Hollywoodbets Online Casino and Sports Betting Under the Stars
Hollywoodbets is an online sports betting and casino based in South Africa with its Head Office in Umhlanga KZN. They originally started in 1986 as a small S.A. based publishing company called Winning Form, whereby they published and distributed horse racecards, and in 2000 they founded Hollywoodbets. At the helm of this company is Suren Rampersadh, who received the Award for the Best CEO of the Year (2018). Other Awards given to this online casino and sportsbook were Best Corporate Social Investment, Best Sports Betting Campaign and Best Employer of the Year at the 2018 Gambling Industry Awards. The buck did not stop in 2018. In 2021 this glitzy betting group was voted KZN’s Brand of the Year at the Std Bank KZN Top Business Awards.
Hollywoodbets currently operates in South Africa, Mozambique, Ireland, and The United Kingdom. Punters get to enjoy betting via its website, mobisite, call centre, USSD and their feature phone App. It also has 84 retail branches across S.A. and has in the region of 5000 employees and were ranked number 8 on the list of the Top 50 Gaming Sites worldwide in 2019.
Sponsorships & Social Responsibility
Hollywoodbets is the current title sponsor for the Dolphins Cricket team and became the title sponsor of the Murray Cup in 2018, a rugby knock-out competition involving clubs from the KZN Rugby Union.
In 2019 they also sponsored the Phaka Rugby Show on Supersport. They continued to make their mark by attaining naming rights sponsors for Greyville and Scottsville Racecourses and the Kingsmead Cricket Ground.
Each Hollywoodbets branch supports a local charity and a local sports team in their Social Responsibility Programme. Their Community Programme includes children's homes, nursing homes, schools, and community centres.
Wrapping it Up
Hollywoodbets are arguably among the most popular bookies in South Africa. They are also one of the first online S.A bookmakers to offer online casino games. Their 60+ online slots or Spina Zonke get supplied by the software developer Habanero and come with superb bonus features. They also have Live Casino Games by the renowned Evolution Gaming and Ezugi and include Live Blackjack, Roulette, Poker and Baccarat, and some Live gameshow options. Overall, Hollywoodbets is superb, and they are an online punter's one-stop gambling online shop!