LottoStar app review: how to use LottoStar on your phone

If you are looking for the LottoStar app, you are looking for something that does not exist. LottoStar does not make an app for Android or iPhone. Its own help pages say the site is built to fit whatever screen you open it on, so on a phone you use it in your browser, and that is the whole product.

That matters for two reasons. You do not need to download anything to play. And anything calling itself the LottoStar app on Google Play is not from LottoStar, including several listings that use LottoStar’s name and describe games like LottoStar’s. We cover that first, then how to get LottoStar onto your home screen, sign up, pay in, claim the deposit bonus and get your money out.

LottoStar suits players who want slots, live games and lottery-style draws on a phone without installing anything. New accounts get a 100% Habanero Deposit Bonus on a first deposit of up to R10,000, deposits start at R10, EFT withdrawals start at R100 and the Live Games lobby holds 229 games.

Fast facts about LottoStar

Welcome bonus: 100% Habanero Deposit Bonus for new accounts. You accept it within 24 hours of registering, play your deposit through once, then play the bonus money through 30 times on Habanero slots. The largest qualifying deposit is R10,000.
Licence: bookmaker licence 9-2-1-09467 from the Mpumalanga Economic Regulator. LottoStar invites you to confirm it with the regulator on 013 750 8000.
Operator: LottoStar (Pty) Ltd, registration 2007/011071/07, Riverside Office Park, Mbombela.
App: LottoStar runs in your phone’s browser on Android and iPhone, with no app to install.
Games: Reel Rush slots, Slotteries, live games from Evolution, Ezugi and Playtech, Aviator and other crash games, scratchcards, quick games and LottoStar’s own lottery-style draws. Every game is a fixed-odds bet under the bookmaker licence.
Live games: 229 games in separate Evolution, Ezugi, Playtech and First Person lobbies, with bets from R1.
Deposits: from R10, by card (including Apple Pay and Samsung Pay), instant EFT, FNB Direct TopUp, bank transfer, SnapScan, PayFast, crypto through Luno Pay and VALR Pay, and eight kinds of voucher.
Withdrawals: EFT from R100, or Absa CashSend, FNB eWallet, Nedbank Send-iMali and Standard Bank Instant Money for a cash PIN.
Payout days: weekday mornings at 07:00. No withdrawals are processed on weekends or public holidays.
Support: live chat, support@lottostar.co.za and 086 026 7777, which LottoStar says are open 24 hours a day.
Minimum age: 18.
Best for: slot and live game players who pay in with vouchers or FNB, and who do not mind playing in a browser.
Our take: a licensed South African games site that runs in your phone’s browser, with 229 live games, eight kinds of voucher and Star Rewards that turn into cash. Withdrawals are paid on weekday mornings only.

Is there a LottoStar app?

No. LottoStar answers this on its own help page: you can bet on a phone or tablet, and the site uses a responsive design that changes its layout to suit your device. The LottoStar site offers no APK file and no app store link for any phone, and Apple’s App Store in South Africa has no LottoStar app either.

This puts LottoStar in a different position from most of the big names in South Africa. Betway, for example, lists its app on the App Store in South Africa, and our Betway app review covers how to install it. LottoStar has no app page at all: lottostar.co.za/app and lottostar.co.za/download both show a page not found. There is nothing to install: open lottostar.co.za in Chrome or Safari and you have the full site.

The LottoStar app on Google Play is not LottoStar

Search the Play Store for LottoStar and you will find listings that look like the answer. When we checked in September 2026, Google Play in South Africa showed eight listings with LottoStar, Lottostar or Lotto Star in the name, from eight different developers, and none of them came from LottoStar. Three were called “LottoStar: Lotto & Casino”, from developers named Mega Cheetah Games, Marinus Developer and Big Aspen Game Studios. All three carry the same description, which uses LottoStar’s name and talks about SA Lotto, PowerBall, scratch cards, Aviator and live dealers. LottoStar’s own FAQ says its lotteries are draws it runs itself, not traditional lotteries like SA Lotto. The most downloaded of the three showed 1,000+ downloads.

Another listing called “Lotto Star”, from a developer named THEBINBUSTERS LIMITED, turned out to be a game about building a neon nightclub. It has nothing to do with betting at all.

None of these apps is connected to your LottoStar account. The ones called “LottoStar: Lotto & Casino” are the kind to watch, because they use a real operator’s name and describe the kind of games it offers. Do not type your LottoStar login, your ID number or your card details into any app that is not published by LottoStar itself. Since LottoStar offers no app of its own, the safe rule is simple: only ever log in at lottostar.co.za.

How to put LottoStar on your home screen

You can get close to an app by saving the site as a shortcut. It then opens with one tap, like any other icon. This is a feature of your phone’s browser, so the steps depend on your phone rather than on LottoStar.

On Android

Open Chrome and go to lottostar.co.za.
Tap the three dots at the top right.
Tap Add to home screen, then Add.
A LottoStar icon appears on your home screen. Tap it to open the site and play.

There is no LottoStar APK to download, so this shortcut is the way to put LottoStar on an Android phone.

On iPhone

Open Safari and go to lottostar.co.za.
Tap the share button, the square with the arrow pointing up.
Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen, then Add.

A shortcut is not an app. There is nothing to update and nothing to install, and it takes no space on your phone beyond the browser you already have. It also cannot be a fake, because it opens the real address.

Using LottoStar on your phone

LottoStar opens in dark mode on a phone, and you can switch to light mode if you prefer. The first screen has the menu button at the top left, the LottoStar logo, and a blue LOGIN button and an orange REGISTER button at the top right. Under them sits a sliding banner for the Habanero Reel Rush 100% Deposit Bonus, then a row of category buttons for Aviator, Reel Rush and Live Games beside a search button.

Scroll down and the home page runs through New Games and LottoStar’s Picks, then a row each for Reel Rush, Live Games, Slotteries, ScratchCards, Arcade Games and Quick Games, each with a SEE ALL button. The home page held 133 game tiles when we loaded it, and the licence footer at the bottom carries an 18+ badge.

You can find a game in four ways: the category buttons on the home page, the menu, the search button, or the filter at the top of each lobby. The menu lists every games section plus Jackpot Arena, Payment Options, How To Bet, FAQ, Recent Winners and Responsible Betting. Every lobby has the same layout, with a banner, a filter drop-down beside a search button, then a grid of 20 game tiles two across and a LOAD MORE button under them. Each tile carries a small studio logo in its corner, so you can see who made a game before you open it, and tapping the heart on a game saves it to your Favourites. A cookie notice with a Got It! button sits over part of each lobby until you tap it.

Signing up and logging in

Tap Register at the top of the site, fill in your details and verify your account. That is LottoStar’s own description of it. The first page of the form asks for your South African ID or passport number, your province, a cell number, an email address and a password. You need to be 18 or older, and there is no box for a promo code on that first page.

LottoStar verifies the account with a PIN sent to your cell number. If the PIN does not arrive, the Resend Verification page asks for your mobile number and sends it again.

Watch the timing on the welcome bonus. LottoStar offers it straight after you register, and you have 24 hours to accept it. If you tap “no thanks”, or let the 24 hours run out, it is gone for good and cannot be switched back on.

If you forget your password, tap Forgot your password? on the login screen and enter the email address you registered with. LottoStar sends a reset link. To change your password while you are logged in, tap your initials at the top right, then My Account, My Profile and Edit Profile.

Verifying your account (FICA)

LottoStar asks you to prove who you are under FICA, the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, before it pays out. Its help pages list three documents:

your ID document
proof of address no older than three months
three months of bank statements, or a bank confirmation letter no older than three months

You can upload them or email them to support@lottostar.co.za. LottoStar says the documents are valid for 12 months, after which it will ask you to send them again. Send them early. LottoStar’s terms also make a biometric identity check compulsory on your first withdrawal.

How to deposit on LottoStar

On a phone, tap the + icon at the top right of the screen, pick a payment method, enter the amount, accept the terms and confirm. The smallest deposit LottoStar accepts is R10, and LottoStar’s terms let it charge a 5% fee on money deposited by credit card. Your deposit shows in your account as Play Credits, which is LottoStar’s name for your cash balance. You need to bet a deposit through at least once before you withdraw it, or LottoStar can cancel the withdrawal or charge you the fee it paid to process the deposit.

LottoStar’s payment options page and FAQ list a long choice of ways in:

Cards: Visa and Mastercard through Walletdoc, Stitch and PayGate, plus Apple Pay, and Samsung Pay through Walletdoc
Instant EFT: Walletdoc, Stitch and SiD
FNB Direct TopUp: buy credit for your LottoStar account from inside the FNB app, under Buy and then Gaming
Bank transfer: LottoStar is a listed public recipient at Standard Bank, FNB, Absa and Nedbank. Use your ID number or cell number as the reference and email the proof of payment to support
Other: SnapScan, PayFast and Pay@
Crypto: Luno Pay and VALR Pay, from R100 up to R40,000 a day, once your account is FICA verified
Vouchers: LottoStar Voucher, Capitec Flexi Voucher, Blu Voucher, 1Voucher, OTT, 4ALL, Kazang and EasyLoad

The vouchers are the part to know about if you do not use a bank card. LottoStar’s own vouchers are sold at Shoprite, Checkers, Pick n Pay, Boxer and Blu outlets, and through Nedbank’s Money App, Online Banking and Avo. LottoStar Vouchers are also sold in the Absa, FNB and Discovery Bank apps, and a Capitec Flexi Voucher is bought in the Capitec app. 1Voucher is sold at PEP, Ackermans, Shoprite, Checkers and FLASH traders. Blu Voucher is sold at Sasol, Shell, Caltex, Clicks and SPAR, among others. A voucher has to be redeemed within three years of buying it, and its full value has to be played through before you can withdraw winnings from it.

How to withdraw from LottoStar

Go to your profile, tap Withdraw, choose a method, fill in the details and tap Request. These are the methods and the smallest amounts LottoStar lists for each:

EFT: R100
Absa CashSend: R200
FNB eWallet: R200
Nedbank Send-iMali: R200
Standard Bank Instant Money: R500

The four cash options are capped at R25,000 in any 30 days, with daily limits of R3,000 for Absa CashSend and FNB eWallet, R4,000 for Nedbank Send-iMali and R5,000 for Standard Bank Instant Money. At the R3,000 daily limit, taking the full R25,000 by Absa CashSend or FNB eWallet means withdrawing on nine separate days. LottoStar handles one withdrawal at a time, so to change the amount or method you cancel the first request and make a new one.

Timing is the part to plan around. Withdrawals are processed once a day, at 07:00 on weekday mornings. Anything you request after that waits for the next weekday, and nothing is processed on weekends or public holidays. So a win on Friday evening will not move until Monday morning, or Tuesday if Monday is a public holiday.

For the cash options, LottoStar sends your PIN on the day the withdrawal is processed. LottoStar pays out from FNB, so an EFT to another bank can take up to 48 hours to show. EFTs go only to a bank account in your own name, and Nedbank can reverse a Send-iMali payout that is not collected within 48 hours of being processed.

Games on LottoStar

LottoStar calls itself a fixed-odds betting company rather than a casino, and that is how it is licensed. In practice the games look very much like a casino’s. The main sections are:

Reel Rush: slot games from Habanero, RubyPlay, Red Rake, 1X2 Gaming and more, including Hot Hot LottoStar
Slotteries: 20 games that are LottoStar’s own mix of slot and lottery draw
Live games: separate lobbies for Evolution, Ezugi, Playtech and Evolution’s First Person games
Crash and arcade games: 29 games, 12 of them crash games such as Aviator, JetX, Aero and Crash X, and most tiles show the most a game can pay, from R252,000 on Plinko Go to R10 million on Crash Royale and Moonshine
Quick games and scratchcards: 68 quick games, 16 of them scratchcards such as Win A Gold Bar and Diamond Rush, with payouts of up to R75 million
Lotteries: LottoStar’s own lottery-style draws, such as Mzansi Millions and USA Powerball Max, decided by a random number generator, with payouts of up to R10 million; the Slotteries section lists 11 lotteries

Reel Rush is the biggest section. Its studio filters list 187 Habanero games, 136 from RubyPlay, 87 from Playtech, 81 from 1X2 Gaming, 72 from Red Rake, 44 from Big Time Gaming, 40 from Red Tiger, 39 from NetEnt and 11 from Nolimit City, which comes to 697 games, and a Privé filter picks out 33 of them. The Top Games filter opens on Hot Hot LottoStar, Fish Trio, Super 60 Stars, Mystic Fortune Deluxe and Hot Hot Fruit. LottoStar’s FAQ says slot bets start at 40c and some games take up to R100,000 a spin, and the most a Reel Rush slot can pay is R30 million, or R40 million on the Privé games.
There is also a Jackpot Arena, with a slots tournament or prize drop on four days of the week. In September 2026 it ran the Red Rake Rush on Tuesdays for R500,000 in prizes, the Playtech Mystery Parcel on Wednesdays for R250,000, the Reel Jackpot Race on Thursdays for R500,000 and the Red Tiger Tourny on Fridays for R150,000.

LottoStar says it has paid out more than R546 billion in winnings as of 18 August 2026, and that it has around 400,000 winners a day. Its Recent Winners page, updated on 21 September 2026, was led by a win of almost R5 million on Spribe Aviator when we read it, and five of the 20 wins it listed were over R1 million.

LottoStar live games

The Live Games lobby listed 229 games when we looked, split into four lobbies: Evolution, Ezugi, Playtech, and a First Person lobby for Evolution’s First Person games. Its filter lists 57 roulette games, 56 baccarat and sic bo games, 42 blackjack games, 38 game shows, 20 First Person games, 12 poker games and 8 Bollywood games, and some games sit under more than one heading. Adventures Beyond Wonderland Live, Roulette and Crazy Coin Flip were the first tiles in the lobby, with Lightning Roulette, MONOPOLY Live, Crazy Time and Mega Ball further down the first 20, and LottoStar’s FAQ says live bets start from R1.

A live table is one tap from the home page, because tables such as Roulette Live and Crazy Coin Flip sit in the Live Games row as you scroll, or two taps away through the Live Games button. The banner at the top of the lobby advertises payouts of up to R25 million. Opening a table needs a logged-in account.

The LottoStar welcome bonus

The offer for new accounts is the 100% Habanero Deposit Bonus. Based on LottoStar’s FAQ and its promotional terms, it works in five steps.

Register and accept the bonus within 24 hours.
Make your first deposit. The largest deposit that counts is R10,000.
Play your deposit through once. Aviator, Moonshine, all Evolution and Ezugi roulette, Kino and several arcade crash games do not count towards this step.
Claim your Habanero Free Money from the Rewards section.
Play the Free Money through 30 times on Habanero Reel Rush games.

In numbers: deposit R200 and you receive R200 in Free Money once you have bet your R200. You then need to put R6,000 through Habanero slots before any winnings from the Free Money become Play Credits you can withdraw. LottoStar’s own example uses R35 of Free Money, which needs R1,050 of bets. Counting the deposit playthrough, a R200 deposit means R6,200 of bets in all, and at the largest qualifying deposit of R10,000 the Free Money playthrough alone comes to R300,000.

Worth knowing: the Free Money can only be played on Habanero Reel Rush games, and LottoStar’s terms leave out the RubyPlay, Red Rake, 1X2 Gaming and Playtech slots.

Four things to know before you take it. The Free Money itself can never be withdrawn. Winnings from it are capped at a figure LottoStar tells you, and once you reach the cap any Free Money left expires and your winnings become Play Credits. Both playthroughs have to be finished within the time LottoStar gives you, or the bonus is forfeited. And if you ask for a withdrawal before you finish the deposit playthrough, the bonus is cancelled.

LottoStar’s terms also describe a R25 Registration Bonus. It is paid as Promo Credits, cannot be withdrawn and has to be used within 48 hours. The terms say it is switched on and off at LottoStar’s discretion, so treat it as an occasional extra rather than something you are owed. A free spins registration bonus appears in the terms too, but those terms say it was stopped in April 2025.

Star Rewards

Star Rewards are LottoStar’s loyalty scheme, and they turn into real money. You earn them on any day you bet R100 or more in total from your Play Credits, on any game. Bets made with Promo Credits, Freebies, Free Money, free spins or game vouchers from promotions do not count. They are worked out daily and appear on your rewards page the next morning. They do not expire.

To use them, you activate your whole balance at once on your rewards page and it becomes Play Credits, which you can withdraw once your FICA is approved. You can activate up to R100,000 a month. There is no fee to join.

Is LottoStar safe and legal in South Africa?

Yes. LottoStar holds a bookmaker licence from the Mpumalanga Economic Regulator, number 9-2-1-09467, and prints it at the foot of every page along with its company registration. LottoStar says its casino-style games are offered as fixed-odds bets under that bookmaker licence, and the National Gambling Board’s list of verified operators, last updated on 4 September 2026, shows Lottostar as a bookmaker. You can check the licence yourself by calling the Mpumalanga Economic Regulator on 013 750 8000, on weekdays from 08:00 to 16:30.

Customer support

LottoStar’s support team answers on live chat, by email at support@lottostar.co.za and by phone on 086 026 7777, and its contact page gives the hours as Monday to Sunday, 24 hours a day. The contact page also has a form for written questions. To close your account, you ask support on live chat.

Responsible betting tools

LottoStar’s Responsible Betting page has a cooling-off period, a self-exclusion form and a self-assessment quiz. A cooling-off period is a short break of your choosing, whether a day, a week or longer, and once it starts it cannot be cancelled or shortened. Self-exclusion lasts at least six months. The quiz asks 10 yes-or-no questions to help you see whether betting is affecting your life, and LottoStar’s FAQ says free counselling from independent counsellors is available 24 hours a day.

LottoStar pros and cons

Pros

Nothing to install: the full site runs in any phone’s browser, with nothing to download or update
Licensed: the Mpumalanga licence number sits at the foot of every page and the regulator’s phone number is in the FAQ
Vouchers: eight kinds for paying in, sold at supermarkets, petrol stations and through banking apps
FNB Direct TopUp: FNB customers can pay in straight from the FNB app
Star Rewards: they pay back as withdrawable money and do not expire
Live games: 229 games in the Evolution, Ezugi and Playtech lobbies, with bets from R1
Support: live chat, email and phone, which LottoStar says are open 24 hours a day

Cons

Browser only: there is no LottoStar app on Google Play or the App Store, and no APK
Weekday payouts: withdrawals go through only at 07:00 on weekdays, never on weekends or public holidays
Bonus playthrough: the welcome bonus needs 30 times playthrough on Habanero slots, and winnings from it are capped
Cash PIN limits: R25,000 in any 30 days, and R3,000 to R5,000 a day depending on the method
Paperwork: three FICA documents before you withdraw, and a biometric check on your first withdrawal

LottoStar verdict

LottoStar suits players who want slots, live games and LottoStar’s own lottery draws on a phone without installing anything, and who pay in with vouchers, FNB Direct TopUp or a banking app. The mobile site is the whole product, with 697 slots in Reel Rush, 229 live games and deposits from R10, under a Mpumalanga bookmaker licence. Plan around two things before you sign up. Withdrawals go through only at 07:00 on weekdays, so a Friday evening win waits until Monday, and the welcome bonus asks for 30 times playthrough on Habanero slots, with a cap on what the Free Money can win. Log in only at lottostar.co.za, never through an app from the Play Store. Our ranking of the best gambling apps in South Africa covers the operators that do offer an app to install, and our Hollywoodbets app and 10Bet app reviews walk through two of those installs.

LottoStar app FAQ

Can I download the LottoStar app?

No. LottoStar offers no app or APK for Android, iPhone or Huawei. You use the full site in your phone’s browser, and you can save it to your home screen as a shortcut.

Is the LottoStar app on Google Play real?

No. Listings using the LottoStar name on Google Play are published by other developers. When we checked in September 2026 there were eight, from eight different developers, including three called “LottoStar: Lotto & Casino” and a nightclub simulator game. Only log in at lottostar.co.za.

Is LottoStar legal?

Yes. It holds bookmaker licence 9-2-1-09467 from the Mpumalanga Economic Regulator.

How do I reset my LottoStar password?

Tap Forgot your password? on the login screen and enter your registered email address. LottoStar emails you a reset link.

What is the minimum withdrawal on LottoStar?

R100 by EFT, R200 by Absa CashSend, FNB eWallet or Nedbank Send-iMali, and R500 by Standard Bank Instant Money.

Why has my LottoStar withdrawal not come through?

Withdrawals are processed at 07:00 on weekday mornings only. A request made after that, or over a weekend or public holiday, waits for the next weekday run. EFTs to banks other than FNB can take up to 48 hours to reflect.

What documents does LottoStar need?

Your ID, proof of address no older than three months, and three months of bank statements or a bank confirmation letter. They stay valid for 12 months.

How does the LottoStar deposit bonus work?

New accounts get 100% of their first deposit, up to a R10,000 deposit, as Habanero Free Money. You play the deposit through once, claim the Free Money, then play it through 30 times on Habanero slots before winnings can be withdrawn.

Can I play Aviator on LottoStar?

Yes, Aviator is in the crash games section. It does not count towards the deposit playthrough for the welcome bonus.

Can I deposit on LottoStar with a voucher?

Yes. LottoStar takes eight kinds: its own LottoStar Voucher, plus Capitec Flexi Voucher, Blu Voucher, 1Voucher, OTT, 4ALL, Kazang and EasyLoad. You can buy most of them at shops such as Shoprite, Checkers, Pick n Pay, PEP and Boxer, and the Capitec Flexi Voucher in the Capitec app.

Does LottoStar give a free R25?

Sometimes. LottoStar’s terms describe a R25 Registration Bonus, paid as Promo Credits that you accept within 48 hours and use within 48 hours, but LottoStar switches it on and off at its own discretion. The home page and the sign-up form did not advertise it when we checked in September 2026.

Can I deposit on LottoStar straight from my phone?

Yes. You can pay in with Apple Pay, Samsung Pay or SnapScan, top up from the FNB app with FNB Direct TopUp, or buy a LottoStar Voucher in the Absa, FNB, Nedbank or Discovery Bank app and a Capitec Flexi Voucher in the Capitec app. The smallest deposit is R10.

Gambling should only ever be paid for out of money you can spare. You must be 18 or older to bet in South Africa. The South African Responsible Gambling Foundation runs a toll-free counselling line on 0800 006 008, open 24 hours a day, for anyone who feels it is getting out of hand, and you can WhatsApp a counsellor on 076 675 0710. Our responsible gambling page explains the limits and blocks you can put on your own account.