WSB Review

Founded in 2002, World Sports Betting took a while to get into its stride, but over the years it has continued to innovate and adapt to the changing demands of South Africa’s betting public. 

This strategy has clearly worked for WSB as it has grown into one of the country’s most popular online betting sites.

Further evidence of its growing presence can be seen in its partnerships with the Cape Cobras cricket team and professional rugby union side - the Lions. WSB is licenced and regulated by the Gauteng Gambling Board (www.ggb.org.za) and the National Gambling Board (www.ngb.org.za).

New customers can sign up using our exclusive WSB promo code NEWBONUS. Using this code during sign up will get you a 100% match on your first deposit. This will be paid in bonus credit up to a whopping R10,000.

World Sports Betting sets the tone with its fantastic horse racing coverage. In addition to local races, it provides in-depth coverage from other countries such as the UK, France, Ireland, USA, Kenya and Zimbabwe.

You can view the next 5 races, or take a look at the whole day’s racing. There is tote betting available on all South African races plus plenty of international meetings, too. Different pools such as jackpot, pick 6, trifecta, exacta, quartet, place accumulator and swinger among others are all available. The exact choice does depend on the country and race card.

WSB also delivers a quality live streaming service covering both local and international races, as well as a wide variety of ante post markets and detailed form guides. However, these are only available in PDF, so you’ve got to download them to have a look.

WSB lives up to its name with an impressive assortment of sports you can bet on. Along with horse racing, soccer betting is the most popular sport with this brand.

The total number of different competitions is close to 150, which creates a mouth-watering selection for soccer-mad punters to revel in. When viewing pre-match betting markets, you get a number of head-to-head stats between the teams and current home and away form. This is a nice touch as it provides some guidance towards which bets to place.

The market depth for the elite leagues is satisfactory without being amazing. On average there are around 90 betting markets which cover all of the essentials such as BTTS, match result, halves, O/U goals, corners and cards, margins and combos to name a few. The majority of the other leagues serve up around 60 markets, with a small handful only having around 20.

You have a plethora of cricket action both from within South Africa and overseas. This covers all three formats of the game both at international level and domestically. Basketball comes from 12 countries with the highlight being the NBA. Ice hockey and volleyball also have a thorough multi-country lineup. American football includes both the NFL and college games. 

Furthermore, WSB has an impressive variety of esports that you can bet on. This ranges from Dota 2 and CS:GO to Street Fighter and NBA2K. Market depth is up and down with the bigger games from the top leagues having a host of great betting options but many smaller events only have a handful of markets open.

One of the only downsides to World Sports Betting is that odds can only be displayed in fractions, which won't suit punters who prefer decimal pricing.

WSB also delivers a strong lineup of live in-play betting events. Whether your game is soccer, rugby, cricket, tennis, golf or esports, the chances are you’ll be able to bet on it live right here.

Market depth is reasonable. For example, a soccer match from the Chinese Premier League reserves had 26 markets with over 100 betting opportunities. The betting interface provides a match animation centre so you can follow the action and there is live streaming on soccer, tennis, basketball, table tennis and several other sports so you can bet and watch at the same time.

Although the WSB welcome bonus is one of the largest around, the proof of a good sportsbook is in the overall package delivered. At World Sports Betting, users are treated to outstanding features such as...

The joy of sports betting is that the more knowledge you hold, the better your chances of success over the long-term. To give you a headstart, WSB provides statistics and live scores from the leading analytical sports data experts - Sportsradar.

There is an immense amount of information covering every sport, competition, team and player. You can check on current form, player stats, head-to-records, archive and a referee's performance. Alternatively, in the live scores, you get up to the minute match stats that can aid you in making better bet selections.

WSB joins virtually all the other South African sites in offering betgames.tv and number games. Both are lotto games but Betgames are hosted locally and there’s a draw every few minutes. Whereas, the pick a number games are based on the world’s most well-known lotteries such as the US Powerball, the UK Thunderball and the South Africa Lotto. There are fixed payouts for both types of games. Please note, you are not participating in the actual lottery draw with a ticket - you are betting with WSB - it is the operator that will payout when you win.

WSB is another South African betting site that has chosen to adopt a mobile web-based platform for its customers. This means that there is no Worlds Sports Betting mobile app required to enjoy this site from your portable device. Simply go to https://mobile.wsb.co.za/ and start betting.

The design is plain and simple. You can choose horse racing, soccer, top coupons, lucky numbers and betgames from the quick links menu, and listed below is ‘all sports’ which expands down to reveal the rest of the package. Navigation cannot be faulted, all you have to do is follow the sport you want which leads into the matches and markets. 

The following payment methods can be used at World Sports Betting online:

There is another negative to consider here though. Customers will be charged 5% if the value of a deposit is not turned over (bet) before withdrawing (minimum R50.00). In terms of WSB payout times, South African account holders should allow 2 working days for bank transfers and up to 5 working days for credit card payments. International account holders need to wait up to 8 working days.

WSB support is on-call 24/7/365, so there’s always assistance when you need it. You can reach out via the following options:

Live chat: click the red button at the top of the page or find the ‘live chat’ tab in the menu to launch this feature

Email: support@wsb.co.za 

Telephone: 0860-103-393 or for international customers: + 27-860-103-393