There are many ways to play the Sportpesa jackpot, but this article will focus on how to play it via SMS.

Before a punter needs to find out how to play jackpot via SMS a quick SMS tutorial is needed.

‘How to Register by SMS’ guide. SMS ACCEPT#mobilenumber to 79079 (example: ACCEPT#0703804112).

How to bet via SMS – Sportpesa have created an easy-to-use SMS betting system –

To place a single bet through SMS, type in the match code as shown on the web or mobi site.

Betting via SMS, for straight, multi or jackpot is done this way: A punter can select the home team to prevail using a 1, the contest will end in a draw after 90 minutes an X or if the away team will snatch a win put a 2.

To place a bet on the Mega Jackpot, SMS to 79079 “MJP” followed by “#” then the 17 predictions of the pre-selected games.

An example will look like this: MJP#1111X112X2X12X222

With jackpots and Mega jackpots the punter does not have to put the amount as it is a default amount setting. Mega Jackpot amount by default is Sh100.