OSB exists to help South African punters pick the right licensed bookmaker and get more out of the sport they love. This page sets out how we decide what to publish, and how the way we’re funded is kept away from it.
Where our facts come from
- Regulator records. The National Gambling Board’s verified operators list and the provincial boards’ lists.
- The bookmaker’s own pages. Sports, features, offers, banking and terms, recorded with the date we read them and labelled as the bookmaker’s.
- What punters say. Public review platforms and app stores, summarised with the score, the sample size and the date.
- Fixtures from the competition organisers or a named sports publication, dated.
- Our own test, once we’ve bet with a bookmaker using our own money.
Where sources disagree, we say so and say which we relied on.
Facts, views and gaps
A fact has a source and a date. A view is ours, and it’s labelled: the “who it suits” section of every review says so. A gap is something we couldn’t find, and it shows as a visible “to check” rather than a guess.
No tips
We don’t publish tips, predictions or “sure things”. Our event guides explain the fixtures, the markets and what each bookmaker offers. Anyone selling a system to beat the bookmaker is selling something that doesn’t work.
How we make money, and what it can’t buy
We’re paid a fee by bookmakers we have an arrangement with when you join through our links. We cover bookmakers whether or not we have one.
It can’t buy a place on OSB, a position in our lists, a “good for” label, a kinder sentence in a review, or the removal of a complaint or a negative finding. Our lists run A to Z or in the order your own answers put them, and if a bookmaker’s arrangement with us ever ended, its review would stay exactly as it is.
It does pay for the site, which is why we say so in the footer of every page and in our terms.
What bookmakers can and can’t do
Bookmakers can correct a factual error, and we welcome it. They can’t see a review before it’s published, approve its wording, or have a finding removed because they dislike it.
Responsible content
We write about betting as part of the fun of sport, never as a way to make money. We don’t promise wins, use “risk-free” or “guaranteed”, show money as the prize, or suggest betting can solve money problems. We don’t use images of anyone who looks under 25. Every page carries the 18+ notice and the National Responsible Gambling Programme’s helpline.
Corrections
When we get something wrong, we fix the page and update the date. If a correction changes the substance of what we said, we note what changed. Email hello@onlinesportsbetting.co.za with the page and the problem.
Last updated 11 November 2026