YesPlay for the 49's Lucky Numbers?... Yes Please with those Odds

OLIVER L. Author

Last Updated: Oct 6th, 2025

After working in the gambling industry for over a decade, Oliver spotted an opportunity to setup a resource for lottery bettors. CompareTheLotto.com was founded in 2014 and launched a UK site firstly with a South African following shortly after and USA being launched in 2020.

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YesPlay are now making it difficult not to say Yes to playing their 49’s Lucky Numbers offering with the fantastic odds available.

However there is a hack you need to be aware of if you really want to maximise the value if betting on the popular 3 ball bet... Always bet without the Bonus ball.

Whilst that might seem like strange advice for those who default to betting with the bonus ball - the logic is quite simple.

The decimal odds of 751 offer exceptionally good value to the user when betting without the bonus ball.

To break that down in simple terms:

A winning R1 bet would return R751 with YesPlay but only R651 with Supabets - that’s a R100 difference simply for following our advice
A winning R10 bet would return R7510 with YesPlay but only R6510 with Supabets - that’s a R1000 difference or over 15% more

So by simply following our guidance, you could make more than a whopping 15% extra on your winning bets.

Lotto Expert Oliver Liebscher says ‘Our overround margin analysis suggests that for fans of lucky numbers betting - who like to squeeze the best value possible - a 3 ball bet without the bonus ball at YesPlay is a great option’

We know that odds aren’t the only deciding factor when choosing a bookmaker for lucky numbers. Our users tell us a range of factors can be important including:

Odds
Welcome Offers Available
Data Free Site
Usability
Payment Options
Choice of lotteries
Branding
Superstition
Features

YesPlay do pretty well on most of the above - our fingers are crossed they’ll introduce a data free mobile option like Betway and Hollywoodbets.

One feature that some users have reported liking is the Hot and Cold Ball betting option at YesPlay. Millions of visits to our Hot & Cold pages over the years have shown us how popular this analysis is - and YesPlay advise that they have sought to make it even easier for Hot & Cold fans.

If you’re going to bet on 3 balls on the 49’s YesPlay say you can simply click the Hot or Cold symbols on the YesPlay site - and they’ll populate the slip for you with the recent Hot and Cold balls. Let us know in the comments whether you like this feature.

For new users of YesPlay, there is also a great welcome offer here