Sport virtual sports, you will always feel like a winner when you bet at Betway.

Betway Offers & Promotions

New player offer

If you are new to Betway, you are in luck as you can choose your first deposit bonus. New customers can pick either a 100% free bet sports bonus or a 100% Casino Games Bonus.

If you are into sports and pick the sports bonus you will receive a 100% first deposit match up to R1,000 to use on rugby, cricket, soccer or on any of the 1,000s of exciting sports markets on offer. This sports welcome bonus is credited as a free bet and doesn’t come with complicated play through terms attached. In addition, Betway offers you the opportunity to place bets data free via the app!

You rather want to play casino games including roulette as well as slots. Then the 100% casino games bonus up to R2,000 is perfect for you. Moreover, it can be used on all casino games in the portfolio!

100% 1st deposit match sports bonus: max. free bets bonus R1,000. 100% 1st deposit casino games bonus: min. 1st dep. R5; max. bonus R2,000. 30x wagering. FICA required. Full promotional and general T&Cs apply. More details for the sports bonus are available here. For the casino games bonus you find details here.

Other promotions

Whether you are a new or a returning customer, Betway regularly runs special promotional campaigns. These range from Cash Giveaways to Money Back Boosts. With the latter they will refund up to 20x of your bet amount in case one of your bet selections lets you down. If you think that is crazy, they even run campaigns where they increase your winnings, sometimes as high as 150%. They definitely are generous!

Don’t miss the 4 To Score promotion for your chance to win up to R100,000. All you need to do is pick the first four goal scorers in four selected soccer matches each week. The best part is that you get 1 entry for free. Additional entries are unlocked based on your gameplay. For more details read also our Betway 4 To Score article.

Also have a look at our Betway promotions article where we keep you up-to-date with all the current offers. Moreover Betway has just added weekly promotions for extra rewards.

Betway Betting Markets & Sports

As a market leading bookmaker, Betway offers a large selection of local as well as international sports. From local favourites like soccer, rugby, golf and cricket to tennis, boxing and motor sport.

Other favourites include ice hockey, volleyball, baseball, snooker, cycling, darts, handball, Aussie rules, badminton, Pesapallo, basketball, table tennis, hockey and more.

For a long time Betway.co.za didn’t offer horse racing but since November 2021 you can now also bet on horses with Betway. In addition, this bookie offers you digital (virtual) soccer & horse racing, provided by Jika Sports. With localised soccer and horse racing events you can bet on the same markets associated with live football and horse racing!

Esports

Esports is an industry on the verge of exploding. There were more than 350 million viewers in 2019 alone, and this is expected to rise sharply in 2020. More than 27 million people play LOL (League of Legends) DAILY. Betting on competitive esports is just as exciting and fun.
Betway sponsors both esport teams and events in South Africa and abroad. Competitive odds on a variety of esport matches worldwide makes them a good choice to place your esports bets.

Betway covers tournaments such as CS:GO (Counter Strike: Global Offensive), Dota 2, Hearthstone, Overwatch, LOL (League of Legends), and Starcraft 2. There is a match to bet on or one to watch for everyone.

Be sure to keep an eye on South Africa’s very own esports teams, like Bravado, White Rabbit Gaming or Energy, and place your first esports bet via Betway.

Live Betting & Live Streaming

Betway gives you the choice of choosing between placing your bet before a game starts or to place bets during a live game. In-game betting, as it is known, allows you to place a bet during an event with odds changing until a bet is suspended or the event is complete.

An added benefit from placing an in-game bet is that Betway gives you access to a live stream or visualisation on your phone or PC as the action unfolds. Simply click on the Betway TV icon when you are logged in and place a bet to access the live stream. Now you don’t need to miss any of the action, no matter where you are.

Betway Casino Games

While Betway is excellent for sports betting it has developed over the recent month into a full on casino betting destination. In the Casino Games section you will find a wide variety of Live Casino Games as well as slots.

Whether you like to play Roulette, Blackjack, Baccarat & Sicbo or Poker – Betway has you covered. You find the full selection of Evolution Live Games content, including popular titles such as Lightning Roulette, Crazy Time, Live Roulette as well as Speed Auto Roulette. Aside from Evolution content Betway is also fully integrated with Ezugi as well as Authentic Gaming. Of course, you can also bet on the full range of Betgames. Lucky 5, Speedy 7, Bet on Poker, Andar Bahar and many more live instant Betgames are available with games every few minutes.

Rather want to spin the reels and hit big slots jackpots? Then Betway has you covered as well. Hundreds of titles by 5 great providers are available to you 24/7. Try for example the slots by Habanero, including Hot Hot Fruit, Egyptian Dreams Deluxe, Cake Valley, Wealth Inn and many other. In addition you can spin slot games by Pragmatic Play, Light & Wonder as well as the ever popular NetEnt and Red Tiger slots. With titles like Gonzo’s Quest, Twin Spin, Jumanji, Fruit Shop, Starburst XXXtreme and Dead or Alive you will for sure find a new favourite online slot.

Betway have just added Betway Exclusive Games to their portfolio. They offer a unique experience to their players with these new Betway Exclusive Games.

Lucky Numbers

With so many local and international draws taking place daily, Betway is the perfect place to bet on the outcome of draws from around the world. Betway’s Lucky Numbers allows you to participate in a wide variety of international lotto markets such as:

• South Africa
• Australia
• The United States of America
• Italy
• Greece
• Russia
• Germany
• Canada

Betway offers you 2 types of bets: Regular Draw bets and Draw Sum bets.

When you place a Regular Draw bet, you choose your own numbers. Match the numbers you selected against the draw results and then you win your bet. Prizes will be paid out as a multiple of your bet amount and odds at which you placed your bet.

If you prefer to bet on the outcome of a draw, you can place a Draw Sum bet. Bet on whether the sum of the balls drawn will be over or under a set value or the sum of balls drawn will be odd or even. Each draw differs and there are plenty of options for you to choose from.

Betway SA Payment Options

There is no shortage of deposit options available to use online at Betway. The best thing is that these are all free of charge.

Aside from the widely used credit cards and vouchers, deposits can be also made via direct bank transfer, USSD and recently added Blu Vouchers.

Withdrawing your winnings is easy. Choose one of the following methods for instant refunds.

• EFT (Electronic funds transfer) paid directly into your bank account.
• FNB Wallet
• ABSA CashSend
• Standard Bank Instant Money

Contact & Support

Betway offers you 24/7 support and the very friendly and knowledgeable support team can be reached via email, through chat as well as over the phone.

• Email: support@betway.co.za
• Phone: 0861 787 250
• Live Chat
• WhatsApp: +27 60 671 6982
• You can also connect via Social Media (Facebook and Twitter)

Betway SA – Final Words

It’s difficult to find something negative to say about our Betway experience. Betway is just an excellent betting site! And it gets better and better as they recently also added horse racing to their betting markets. Moreover there are now slots!

The user interface is easy to use and security is on the highest level. We think it is worth adding that their site does not only look good and work well on desktop and mobile devices, but they also have a very good app for both Android and Apple devices. The usability is equal across all platforms and for that alone you have to commend them.

Betway is generous. With ‘Betway Rewards’ they reward their players ongoing with for example free extra bets. These are dependent on how often you play as well as your wagers on sports (pre-game or Live Betting).

So, if you are looking for an internationally recognised brand, with features and functionality that will definitely give you a great experience, Betway is the place to do so. Even better, Betway allows you bet data free!

Anyway, how can you not support a brand that is contributing so much towards the development of cricket in our country as well as becoming official sponsor of the T20 Proteas Men’s team and Official Sponsor to the Momentum Proteas Women.