Index last measured 24 July 2026. Cheapest book this week: Playabets at 6.00 percent. Edges takes no bets and never holds your money. Over 18s only.

EDGES

Not in the index

TopBet

TopBet is not measured yet, our side. Nothing here is refused; we simply have not built it yet.

Stated plainly

Where this stands

Nothing is refused: their robots.txt carries an empty Disallow, which permits everything. Verified 2026-07-25 that TopBet runs on the Aardvark platform (adv.bet), sharing one backend with Easybet, Betfred SA and the Supabets prematch board. One adapter covers all four, and it is the next one we are building.

Licence

Licensed South African bookmaker.

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No link here

No commercial relationship with this bookmaker. Measured and published anyway.

Compare them against the field

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In context

Where they sit this week

SA Bookmaker Margin Index

Measured 24 JUL 2026 · 204 MATCH MARKETS · 4 BOOKS
South African bookmaker margins, cheapest first
Pos Bookmaker Their cut Payout Markets Open an account
1 Playabets Cheapest 6.00% 94.34% 48 Best value
2 Hollywoodbets 8.92% 91.81% 107 Link pending
3 ApexBets 9.08% 91.68% 37 Link being fixed
4 Supabets in-play slate No partnership 10.41% 90.57% 12 No partnership

Each figure is that book's own average across its own three-way board, measured 24 July 2026. Cheapest comparable book: Playabets at 6.00%. Dearest: ApexBets at 9.08%.

Straight answers

TopBet questions

Why is TopBet not in the Edges index?
Nothing is refused: their robots.txt carries an empty Disallow, which permits everything. Verified 2026-07-25 that TopBet runs on the Aardvark platform (adv.bet), sharing one backend with Easybet, Betfred SA and the Supabets prematch board. One adapter covers all four, and it is the next one we are building.
Does that mean TopBet is expensive?
No. It means we have no measurement, and we will not guess. A book is only ever called cheap or dear here after we have read its prices ourselves.