Guides
Plain guides to football markets, odds and margin, jackpots, bookmaker licences and the Gambling Control Act, written for adult fans in Kenya.
How markets settle
What has to happen on the pitch for 1X2, double chance, over/under, both teams to score and handicap bets to win, lose or be refunded.
- How over/under and both teams to score bets settle
Goal lines such as 2.5, 2.0 and 2.25 explained with settlement tables, plus what counts for both teams to score and what happens in extra time.
- How football handicap bets settle
Three-way and Asian handicaps explained: what -1, -0.5, -0.25 and -0.75 mean, when a stake is returned and how a split stake is paid out.
- How 1X2 and double chance bets settle
What 1, X and 2 mean, which scorelines win a double chance bet, why extra time is normally left out, and what the Kenyan rules say about settlement.
Odds and margin
How decimal odds turn into implied probability, where the bookmaker's margin sits in a price and why it grows on a multi-leg slip.
- How to work out the bookmaker margin in football odds
Turn decimal odds into implied probability, add the outcomes up, and read off the bookmaker's margin. Worked 1X2 example and the effect on multi-bets.
Jackpots and pool betting
How the Gambling Control Act defines a jackpot, pool betting and a totalisator, and what the 2026 regulations require before a jackpot is offered.
- How football jackpots and pool betting work in Kenyan law
What the Gambling Control Act calls a jackpot, pool betting and a totalisator, what a licensee must do before offering a jackpot, and how prizes are paid.
Bookmaker licences
How to read the bookmaker column of the GRA list of licensed gaming companies and what a licence does and does not tell you.
- How to check a bookmaker licence in Kenya
Step-by-step: find the company name and licence number, open the GRA list of licensed gaming companies and read the bookmaker (BK) column correctly.
Integrity and the law
What the Gambling Control Act says about cheating on a sporting event, unlicensed betting and betting with children.
- Match-fixing and cheating: the terms Kenyan gambling law uses
The Gambling Control Act, 2025 does not use the word match-fixing. These are the terms it does use, with section numbers and penalties.
Matchday control
The limit tools, reality checks and self-exclusion routes that Kenyan regulations require, explained in the order you would use them.
- Deposit limits, reality checks and self-exclusion: a matchday glossary
A matchday glossary of the control tools a Kenyan licensee must offer: deposit, loss and session limits, reality checks and self-exclusion.