World Sports Betting is a South African-friendly bookmaker that offers a fast and secure online sports book. Founded in 2002, it is licensed by the Gauteng Gambling Board and regulated by the National Gambling Board.
At this sports bookie, you will find over 250,000 monthly Pre-Match events, a minimum of 200,000 Live In-Play events, 500 Lotto Draws, and much more.
This bookmaker is safe and secure when placing bets. It uses SSL technology to encrypt all web pages containing your personal information or banking details.
Sports offered to bet.
World Sports Betting is also known as People’s Bookie by many South African punters. It offers popular and new sports to bet on from all over the world. This bookie sponsors numerous Superbru and other competitions. It also sponsors the Cape Cobras, Highveld Lions, 2 EFC fighters, and several smaller sporting organisations.
Among new sports, it has regular Esports markets for Dota 2, Lol, and CSGO. World Sports Betting has also added streaming of Esports matches to its site, which is incredibly useful for Esports bettors. A section dedicated to Esports Betting will soon be launched.
Various Sports Betting
As for regular sports, find various popular ones among punters like American football, Aussie Rules, baseball, basketball, boxing, cricket, cycling, darts, floorball, Gaelic sports, golf, handball, ice hockey, lucky letters, mixed martial arts(MMA), motorsport, lotto, power ball, rugby union, rugby league, snooker, soccer, tennis, volleyball, winter sports and specials. In-play betting is also available for various sports.
You can also find numerous horse races where you can ante post bet and participate in various horse races in Australia, Europe, and other countries. Click here to learn the rules of horse betting.
Interesting games are the lottery games at the Pick a Number section, where you can play lotto games across the globe like US Powerball, South Africa Lotto Plus, Russia’s GosLotto, Canada and Germany’s 649 and various other lottery games from Ireland, India, Switzerland Belgium, France and other countries.
How do you place a bet at World Sports Betting?
First, visit the sports bookmaker with any of the above gaming devices and type the URL https://www.worldsportsbetting.co.za into your web browser, whether Chrome, Safari, or Firefox.
Visit here to go to the mobile site
Register as a New Player
Now register yourself as a new player and open your account at the bookie
Once logged in, by clicking on the ‘Price’ tab on any market, i.e. hovering your cursor over the price tab and clicking on it, your bet slip will appear to the right of the selected market with your added selection.
Two drop-down menus will appear in your Bet Slip.
The Single Menu gives you up to 5 options, namely:
- WIN (Win Bet)
- PLC (Place Bet)
- E/W (Each Way Bet)
- SP Win (Starting Price Win Bet)
- T/Win (Tote Win Bet)
- T/Place (Tote Place Bet).
The Mpl Menu (Multiple Menu) gives you up to 5 betting options, namely:
- No (No Multiple Bet)
- WIN (Win Bet Multiple)
- PLC (Place Bet Multiple)
- SP Win (Starting Price Win Bet Multiple)
- T/Win (Tote Win Bet Multiple)
- T/Place (Tote Place Bet Multiple).
Once you submit a bet, a Ticket Number & Reference Number will appear in the Betslip.
Alternatively, you may View your submitted betting transaction by going to ‘My Account > ‘Statement’ > ‘Pending Bets’.
You can also request your submitted betting transaction be automatically emailed to you by going to ‘My Account > ‘My Account’ > ‘Yes’ to Emails.
When placing a Multiple Bet, World Sports Betting allows you to select a series of bets from sports and/or racing and combine them to increase your return.
How to place a bet
To Place, a Single Bet chooses the Selection/Contestant you wish to bet on. Click on the ‘Bet Tab’. Your selection will appear in the Betslip. Enter Your ‘Stake’ (The Amount you would like to spend on the bet).
Alternatively, Enter the ‘Pay’ Amount (The Amount you wish to win and your stake will be automatically calculated). World Sports Betting gives you a stretch price on the ‘Pay’ amount, i.e. if the selection is 8/1 and you opt to win R1000, your stake will be R120 and not R125. Click The ‘Process Bet’ tab to submit your bet.
To place a multiple bet, choose the selections/contestants you wish to add to your multiple selections by clicking on the ‘Bet Tab’ for each selection. (You may select up to 30 selections).
Click Mpl ‘Win’ for each selection you wish to add to your multiple selections. (Mpl = Multiple) Mpl ‘Win’ will always be your defaulted selection for quick bet processing.
For specific selections, you may choose a Fixed Win, SP Win, Tote Win (T/Win), or Tote Place (T/Place) from your multiple selections.
Once you have selected more than one selection, you can enter your multiple stake amount or pay amount under ‘Multiple Selections’. You will get several Yankee and Multiple opportunities when selecting up to 7 selections, namely:
(a) Accumulator (1 Bet) – This is the price on ALL your selections winning.
(b) Super Heinz (120 Bets)—This will include all Doubles, Triples, Fourfolds, Fivefolds, Sixfolds, and Accumulation when placing up to seven selections.
(c) Heinz (57 Bets) – This will include all Doubles, Trebles, Four-Folds, Five Folds & The Accumulator when placing up to 6 selections.
(d) Canadian (26 Bets)—This will include all Doubles, Triples, Fourfolds, and Accumulation when placing up to 5 selections.
(e) Yankee (11 Bets) – This will include all Doubles, Trebles & The Accumulator when placing up to 4 selections.
(f) Six Folds – This includes all the Six All-To-Come Options available in your multiple and depends on the number of selections.
(g) Five Folds – This includes all the Five All-To-Come Options available in your multiple and depends on the number of selections.
(h) Four Folds – This includes all the Four All-To-Come Options available in your multiple and depends on the number of selections.
(i) Trebles – This includes all Three All-To-Come Options in your multiple and depends on the number of selections.
(j) Doubles – This includes all the Two All-To-Come Options in your multiple and depends on the number of selections.
Remember, when taking a multiple bet, if you enter a Stake value in any of the Single Boxes next to the selections, you will also place Single Bets on the relevant contestants.
Deposits and Withdrawals
At World Sports Betting, you need to fund your account to place a bet on a sport of your choice and claim any World Sports Betting Free Bet Vouchers.
Now click on the Deposit link, and you can use any of the deposit options available that suit you, like EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) and Cash Deposit, and notify their Payments department that you have deposited funds into any one of the four South African World Sports Betting bank accounts. Select the bank where the funds were deposited and the amount, and ‘Submit’.
How to make a deposit
You can also fund it with credit/debit cards. All you need to do is choose the Credit Card payment option under the Deposit section. Complete the deposit details, including the 3-digit number on the back of your card—known as the CCV—and Submit. Your account will be automatically credited. The minimum deposit is R50.
Use I-Pay/SID, enter the amount you wish to deposit, and click ‘Deposit Funds’ – You will be redirected to the I-Pay gateway to complete the payment. The minimum deposit here is R10
If you use OTT as your deposit mode, enter your voucher number and select ‘Process Payment’. The minimum deposit is also R10.
Ensure that you use the World Sports Betting Account Number, E.g. WSB-18451, as your deposit reference to ensure your betting account is credited promptly.
Also, note that the minimum deposit via transfer and credit card is R50.00.
World Sports Betting has a choice of 5 bank accounts into which money can be deposited. To ensure optimum processing time, ensure that bank transfers are facilitated from your bank into a World Sports Betting account with the same financial institution, e.g. FNB to FNB, ABSA to ABSA, etc.
Any deviation may result in a delay of up to 2 days whilst awaiting fund clearance. Your betting account will be credited once the funds appear in a World Sports Betting account.
Once you are ready to receive your winnings, fill in the amount you require and submit. To facilitate the transfer, complete your bank account details in the ‘ Bank ‘ section.
The Minimum withdrawal amount is R50.
Before requesting a withdrawal, you will be asked to submit your Fica Documentation. Simply upload these documents under My Account > Fica Submission.
These documents can also be emailed to us at fica@wsb.co.za, via Whatsapp at +27797120818 or faxed to 0866 52 66 99 (International: +27866 52 66 99). You are required to provide them with FICA documents annually unless your withdrawal is R 25,000.00 or more.
Suppose a deposit is made with no betting transactions before a withdrawal request. In that case, World Sports Betting reserves the right to charge the client a transaction and /or admin fee, which will be determined at its discretion and deducted from the withdrawal amount.
Your World Sports Betting account must be active for more than one month from your first betting transaction before your first withdrawal can be processed.
A statement section shows all your deposits and withdrawals, including your locked funds, available balance, and net amount.
You have the option of selecting a date range for your chosen transactions. By clicking on ‘Pending Bets’, all un-resulted and locked bets will appear for the specified date range. ‘All Transactions’ lets you see ALL transactions within your selected date range.
You can also view a detailed description of your betting transaction by clicking on’ Info’. ‘Payments, Deposits and Withdrawals allow you to see all payment transactions for your specified date range.
Bonuses and promotions
When you join the sports betting site for the first time and make your first deposit, you are offered a free betting voucher to match your deposit up to a maximum of R10000.
You need to email promotions@wsb.co.za (Subject: 100% Bonus Offer) before your first betting transaction with the amount of your first deposit, and they will match your deposit with a Free Betting Voucher.
Before withdrawing from your account, you must wager five (5) times the bonus amount. For example, if you deposit R500 and receive an R500 Betting Voucher, you will need to wager R2500 (R500 x 5) before you can withdraw from your balance.
The minimum deposit for this bonus is R50, and only bets with odds of 5/10 or greater will count towards wagering.
There are various weekly promotions, horse racing bonuses, Rugby promotions and unique bonus offers to punters of all stakes.
Customer Support
The World Sports betting bookie offers 24/7 help support to its players. The Contact Centre telephone numbers are displayed on the website at all times. To use your online account, call 0860 10 33 93 for SA-based callers and + 27860 10 33 93 for international callers.
You can also email them using the email IDs shown in the image above. The site also has a web form you can fill out and contact.
You can also WhatsApp at +27 797120818 use BBM PIN: WSB0001 for Blackberry devices, Or have a live chat Or write to them at Customer Services, World Sports Betting PO Box 345 Banbury Cross, Gauteng South Africa 2164.
