Habesha Bets Review

License, Safety, and Security

Habesha Sports Betting PLC operates this licensed online bookmaker registered in Ethiopia. In addition to the bettors protection that comes with its local licence, the sportsbook takes an extra step with on-site security by including SSL encryption, which guards your data against being intercepted by bad actors as it moves from browser to server.

Usability, Look and Feel

Habesha Bets ditches the fancy widgets and menus for a simplistic design that allows bettors to browse the gaming options, sports, tournaments, and markets easily. I also appreciate the site’s use of 2-3 colours to increase scannability.

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But there’s some annoying extra back and forth when moving through the sports and tournament categories on the site because some widgets aren’t interlinked, like the breadcrumbs menu and the bet slip.

For example, if you’re on a match event page and want to select another game from the same league, you can’t click on the event on the bet slip or the league indicator in the breadcrumbs menu. Instead, you’ll have to start from the main menu and then select the sports and the tournaments again anytime you want to pick another event or edit a bet.

How to Register an Account

I opened a Habesha Bets account and have rarely seen a sportsbook with a faster registration process. You only need a telephone number, date of birth, and password to create an account. No email, income source, address, or ID document is required during registration.

Here are all the steps involved in the registration process:

1. Click “Register” at the top-right corner of the bookie’s homepage.
2. Enter your phone number (only one phone number per account).
3. Enter your date of birth (the date must match your ID to avoid account or payment issues).
4. Create password.
5. Click “Confirm” then enter the verification code sent to your phone number to complete the Habesha betting online registration process.

Habesha Bets Quick Facts

Payment Options

The rules state that Habesha Bets deposits and withdrawals can only be done from any of its branches. However, the company recently launched mobile payments where players can deposit and withdraw using Chapa, HelloCash, Telebirr, and CBE Birr.

Habesha Bets Bonuses and Promotions

There are only 3 main promotions on Habesha Bets, but in terms of quality, they can match or even outperform similar offers on competing betting sites. The bookmaker gives the best welcome bonus betting in Ethiopia.

• 📌 Free bets
• 📌 Welcome (sign up)
• 📌 No deposit

300% Multi Bonus

Habesha Bets 300% Multi Bonus is the same as the accumulator bet bonuses on other top betting websites. If you’re unfamiliar, accumulator bonuses reward bettors with extra value (in % of winnings) for adding more games to a bet slip. Habesha Bets offers up to 300% extra on your winnings, significantly larger than many competitors. It gets even better as the bookmaker doesn’t set minimum odds to qualify for their multi-bonus offer, making it one of the best accumulator betting sites I know.

Free Bet

The free bet offer on Habesha Bets is unique because it offers a full refund on tickets with one losing game and up to 10% of potential wins on tickets with 10 or more games. The refund and 10% return will be in the form of points for placing new bets. The only major restriction with this free bet offer is a minimum of 1.4 odds per game on pre-match events only.

Upon closer inspection, you’ll see how this offer can benefit punters familiar with a sport and those who can identify good-value bets of at least 1.40 odds without much difficulty. So, in an accumulator bet of 5 games or more, you can get your full stake back (up to 1000 ETB) if a single game cuts, and you can even make some extra returns on tickets with at least 10 selections.

Super Cash Out

Habesha Bets offers cash-out through the Super Cash Out promo, but it’s significantly limited compared to other bookmakers. For example, bettors can only cash out tickets with a minimum of 4 matches. Additionally, the promo doesn’t cover in-play matches, so you can only cash out before any event starts and after live events are over.

Because of the unique way this feature works on Habesha Bets, you may consider spacing the events in your bet slip so that every game ends before another one begins to allow cash-out opportunities.

Betting Options

The sheer number of betting markets available on Habesha Bets is one thing (with over 1,784 markets available for Liverpool’s match day 33 game against Fulham.) But it’s the variety that makes this Ethiopian sportsbook a go-to betting hub for punters with deep knowledge of a particular sport.

Soccer has always been my favourite sport for gambling, so I was excited to see numerous rare betting markets such as:

• 1st Half Shots Result
• 1st Half Total Substitutions
• A Sub Will score in the Game
• Home/Away Team Total Saves
• Draw in Either Half
• First Goal Method
• Total Tackles
• Headed Goal in the Match?

Habesha Bets excels as a football gambling site, but it still has a competitive catalogue of betting markets in other sports, such as:

• Race to Points (for basketball)
• Highest Scoring Quarter/Half (for basketball)
• Will There Be a Tie-Break in the First Set? (for tennis)
• Total Tie-breaks (for tennis)
• Total Penalty Times (for ice hockey)

Habesha Bets Live Betting

The Habesha betting live match catalogue covers several popular in-play sports events, including football, basketball, and ice hockey. However, more interesting is the number and variety of betting markets available for these games.

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For example, Habesha offers betting markets such as shots on target, booking specials, and total saves for live football matches. In addition, these markets were available for matches in less popular tournaments like the Swedish Professional League, unlike some competing bookies.

Habesha Bets Mobile Betting

There is no Habesha Bets app at the moment. So, anyone looking for a mobile betting experience must stick with the Habesha Bets mobile website. On the upside, the mobile experience on the site is better than the desktop version despite having less space to work with. Everything is easily findable, and you can use the convenient search bar at the top of the page to locate tournaments or events without having to go back and forth on the site.

Habesha Bets Odds

I compared the odds for several events on Habesha Bets to see how they perform against other popular Ethiopian bookmakers. Habesha’s odds are competitive as they were slightly higher than Qwickbet and BestBet on average for soccer and basketball games. The difference might not seem like much, but even the smallest increase in odds can be significant in gambling strategies such as arbitrage or singles betting.

Cash Out

The good news is that Habesha Bets offers cash outs without limiting the feature to specific sports or tournaments. The bad news is that cash outs are only available for accumulator bets with a minimum of 4 games and exclude live events.

To use the super cash-out feature on the Habesha sports betting website, go to your tickets page and select the one you wish to cash out. Next, click the “Cash Out” button, then hit “Confirm”. Remember that you may not see the cash-out option if a game in the bet slip is live.

Contacts & Customer Support

The bookmaker offers quick customer support through email, phone, and social media. I contacted the bookmaker through email to test the speed of their support, and their response time was decent. If you urgently need to resolve an issue, Habesha bets phone support is the best option but may incur extra tariff charges.

Here are the official support channels:

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  Email (1)
  • [email protected]
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  Phone (2)
  • +251 118 886 358
  • +251 949 121 408
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  Physical Office Support
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  Live Chat
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  Contact Form
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  Mobile App Support Chat
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  Community Forum
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  Knowledge Base/Help Center
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  Facebook Messenger
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  Telegram
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  WhatsApp
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  X.com

Responsible Gambling and Betting

The Habesha Bets bookie has placed several checks to ensure responsible gambling on their platform. Bettors younger than 21 years are prohibited from betting on Habesha Bets, and the bookmaker may require ID verification before placing bets and during withdrawals. Players can also contact the bookmaker if they need help, such as temporary or permanent self-exclusion. In the future, I’d also like to see Habesha Bets include betting and deposit limits as extra protection for players prone to gambling problems.

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  Dynamic Risk Profiling
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  Post-Loss Reflection Periods
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  Withdrawal Lock
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  Education and Awareness Tools
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  Pre-Commitment Tools
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  Family and Friends Exclusion
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  Reality Check Tool
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  Gambling Transaction Blocking
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  Restrict Access to Certain Games
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  Gamification of Responsible Gambling
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  Self-Assessment Test
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  Betting History Transparency
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  Help Line Integration
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  Self-Exclusion Register Participation
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  Charity Contributions
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  Self-Exclusion Tool
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  Cool Off/Time-Out Tool
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  Mandatory Breaks
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  Spending Tracker Tools
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  Default Limits
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  Parental Control Tools
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  Third-Party Spending Monitors
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  Personalized Risk Messaging
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  Time/Session Limit Tool
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  Dual Account Monitoring
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  Positive Play Tools
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  Wager Limit Tool
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  Loss Limit Tool
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  Deposit Limit Tool
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  Age Verification Systems