Kenyan sports betting market is very tough and struggle for every customer is getting more hot every year. Betting houses are offering jackpots, bonuses and other advantages for their customers. Offering a 20-million kenyan shillings jackpot in form of cash money or even a car looks more attractive than 2-millions prize.

As every player in Kenya knows, every deposit of funds on your account for sure means paying transaction fees to a mPesa (or AirTel, or Telkom) operator. Moreover, transaction fees for sending money to your friend or relative (or even your a manufacturer you pay for goods) is calculated using a different quotes, because betting is betting and commercial companies and government in Kenya are trying to make your relationship with a sports betting company less comfortable.

And for sure this kind of bonus can afford to offer only several companies, very rich or those who begins to struggle for their market share. Even top-1 sports betting company on Kenyan market – Betika – is returning back to players only a small part of transaction fee players pay to SafariCom to deposit funds on their gaming accounts.

Playmaster Kenya announced on 14.12.2021 their bonus to pay mPesa payment transaction fee for all players regardless of the amount they deposit using their mPesa accounts. Once registered you will have an ability to send money to your account without paying ani commissions or fees to mPesa nor to Safaricom.

Bet amount impact

Every player is searching for a way to make a bet and hit win buying the most valuable ticket. Let’s say the truth: due to a taxation rules, your bet amount is lowered due taxes and fees. It means every time you are depositing funds on your account, you pay mPesa transaction fees, which makes your deposit smaller than what is really withdrawn from your mPesa account.

“In the end it means that mPesa transaction fees are lowering your real bet and your potential win”

And this is not fault of kenyan sports betting companies, but the rules are accepted and applied on a market in Kenya. You just can accept it or reject it and choose another country (market) for your activity. Once you, as a sports betting company, have chosen kenyan market, you have to estimate your possibilities correct and act respecting rules of this specific market.

Happiness is time limited

The most unusual way to attracet customers that was chosen by Playmaster Kenya has its limits and restrictions. For sure, this promotion is limited and everybody understands why. Analyzing bettings statistics of sports betting companies in Kenya we got information, that by amount received, the most “popular” amount of deposit varies from 50 to 100 hundred kenyan shillings and only fact can tell a lot of the audience of betting websites in Kenya: majority of once-made betting amount remains between 49 and 200 kenyans shillings.