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A new debate has launched in the online casino gambling industry that has no clear answer and has started some strong clashes in the South African gambling market. South Africa technically still makes internet gambling an illegal pastime in the country despite the fact that the South African government gave preliminary approval of new licensing policies that would fully legalize and regulate the online casinos in the country. Though preliminary approval is in place, the activity is illegal right now and the South African authorities are having a tricky time actually enforcing the law. The banking system in South Africa has the brunt of the task, but land disputes are also taking place because of a legal online gambling site operating out of neighboring Swaziland.

Swaziland has allowed the online casinos to legally base servers out of the country and operates the Piggs Peak gambling site, which fully accepts and welcomes any and all South Africans that are interested in signing up for and gambling on the site. Piggs Peak has long standing litigation in place with the South African authorities because the online casino site claims that because the servers for the site are based out of Swaziland that gambling on the site is not actually illegal in South Africa. This is a sticky claim though and one that has not held up in any other country world wide, but one that South Africa has had a tough time negating.

The servers are based in Swaziland and the online casino is fully operating outside of South Africa, so the authorities at Piggs Peak are adamant that they are within their rights to offer internet gambling to the South African population. Because the site is not actually within South Africa though, the authorities have no jurisdiction to shut down the site’s operations.