Company file
Hollywoodbets
South Africa
Durban, South Africa · 120k visits / day
Legal Hollywood Sportsbook KZN (Pty) Ltd and related · Hollywood Sportsbook
CEO Hollywood group leadership
Founders Emanuel 'Mannie' Sacks family / Hollywood group
Founded 2000
Parent Hollywood Sportsbook
South Africa’s largest private bookmaker by retail footprint. KwaZulu-Natal origins, provincial licences, heavy sports sponsorship (Hollywoodbets Dolphins, stadium naming).
Grew from Durban retail into a national chain and online. Competes with SuperSportBet and Easybet. Not a UK book.
Licences KZN and other SA provincial gambling boards
Register KZN and other SA provincial gambling boards
Payments Visa, Mastercard, bank transfer
Currencies ZAR
Languages English, Zulu, Afrikaans
Products Sportsbook · Horse racing · Casino · Pools / tote
Odds formats Fractional · Decimal · US / American · Implied probability
Related companies Hollywood Sportsbook (Parent)
Public officers / staff
- Emanuel 'Mannie' Sacks family / Hollywood group · Founder
Company communication
Trust matrix — categories, not the published weight
- MetVerified owners — Named private owners on the public record.
- PartialNamed officers / staff — Emanuel 'Mannie' Sacks family / Hollywood group (Founder)
- MetAddress on a register — KZN and other SA provincial gambling boards
- MetPhone number on file — Published SA customer line
- MissingEmail address on file — No published corporate email — contact form only, or none.
- MetLongevity — Operating since 2000 (26 years).
- PartialRelated businesses — Hollywood Sportsbook (Parent)
- PartialLicence stringency — 1 jurisdiction. Strongest on file: South Africa. Extra countries add weight; they do not wash out a weak home licence.
- Provincial SA licences; huge retail estate
Sanctions / record
2025-09 KZN High Court — Instant Lucky 7 glitch, players ordered to repay. Hollywood Sportsbook Betgames Instant Lucky 7: a system error let bets land without debiting accounts. KZN High Court (Judge Mossop) upheld orders that more than 100 customers repay ~R13m. Software integrity cut both ways — a glitch is not free money, and it is not an unpaid jackpot by the house.
Official website hollywoodbets.net