SportStake 8 is now MatchPlay 8. Same game, new name since 1 June 2026.
This site keeps 22 settled SportStake 8 pools. Across 352 scored matches, the home win came up 38% of the time. That is the honest starting point for a SportStake 8 tip. Nobody can tell you next week's card. But the cards this operator picks do have a shape, and it is below.
We worked these out from 22 settled SportStake 8 pools, collected up to Monday 2 November 2026.
They use the operator's own published winning combinations and match scores. Every build counts them again, so
the figures move as pools settle.
How a finished card has actually come back, across 22 settled
SportStake 8 pools. This is the part you can use while filling one in.
Result
Typical per card
Range seen
home win
6
2 to 10
draw
6
2 to 9
away win
4
0 to 8
Not one of those 22 cards came back without a draw. A line with no draw on it has never won here. That is the most concrete thing this archive
can tell you, and it is a record of what happened rather than a forecast.
Every scored match on 22 settled SportStake 8 cards, 352 in total.
Result
Matches
Share
home win
134
38%
draw
123
35%
away win
83
24%
How to play it
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Nobody won the top level, 16/8, in 22 of the 22 settled pools on file. When the top level pays a very large amount, it is nearly always because very few
tickets got there. A big number means the card was hard. It does not mean the game pays well. Every settled
pool has its own page under SportStake 8 results and payouts. Each page lines
the winning combination up against the real score of every match.
The honest version of a SportStake 8 tip
SportStake 8 is a totalisator pool. Every stake goes into one pot. The pot is split between the tickets with
the most results right. So what a winning ticket pays depends on how many other people picked the same way. A
tip that everyone follows is worth less because everyone followed it. The prediction sites never mention that
part.
The lowest paying level on this product is 13/8, so aim for that rather than a perfect card. Most tickets in every pool win nothing. This is a game of chance. Treat it as money you spend on
entertainment, not as a way to earn. If it stops being that, the National Responsible Gambling Programme
counselling line is free and confidential on 0800 006 008.
How to play it:SportStake 8 is sold only by the National Lottery, on nationallottery.co.za or at a
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SportStake 8 tips FAQ
What is the best strategy for SportStake 8?
No strategy makes a totalisator pool profitable. Any site that tells you otherwise is selling something. Here is what the data does show, across 352 scored matches on 22 settled SportStake 8 cards. The home win came up 38% of the time. The draw came up 35% of the time. The away win came up 24% of the time. This operator picks the fixtures, and it picks more home sides than an even split would give. That tells you where most of a card usually lands. It does not tell you which matches are the exceptions, and the exceptions decide who wins.
How many correct results does a SportStake 8 ticket need?
Settled SportStake 8 pools pay at 13/8, 14/8, 15/8 and 16/8 correct, so a ticket does not have to be perfect to win. Nobody won the top level, 16/8, in 22 of the 22 settled pools on file. Every settled pool and what it paid is on the results and payouts page, one page per pool. You do not have to take any of it on trust.
Does this site sell SportStake 8 predictions?
No, and it never will. Nobody knows the results of next week's card. The payout also depends on how many other people picked the same way. Most tickets in every pool win nothing. This site publishes the operator's own card, the real results of every settled pool, and what each level paid. A prediction is a guess, and a guess is worth what you pay for it.
Which SportStake 8 pool is open now?
Pool 1013 closes Saturday 7 November 2026 at 13:59 South African time. The card has 8 matches. The full card and every kick-off time is on the fixtures page, rebuilt from the operator's feed rather than typed by hand.
Where these figures come from
Every percentage on this page is counted from the winning combinations and match scores that www.nationallottery.co.za
published for settled SportStake 8 pools. This site keeps them all instead of overwriting them each week. SportStake 8 is now called MatchPlay 8. Sizekhaya Holdings took over the South African National Lottery from Ithuba on 1 June 2026 and renamed the soccer pools. It is the operator’s short pool: eight matches, but two forecasts on each, the first half and the second half, so a winning combination carries sixteen symbols. Nothing here is modelled, weighted or predicted. See how we check the data for the way every figure here is collected and checked.
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