South Africa NGB May Legalize Online Gambling Soon. Online gambling is not legal in South Africa at this stage, a new bill could change all of that within the the year or next. A draft of the Remote Gambling Bill of 2014 was recently published for the public’s scrutiny in South Africa’s Government Journals. Bill sponsor and Democratic Alliance Parliament member Geordin Hill-Lewis says that legalization of online gambling is at a point of possibility but not a guarantee. It could take time nine months or more for the bill to be processed by the necessary public and private committees. At the end,  online gambling in South Africa may or may not become legal.

South African lawmakers are under pressure from the commercial interests who are against the explosion of unregulated gaming websites. Similar to the voices of internet gambling proponents in the U.S consumer protection and taxation have also been quoted as reasons to consider approving the bylaw of Internet wagering.

This has been eight years overdue now and South Africa has fallen behind international standards, said Wayne Lurie the director of a South African law firm that specializes in gaming.

Outlook History of Online Gambling in South Africa

The South Africa Gambling Act of 1965 prohibited all forms of betting except horse racing, they regarded it more as a sport than a car for betting. The Bantustans saw an rebellion of casinos in the 1970s, this was a geographical exclusion to the rule due to the exceptional circumstances of apartheid, a nonoperational system of black/white segregation in South Africa. Live gambling eventually became legal in South Africa in 1996. In the 2000s, the government was raking in revenue from its brick-and-mortar casinos to the amount of 1.5 billion in ZAR.

South Africans to day enjoys live casino games, lottery, and other electronic bingo terminals. Online gaming almost came to fruition when The National Gambling Amendment Act of 2008 announced that online betting to be legal for the South African region. Before the online gaming industry could embrace the alter, however, the Gauteng Gambling Board cancelled it in 2010. The industry, in spirit, took two steps forward and immediately took two steps back.

South Africans who gamble on online casinos may face possible fines and time in jail. With that many citizens ignore the threat of punishment and chase online games anyway. Now the Remote Gambling Bill is on display for all to see and evaluate, certain South Africans might be even less likely to fear the consequences of illegal online gaming. With this bylaw, we can look at satisfy consumer demand and offer our customers a full suite of gambling products in a safe and secure online environment, that abides to the local regulatory controls and consumer protections.

South Africa Grasping to Catch Up With the Rest of the World

In Australia, the Interactive Gambling Act of 2001 permits citizens to gamble remotely. In Sweden natives may bet online according to Svenska Spel’s rules, although they may not gamble outside of their country’s virtual gambling borders. Cyber bettors in the UK appreciate sports betting, online poker, and other online casino games with other online sites that are affiliated with its White List. The US, three states have legalized internet gaming, and authorities agree it’s just a matter of time before other states follow suit. Advocates of legalized remote gaming in South Africa point out that much of the rest of the world has already approved of the activity