How to Bet on Sportpesa Via Text

Sportpesa is the largest online sports betting website in Kenya, it started in 2014 and its owned and operated by Pevans East Africa Limited, in case you want to find more about the company, head over to Wikipedia.

in This short tutorial, we will look at how to place a bet via a text sms, in case you don't have internet connection.

Here is how to do it.

On all football matches quoted on Sportpesa Game ID’S, you have an opportunity to predict the outcome of the game, there are 3 possible results in any game:

Home win (1)

Draw (X)

Away win (2)

Now you have set up your account and registered, it only leaves you to place your bet. You can bet via SMS and all you need to do is to follow these steps:



Step 1.

SMS to 79079 the Game ID, the team you predict to win in 90 min & the amount you wish to bet.

e.g. “8962#2#100” - where “8962” is the Game ID, “2” is the prediction (“1” means Home win,“X” means draw, and “2” means away from Home win) and “100” is the bet amount.

Step 2.

A bet is deemed to have been placed as soon as an SMS confirmation * of the acceptance of the betting offer is received from SportPesa. A customer will receive a confirmation SMS for his/her bet with possible win (The winnings are calculated by multiplying the odds by the stake.(e.g 2.36*100=236/=))

e.g. You've placed Kshs 100 on 2 in Crystal Palace – West Ham game. The odd is 2.36 Bet ID 8962 POSSIBLE WIN Kshs 236. Your S-PESA balance is: Kshs 38,093

If you placed a bet via sms,you will receive a confirmation message informing you of your placed bet.

Step 3.

So you have placed your bet and all you need do now is sit back and enjoy the game you have placed your bet on.

To cancel a single bet:

Send the word "Cancel" followed by "#" and the bet id received in the bet confirmation message to 79079

You will receive a confirmation message,Done

Credit; Sportpesa