Bookmaker review · Current official licence evidence captured
Two numbered provincial licences published in the operator’s own footer, with the licensed entity and its registration number named alongside them. Read directly on 7 August 2026.
FirstBet holds current licence evidence we matched to 2 provincial regulators, and it scores 58 out of 100 on our published formula, 16th of 32. We could not verify a welcome offer for it, so there is no bonus figure on this page.
Beyond the licence, we hold very little on FirstBet: no measured pricing record and no public review record large enough to count. That is a gap in our evidence rather than a mark against the bookmaker, and we would rather say so than pad this page out.
Welcome offer
Welcome offer still being verified
No betting link
We hold no affiliate relationship with FirstBet, so this page carries no link to it. It is listed and scored on exactly the same evidence as every other bookmaker here.
Verdict
Sports betting and horse racing from a two-province licensed operator.
Both provincial licence numbers were read from the live firstbet.co.za footer on 7 August 2026. They have not yet been cross-checked against either provincial register; that step is listed below and is what would move this from operator-declared to register-matched.
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Licence numbers are operator-declared and not yet matched against the provincial registers.
We hold a licence record for FirstBet and very little else. It is not on enough of our price comparisons to have a measured pricing record, and it has no public review record large enough to count. We are not going to fill that gap with adjectives: "reliable", "fast payouts" and "great service" are what a page says when it has nothing, and this page has nothing beyond the licence evidence above, which is itself worth more than most sites publish.
Licence evidence
The FirstBet footer states that Banzostar (Pty) Ltd (2016/131538/07) trading as FirstBet is licensed and regulated by the Western Cape Gambling & Racing Board with licence number 10185107, first issued on 30 June 2017, and the Eastern Cape Gambling Board with licence number ECBM 058.
Withdrawal speeds and limits were not verified. Confirm them on the live cashier.
We have not opened an account, deposited or tested a withdrawal at FirstBet. Everything above comes from the operator's own published pages and the regulator record, dated where it matters.
FAQ
The FirstBet footer states that Banzostar (Pty) Ltd (2016/131538/07) trading as FirstBet is licensed and regulated by the Western Cape Gambling & Racing Board with licence number 10185107, first issued on 30 June 2017, and the Eastern Cape Gambling Board with licence number ECBM 058.
FirstBet does not publish a welcome offer we were able to verify.
No. We earn nothing from FirstBet. It is here because leaving it out would make the comparison less useful.
Other licensed South African bookmakers, ordered by the same formula.