Northern Cape Diamonds are Forever
The Northern Cape is South Africa’s largest province and most sparsely populated area but is a popular
tourism destination offering beach, desert, extreme sports and quirky towns rich in history and culture.
Te Northern Cape shares the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park with Botswana, whilst Kimberley’s Te Big Hole is known for its diamond mining. Around 1.2 million people live here and it is made up of five district municipalities which are divided into 27 local municipalities. It relies heavily on mining and agriculture for the economy.
Te Northern Cape Gambling Board was set up in 2017 and was initially faced with a backlog of applications and litigation matters. Since then it has been working on speeding up the roll out of the LPMs and regulating the industry whilst eradicating illegal gambling.
Apparently the provincial government loses some R30m plus in taxes and levies due to illegal gambling whilst problem gambling then also becomes an issue.
Tere’s been some upheaval. In 2018 the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the gambling board and Chief Financial Officer both resigned and the Department of Economic Development and Tourism elected an Acting CEO and Acting Legal Manager to assist the board. Tere have also been reports of misconduct and gross negligence.
Te gambling sector is governed by the Northern Cape Gambling Act of 2008 and there are three casinos, two LPM route operators, 14
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bookmakers, two totalisators and one horse racing licence.
Gambling turnover was R4.1bn and total GGR in 2018/19 was R281.9m and total levies collected was R22.7m.
CASINOS Tere are three casino licences in the province.
Total GGR in 2018/19 for the casinos was R217.4m and R17.3m was collected in levies.
Flamingo Casino is operated by Sun International and located in the capital Kimberley. It has 300 slots and 10 table games and a salon privé. Desert Palace Casino can be found in the heart of Kalahari at the Upington Golf Course and offers 169 slots and six table games. It is operated by Northern Cape Consultants and the three star hotel has 24 superior rooms and 36 standard.
Finally Te Grand Oasis Casino in Kuruman has 162 slots. Tere is a Signature Grill restaurant and theatre on site. Te licence was originally awarded to Leithlo Resort and Entertainment World and it was opened by Niveus (HCI) in 2014. Niveus disposed of its investment in Grand Oasis in mid 2018 to Tsogo Sun via Galaxy Bingo.
LPMS Northern Cape was the last province to receive
its LPM route operator licences and roll out of machines began in October 2015. Tere are two
operators – Vukani and GoldRush Gaming. Total GGR for the LPM sector in Northern Cape was R30.3m and R2.4m was collected in levies from the two operators.
BINGO No licences
BETTING Total bookmaker and totalisator betting GGR
was R33.8m last year made up of R4.3m from betting on horse racing and R29.4m on sports betting. Levies collected amounted to R2.9m.
Totalisator is operated by Phumelela and there are 14 bookmakers. Phumelela’s Flamingo Park racecourse in Kimberly closed at the end of December
Essential information and facts about Northern Cape:
Population
Capital Kimberley 1.2 million
Authority Northern Cape Gambling
Gambling Taxes
Website
www.ndgb.co.za GGR R281.9m R22.7m
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