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FirstBet Aviator Tournament: R300,000 Prize Pool, Daily 20:00 Sessions Through 31 October 2026

By Felicia Engelbrecht

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Felicia Engelbrecht 3 hours ago

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FirstBet’s Aviator tournament runs daily from 1 September to 31 October 2026, with a R300,000 prize pool across 61 two-hour sessions.
Each night’s window is 20:00–22:00 CAT. You rank on net money won, not the highest multiplier.
Daily prizes are Aviator bonus bets for the top 50.

R300,000 Across Sept–Oct 2026
When it runs and how scoring works
What the R300,000 is actually made of
Daily prize table
How to get on the board tonight
Small details that decide whether a night is worth it

FirstBet is running 61 nightly Aviator sessions through October, scoring players on actual profit rather than one lucky cash-out, with R4,754 in bonus bets up for grabs each evening and two R5,003 cash bonuses for the month’s sharpest nights.

R300,000 Across Sept–Oct 2026

FirstBet has opened a two-month Aviator run it calls the First-Class Flying Daily Tournament. It started today, 1 September 2026, and closes on 31 October. That is one tournament a night, every night, for 61 nights.

The format is tighter than most crash-game leaderboards you see around South Africa. You are not chasing a single monster multiplier. FirstBet ranks you on how much money you actually made during the two-hour window: total payouts minus total stakes. Cash out well and your score climbs. Crash a few bets and those losses come off the same total. The live leaderboard sits inside the Aviator game while the session is running.

When it runs and how scoring works

Each daily tournament starts at 20:00 CAT and ends at 22:00 CAT. You can opt in from 15:00 CAT until that night’s session finishes. Open Aviator, tap Join on the tournament pop-up, then start betting. Only bets placed after you opt in count.

The scoring rule is simple, even if the plane is not:

Place a cash bet of R2 or more
Cash out before the plane flies off
Your profit (or loss) is added to your night’s total
FirstBet converts that rand total into points at R0.001 = 1 point

A R10 bet cashed at 2x (+R10), a R10 bet that crashes (−R10), then a R10 bet cashed at 10x (+R90) leaves you +R90 for those three rounds. That +R90 is what the leaderboard cares about, not the 10x on its own.

What the R300,000 is actually made of

The headline pool is R300,000. FirstBet splits R289,994 evenly across the 61 nights, which works out to R4,754 in prizes per evening. The leftover R10,006 is paid as two cash prizes of R5,003 each: one after the last September session on 30 September, one after the last October session on 31 October. Those two cash prizes go to the players with the highest single-tournament score in each calendar month.

Daily prizes are Aviator bonus bets, not cash. They land in the Aviator menu under Free Bets within about 30 minutes of the session ending. Each bonus bet is valid for 24 hours. Winnings from those bets go straight to your cash wallet. There is no wagering on those winnings, and none on the two monthly cash prizes either. You can withdraw them as soon as they land.

One thing to know: each Aviator bonus bet can pay a maximum of R5,000. Anything above that can be clawed back from your cash wallet.

Daily prize table

If fewer than 50 players qualify on a given night, the empty lower places are simply not paid. Those prizes are not rolled over or shared out.

The two monthly cash prizes are paid into your FirstBet cash wallet by 11:30 CAT the morning after that month’s final session.

Rank Bonus bets Value each Total
1 5 R300 R1,500
2 5 R200 R1,000
3 5 R120 R600
4 5 R60 R300
5 5 R40 R200
6-10 5 R20 R100
11-15 5 R10 R50
16-20 3 R10 R30
21-25 2 R10 R20
26-35 2 R5 R10
36-47 2 R2 R4
48-50 1 R2 R2

Rank	Bonus bets	Value each	Total
1	5	R300	R1,500
2	5	R200	R1,000
3	5	R120	R600
4	5	R60	R300
5	5	R40	R200
6-10	5	R20	R100
11-15	5	R10	R50
16-20	3	R10	R30
21-25	2	R10	R20
26-35	2	R5	R10
36-47	2	R2	R4
48-50	1	R2	R2

How to get on the board tonight

Have a verified FirstBet account that is not self-excluded.
From 15:00 CAT, open Aviator and join that day’s tournament in the pop-up.
Stake at least R2 in cash after you have opted in.
Play between 20:00 and 22:00 CAT.
Watch the in-game leaderboard. Your rank is your net profit for the night, nothing else.

New players who still need a bankroll for those R2 cash bets can register with FirstBet promo code SAGAMES. That unlocks FirstBet’s first-deposit match of 100% up to R10,000, with a R50 minimum deposit. Use the cash portion for qualifying tournament stakes. The welcome spins or bonus bets themselves will not add to your tournament score, which is why it pays to separate “bonus play” from the two-hour window you actually want to climb.

Small details that decide whether a night is worth it

The window is only two hours, so a short run of clean cash-outs beats a long grind.
Losses come off the same total as wins — chasing a crashed R50 with another R50 usually drops you down the board.
20:00 CAT suits a weeknight better than a midday session; opt in from 15:00, then decide closer to eight if the bankroll is there.
Set a limit before the session starts and only use cash stakes you can afford to lose.
Bonus-bet prizes are extra, not a reason to stretch a session you would not have played anyway.
Complaints: [email protected] with the subject Aviator: First-Class Flying Daily Tournament. Unresolved disputes go to the WCGRB at [email protected].