Five provincial regulators
Hollywoodbets
R25 sign-up bonus, no deposit match
- Score: 69/100
- Payments: Card, Instant EFT / bank transfer, Retail and voucher-style options where listed in cashier
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Head to head
Hollywoodbets vs Sunbet
Hollywoodbets holds licence evidence from 5 provincial regulators against 2 for Sunbet, which is the clearest difference between them on paper. Only Hollywoodbets publishes a welcome offer we verified, worth R25 on a R500 deposit; Sunbet publishes none, so there is no bonus to weigh between them. On our own price record, Sunbet held the best or joint-best price 38% of the time against 22% for Hollywoodbets, measured across 36 528 comparable prices or more on each. We have not opened an account at either and we do not test withdrawals, so nothing here is a recommendation. Both review pages carry the licence number, the issuing board and the date we last checked, which is what you would want if something went wrong.
Measured, not claimed
Which one actually pays more
Across the prices we have recorded from both, Sunbet was best or tied on 38.4% of the outcomes it priced, against 21.8% for Hollywoodbets. That is measured over 36 528 and 315 002 comparable prices respectively, not sampled and not supplied by either bookmaker.
Being best is not the whole picture, because a book that is rarely best can still be close. When it was not top, Sunbet paid on average 3.8% below the best price on the board and Hollywoodbets 5.8%. Read the two numbers together rather than either alone: how often a book is best decides how often it saves you anything, and the shortfall decides what it costs you the rest of the time.
Weigh those against how much we have on each. Sunbet is measured over roughly 9 times fewer prices than the other, because we see far less of its board, so its figure moves more easily and is the weaker of the two as evidence. It is not wrong, it is thinner.
Both figures come from the same board, read on the same cycles, so they are directly comparable. They describe the outcomes we could compare, which is every market where enough bookmakers priced the same thing at the same time, and they say nothing about the bet you are about to place: check the live board for that.
The offers, side by side
Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board
Sunbet
No welcome offer we could verify.
- Score: 70/100
- Payments: Card, Instant EFT / online banking where listed, Voucher or wallet methods where listed
18+. No betting link: we hold no commercial relationship with this bookmaker.
Pick by need
Which one fits what you want?
| If you want | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| License evidence | Verify both | Open both review pages and confirm current South African license wording before relying on either operator. |
| Payment fit | Check current cashier | Deposit and withdrawal support can change by method, bank, and account-verification status. |
| Bonus or promotion terms | Read current terms | Offer value depends on opt-in, wagering, expiry, odds, and product-scope restrictions. |
Licence check
Both licences, in full
Hollywoodbets
- Entity: Hollywood Sportsbook provincial operating entities
- Regulator: Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board · Gauteng Gambling Board · Mpumalanga Economic Regulator · Limpopo Gambling Board · KwaZulu-Natal Gaming and Betting Board
- Licence: Western Cape: 10000107-029, stated in the Hollywoodbets footer and captured 2 May 2026. The National Gambling Board verified-operators register records 10110547-021 for this operator instead. BOTH are published here rather than one being chosen, because we cannot tell from outside which is current and guessing would be worse than showing the disagreement. The same rule is applied to TopBet. · Western Cape, per the national register: 10110547-021 · Gauteng: BRA-024 · Mpumalanga: 9-2-1-00051 · Limpopo: Book 007-LGB · KwaZulu-Natal: BOM0092 / ETHEK 43
- Checked: 2026-05-02
Sunbet
- Entity: Sunbet (Pty) Ltd
- Regulator: Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board · Mpumalanga Economic Regulator
- Licence: WCGRB Bookmaker Licence 10138713-018, current per the National Gambling Board verified-operators register (17 June 2026). The certificate previously on file was 10138713-017, which ran to 31 March 2025, so the licence has been renewed. The operator footer, captured 5 August 2026, does not display this Western Cape number at all: it names the Mpumalanga Economic Regulator with licence 9-2-1-09789, and a North West licence. Both the register and the footer are shown because they describe different licences held by the same operator, not a disagreement about one.
- Checked: 2026-08-10
Before you deposit
Use this as a shortlist, not a decision. Confirm the current licence wording, the offer terms, identity checks and withdrawal rules on the bookmaker's own site before you fund an account. Gambling can be addictive. Only bet what you can afford to lose.
Sources checked
- Hollywoodbets Affiliates
- Hollywoodbets official footer licence text
- Sunbet Partners
- Sunbet official site (not linked: we hold no commercial relationship with this bookmaker)
- Sunbet Western Cape licence PDF (not linked: we hold no commercial relationship with this bookmaker)
- Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board licence holders register
- National Gambling Board FAQ
- National Gambling Board verified operators portal
- National Gambling Board enforcement guide
- National Gambling Board Annual Report 2023/24
- Advertising Regulatory Board Gambling Appendix
- National Responsible Gambling Programme