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National Interest Considered

A couple of key phrases are being thrown around the South African government these days where the online casino gambling issue is concerned. The government has been in the process of building new legislation that would provide comprehensive internet gambling regulation for the country. That has taken a lot of months and the draft legislation has gone through many forms; now though all of that work could be for naught. The latest indications for the industry are less than desirable and the online casinos fear that regulating the South African market could take even longer than initially planned since there has been a bit of stalling lately from the politicians.

The two key phrases are “moral outrage” and “national interest.” Although the legislation has been in the drafting and implementation process for many months now there is only recently a loud outcry from some people about what precisely the online casinos will bring to South Africa. The national interest has to be considered and a lot of skeptics fear that there is no reason to legalize the online casino sites, that would just encourage more gambling in the region and possibly higher levels of problem gambling to crop up.

The moral outrage is coming more from a handful of politicians and citizens rather than considering this opinion as a majority view. These two issues have the power to put a cold stop to the implementation of online casino gambling and analysts predict it could still be quite a bit of time before the South African regulations pass.