How to Play and Win Sportstake 13

The matches that you can bet on change as the soccer season progresses, so the first thing to do is find out which ones you can bet on next. Two rounds of fixtures are played every week; there’s a midweek fixture list and a weekend fixture list.

You can view the next round of matches on the Sportstake 13 Fixtures page. New fixtures are added every Monday morning (the midweek fixtures) and Friday morning (weekend fixtures). You can also obtain the lists from any National Lottery retailer.

The betslip is separated into a number of game boards, each of which has 13 rows and three columns. Each row corresponds to a match on the fixture list and the columns denote the three possible match outcomes: 1 for a home win, X for a draw, and 2 for an away win.

Mark at least one box in every row to bet on each match outcome. You can also mark more than one outcome per match – this is a Multi-Play, which you can find out more about below. If you do this, you also need to mark the Multi-Play box.

Propick offers an automated way to play – think of it as Sportstake's version of a Quick Pick. Unlike Quick Picks, however, Propick does not generate your entry completely at random. It also takes into account the weighted results from previous fixtures when generating the predictions.

Just mark how many boards you want in the Propick section of the betslip, from a minimum of four to a maximum of 256. The Propick system will then generate that many Multi-Play boards; the total cost of the bet is shown alongside your selection.

You can manually bet on more than one match outcome at the same time by filling in multiple game boards on the betslip. This is the same as filling out one game board with a Multi-Play bet, but does at least make it easier to track which bets you've placed.

The same rules apply: just mark one or more match outcomes in each of the 13 rows, and mark the Multi-Play box if required. If you make a mistake or decide against a particular bet, mark the 'cancel' box and it will not be added to your ticket.

After you have filled out your betslip, hand it to the teller and pay for your ticket. If you play online, you just need to check out with your bets and ensure there are enough funds in your account to cover the cost. Sportstake 13 costs R2 per board.

In-store, the teller will give you a ticket listing the 13 fixtures you have bet on and which outcome you have predicted. For example: ‘VALENCIA-BARCELONA 1--’ would mean that you have bet on the home team (Valencia) to beat the away team (Barcelona). ‘VALENCIA-BARCELONA -X-’ would mean that you have predicted the match will end in a draw.