Reports SOUTH AFRICA MARKET


Online gambling is still banned as it was under the 2004 act. It is legal to place bets on an online sports betting site with a licensed bookmaker in South Africa however other forms of online gambling are still illegal.


RECENT CHANGES At the end of 2018 the National Gambling


Amendment Act was introduced. Tis amended the 2004 act, which was last updated in 2008, and basically transferred the regulation of bets on the national lottery, foreign lottery, lottery results and sports pools to the National Lotteries Commission. In addition, it also prohibited dog racing and bets, strengthened the regulation of casinos, LPMs and introduced clarity for the bingo sector with the recognition of EBTs and also outlined the responsibilities of National Gambling Regulator and introduced a self- regulatory body for horse racing.


Online gambling is still banned as it was under the 2004 act. It is legal to place bets on an online sports betting site with a licensed bookmaker in South Africa, however, other forms of online gambling are still illegal.


Despite this it has been estimated players can access as many as 2,000 online casino sites and the problem has always been how to enforce this. Tere were calls to modify the law on this in 2008, but opposition against was so strong it never changed, whilst in 2010 a law was passed banning all internet gambling even if the providers were outside the country. Penalties were high, with up to R10m in fines or 10 year jail sentences.


In May 2018, the Ministry of Health also released its Draft Tobacco Bill to ban smoking in certain public spaces and clamp down on advertising. Tis included a zero tolerance policy on in-door smoking in public places and removing smoking areas in restaurants and other locations such as casinos. Te draft law has caused some concerns to the gaming sectors as previously each venue could allocate 25 per cent of its area as a smoking zone.


Te bill will also seek to ban outdoor smoking in public places, bring in an e-cigarette regulation and ban cigarette vending machines.


Te Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill was first mooted in 2015 and has support from various organisations including the National Council Against Smoking which says 19 per cent of the population in South Africa smoke. Meanwhile, during the 2019 Budget Speech, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni recommended a withholding tax on gambling winnings. Tis was first discussed back in 2012 with a 15 per cent proposed withholding tax. Tis was later changed for an additional one per cent levy on a uniform provincial gambling tax base to be introduced in April 2013.


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