Review
Hollywoodbets review
The best-documented licence position of any operator on this site, and by far the longest record.
4.6our rating
Untestedpayout speed
BOM0092, ETHEK 43licence number
Strengths
- Licence number, operating company and registration number all published in full
- Licensed by five separate provincial boards, not one
- Trading since June 1999 — twenty-seven years, against 2024 and 2025 for most rivals here
- South African owned and headquartered, so the entity is locally accountable
Weaknesses
- Casino games rest on the same bookmaker-licence structure the NGB moved against in February 2026
- Welcome offer is small next to the newer operators competing on bonus size
- Interface is dated compared with ZARbet or EasyBet
- We have not yet timed a withdrawal ourselves
Every review here names at least three things the operator does badly.
If we could not find three, we had not looked hard enough to publish.
Licence
Bookmaker licence BOM0092 / ETHEK 43 from the KwaZulu-Natal Gaming and Betting Board, issued 19 June 1999, held by Hollywood Sportsbook KwaZulu-Natal (Pty) Ltd (reg. 2008/009721/07). Further licences are held in Gauteng, the Western Cape, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The casino element sits under the bookmaker permission the National Gambling Board directed provinces to prohibit on 27 February 2026.