Turfsport – a trusted online and mobile betting platform

3 November 2020 |

Over the past month we have seen quite a few South African sportsbooks moving online. Both SportsBet and Firstbet have chosen the Turfsport betting platform software for bringing their formerly retail-only operations online.

Therefore, we had a closer look at Turfsport and the functionalities available for bettors on the online and mobile solution.

About Turfsport

Turfsport has a long history in the African iGaming industry and hence lot of experience what players want. The company is based in Cape Town and offers wagering solutions for retail, online as well as mobile. That is to say, it is at present the most used wagering software in South Africa.

The Turfsport software has quite a distinguish layout and while browsing the best betting sites in SA you will find that currently 17 brands use Turfsports’s sport betting software for sports, horse racing, lucky numbers and more.

Which online betting sites use the Turfsport software?

Turfsport is the software provider choice for more and more online bookmakers in South Africa. The table below gives you an overall overview about the bigger betting sites on the Turfsport platform. Please also have a look at each bookmaker’s review for more information.

Soccershop Review LogoSoccershop review
Topbet New LogoTopBet review
GG Gaming online sports betting logoGG Gaming review
YesPlay logoYes Play review
Playbet online sports betting logoPlaybet review
Morris Vee review logoMorris Vee review
Marshalls World of sport review logoMarshalls World of Sports review
Firstbet review logoFirstBet review
Sportsbet review logoSportsBet review
BizaBets review logoBizaBets review
Massiv Bet review logoMassiv.bet review
Luckybets review logoLuckybets review
Vegas Bets online sports and lotto bettingVegas Bets review

How good is the Turfsport online and mobile betting solution?

Over the years the Turfsport wagering solution has evolved quite a bit. These days it provides bettors a broad offering with various betting markets as well as games and various bet types.

The layout is quite simplistic but very functional across all devices. On both desktop and mobile you have easy access to preferred sports betting categories, Betgames, Live Games and promotions. Most brands operating on the Turfsport platform are not yet having an app for neither Android or iOS but the responsive layout makes playing on any mobile device nevertheless straightforward.

Signing up an account at any of the brands on the Turfsport platform is quite simple and so is the verification process. That is to say, this makes the betting experience very enjoyable right from the get-go.

With a range of payment gateways brands can hence offer its customers a variety of payment options to deposit and withdraw safely and easily. Next to Visa as well as Mastercard, SID Instant EFT, OZOW, OTT vouchers and 1 voucher are usually available payment methods.

On an ongoing basis Turfsport is moreover integrating with other providers to better the offering. This includes multiple concurrent live in-play games and also Virtual Sports and Games via Golden Race.

In addition, brands operating on the Turfsport platform will moving forward be able to offer the Live Dealer games by Evolution Gaming. This is great news for all players who like playing Live Games alongside their betting entertainment. Game titles such as Cash or Crash, Lightning Roulette, Deal or No Deal Live, Mega Ball and Crazy Time are therefore soon available.

Overall, we have to say that we like playing on the operators using the Turfsport platform. There is usually a good range of sports markets as well as Lucky Numbers available. In addition, Turfsport is one of the most popular horse racing betting solutions around. Hence, if you like horse racing, then you will love the variety of bet types offered. The actual bonuses and promotions, such as FICA bonuses or new player welcome offers, are set by the bookie itself.

Brands like Yesplay, GGGaming as well as Playbet are trusting Turfsport. After the launch of SportsBet and Firstbet a while ago some additional brands have since launched on the Turfsport software. For example soccershop.bet also uses them as their online betting platform.

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