STERN WARNING TO
ONLINE GAMBLING OPERATORS
The Department of
Trade and Industry (the dti) has noted with concern media reports
suggesting that there may be operators that are offering online gambling in South Africa South Africa
the dti has made it publicly clear that there
is no intention on the part of government to propose the legalisation of online
gambling in South Africa
There are arguments that government is losing
on the opportunity to generate revenue through online gambling in the forms of
taxes, however generating tax revenue cannot be at the expense of the South
African citizens, some of whom are over indebted and living in poverty. There are a number of social ills
associated with gambling, especially online gambling which occurs in
unregulated and unsupervised locations. Other
forms of gambling that allowed in South Africa
Online gambling is not desirable and the dti has raised its objection to the
proposal by the Democratic Alliance to legalise online gambling. In our view no amount of control will
adequately curb the harm that be caused to South African citizens by online gambling;
hence we reiterate that it must remain a banned activity.
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