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Parliament in South Africa Against Online Casinos

Some in the South African government are now vocally speaking out against the National Gambling Amendment Act – and some might just be surprised by their reasoning for dampening the progress of the Act through Parliament. A handful of Members of Parliament feel that it is unethical for the government to regulate and tax the online casino gambling industry because the activity should actually abolished or at least curbed rather than encouraged.

The National Gambling Amendment Act stems from an international online casinos gambling study. Those proposing the bill used the extensive research into internet gambling (referred to as interactive gambling in the South African government) to come up with the regulations tailored to the needs of South Africans. But as the Bill was introduced to Parliament some members were immediate in voicing their concern and apprehension at sanctioning online casino gambling in the country. One member, Ben Turok, went so far as to equate internet gambling with the government proposing to make money from prostitution.

Turok continued in that same vain to address those proposing the online casino bill, "This is a moral issue; in my view your approach is the wrong one. It is a social evil, that we may have to regulate to curb, but we must not make money out of it." Perhaps if other Members of Parliament did not echo Turok’s same ideas the National Gambling Amendment Act would have a chance, but it looks as though the only way that gambling legislation is going to pass is if it moves toward curbing the activity rather than making money from it.