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Flirting with Online Casino Legislation

The South African government must have a sense of humor that the rest of us just don’t get – it has now long promised new online casino gambling regulations in the country that would better control and license the gaming sites, but those new regulations have just never materialized. The government has spent years now issuing investigations and research studies about the effect of the online casinos and the impact a legalized industry would have on South Africa. The research is pretty conclusive that South African gamblers would be best served by a fully licensed and control market, and the government agreed to develop these needed regulations and begin licensing gambling sties shortly.

The regulations have never fully materialized over the past several years however, and now the Gambling Review Commission is holding several public hearings on the situation to better gauge what the South African public is looking for – perhaps legalized online casinos? The South African government already has a framework outlined in drafted regulations for the proposed licensing structure, and the public hearings are a way to better allow the public a say in how the new regulations are implemented in the country. It’s also a way to further stall implementation of online casino regs.

The online casino gambling industry has begun to demand these new regulations alongside the South Africans themselves, and there is a big push to get this situation sorted out rapidly. The accompanying regulations have been stalled by the Minister of Trade and Industry and there is a hope that more pressure will encourage a faster passage.