{"id":150631,"date":"2020-10-30T21:37:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T18:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=150631"},"modified":"2020-10-30T21:45:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T18:45:59","slug":"sportpesa-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/sportpesa-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"SportPesa is back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sports and gaming scene is teeming with excitement as new developments tell of a return of one of the industry\u2019s biggest players &#8211; <strong>SportPesa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A new bookmaker, Milestones Games Ltd has acquired the rights to use the brand name &#8211; <strong>SportPesa<\/strong> &#8211; in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>In a press statement, robust <strong>SportPesa CEO Ronald Karauri<\/strong> made the confirmation, and adds:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;As market leaders, SportPesa will focus on upholding the highest standards of service and responsible gaming. We look forward to working closely with BCLB and all other stakeholders\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150633\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/Sport.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/Sport.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/Sport.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/Sport-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/Sport-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An announcement on the firm&#8217;s official media pages.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Besides an aggressive corporate market imprint, SportPesa has endeared itself by driving social and community empowerment, investing in local sports leagues, teams and tournaments. The gaming firm has a symbiotic partnership with The Kenya Premier League, the domestic top tier club competition, and a key sponsor of the national teams &#8211; the Harambee Stars and the Harambee Starlets.<\/p>\n<p>Other than soccer, SportPesa has made agreements and partnerships in other sports as well &#8211; rugby, boxing, motorsports, athletics and golf.<\/p>\n<p>The firm enjoys a massive gaming fan base, and has indeed set precedence in the region with massive payouts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150634\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/sports.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/sports.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A poster announcing a past Jackpot winner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The most famous being the KSh 221M jackpot win by Edwin Abisai, in May 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Gaming enthusiasts are already checking out the site, and it seems to be an exciting comeback!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sports and gaming scene is teeming with excitement as new developments tell of a return of one of the industry\u2019s biggest players &#8211; SportPesa. A new bookmaker, Milestones Games Ltd has acquired the rights to use the brand name &#8211; SportPesa &#8211; in Kenya. In a press statement, robust SportPesa CEO Ronald Karauri made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6067,"featured_media":150632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[134450,134451,658,134449,719],"class_list":["post-150631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-edwin-abisai-news","tag-milestones-games-ltd-news","tag-ronald-karauri-news","tag-sportpesa-ceo-news","tag-sportpesa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6067"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150631"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150638,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150631\/revisions\/150638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}