Football, casino and M-Pesa: Megapari in Kenya

• Two welcome packages, one built for sport and one for casino;
• Football, basketball, table tennis and esports under a single login;
• Prices that keep moving while the match is running;
• Slots and live tables from Pragmatic Play, Evolution and Playtech;
• Android and iOS apps, plus the browser version.

Bets and casino spins both need an account. The form is short, and the moment it is done the welcome offer, live betting and the cashier are all open.

1. Press the sign-up button and let the official form load;
2. Choose email, phone number, or an existing social login;
3. Fill in name, date of birth and country without a typo;
4. Tick the terms and the privacy notice once you have read them;
5. Submit, and the account works straight away.

An account that already exists opens in three moves.

1. Press log in at the top of any page;
2. Type the email or phone you registered with, then the password;
3. Confirm, and the dashboard loads;
4. Betting, casino, promotions and the cashier are one tap away from that screen.

Before the first withdrawal Megapari checks who you are. Nothing is lost by doing it on the day you register, and the alternative is doing it later, while the money you asked for waits.

1. Open account settings and look for verification;
2. Photograph an identity document, front and back;
3. Send proof of address if the check requests it;
4. The answer comes by email or as a notice inside the account.

Two packages, one for sport and one for the casino. They do not run together, and the first deposit is what chooses between them. Whatever the bonus turns into becomes ordinary balance once the terms of the promotion are met.

The bonus page changes often, so treat the list below as its shape rather than today's exact line-up. All of it is for accounts that already play.

• Deposit reloads;
• Cashback on losses;
• Spin drops;
• Money back on sports bets;
• A birthday bonus;
• Tournaments with leaderboards;
• Free bets;
• Seasonal campaigns.

Tiers are earned rather than bought: points build up on every settled bet. What changes higher up the ladder is the cashback share and how quickly a payout request gets picked up.

There are builds for Android and for iOS, and both carry the whole product: betting, live casino, deposits, withdrawals. Skipping the install costs nothing either, because the mobile site does the same work inside a browser. The real difference is push notifications and an icon on the home screen instead of a bookmark.

Nothing gets installed, which matters when the storage is full or the handset belongs to somebody else. For one slip on one match it is more than enough.

• Nothing to install;
• A layout drawn for a narrow screen;
• Betting, casino and the cashier all present;
• The session holds between visits;
• Identical on Android and on iOS.

On Windows and on macOS the site can be pinned as a web app, which lands it in the taskbar or the dock. Anyone who would rather not simply opens Chrome, Firefox or Safari, and the product is identical either way.

M-Pesa is the short answer here, and it shows up in the cashier more than once because the channels are not the same. Banks, AstroPay and crypto cover the rest. Cards work on the way out only.

Nothing real happens in virtual sport. A computer plays the match, settles it inside two minutes and starts the next one, which is why the section works at four in the morning as well as at four in the afternoon. Football, basketball, tennis and horse racing.

Live betting opens as soon as the match does, on football, basketball, table tennis, tennis and esports. Prices move with every attack and every point, the stream and the scoreboard share one screen, and cash out lets you settle before the end. Most of the volume on this market comes through here.

Here a camera points at a real table with a real dealer behind it. Evolution and Pragmatic Play Live supply most of the rooms, the video holds up on a phone connection, and the chat box stays open while the hand plays out. This is the part of the product that behaves like a room with people in it.

• Baccarat with a live dealer;
• Blackjack tables at several stake levels;
• Roulette, European and otherwise;
• Poker rooms with a dealer on camera;
• Three Card Poker and Casino Hold'em;
• Game shows such as Crazy Time or Mega Ball.

Megapari buys its way onto shirts, boards and streams, in sport and in esports. The deals come in three kinds.

• Clubs and competitions, through ordinary sponsorship contracts;
• Esports teams and international tournaments;
• Creators who cover sport and gaming online.

People who bring new players get paid for doing it. Two models are on offer. Revenue share pays a percentage of everything the referred account produces, for as long as it keeps producing; CPA pays a flat sum per valid account. Statistics, creatives, payouts and a manager all run through megaparipartners.com. Rates are agreed there, which is why no numbers appear on this page.

Betting works as entertainment and stops working the moment it becomes a plan for getting money back. A few rules below, and none of them bend.

• Stake only money you can lose without it changing your week, and never chase;
• Deposit and stake limits sit in the account settings;
• Self-exclusion shuts the account for a period you choose;
• Nothing good comes of betting drunk or angry;
• Under 18s cannot play, and whoever owns the phone is responsible for keeping it that way;
• If betting has stopped being a choice, talk to someone qualified.

The Autonomous Island of Anjouan, in the Union of the Comoros, granted the licence this site runs on, under its Betting and Gaming Act of 2005. The permission is international rather than Kenyan, and what falls inside it is the company, the handling of player money and the testing of the games.

Everything moving between your browser and the site travels encrypted. Getting into the account needs a password, and a second factor too once you turn it on. Identity verification stands in front of the first payout, and the games run on generators that independent laboratories test.

The short list

• Encrypted connection
• Identity check before the first payout
• Strictly 18 and over
• Privacy notice published
• Limits and self-exclusion inside the account

The full terms run long. These five are the ones that catch people out.

• Eighteen is the minimum age;
• One account per person, and duplicates get closed;
• Bonus money clears under the terms printed in the promotion;
• Verification comes before the first payout and the details have to match;
• Fraud and bonus abuse end in a suspended account.

Account questions, payment questions and bonus questions all reach the same desk. Replies pass through a translator, because nobody on that desk is Kenyan, but English is the working language. Three ways in, quickest first.

• Live chat: the icon in the bottom right corner;
• Email: support@megapari.com, best for documents;
• Phone: +357 800 92576 or +44 113 340 6785.