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
How you pay 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)
Address Durban, South Africa
Office visit Not on file
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.
- MissingOffice visit — No Bettor Concierge visit on file
- 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