By Melanie Porter

Sports

BtoBet Strikes Agreement With Kenyan Wazibet, Continuing African Expansion

January 21, 2021

BtoBet will bring its Neuron 3 Platform to power Wazibet’s offer as part of the former’s expansion in the African sports betting market. BtoBet Expands Into Kenya IGaming and Sportsbook provider BtoBet has signed an agreement with Kenyan sports betting operator Wazibet. The agreement is another step in BtoBet’s continued expansion into the growing African […]

By Julie Moraine

Business

Betsafe Teams with Incentive Games to Offer Kenyans FTPs

January 6, 2021

Swedish gambling group Betsson AB teamed up with the innovation studio Incentive Games to develop a suite of free games for its Betsafe brand related to its recent launch in Kenya. Betsafe Kenya Live Since December Betsafe officially went live in Kenya in December 2020, determined to establish its presence among local sports fans, following […]

By Mike Johnson

Legal

SportPesa Officers Almost Raided by Kenyan Gambling Regulator

December 18, 2020

SportPesa’s offices in Nairobi, Kenya were almost raided by the Kenyan gambling regulator after officials showed up at the building on Thursday but couldn’t gain entry and had to leave empty-handed. More Legal Woes for SportPesa in Kenya Troubled sports betting operator SportPesa has had its offices in Nairobi, Kenya almost raided by the Betting […]

By Jerome García

Business

Kenya Betting Company Offers Daily Draw Prize of 100 Goats

December 13, 2020

Kenya’s leading betting operator, OdiBets, announced the launch of a special promotion “Shinda Mbuzi Ya Krisi”. Players that participate in the event by placing one or multiple bets of Ksh 50 enter a daily draw with a prize of 100 goats worth Kshs 5,000. Shinda Mbuzi Ya Krisi Event Participants Can Win 100 Goats Daily […]

By Stoyan Todorov

Sports

Betsafe Arrives on Kenyan Market, Ready to Take on Sportpesa

December 2, 2020

The sports betting industry in Kenya has just got more competitive with Betsson’s leading sports betting brand, Betsafe, dipping a toe into the country after previously sponsoring two of Kenya’s largest soccer teams. Kenya Welcomes Betsafe as an Official Betting Operator Betsafe, a Betsson brand, is all fired up to make its mark on Kenya, […]

By Mike Johnson

Legal

SportPesa Overturns BCLB License Suspension in High Court

November 19, 2020

Once the dear of the Kenyan sports betting industry, SportPesa is fighting the government on all sides in an attempt to restart operations and avoid paying an unjust back tax. SportPesa Wins High Court Approval over License Sports betting firm SportPesa has been playing a tug-of-war with authorities since it quit the regulated Kenyan market […]

By Julie Moraine

Industry

FRC Launches Investigation into SportPesa’s Money Transfers

November 18, 2020

Ever since Milestone Games attempted to restart the SportPesa sports betting brand in Kenya, the name which was once the icon of the country’s betting industry is now a subject of controversy and investigations, the latest one being from the Kenya’s financial crime authority over alleged money laundering. Money Transfers of Interest The Financial Reporting […]

By Mike Johnson

Legal

SportPesa Kenya Blocked a Day after Coming into Operation

October 31, 2020

Regulators in Kenya have shut down SportPesa once again only hours after the sportsbook came back online. SportPesa Caught in Legal Battle over Trade Mark Name Again SportPesa is dead, long live SportPesa. The emotional roller-coaster for Kenyan sports bettors continues as their favorite sportsbook returned on Friday, but was blocked by the country’s Betting […]

By Stoyan Todorov

Sports

SportPesa Officially Back in Kenya, Resumes Sportsbook

October 30, 2020

Leading sports betting operator SportPesa has made an official return in Kenya after a year since it left the country in October, 2019.   Update (31/10/20): The Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB) has suspended Milestone Games Limited’s right to use the ‘SportPesa’ trademark – read more details here. SportPesa Is officially Back in Kenya […]

By Mike Johnson

Legal

Kenya to Enable Mobile Gambling Transactions, Bans Credit Cards Betting

October 22, 2020

Kenya may soon enact changes to its 2019 Gambling Bill, introducing mobile payments for gambling and removing credit cards as an available payment option. Kenya’s Gambling Bill to Undergo Changes and Allow Mobile Payments After new amendments to Kenya’s 2019 Gambling Bill by the Committee on Sport, Culture, and Tourism, operators in the country could […]