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variations among provinces. Double-ups and progressive jackpots are not permitted. LPMs are linked to a central monitoring system.


LPM licensing Licences are issued to route operators, site operators whose machines are provided by a route operator, or site operators who manage their own machines. Provinces can issue licences for up to five machines on a single


site. The national government may, if a province requests it, approve up to 40 on a single site but a provinces cannot authorise this number on their own.


Amusements Amusements without cash prizes are permitted, although they may not be based on gambling games other than bingo.


Casinos South Africa has the largest casino sector on the continent, with about 45 venues and a little under 40,000 slots as well as table games. (The next biggest is Egypt’s, with some 25 sites.) Operators include Sun International, Gold Reef Casino Resorts, and Peermont Global. In the 2010-11 financial year, casino turnover was rising again


after three stalled years that had followed a half-decade of steady year-on-year growth.


Online ban South Africa has banned online gaming. Not only operators,


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but also players, Internet service providers, media that advertise gaming Websites, and firms such as banks that handle gambling- related transactions can be punished with fines of up to ZAR10m (¤1m) and prison sentences of up to ten years, as well as being excluded from applying for online gaming licences when they are introduced.


Regulatory developments There is concern over the government’s plan to impose a 15


percent withholding tax on all gambling winnings of more than ZAR25,000 (¤2500). It would effectively increase operators’ hold percentage, it has been suggested, and dissuade consumers from spending their leisure budgets on gambling. Betting on horses is also expected to suffer if the tax comes into force. Casinos in South Africa must now report financial transactions


over ZAR25,000 (¤2500), as part of an effort to combat money laundering. It is


believed that criminal syndicates using casinos as well as the property market have made the country into one of the world’s black spots for cleansing ill-gotten funds.


Other sub-Saharan markets South Africa is not, by any means, the only sub-Saharan gaming market. Other territories of importance include Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Namibia, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Pari-mutuel is popular in some areas, with Ivory Coast having a national automated system.


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