Prop Bets Explained, How to Capitalise on Niche Betting Markets

In the ever-expanding world of sports betting, punters are no longer confined to betting simply on who wins or loses. Enter proposition bets, better known as prop bets, which let…

How EBTs Became the Casino Floor’s Hidden Stars

I still recall my first time stepping into a South African casino that had recently installed a line of gleaming EBTs (Electronic Bingo Terminals) between the familiar rows of slot…

Skins, Spins, and Sneakers,  How Betting Culture Leaked into Streetwear

You used to be able to spot a gambler by the dog-eared racing form, the cracked Samsung clutched like a rosary, or the way they stood just a little too…

How Weather Affects Sports Betting Odds

Weather plays a crucial role in outdoor sports, influencing everything from player performance to game strategy and final outcomes. In South Africa, where climates range from Cape Town’s windy and…

South Africa’s Forgotten Lottery Winners and the Lives They Left Behind

Somewhere in an old township newspaper clipping, yellowed by time and folded into the back of a dresser drawer, there’s a photograph,  a man holding an oversized cheque, eyes wide,…

The New Symbols of South African Success

You see it in a grin flashing across the backseat of a GLE Coupe. You see it in the digital storefronts selling skins and spins for games you’ve never heard…

The Number Runners,  South Africa’s Underground Lottery Syndicates 

In the backstreets of Durban’s older neighborhoods, down alleys where the city’s formal economy gives way to something quieter and more personal, there are games happening that don’t make it…

Your Auntie’s Got Better Odds Than You

She’s wearing reading glasses, sipping tea from a chipped mug, and scrolling through her phone with the focus of a sniper. The grandkids think she’s checking Facebook. Her children think…

The Forgotten Architects,  The Coders Behind South Africa’s First Betting Apps

Before sleek platforms and international betting brands flooded South Africa’s online landscape, there was a quieter story unfolding in home offices and internet cafés across Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town.…

The Velvet Odds,  Sandton’s Quiet Obsession with Sports Betting

There’s a café in Sandton that serves cortados in hand-thrown ceramic cups, where lawyers and fintech developers sit shoulder-to-shoulder with digital marketers, the low hum of startup strategy meetings blending…