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Bill in the Wings

The stalled South African online casino gambling bill has created quite the stir over the past few months as online casinos and betting companies prep for entry into the South African market and hope that the new National Gambling Bill will pass into law in time for these companies to setup for the upcoming World Cup. The gambling bill has been actively in the process for about 18 months, and several times during that year and a half the bill was completely finished and ready to pass through the final stages – and right at that moment another issue was brought to the table and the online casino gambling bill was stalled yet again.

It’s been quite some time now and the South African lawmakers have finalized their version of the national gambling bill that would license foreign online casinos and betting companies for the South African market. Now the President is stalling on the signing of the bill into law…perhaps because of the protests from the anti-gambling groups who are asking for more time before the online casino law passes. Legislators are asking that the bill come up for review again in about six months while further studies are conducted concerning the impact of full internet gambling licensing and regulation.

Many online casinos have respected the South African government’s requests that gaming companies voluntarily stay out of the market until the new laws pass. The patience of these same companies though grows weary as more stalls and objections are seemingly raised on a weekly basis.