SportPesa Sportsbook Review

Sportpesa has a traditional layout, so if you have an experience with other online betting sites, you won’t find it complicated. Still, we prepared brief instructions on how to use a bookie. You can skip this part if you know all nuts and bolts of online betting, and jump right to the sportsbook review.

Registration

After you finish the registration, you can place your first bet — after you top up your Sportpesa account.

Registration form

Make Your Minimum Deposit

SportPesa offers a pretty convenient choice of payment methods, so you will hardly face any issues with your deposits. To top up your account, go to the cashier section and select a payment option that suits you best. Sportpesa will give you all the further instructions.

For instance, if you opt for credit card payments, you will need to indicate your card number, CVC code, and card expiration date.

The minimum deposit might depend on your currency and a selected banking option. We will discuss available deposit and withdrawal options and limits further in this review.

Make a Winning Bets

Find a game you want to bet on, for instance, Liverpool — Watford match. Choose a sports betting market: a bet type. For example, you can bet on the most straightforward outcome: the match winner. If you are pretty sure it will be Liverpool, just click on the odds offered for their win, and your bet will appear in your bet slip. Indicate your stake amount (or set it in the bet slip, so it will always be the same), and confirm your wager.

Get a Payout

If you were lucky, and won some money, you will definitely want to withdraw them. It’s also easy: go to your account settings, find the cashier tab, and you will see all payout methods available for you. Select the one, and indicate your payout amount. Follow the instructions from the sportsbook — and allow up to a couple of days before your money arrive.

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An important note: you can only withdraw your winnings, not your deposit or bonus funds. If you want to refund a part or a full amount of money you deposited, contact the customer support.

Sportpesa is a pretty well-known site in Europe, but its main betting pool comes from Africa. Still, it accepts users from many countries, including the United Kingdom. In the next part of our review we will discuss who can join Sportpesa, and also consider what it offers in terms of sports betting markets, odds, and bonuses.

License and Legality

Sportpesa is owned by SP International Limited. It is registered at Isle of Man, and holds its local gambling license as a remote sportsbook and casino. Besides, it is officially approved by several other gambling committees. Among them are some local African authorities, and such big names as the UK Gambling Commission and the Irish gambling regulator.

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Available Countries for Online Sports Betting

Sportpesa welcomes players worldwide, and has two website versions. The first one is called Sportpesa Global, and another one is available exclusively for the UK bettors. The global version accepts many more countries and the list includes the following:

• Nigeria;
• Ghana;
• Zambia;
• Ireland;
• Botswana;
• Namibia;
• Isle of Man;
• Uganda;
• New Zealand, and more.

User Feedbacks About Sportpesa Sportsbook

We studied a number of independent reviews on Sportpesa. Our investigation included such services as TrustPilot, AskGamblers, and similar systems.

The opinions are divided. Some people claim Sportpesa is offers very quick payouts, while the others complain about suspended accounts.

Still, most reviews are pretty neutral, so we suppose you can overall trust Sportpesa. Besides, the UK citizens can apply to the UK Gambling Commission if they have any severe issues with the sportsbook, so they are double-protected — even if the bookie suspends their accounts or denies to pay out.

Sports Betting Markets

Sportspesa is not the largest bookmaker: it mainly offers the top popular sports to wager on. The list of disciplines barely exceeds ten, including a couple of eSoccer events. So, don’t expect any exotic wagering options or some minor leagues and rare events. All you have is soccer, basketball, tennis, MMA, cricket, and other sports popular worldwide.

Betting markets

The leagues and markets can also be a bit limited. For instance, soccer coverage includes several major European leagues like Bundesliga, the Premier League, etc. However, there are some amateur clubs, too, so overall it’s not so dull. Besides, there is a pretty nice basketball offer: besides the all-star NBA, you will find various events in Australia, Argentina, Cyprus, England, and other countries. The same is true for handball, ice hockey, and a couple of other disciplines. As a bookmaker targeting African countries, it also offers many tournaments in Africa.

The UK version of Sportpesa also offers horse racing options: all UK and Irish races, and several popular tracks in other regions worldwide.

Sports Betting Options

The number of wagering markets offered for every discipline is relatively small. Compared to many large European bookies, the choice is very modest. For instance, here is an average match coupon for a soccer game:

• 3-Way Bets;
• First Team to Score;
• Double Chance;
• Total Goals Over/Under — Full Time;
• Correct Score;
• Total Goals Exactly;
• Odd/Even;
• European Handicap;
• Full Time Result+Over/Under;
• Asian Handicap.

So, a soccer event can include up to hundred options, and the other disciplines involve from ten to sixty betting markets. Combined with a very little choice of sports, it will barely satisfy an experience bettor.

However, you can also enjoy very comprehensive prop betting. It is called Jenga Bets at Sportpesa and is available under a separate tab. The point of Jenga Bets is the to build your own bets based on player props, like Who will win? Who else will score? Or Will both teams score, and more. When you add your selections to the bet slip, they work like a parlay, so all your picks must win to bring you some profit. By the way, you can’t create parlays or any other multiple bets at the global version of Sportspesa; it’s all available at the website for UK, though.

Besides, probably SportPesa offers sky-high odds that compensate for such a lack of diversity? Let’s see.

Sport Pesa Odds

Sportpesa odds is unfortunately another big con of this sportsbook. It’s all about betting margins you need to pay.

For instance, top popular UK bookies can offer as low margins as 3% or even less, and try keeping the average one no higher than 5%.

We thoroughly reviewed various markets at Sportpesa and it turned out the minimum margin is 7% or so. Many bets involve 8%, 9% or higher margin, so it’s not at all competitive — even for the sportsbook’s live betting markets. The only way to get some better price is to catch a special enhanced odds promo: it’s sometimes available for the selected markets.

Live Betting Coverage

Not all the events go live at Sportpesa.

Live betting

However, it offers a pretty nice coverage for available matches, and has some extra betting options for in-play wagers:

• Animated visual trackers of games;
• Live scores and stats;
• Cash Out feature, allowing you to refund your stake if you feel it won’t work out.

Some last-minute bets like Who will score the next goal are also available, so overall the live betting section is pretty decent.

Sports Betting Bonuses

Sportpesa has different sports promotions for UK customers and the rest of the world. Even the welcome bonus varies depending on your region. While it comes in the form of a free bet in the United Kingdom, the others will get a first deposit match. Besides a welcome bonus, you can find more various promo offers at Sportpesa. Among them are a Telegram contest, Bet Spinner Wheel, and others. Below are the terms of the welcome bonus for the Global and UK versions of Sportpesa.

Welcome Bonus

When you register at the Sportpesa global version and make a qualifying deposit, you instantly get a 100% bonus for making bets. Its maximum amount depends on your currency: for instance, it won’t exceed 500 UGX for Uganda bettors, or 1ZMW if you come from Zambia. The wagering requirements are only three times, and you need to rollover only the bonus funds, not your deposit.

Free Bets

If you opted for Sportpesa UK, you get another welcome offer. Instead of a first deposit free play bonus, you receive a free bet of £10 after you place your first wager of the same amount. However, if you made your first deposit via an e-wallet, or your first bet was a multiple, you get excluded from the offer.

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Sportpesa casino is relatively large and features almost a thousand of titles by various famous providers like Netent, Microgaming, and others. The library has both RNG and live dealer games, and is available for every registered user without downloading. You can reach the online casino from any device: it works fine on PC and all modern tablets and smartphones.

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Available Casino Games

The entire gaming portfolio is divided into several sections. Here they are:

• Popular: the hottest games like Bonanza Megaway, Book of Oz, and some tables and card games;
• Low Data: games that don’t require much Internet data like Dolphins’s Gold, Aztec Pyramids, and more;
• Medium Data: Solar Queen, Book of Gold and a range of other Book titles, Royal Sharm;
• High Data: five top-quality slots requiring much Internet data. Luxor, Zombies Gone Wild, Jack in the Box, Rio Fever, Rumble Rhino;
• Jackpots: the famous Mega Moolah, and other similar titles, for example, the Wheel of Wishes;
• Tables and Card Games: only eleven traditional games like classical blackjack, keno, Three Card Poker, European Roulette;
• Scratch Cards;
• Virtual Sports: football, cycling, tennis, trotting, horses, etc.

Besides, Sportpesa features two live dealer casinos. The one is fully powered by BetSoft and offers eleven games like Andar Bahar, Dice Duel, Lucky 5, Lucky 7, etc. The second one is not much bigger and features some traditional roulette, blackjack, baccarat, and poker titles. Among the live casino pros is that it always has spare tables and accepts pretty low minimum bets.

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As we have already mentioned, Sportpesa has two website versions. They are not significantly different, but some services and partly the design. Overall, both of them are pretty easy to use, and offer a similar range of payment methods. In this review, we will consider how you can deposit and withdraw funds, and how convenient is the platform.

Usability of Sportpesa Site

SportPesa is very convenient to use. The site is divided into several categories:

• Sports;
• Live betting;
• Jackpots;
• Jenga Bets;
• Casino;
• Virtual Sports;
• Lucky Numbers.

Each section is also easy to navigate. If you have any questions, you can instantly contact the Live Chat (in the right lower corner), or find the Help section on the top of the page.

Virtual sports section

The site is available in English and Spanish. You can’t switch between the odds formats in the global site version, so there are only Decimal odds on it. However, if you opt for the Sportpesa UK, it’s possible to wager using Fractional odds, more familiar to the UK bettors.

The best thing about the Sportpesa design is that it’s not at all overwhelmed.

For instance, when you open a sportsbook page, you see the list of sports and highlighted markets.

When you open a particular event, you face a very neat match coupon: transparent and user-friendly. All promo banners are located on the top of the website and don’t look distracting.

Another thing we liked is related to the UK version of Sportpesa. This feature is about the gambling problem and targets all players who might suffer from it. To help bettors avoid such issues, Sportpesa offers Play Safe Tools like self-exclusion and deposit limits, and a Budget Calculator for keeping your deposits under control.

Withdrawal and Deposit Methods

Available payment options might differ depending on your selected country. However, there are many popular gateways widely used in most world countries: from cards to ewallets. The minimum deposit starts from as little as $1 — but it can also depend on your region, currency, or a selected payment option. We will give you the numbers in British pounds, and you can check out your preferred currency after you register.

Sportpesa Sportsbook App

Sportpesa has two native apps. Both sportsbook and casino apps are available at App Store and Google Play. You can use the apps with the same account, and place bets, spin slots, make deposits and withdrawals just like you do on the PC website.

The app works fine overall. However, there are a range of user complaints: some claim the iOS app works too slow and has some bugs. The overall rating is pretty fine, though: a score higher than 4 is a good enough for a gambling app.

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Customer Support

You can contact Sportpesa support via an e-mail or a Live Chat. The agents are willing to help 24/7, and our personal experience proved they are professional and friendly: what else can you wish for? Besides, we liked how quickly they reply to the requests, and it’s true for both, global and UK versions. The customer service agents speak English and Spanish.

Besides, Sportpesa has a FAQ section. It’s not the most helpful one, though, and could contain more essentials about the sportsbook. Finally, you can get some info about sports betting and some picks advice or news in the Sportpesa blog section.

SportPesa has a pretty modest sports betting offer and a relatively small casino. Combined with not so competitive odds, it doesn’t look like the best choice of a gambling platform. Still, it’s one of the top popular bookies in Africa, and it has established itself as a trusted site in Europe, too. So, if you don’t need thousands of casino titles, and don’t strive to find exotic sports to wager on, Sportpesa might be a choice for you.