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Recap 2009: South Africa Edition

The South African online casino gambling industry has really changed significantly over the past year – at least in theory. Most of the existing gambling polices in South Africa reflect the bans and blocks that have been in place for several years. But throughout 2009 the South African government spent a lot of time drafting new regulations that would account for a full and legal gambling industry with licensed online casinos operating for South African citizens. The legislation though has been in the drafting process for quite some time and toward the end of the year strong rumors began circulating that the government might not actually pass the draft regulations.

That’s been the biggest problem with changing South African online casino gambling regulations, the fact that many of the top politicians and government officials do not strongly support a legalized gambling industry. The online casinos are currently banned from operation, and were banned throughout 2009, but yet foreign companies continued to target South African gamblers and continued to accept illegal bets. For that reason, the government announced that licensing was the only option that could adequately protect the South African gamblers.

That’s how the year ended. The South African government is still in the process of fine-tuning the regulations that could effectively control the online casinos operating within the market. There was no clear decision on whether the regulations were going to find full passage, but a strong hope indicates that it is highly likely that the South African officials will eventually choose to liberalize the market at some point in 2010.