How to JustBet.
JustBet presents you with two simplest ways to Bet – Online and SMS.
You can always place bet online through this website www.justbet.co.ke or through SMS shortcode 29556.
To place a bet on JUSTBET you must have created a JUSTBET account by registering for Free.
To register, simply SMS word PLAY to 29556 or Click on Register Link on top of this website.
JustBet allows you to Load your account through M-Pesa Paybill No. 295556.
Place bets on our sportsbook and sit back Enjoy your winnings.
To withdraw funds, click on the Withdraw button on your user panel area on the web or simply SMS Withdraw Amount to 29556. e.g. Withdraw 7800.
Your winnings are sent immediately.
How to JustBet in 6 Steps.
1. Register for Free on www.justbet.co.ke or Send word PLAY to 29556.
2. Load your JustBet account. Use Mpesa Paybill 295556 – Account Justbet.
3. Place Bets (Single Bet/Multibet) on Featured matches.
4. Wait for Outcome.
5. Withdraw your Winnings by using Withdraw button on account Area or sending word Withdraw Amount to 29556. E.g. Withdraw 5000. Send to 29556.
6. Winnings sent immediately.
Notes.
– Minimum bet is 100/= and Maximum bet is 20,000.
– Maximum Winnings per day is 200,000/=.
– Winnings are credited immediately the results are known.
– Withdraws processed and sent immediately.
– All soccer games results are based on 90 minutes plus injury time.
Betting online.
To place bets online visit our website www.justbet.co.ke
1. Login using your account. [Username and Password]
2. Select bets by clicking on them.
3. Click the plus + to view more betting options.
4. On your betting slip Enter the desired amount you would like to bet with.
5. Click Place Bet to complete your bet.
6. On the page you will notice Your Bet is successfully placed as well as your amount debited from your JustBet Balance.
7. When you win, you possible winnings will be credited to your account.
Betting with SMS.
1. SMS Word Games to 29556.
2. You will receive the day’s games with their corresponding codes.
3. Place bet by sending composed message to 29556 by following format [GameID#Prediction#Amount].
4. You will receive notification your bet is successful.
5. When you win, you will receive Congratulation notification message.
Below are comprehensive short codes you can use on 29556.
How to Place a Bet in Justbet.co.ke via SMS
Betting SMS Snippets
Please find below the snippets that the system uses to allow placing of bets via SMS
The table represents the various chunks that the system understands and will interpret as a bet. For a multi-bet, a simple combination of the sections with a space ( ) or a hash ( # ) will do and the system will pick the recognizable sections and ignore the sections that are not understandable.
Bet Type | SMS Code | Options | Sample SMS Snippet |
Match Result | – | 1, x, 2 | 1234#1 |
Half Time Result | HT | 1, x, 2 | 1234#HT#1 |
Outright Winner | OW | 1, 2 | 1234#OW#1 |
Double Chance | DC | 1x , 12, x2 | 1234#DC#1x |
Draw no Bet | DNB | 1, 2 | 1234#DNB#1 |
Both Teams Score | – | GG, NG | 1234#GG |
First Half – Both Teams Score | HT | GG, NG | 1234#HT#GG |
Handicap 1:0 | HC10 | 1, x, 2 | 1234#HC10#1 |
Handicap 0:1 | HC01 | 1, x, 2 | 1234#HC01#1 |
Handicap 2:0 | HC20 | 1, x, 2 | 1234#HC20#1 |
Handicap 0:2 | HC02 | 1, x, 2 | 1234#HC02#1 |
Over/Under 1,5 | – | OV15, UN15 | 1234#OV15 |
Over/Under 2,5 | – | OV25, UN25 | 1234#OV25 |
Over/Under 3,5 | – | OV35, UN35 | 1234#OV35 |
Over/Under 4,5 | – | OV45, UN45 | 1234#OV45 |
First Half – Over/Under 0,5 | HT | OV05, UN05 | 1234#HT#OV05 |
First Half – Over/Under 1,5 | HT | OV15, UN15 | 1234#HT#OV15 |
Get Set 2 – 0 | GS20 | Y,N | 1234#GS20#Y |
Get Set 3 – 0 | GS30 | Y,N | 1234#GS30#Y |
NB: One can only use one of the connectors. You cannot combine spaces and hashes in a betting SMS. You can either use hashes consistently or spaces consistently.
Stake and PIN
When betting via SMS, the system takes into account if the user account associated with the telephone number that sent the SMS has a Mobile Services Pin.
If the user account has a 4 digit mobile services pin, the last section of an SMS is taken as the pin and the second to last section of the SMS is takes as the stake.
Sample SMS: 1234#1#100#9876
In the above sample SMS, 1234#1 – this is bet section that selects an event with Game ID 1234 and Bet option for Team 1 to win the match; 100 – this is the stake; 9876 – this is the Mobile Services Pin of the user
If the user account DOES NOT have a 4 digit pin, the last section of the SMS is takes as the stake.
Sample SMS: 1234#1#100
In the above sample SMS, 1234#1 – this is bet section that selects an event with Game ID 1234 and Bet option for Team 1 to win the match; 100 – this is the stake
Erroneous Messages
The SMS system tries to determine what the user is trying to bet and returns relevant error messages when it encounters errors. For erroneous message that get through the system, the betting platform will save the raw SMS text used to create a bet. This information can be used to troubleshoot any erroneous bet that somehow gets through the rigorous checking system.
Sample SMSs
Find Sample SMSs in the table below.
NB: Sample Game ID users here are 1234 and 5678; Sample Stake is 100; Sample PIN is 1357;
Description | Sample SMS |
Single Bet on Match for Team 1 Result without PIN | 1234#1#100 |
Single Bet on Match for Draw Result with PIN | 1234#x#100#1357 |
Single Bet on Both to Score without PIN | 1234#GG#100 |
Single Bet on First Half – Both NOT to score, with PIN | 1234#HT#NG#100#1357 |
Single Bet on Handicap 1:0 for Team 2 without PIN | 1234#HC10#2#100 |
Single Bet on First Half – Over 1,5 without PIN | 1234#HT#OV15#100 |
Single Bet on Get Set 3 – 0 Yes – with PIN | 1234#GS30#Y#100#1357 |
Multi Bet for Team 1 win & Draw for two matches without PIN | 1234#1#5678#x#100 |
Multi Bet for Team 1 win & Team 2 win for two matches with PIN | 1234#1#5678#2#100#1357 |
Multi Bet for First Half – Both to score & Handicap 0:1 for Team 1 win without PIN | 1234#HT#GG#5678#HC01#1#100 |
Multi Bet for Double chance for Team1/Draw & Draw no bet for Team 2 with PIN | 1234#DC#1x#5678#DNB#2#100#1357 |
For multi-bets – you can combine as many as one may require as long as they maintain the guidelines of the bet type snippets and have the stake as the last option if no PIN (stake and PIN as last options is PIN is available).
Special Bets – Rules, Terms and Conditions.
From time to time, JUSTBET offers special bets market. These are exclusive bets that you may not find from any other bookmaker in Kenya.
These are bets like;
1. Player to Score
2. Yellow cards Bet
3. Red cards Bet
4. Corner Kicks Bet
5. Basketball
6. Basketball Player Points Bet
7. Tennis
8. Ice Hockey
9. American Football
10. Soccer – Outright Winner Bets.
11. Abandoned Games Rule.
Below are the Rules, Terms and Conditions for determining special bets outcome.
1. Player to Score.
This popular type of a bet allows you to place a bet whether the certain player will score during the match or not. Tip one (First Option from Left of our Website) selection, bets that the player will score during the match. Tip 2(The second pick from left) means that the player will not score during the match.
- This bet is only valid for Regular time only (plus the injury time)
- If the game proceeds to Extra Time (30 minutes) the scores are not counted.
- If the game proceeds to Penalties, scores are not counted.
- If player does not participate bet is void. Meaning the stake is returned back to you.
- Own goal does not count for player to score bet.
- Reference page for player to score is www.flashscore.com.
2. Yellow Cards Bet.
This bet is available on selected matches only. This type of bet allows you to bet if the number of Yellow cards issued during the match will be over or under as specified. Mostly the available bet on Yellow card is over 4.5 or under 4.5.
– Yellow cards are counted for both teams.
– The Yellow Card counts are for the regular time only (Plus injury time).
– If the game goes Extra Time (30 minutes), Yellow cards issued on Extra Time do not Count.
– Reference Page for Yellow cards is www.flashscore.com
3. Red Cards Bet.
This bet is available on selected matches only. This type of bet allows you to bet if a certain game will result in a Red card or Not.
Tip one (First Option from Left of our Website) selection, bets that a Red card will be issued during the match. Tip 2(The second pick from left) means that there will be No Red card to be issued during the match.
– Red cards result can be from any team.
– The Red Card result is based on regular time only (Plus injury time).
– If the game goes Extra Time (30 minutes), Red card(s) issued on Extra Time do not Count.
– Reference Page for Red cards is www.flashscore.com
4. Corner Kicks Bet.
This type of bet is whereby one bets how many corner kicks will be in the match. This is the cumulative number of corner kicks for both teams. The corner kicks counts are inclusive of regular time, injury time and even Extra Time should the game proceed to the 30 minutes Extra Time. The common bet for corner kick bet is over 10.5/under 10.5
– Corner kicks are counted for both teams.
– Corner kicks on Extra Time counts for the bet.
– Reference Page for Corner Kicks count is www.flashscore.com
5. Basketball.
JUSTBET offers basketball bets for NBA, Europe and other popular tournaments.
The common available bets for basketball is three way result bet. Sometimes, JustBet offers two way results bet for basketball.
– 1X2 (Home Team Win, Draw, Away Team Win) bets are based on regular time only. That is 40 minutes for Europe and 48 minutes for North America.
– Outright Winner Bet includes regular time and Over time. Please NOTE outright winner bet it’s a two way bet (1 or 2). There is no draw bet option on outright winner bet.
– Reference Page for Basketball results is www.flashcore.com
6. Basketball Player points Bet.
This bet allows you to bet the number of points a player will score during the basketball match. The common available bet is over 25.5/under 25.5
– This type of bets includes points scored during overtime
– Reference page for player points is www.NBA.com
7. Tennis
JustBet offers popular tennis tournaments like Australian open, French Open, Wimbledon and US open.
– If any player retires Bet is void. Meaning the stake is refunded.
– All other bets that are determined (i.e. the outcome is already decided) at the time player retires are valid and will be settled accordingly.
– All bets that are not decided at the time a player retires are void and stake refunded.
– If match is interrupted we wait until match is finished.
Get Set 2-0, Get Set 3-0. Special bet
Get Set 2-0
This is a special type of bet available for most Tennis matches which are to be decided on 3(three) sets.
– Option 1 – means that Player 1 must win 2 sets consecutively that is 2-0.
– Option 2 is that, player one WILL NOT Win 2 Sets straight.
– When player two wins 0-2, option 2 wins.
– Abandoned Get set Rule. Results count for known Get Set.
Get Set 3-0
This is a special type of bet available for most Tennis matches which are to be decided on 5(five) sets.
– Option 1 – means that Player 1 must win 3 sets consecutively that is 3-0.
– Option 2 is that, player one WILL NOT Win 3 Sets straight.
– When player two wins 0-3, Option 2 wins.
– Abandoned Get set Rule. Results count for known Get Set.
– Reference page for Tennis is www.flashscore.com
8. Ice Hockey
Justbet.co.ke offers Ice Hockey bets on popular leagues like NHL (National Hockey League) for North America and KHL (Kontinental Hockey League) in Russia.
– 1X2 bets are based on regular time of 60 minutes which consists of three periods for twenty minutes each.
– Sometimes, at justbet.co.ke we offer Outright Winner Bets on Ice Hockey. This is a special bet whereby a winner is to be decided.
– Outright winner bet have no DRAW option.
– Outright winner can be decided during regular time, Extra time or on penalties.
– Reference Page for Ice Hockey results is www.flashscore.com
9. American Football.
Justbet.co.ke offers bets on popular American Football.
– 1X2 bets for American Football are based on regular time only of 60 minutes.
– Bets marked on as Outright Winner includes overtime. That is, the bet can be decided during regular time or on overtime.
– Reference page for results is www.flashscore.com
10. Soccer – Outright Winner Bet.
Please NOTE that all our soccer bets are based on 90 minutes (plus injury time).
Sometimes, on selected matches whereby a winner must be decided, justbet.co.ke presents an Outright Winner bet.
Outright winner Bets.
– This type of bet is clearly indicated Outright Winner.
– This type of bet does not have a draw option.
– This type of bet can be determined during regular time
– This type of bet can be determined during Extra time (30 minutes additional time).
– This type of bet can be determined at penalties.
11. Abandoned Games Rule.
– All known results by the time the game is abandoned are considered to be valid bets.
– That can be;
- over/under
- Both teams to score
- First Half result
- Player to Score.
– If there is no clear indication that the game will resume in the next 48 hours, the game is declared as abandoned.
– If other bets are not determined like 1X2 bets are refunded.