Stars: 4.6 out of 5
Website: www.gbets.co.za
Established: 1999
Location: Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa
Proprietors: The Goldrush Gaming Group
License: Licensed: Western Cape Gambling & Racing Board
Minimum deposit: R10.00
Minimum bet: R5.00
Deposit Options:
Deposits can be made by MasterCard, Maestro, Visa or Visa Electron credit cards, by electronic fund transfers by PayU and SID or by EFT payments to the company’s bankers, FNB and Standard Bank.
Software: BetTech Gaming,
Pros:
- Bright User-friendly Interface
- Extensive betting options
- Mobile friendly
- Excellent signup and birthday Bonuses
- Safe, secure payment methods
Cons:
- Customer Service not 24/7
MAIN REVIEW:
GBets Sports Betting is owned by the Goldrush Gaming Group who have been operating for just under 20 years in South African gambling markets and who, down the years, have always tried to “be the best and stay the best”.
And this they have done.
Gbet.co.za, not to be confused with Gbet.eu, opens to a bold, striking homepage in Yellow and various shades of red on a black background and lets you know immediately through its constantly moving banner that it will pay you R100 if you register with it and offers an excellent 125% matching offer of up to R1000 on your first deposit .
And to get you geared up for an exciting gambling experience, the banner, along with some of its other sporting promotions, also highlights its biggest sporting events of the moment, be it the Olympic Games, the Football World Cup, the Hong Kong Sevens, Wimbledon, The Masters or the Tour du France.
A simple and clear user interface
GBets’ clear and simple user interface also lets you know immediately just how extensive its coverage of the various sports betting markets are and, regardless of whether you are using a PC, laptop, tablet or smartphone, just how easy they are to operate, if necessary with the step-by-step help of a highly informative FAQ.
After you’ve registered and paid your first deposit you are given a choice of some 30 sports with hundreds of betting markets – and like all the best internet sportsbook sites, GBets has an informative betting slip on the right side of their home page that clearly shows what bets you have made and how much you can win before you submit them.
Betting markets
The sports prominently listed down the left side of the home page include football, Rugby, cricket, tennis, golf, athletics, Aussie rules and American football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey.
Horse racing, boxing, cycling, netball, and motorsport are also featured as are volleyball, badminton, martial arts and darts. You can also make a bet on a lucky number.
So whatever your sporting passion might be, you should be able to find a number of fields where you can use your specialist knowledge to help you make a bet, whether it be for a future event or for the live event you are watching on your TV set.
And there is more! Your sporting knowledge can be enhanced daily by GBets’ informative daily up-date of the latest world-wide sports news in its ‘blog’ section.
Promotions:
GBets has recently upgraded its promotions and now offer some of the best in the South African sportsbook market.
One of them is a ‘Birthday Bonus’. In your birthday month, you will be given R25 worth of free bets and also a 100% match up to a birthday deposit of up to R1000 – providing you have already made two previous deposits.
Some of their promotions change from time to gel with what is happening around them. Others are longer running – like the samples below
‘Road Warriors’: Your payout is doubled if you back more than four away teams
‘Soccer Multiple’: If you bet on more than seven teams and one lets you down, you get your stake refunded.
‘Refer a friend’: You can earn R100 for each friend you refer to the site.
Transactions:
Deposits and withdrawals can be made by MasterCard, Maestro, Visa or Visa Electron credit cards, through electronic fund transfers by PayU and SID or by EFT payments to and from the company’s bankers, FNB and Standard Bank.
Card deposits are generally credited instantly, whereas bank transfers can take up to 3-5 working days.
Help and support:
Apart from its excellent FAQ service, you can also get help and support via phone, Whatsapp, fax or email, but these services are only available during the hours of 8.00 to 22.00 Monday to Sunday,
Summing up
Gbet is a well established and popular South African online sportsbook with an impressively wide range of sports and sports markets.
It has a competitive first-deposit sign-up bonus, some improved promotions, a reputation for being fair and honest and it is equipped with an excellent user interface that, no matter whether you are at home working on your laptop or on the go with your mobile phone, it is easy to understand and operate.
But it does have one or two drawbacks…
One is the fact that its help and support services are limited to the hours of between 8.00 and 22.00 Mondays to Sundays and are not 24/7 as some of the World’s best online sportsbooks and Casinos are these days.
There have also been some complaints that its BetTech Gaming software, as good as it is, tends to make it a little too similar to too many other online sportsbooks that use the identical software.