There are five pools, three sets of rules and two operators. Here is what really differs between them: how long the card is, what one entry costs, and how many levels pay out.
We counted the card lengths, payout levels and pool counts from the operators' own published data on Monday 9 November 2026. Entry prices are what each operator says on its own page, and nobody outside has checked them.
| Pool | Matches | Single entry | Levels that pay | Open now | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soccer 13 | 13 | R2 | 10/13, 11/13, 12/13 and 13/13 | None | TAB |
| Soccer 10 | 10 | R2 | 9/10 and 10/10 | 1 | TAB |
| Soccer 6 | 6 | R6 | 6/6 | 2 | TAB |
| Soccer 4 | 4 | R6 | 4/4 | None | TAB |
| Soccer 13 Extra | 30 | R2 | 11/13, 12/13 and 13/13 | None | TAB |
| MatchPlay 14 | 14 | Not published | 11/14, 12/14, 13/14 and 14/14 | None | National Lottery |
| MatchPlay 9/14 | 14 | Not published | 8/14 and 9/14 | None | National Lottery |
| MatchPlay Omnisports | 14 | Not published | 11/14, 12/14, 13/14 and 14/14 | None | National Lottery |
| SportStake 13 | 13 | Not published | 10/13, 11/13, 12/13 and 13/13 | None | the National Lottery |
| SportStake 8 | 8 | Not published | 13/8, 14/8, 15/8 and 16/8 | None | the National Lottery |
The two National Lottery pools, SportStake 13 and 8, now MatchPlay, side by side →
We read "Levels that pay" off every finished pool we have collected, not off a rule book. So it shows what the operator really paid, not what it says it will pay. A pool with one level only pays a ticket that got every result right.
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The ticket price is the least useful number in the table above. Soccer 6 costs three times what Soccer 10 costs, and it asks for four fewer results. That sounds easier. But Soccer 6 pays at one level and Soccer 10 pays at two. A Soccer 6 ticket that gets five of six right is worth nothing at all.
What changes your chances most is how many levels pay out, because that decides whether a near miss is worth anything. What changes your payout most is how many other people entered, and nobody can see that before the pool closes. You can never price that part, which is why we sell no pool tips.
Most tickets in every pool win nothing. Each game has its own how to play page with the full detail. To see where every figure here came from, read how we check the data.
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Soccer 13. One entry costs R2, according to the operator's own how to play page. But cheap to enter does not mean easy to win. Soccer 4 has the shortest card at 4 matches. The number of payout levels matters more than the ticket price, because a pool with one level pays nothing unless every result is right.
Soccer 13. It pays out at 10/13, 11/13, 12/13 and 13/13 correct, which is more levels than any other pool here. We read that off 60 finished pools on file, not off a rule book. More levels means more tickets win something. It also means each win is worth less.
No. TAB runs Soccer 6, Soccer 10, Soccer 13 and Soccer 13 Extra, and its official site is soccer6.co.za. SportStake 13 belongs to the South African National Lottery. Sizekhaya Holdings took the Lottery over from Ithuba on 1 June 2026 and now calls the game MatchPlay 13. Soccer 13 has one more twist: TAB runs it with Svenska Spel in Sweden, and TAB says Svenska Spel rules apply to it. The two operators also use different symbols on their results, so a winning combination read with the wrong key comes out backwards.
It depends on the game, so check that game's fixtures page. The operator prints an open and close time on every single pool, and that is the real answer. Soccer 6 and Soccer 10 usually have a few pools open at once. Soccer 13 and Soccer 13 Extra run less often, with much bigger pots.
