Editorial, dated, no invented brands
What We Compare — and What We Refuse To
Country legality, resident sports, local payments, and operators we can put on a public register. Not live odds. Not fake testimonials.
The comparison
We compare how the law is structured, which rails people actually use, which sports fill the slip, and which real brands show up on official lists.
We date the review. Today that date is 14 October 2026. If a Commission table moved on the 19th, the live table wins.
The refusals
No invented operators.
No fabricated resident quotes. If we want a street voice, we write in the second person or we describe a habit. We do not mint “Adekunle, Lagos, five stars.”
No “compare odds live” buttons. This is a map and a reading room, not a tote.
No US-state template with the word Africa swapped in. South Africa is provincial. Nigeria is state-first after 2024. Kenya is mid-regulator rename. Ghana is a national Commission list. Those are different machines.